The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-09-15
A Mr,.LrosAIRE TRAMP.

n mth4LtUNAtHE fhAlAF.
Wealthy New York Merchant Mo.
Euises Himself nud Griads Hand
Organ In Front of tho Residences of
His Friends.
New York World.
\ David II. Lichtenstein, of tho firm OF
lLichenstein Bros, dry goods mer.
chants. Nos. 273 to 285 Grand street. is
q millionaire. He has been stopping
for the summer at Wave Crest, L. l..
where he owns fine cottage. At Wave
Crest other wealthy men most ri
OF them members of the Pro- %
'IClub, OF which Mr.. Lichtensteih Ii
vice president. have cottages. With
'plenty OF money, commodious and
llavlshly furnished houses, and nothing
to do through the summer but to en-
JOY life. the summer colony at Wave
Crest has had an easy time Of 1t.
Ono day, shortly before leaving for
the summer. Mr.. Llchtenetein hap
pened to see an italian organ.grinder
it set him sollloquizing over his own
happy lot and over the miserable ono
OF the poor Italian. An Idea occurred
to Mr.. Lichtensteln. He would bor-
row the hand-organ, disguise himself,
and try to imagine himself an organ
grinder for half an hour. He hunted
up the italian ana paid him $40 for the
loan OF his organ. Then he went to
his room and donned suit OF old
clothes and dllapidated hat. He
smiled to himself as he removed the
diamond from his shirt front and the
brilliant rings from his fingers.
He sailed forth with hls organ and
began playing in front OF the resi-
dences Of his friends. ono after an
other. At the first place he went
through the whole repertoire. but
without receiving any contribution,
Then he started After the Ball, and
, which brought out the servant girl in
hurry She threw penny In the box
and begged him to go away.
Mr.. Lichtenstein stopped In front Of
the next house. but they had heard all
they wanted and geve him a cent be.
fore he could grind out the first selec.
tlon. At his next stop he played until
he thought his arm would fall off, but
got nothing
4 He skipped a whole block and had
Just got ready to turn the crank at an
other corner when n party of four
Indies came along, with each OF whom
Mr.. Lichtensteln was Intimately ac-
qualnted. His heart sank in his silk
recogniZed II was too late to run, SO
! he put on bold front, aud, after rem
!. dering Marguerite, he held his hat
! out SO prominently rs to almost OBJ
etruct their progress.
I Gracious how persistent" eXclalm.
ed one OF the ladies. Poor fellow, |
suppose he's hungry" and shs drop
, ped five cents in the tin cup.
Mr.. Lichtensteln was about to con-
! graduate himself on his escape, when.
TO his horrors fat dog which belonged
4 TO the party, and which he had fed
with manya lump OF sugar. rushed
up to him and wagged his tall in Joy
full recognition. showing that dogs
are wiser than mankind In that they
do not judge people by the clothes
Z they wear Mr.. Lichtenstein scowled
! and the dog looked surprised and ran
away.
Mr.. Lichtenstein played in front OF
, four other houses without getting a
+, cent and was twice insulted. AS he
I was crossing over to another street he
, ran plump into little Lawyer liummel
t, The meeting was SO sudden that he
! could not smother an exclamation.
. Here was the man with whom he had
I, played pinochle night after night at
the Progress CLUB, with whom he had
I
: the day before he had engaged In u
, confidential chat. Mr.. Hummel was
!. quick witted enough to observe that
there was something odd about the
organ-grlnuer's behavior and he kept
=, his eye on him until he was lost
! around the corner.
Mr.. Lichtenstein was now getting
holder. He planted himself IN front
! OF his own house. Seated in front OF
, the cottage were two ladies OF tho
y house and several little children were
: delighted to see him md enjoyed his
. selections moro than the old folks
did, When he played "On the Bow
cry" ono of tho little girls clapped her
i hands With delight. and RAINING into
the house. cried, "UncIe Dave, Uncle
Dave! the mans playing ION the
Bowery.n u.
!, This is ono of MIR. LlchtenseIn's ia.
!, vorite airs, aud the child was disap-
pointed on not finding him in the
house.
, That was glory enough, and Mr..
: Lichtenstein shouldered his organ and
stole away to photograph gallery,
where he had his picture taken. lie
said nothing OF his venture to any one
!. lust then, but no invited q party OF
|, friends to diuner with him that even
. ing, and at ths table he let the cat out
e OF the bag. AT first they refused Il
" believe him. but he produced his
a photograph, and with the eorrobora
. ton oil Abe Humm0r5 underlined sns
: piclon and the strange behavior OF thu
|. dog which the woman had notice d, tht
: case was complete.