Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1896-01-05
NOT OF THE FOUR HUNDRED
The Cold Weather Mikes the Nesfy:
Wanderer Hustle. +.
THEIR nARD-luck STORIES HEARD.


houston, Texas, january 3
ihefe gre SRA, lia4i, nCa.e,s ia no
city ~ present. They come hnl they 20,
eimlessly and nolseiessiy, and their uamss
never appear In the personal columns VI
newspapers. Tho cold rnnp nads tho
iloatcrs rustic last night o. the isnilng
thoroushfures, between tue noirs " ! and
10 o'clock they were numcrnue, noncttinr
uifnes ana nickels ffoni pedcs,r, ans whuss
hearth they sought to soften by hard luck
tales OF no homu niij no work and sirk~
ness anu disaster. a Post reporter wna
necosted 10y three lnislts Of the road on
Main street. The seekers for gosd
Samaritan were young men. under y.
and reasonably well dressed. They lacked
the wild abaunon and the breezy inso-
ence OF the nrofeasienal. one said hc was
en- toute 10 New Orleans from ,'nllfornia,
another came from Wichita, Kan, and
was an Iron moulder, tile third Was from
Pine Blun and was making his way TO
Scoftshnro. Ala. whore hr has q broIner,
who VIII assist him. The latter said:
give me 10 cents, can secure bed
for that sum"
mot In Houston. there arr no cheap
lodging houses hore," was he answer VI
the scribe.
good meals arc dishod ~ for IL cents and
reasonably good bod for the same prl'c.
/ don't like 10 carry the banner hight
like this. It is too biankcty-bleuh cold"
How many parties have you asked for
aid t0nightr'
"Well. three. counting yourself, The first
said lie was In The same lS The second
told me to tell my troubles 10 police
mnn-that ! ought to be ashamed 10 beg,
big, iusty looking fellow like me-"
III you fall to get tho Is eonla, tbon
whht7"
''Go out in the country piece, in the
timber and build campfire. That's rot
al hfA rnnNt aida and
frecge on the other"
''vhy not try the police stntionf"
mot cn yer life. Police stations are
crummy. Old buns sleep In police sta
tons and I amt a bum. You can't keep
clean n w sleep In the cells IN the police
stations In cltlcs. u IL close rub 10
Keep elean on the road. and sleep In box
ears and by camp tree. Nary cell In
mine"
at mus, tro one TO walk great dia-
lancer"
"Nfcbbe 40, but I don't walk The
hrnkleB are pretty hard on seine Of the
roads and on others dead caey--kinder
human like. Some OF 'em know how Il
~ themselves, ! guoss, When | get 10
New orleans III quit this business. Its
too tough Any sort Of bis Is better than
hobolng"
Are there many idle persons on the
rpnd?'
"wen, should shy. In two weei,s rye
met a thousand-some coming and some
going. There arc good many Grips
among them, who come South on account
o. the cod weather. a Grip has
dead easy time The brakes are Kinder
soft on 'cripa' and they mover go hungry.
woman hates TO tefusc n Grip when
hc asks FOR sumthln to eat. l was with
n Grip for week and no got feed enough
for both OF us. II was en- the Iron
Mountain and ! g,ieHA l would have been
Il coed ways from Easy street had 1 besn
alone. A Grip ~ nutty. though, ana
hard to get along with. The guy with
mo rot tlrcd-llkc and shook mo, Now,
mister help poor fellow TO Ii cents.
Mo oyerooat is la me trunk, and II IL
blcutnin' cold"
Tho song the wandorcr rang was very
effective and the nichie and the dims
were placed In his outstretched paw.
THINK, yer. mister said the boy, "l'u
do ns much for you some day. mobbe."
And then hc made hec-llne In the dirsn-
tion OF tho market square, police oft-
cor mufned In a great-eoat, was IN tho
Vicinity watching the stars. and 10 doubt
looking for now comet In the heAycna.
Tho reporter greeted him ihus!y'
"rhcfo are many persona In the city
housolegs ana pcnnllogH, ore there noty''
yes: lota Of hobos and s0nls. Too many
OF them FOR their own good aud the good
or the city"
where do they rest their weary limbo
at nlghtT'
"You mean where do they bunkf Wen.
on warm nights In stables box ears ara
other places where the feathers are not
numerous, Cold nights they break Zoe
certain nll-night saloons lf they are
the owners OF few nckeis thny are
welcome. II not, they are permitted to
remain anyhow. tho proprietor hoping
that tho next time they show DIP they
VIII have little stun. I've seen ns many
ma forty bunkNd on tho floor nhput ono