St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-07

| He was a pompous-looking man, large and
| rotund in form, and the airy atmosphere
| which surrounded his person seemed rendo-
| lent Of prosperity. He was standing at the
| corner of Fourth and Robert waiting for
| street car, and as he hummed tune, an old
| church air, he toyed with heavy gold watch
| chain which hung from his vest pocket In
| one hand he carried package, and from one
| of his pockets peeped a number of letters
and formidable-lookingd documents.
'Please. mister, give me a little money?
asked pinched-faced little girl who APP
| preached him. On her head was draped
the tottered fragments of a shawl. and her
| feet were encased in pair of ragged rem
nants of mlsfit shoes. Her face was clean,
but very hungry looking, and her eyes shone
with the brightness of youth, although there
was something in them which told of hun
ger and suffering.
MY mothes lives on the flats, sir, and we
have nothing to eat in the house." she said
i'll plaintive tone. There was none of the
whining supplication of the professional
beggar in her voice, and the little tot could
not have been more than ten years of age
Hum, hum, said the prosperous-looking
men as he toyed with his watch chain. "Beg-
ging, eh? Your case should be looked after
by the society for the relief of the poor You
are probably an imposter. How do l know
but what you will take the money If give
some to you and spend it yourself? don't
approve of begging on the streets, but am
pleased with your appearance and would like
to do something for you if were sure that 1t
would be all right
BY this time there had collected at the cor
ner a number of persons who listened with
interest to the words of the prosperous look
ing man.
Finally he placed his hand in his pocket
took out il number of coins, from which he
collected one, and then, after handing it to
the child, he said he hoped she would not
spend it foolishly. Then he stepped on
board a car which came up the street and
disappeared.
The coin which he gave to tn child was a
copper cent.
East Seventh street is credited with being
the resort of the secondhand clothing
dealers. All along the street can be seen
the signs of the three golden balls, and on
the frames which hang from the doors and
windows dangle samples of the clothing and
other articles which have either served their
purpose to the original purchasers and have
been disposed of TO the dealers, or have been
hung up in order to raise money for an
The other day the proprietor of one of
these typical places went out for a short
time, and left the store in charge of his son,
key, a youth of fifteen summers. Shortly
after the father left the store man came in
and desired to purchase coat which was
hanging in the window. 1t was taken down
for his inspection, and he was told that he
could have the garment for SIS. He demurred
at the price, and finally, after a long argu-
ment, he paid Sll 50 for it. and took it sway
with him. On the return of the parent, key
gleefully told him of the sale. confidently
expecting words of praise for his acuteness.
Wat It'd der shentlemans pay your aske
the old man III tone of horror.
''EIeten tollars und feefty cents, fader."
was the reply.
ION, mine krashious, Ikey, do you want to
preak your fader oop in pizniss? Holy
Rachel. only made elefen tollars on dat
co-oat."
Two rather seedy-looking individuals sat
In the sun yesterday in front of one of the
hotels.
How did you sleep?" asked one
"My supper didn't agree with me, ar
couldn't sleep"
support You didn't have supper"
THAT was the supper that bothered me-"