The sun., 1895-05-26
LIES TATTERED SIDE.
sIx rIEWs GIVEN BT THOSE VINO
KH0W IT WELL.

snrcs OF ReSienntio "A Bergnrs' Meeting
tn the Early Morning at - Bakery Door.
Half dozen wnifs OF humanity waited out
side tn, Vienna bakery side door on q recent
warm night. IL wanted some moments CT the
time for handing out the broad for which they
waited, and they fell into a desuitory conversa-
ton regarding life as they had found II, ex-
changing ideas and experiences with the readi-
ness of barter in which there Is nothing 10
lose and there may be something to gain To
the casual observer the six would have appeared
TO be all OF piece, differing only In degrees OF
raggedness and with such unimportant diver
sity of physique ms is found in any average
group of like size. The gaunt bcwhiskered In
dividual who leaned against the friendly lamp
post, not SO much from vear!ness us from iner-
tin, might have sat for a composite photograph
OF the group. lie began tho conversation with
q reminiscence. The speech of such men Is al-
ways reminiscent They speak OF the past be-
cat;se they have no future.
when | was here BEFORE" he said, there
was "a line that reached way aroun' the corner
| UP to the church. 1t was take yer place an
wait an wait an wait, then, with the cold
fecn' its way through where yer clo'es was
thinnest, an plenty weitin' TO push you outer
yer place II you took wink O. sleep w'ere you
stud. seen mon waitin two hours fer LOAF
that cent'd buy. an women, too; on'y none OF
'em had the cent. T'ant winter on'y half q
| year, anyway"
Nobody made immediate reply. but thick
| set fellow got to his feet from his seat on the
| curb and stretched his arms with yawn.
~ was there myself" ho remarked. 81 was
| a regular Many's the half loaf had chucked
outer that there door at me-" He spoke with
| certain PRIDE 1T don't taste so good now us 1t
| useter." he added.
| "Nothin tastes SO good wen you git 1t easy ne
wen you git 1t hard. returned the philosopher
| of the lamp post
There are some that nothing comes to easily;
not even what they need to keep breath in tho
| bodies that might better be underground" This
| voice was very different from the others. 1t
| was harsh and broken. but the speech was that
| of au educated man. although the figure from
| which it came. sitting with the head bent al
most to the knees. looked as disreputable as tho
| others. For II moment the man threw up his
scanned face from which the desp-set eyes
looked out with suppressed fury. Then he re-
sumed his attitude of despair.
Down on his luck" commented the regular.
| PLENTY OF his kind around. | useter see 'em
last winter keepin' their heads down sos the
mile away. Gents. too some Of 'em. seen one
OF 'em one night-it wns u howlin' night, too
fine to- to "a woman wot was standin' cryin' in tho
gutter cause she'd gpt pushed he'd out; H. was
hissef " en- ho got out. He Kinder staggered.
too an didn't have the gimp lett into him to go
an dropped his face into his knees ike his nibs
there. guess he was dozzy fer a bit. fer Wen
ns bat 9a i a sx % ha
night-he ac!ed like he didn't know w'ero he
was s,at,. at, But know he was gent by the way
'oh, we're all gents" observed the supporter
He swept his hand around illustratingly in
gesture that embraced the group. - %An some mt,
tell us wot yer want here"
The speaker went over and shook into semi
sooty black streaks on hi. face We're to be re-
garded as evidence was a, boot 90, black @ civ
ssSs sos to
TIL run this early. paid me me nickel" nickel ,,,
Safn' wns M io IN
Mother teller licked me n stole me kit"
mourned the urchin. AN | amt got red"
-" ~ Wsii; Who seq / didn,t;;" walled the boot,
low crap every time | got de boxes. m win out
mex tinie; II could got u stake to buy some
den I'd be in il. ain't got no luck lately" he
concluded with dolefu! snuliie;
end = said the man who was doubled up on tho
curbstone. There's no Gcd; there's no Provi
on"es earth fort for the M That hs tide sets against
He'd better Xiii himself and be done with it,"
cot btonS iugsk put II nsS ssakeG gs
chob fer monat now. und looz all my, money;
Dere ain'a no chobs lefd by baker il he ain'd
TRY 'cln inside when they, open the door:
they might be short man there" suggested
The speaker was bloated fellow with
| been replaced with wooden peg. On hearing
his voice the bootblack looked around sharply,
and then moved away a. little. ,
ed as an aside for the others. " He's de terror
wild dat leg lie kin lay, down OH de walk II
lick anything In sight w!d dat. seen i'm knock
"Hey, Tte,S said the regular. y" How's things
81 ToS g1 1a%n ,penD the sury
him hot + he il clean dc hull gang out" N
out s s S % %s.
~hd GFsaH .g gesr1sE;" i. to
uppy. hut jest explain yer blz here" An,
as the OF yEu peg s
added rising and as he rose there was the un-
sis of m9nsy hs in III pocket tot
got said the philosoni,er; nor thirsty ei,her
a little % that'd be enough fer me-
curb so% as ffn sass .na md
tried to get more. That's tho reason I'm here
now. was ambitious once. I'm II beggar now.
| That's cause and effect"
Told yon he was nutty." observed the reg
ular as II his case y as proved.
IF I'm not, will be soon enough" said tho
| man bitterly. It's ell I've got to look forward
TO- mans damned fool who looks forward
| TO anything. You tramps are the only men who
nre ever contented. 4 square meal IL your only
| look at me! The poorhouse or the asylum
| the Morgue. That's my future"
| Say, Was to the Morgue oncet," put in the
| urchin. seen feller wot was drownded fer
| tree weeks an seen woman wot got shot
| in de head. Oh. IL was great!
You got too much lip" remarked Peg. vent
ing his i'll humor where it seemed safe.
| "Is-dat- so." rctorted the uIchin. II know
wot youse is here fer. YOuse wanter git hunk
o. bread, an when II loidy or q gent comes along
| yousel II trow it in de gutter'n pertend yer found
II. an .yer'll chaw on it fer bluff dat yer
stRrvin', SOS yerll git a stake. Don let i'm hit
| the boy.