The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-11-24
4 ROSE OF THE 1ENDERO|H
III w Townsend (Author of ''Chimmie
Fadden'0 in the New York JournaL3

7 met Harry, Tenderloin Harry, as he
Uas alighting from hanson at the
corner of Fifth avenue and one OF the
upper Thirtieth streets. Ihefe was
,7othiner surprising in seeing him on
Fifth avenue for that, as we'll as one
side of Seventh avenue, is in the rem
derloin: a fact which seems to escape
the minds of those who comment on
that interesting precinct.
.'Sherrys, as well as Shanleys, IS IN
the Tenderloin," as Harry phrased II TO
me once.
II was surprising, though, that he
should have been in a hanson, Tor ne
usually goes afoot through his peloNeo
precinct, and it was more surprising
to see him lift 3-year-old girl from
the cab-a child with big, frank, hano-
some blue ewes that were dancing with
excitement, 1 noticed, when l stopped
to speak to Harry.
I'VE been to Hentrem park, she in
terrupted, as we were chattlng-
THAT means Central park, Harry
interpreted smiling down at the child.
and haw ions. the tigers and-and
-potomums and elphim an-and dote
tarriage."
Goat carriage" Harry again inter-
preted, proudly.
I walked down the cross street with
them. the child holding a hand of each
-
in front of house near Sixth avenue.
Now dom see mamma, and tell
mamma bout Hentrem park" said the
child, as Harry took her in his arms
to carry her up the steps.
..Dood by. 90 do and see Hentrem
park and dote tarriage," she said over
Harry's shoulders, waving a plump lit
tie hand at me as I walked on.
knew as much about Harry as do
most men who know the Tenderloin-
and no more. I knew that was not his
home, and I wondered if his curious
history included a romance involving
the life of that beautiful child. ! was
yet laziIy romancing about IL, man
and the baby when> after walking
few blocks up Broadway, / had re-
turned as far as the corner of the same
cross street, and there 1 was almost
run into by Harry, with the child in
his arms.
He was greatly excited, more than
had eyer seen him before and the child
was crying from fright.
''Herei" he exclaimed as he saw me.
Quick, You're just the man. You
know where my rooms are; take this
child there.
He stopped a passing coupe and had
pushed me in and put the baby in my
arms before 1 had {. chance to ask
question.
Here are my keys; call the landlady
she'll do whateYer'S wanted and he
slammed the door, giving the address
to the driver
I tried to quiet the child. but she was
thoroughly frightened; at what, she
could not say, but 1 guessed it was
from the panic she had been thrown
into by seeing some sudden and great
change in Harry.
l was glad to get the landlady into
Harry's apartments as soon as posi-
bic, for she was a motherly and calm
woman, who had the child quiet aEss
interested in some picture papers in a
few minutes.
I told her what little I knew. but she
asked no questions and showed no Curl
osity-she had been Harry's landlady
Tor many years, and perhaps had
learned not to be surprised or curious
over any affair of his
L had been there not more than half
an hour when a man came with a little
trunk and message from Harry that
it belonged to the baby and was to be
opened. Mrs. Masters, the landlady
opened the trunk and took out some of
its contents. with many EXPLANATIONS
of delight at the rich and pretty
clothes. The baby took a knowing and
interested hand in this, selecting a
"dess mamma likes" which Mrs. Mas
ters put on the child.
Unky Harry say mamma dawn
way. 90 know where mamma DAWN"
mo, child" said Mrs. Masters
My name not child; my name Osie''
'Osie? oh, Rose.''
Ess Oslo"
It was getting dark. and little Rose
began to whimper and want to go to
her mamma, so Mrs. Masters IN
dressed her and put her to bed I saw
them in Harry's bedroom from where
sat in the parlor
DO you say prayers, Rose?"
''ESS. i saw bod hess mamma -
And papa?"
The child looked up at Mrs. Mas
tiers, wonderingly, and then repeate
sleepily:
bod bess mamma-at's ALL"
Mrs. Masters and 1 were whispering
in the parlOr. which was only half lit
from the electric lights shining in
through the curtains from the street
below, and had just started at a cry
from Rose as Harry came in.
He stood on the threshold as he
heard the baby's voice saying: u
dom tiss mamma Goodnight. Mamma
rum t3ss Oslo dood-night''
Mrs. Masters had tht, little one sound
asleep soon ard then Harry told his
story.
It was a long story, and much of it
you may have read in the papers the
next morning. Even IF you did not,
there is mo use in telling it all here
The headline in the papers told most
of it: Another Tenderioin Suicide
4 never knew the father Of the
child" said Harry sitting with his
back 10 the dim light from the street,
and I hope 1 never may. The poor
girl knew before she-before she came
irto the Tenderloin. After the baby
was born / saw the mother sometimes
in the restaurants and music halls
sometimes on the street. One day l
met her with the baby, and the little
one kind Of took to me, and we be-
came good pals-the little one and me- /
1 used to send it little things from
the shop-dresses and hats and things
and take it out to the park once in
a while
To-day 1 got a note from the mother
asking me If I'd take Rose out for a
ride. saw her-the little woman
when l called for the baby. and il
seemed to me she was jollier than
usual When we got back to the house |
they'd just found it outbound her
dead-and some OF the women set up
a cry that the society would take the
kid-take Rose, you know-and that
gave me a scare. That's when 1 met
you.
I've made arrangements about
about the funeral-and that Will be all
right But it's Rose I'm thinking Of
Is she sleeping all right, Mrs. Mas
Iers?'
Like a little angel, Harry
He tip-toed into his bedroom. and
when he came back he said nothing for