The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-06-04

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works at different uours-How lie Be-
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did you notice that fellow pick mp that
balf dullarf' nsked the writer Of a special
bhicer ON the upper Rialto Of broadway,
Nncre most actors do congregate.
well. yes, said the officer, and that's
bis business"
Three persons had been engaged in ami
mated conversation on the crosswalk AZ
Twenty street on the west side Of
Broadway, when this man, who carried
himself erect, and who would ordinarily
be taken for ara actor out Of an engage
Weut, struiled along, and suddenly, rs he
reached the trio. Ne stopped, dettly pushed
The loot Of one uf them a little to one side,
picked up SILVER coin, rubbed " lovingly
on the sleeve oi bis oNercoat and Slipped
/ IL INTO MS pocket
es, continued the officer, this IL
/ the 'hhuet ueat Tor ihe shopping hours
uoWn as lhr as mon square. Ihere are
| thfee OF them know OF, one quite an cid
cry man. nut thls chap Is DANDY, Tor
he never gives Ills business away by his
looks' see, he walks as straight as ma
/ jor ana Whlie ms eyes are east down they
are covering the ground over II hundred feet
ahead OF him. lie has wonderfully sharp
! Ieyesight-an eagle eye, we might say
and he never lets anything get by him"
The officers remarks had interested the
writer In the personality Of this man as
well as in his queer line Of business. Lat
er in the eEeuing he was found comparing
notes with blind beggar in Sixth ave
nue. cigar store.
My profession, said he. with decid-
ed infection upon the latter word, "is, as
far as am concerned, entirely original
with me, but find there are many in the
same line. was always finder. re
member when | was Kid in dresses |
found one day in front Of neighboring
drug store IN Albany 90 goldpiece.
did not know its value, but took it home,
and my father put it in the bank for me.
My next find of Importance was n 2
loot ivory, gold mounted rule, which be
longed to a big contractor on the new cap
ltol building. This my father returned
to its owner, as his name was engraved
upon II, and got another as reward.
Then found a big diamond brooch
belonging to woman OF sporting procliv-
| ities, and she swelled my bank account
with S35 more. My luck kept on until my
| head was swelled with success, and want
ed n large field to operate in.
"Then friend Of mine said to me, Jim,
you are so good at picking np things. sup
pose you try picking out the winners in
the horse races. That, | thought, was a
lead pipe cinch, aud drew my wad from
the savings bank, and we jumped on the
boat for New York. My first experience
at picking winners was failure, and In a
week ! was fiat broke.
81 sent back to Albany for money"
he went on, "but the old gentleman was
not disposed to supplying me heavily
when he found that was cleaned out
here. However. he sent me $50 and tick
ct home The latter sold, for didn't
intend to show up at home broke. then
took up finding as profession. and
have never struck the old man, or, in fact,
anybody else for cent since. My bust.
ness, know, is IA precarious one, but
somehow never get in hole but pull
out with a big find.
"Do ever get into trouble for not re-
turning property to its rightful ownersY
Well, should say not. have made three
times as much money returning property
as have made selling finds. Why, it's
the trick of my profession. The law OF
hnding was established nearly l3b years
i.ago before the kings bench IN England,
under these circumstances, which know
by hear'
"A man found a pocketbook containing
sum OF money on the iloor OF butcher 4
stnll. lie handed u TO the butcher TO re-
turn II 10 Its owner. After three years
waiting the owner had not turned up, and
the finder therefore demanded the money
from the butcher. The latter refused, on
the ground that it was found upon his
premises
Then the finder sued the butcher, and
u was held III court that the nnuer was
entitled TO anything he FOUND, no matter
where or when' against all the world ex-
cept the owner. Ihe law III TINS country Is
the same excepting that owners of hotels,
thoaters' rhliroads ana steamboats, can
make regulations IN regard 10 properly
tnuhu on tnelr premises "hlch VIII blnu
thelr employees out not the puoilc at
large.
what Is my beat' We'll that's tell
ing however, uoht hllhu saying a
worn hpout the hours ana the character OF
the beat sometimes II things are SLOW,
Set up early ana WORK the latest hlght
81 stairs on the SlNth avenue eleNateu.
rms Is good Tor pennies hlckeis ana
dimes, but not Tor anything else
Nheh inc s'airs are crowded passeh-
gers II they urop cent hiter buyihS
paper or looking ior iares' don stop 10
pick IL up.
AFTER TINS l work IN front oil big stores.
Most every carriage uoor opener IN front
oi them knows me ana mates me, Tor In
terlere with their incomes as much as
Win those OF the por'ers VINO sweep the