St. Paul daily globe., 1892-09-11


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STORIES OF TIE STREET.
Strolling down East Seventh street
the other day the attention of the writer
was attracted by a picture which had
been placed in the show window of one
of the leading clothing stores on that
th0rOlghfare. 1t was large sized pho
tograph of the White house in Washing
ton. Attached TO the picture was card
on which were Inscribed the words:
WHERE EVERY ST. PAUL Boy
EXPECTS TO LIVE SOME DAY.
A well known business man of this
city stopped before the picture, and was
viewing IL with curious eye. Close be-
side him stood a young boy, raggedly
dressed, a veritable street arab. The
youngSter ScrutiniZed the picture
closely, and then slowly, with a puzzled
expression or his face, spelled out the
inscription. Then he suddenly turned
to the gentleman by his side, and. point
ing tinger at the picture, startled him
with the question. Say, mister. what is
that? Is that the Ref ." (reform school. !
1t happened on circus day, in the
morning. shortly after the parade. An
agent for life insurance company had
busted himself with passing around his
business cards during the parade, and
now was looking about for a victim.
He was one of these active, irrepressible
fellows, who generally succeed in life,
and Ill making themselves eminently
dlSagreeable to their fellow citizens.
Walking up to baShful looking man
who stood on the sidewalk, he handed
him one of his cards and said pleasantly:
Good morning. Fine morning. Could
i! trouble you for just few moments?
l want to show you new system Of life
Insurance that our company has adopt
ed. Your life insured?"
The bashful-looking man answered in
the negative, and the agent thereupon
unfolded plan of life insurance which,
as he said, was entirely new. In vain
the victim protested that he wanted no
life Insurance.; the broker would not
listen. The bashful mans cheeks were
slowly reddenlng, he was growing irri-
tated. Suddenly he exclaimed: ''Aii
right, put me down for S2,OOO.''
a smile of satisfaction Illuminated
the face OF the broker as he drew an ap-
plication blank from his pocket and,
pencil in hand, began:
''Name?'''
John Birdeye."
'Age?"
''Thirty-siX."
Occupation? That is, what do YOU
do for living?"
II am the lion tanner with Barnum's S
circus"
The brokers' eyes opened wide; for a
moment he stared vacantiy at tie man,
and then, as the truth slowly dawned
upon him, with mighty effort he re-
covered his conpoSure and muttered:
"Weli, I'll be hanged. That's one on
me. Let's have drink"
The O'Clock whistle had just blown,
and, as usual, the car was crowded.
Only two men had remained seated, and
when the Car, on its journey to the
West side, reached Third street, two
girls entered. One Of the gentlemen
immediately rose and offered his seat.
which was accepted with smiling ex-
preston of thanks. But the other, a
young man apparently twenty-five
years of age, did hot stir.
The girl remained standing. She was
a young girl, quite good looking, poorly
but neatly dressed; to all appearances,
factory girl. And now. when she
found herself the only lady in the car
who remained standing, her temper got
the better of her, and she did not hesi-
tate to show it.
In short time she had every passen-
ger III the car watching her. She would
stare fiXedly at the young man for
few moments, then purse her upper lip
and smile derisiyely. And the pas
sengers enjoyed the spectacle. But
the young man moved not. He evil
IDENTITY noticed the girls actions, but
he was determined to ignore her.
Finally tie girl grew desperate. She
named forward towards her companion.
lead everybody in the car strained their
ears to catch her words.
Say, Maggie" she said, and the
tinge of sarcasm in her voice would have
made Max ORell turn green with envy,
Il do like gentleman"
A few people laughed, few smiled.
and over i'll the front end of the car an
Old man frOWned fercely. The young
man flushed hotly; but he said never a
word.
When Congress was reached the car
stopped. The young man stopped and
from the recess under the seats he drew
forth pair of crutches and slowly,
awkwardly he made his way out of the
car and onto the street. Then, for the
hrst time. the passengers noticed that
the man was cripple. the left foot hav-
ing been amputated just above the
ankle.
The effect on the girl was painful in
the extreme. Her eyes opened wide, as
though III fear; her race turned scarlet,
and then she turned deatnly pale. And
then. utterly unmindful of the fact that
she was being watched by every person
in the car, she suddenly placed her
handkerchief to her eyes and cried like
baby. When she left the car at State
street she was still rubbing her eyes
vigorously and sobbing as though her
heart would break.
The biggest bag of game ever taken
out of Kandiyohi county in three days
shoot was that brought in Thursday by
a party composed of DR.. Richard Price,
Harry w. Wack. l.. ID. Barnard, w. Ii.
Mcdonald, DR.. E. ii. Whitcomb and
others. Some members of the expedi-
ton hunted a week. but the record for
three days is 2S3 chickens, 1877 ducks
and two jack rabbits. By way of diver
sion the party stole farmers grey
hound Gor temporary seryice) and cast
it after a jack rabbit. and the scene
which followed was one of the prettiest
races across country ever witnessed in
the district. Dog and rabbit ran about
three miles, when the former caught the
latter in the nape of the neck. Time,