The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-17
res, HE KNEW nm caIrrLED NEGRO.
hut the white Man Wasn't Disposed TO ne
E1m,ivnly Slmnnlhrtic.


This story began when Third avenue SUR
face car bound M town stopped yesterday in
trout 81 tho bridge entrance. Tho conductor
leaned down aud almost liftod into the car a
negro. wfctchclly dressed. and wearing o
heavy ban lngo wraTrel about his left foot.
The LnndaSc look cd as though 1t had been re-
Gently placed there. and the skful way In
which it was bound showed the work Of a sur-
geOn. Leaning on u cane, the negro hobbled
ur to the front and dropped into corner seat.
At Roosevelt street a wull.dressed man,
clcanly shnven. with carefully blackened
shoes. AMI wearing II shiny silk hat. got on
board. lie hummol softly to himself as he
took n scat ucar the door which placed him
diagona!y orrpsit" tie negro at the other end
Of the car Apparently the new passenger saw
nobody. for he Immediately became absorbed
In reading an afternoon paper. The negro.
who sat with his eyes on the ground. appeared
equally Obvious Of tho presence OF any one
else in tho rar.
At James street thc car gave n lurch at
point whore some workmen were employed on
the new cable. The white man dropped his
paper and turned 10 look out u tho window.
hut his glance was arrested before he had
turned all the way round. for the negro who
had looked W. a. the Same time sat staring
hard at him. Their eyes met. and they looked
at each other fxedly until the white man nrose
and. deliberately folding his newspaper.
stepped on the rear platform Of the ear. where
no stood with his back turned toward tho door.
moment aiterWar, the negro arose and. with
difficulty. hot BLEED out to the door. IIe made
such poor progress, and seemed so often in
danger OF falling.t'at the conductor advanced
to meet him.
Il want TO 90 to Jersey Clty--to the hospital
there some whito f",Ss told mo ut the bridge
TINT this was tho Gar to GO to Jersey city on"
going up town. away from Jersey City. no con-
tlnued to tall; and question the conductor AL
most incoherently ina trembling VOICE. The
conductor stnred at him in surprise. The man
comrrehcnded the look.
hospital in Jersey city. and | want to go back
there. hurt my foot. aud i amt well yet"
AMI saw the other IN man still standing on the
car steps. That man there knows me-" he
said a. his face lighted up. He'll tell you
do you know this fellow" the conductor
The man addressed turned slowly and looked
Yes" lie said careessly; by sight"
stepped to the street. and tho last words
were spoken when tho car, was already several
over the negroes face. lie stood leaning
against the door and staring after the man.
"Oh, let me on he began. in a tone that
sounded Ike the whine o. an animal that had
to City to tho Snd man
knows how can get there. Let me off,"
na Ss % ahG Sas
to Bellevue Hospital, but he refused. and, with
his eyes fixed in the direction In which the
conductor to stop the car. When 1t halted he
was helped to the grouad. For q moment he
stood dazed. and then picked his way among
the passing vehicles slowly to the sidewalk.
and started down the Bowery toward Chatham
square. The man in whom he was so inter-
ested had already disappeared. The conduo-
tor and the other passenger were on the back
platform and watched the negro. Once he fell,
and two men helped him to his feet and
seemed TO 10 endeavoring to persuade him to-
on the cane and kept on ia the direction d
Chatham square. =