Evening star., 1897-03-20


Gle policemen led in a very much frightened
young man and woman. The youth was in
very ornate wheeling suit. with golf
stocking attachments. and the girls bicy-
Gle costume was beyond criticism She
would have been pretty had her eyes and
nose rot been so red from weeping. She
was still sohbing plaintive!y and gaspingly
in little wisp of a tear-soaked handker-
chief The youth stood in an attitude of
the last despair. of a man about to go
to the gu-llotine, as the bicycle police
man made the charge-"Riding without
lights, and the girl began to cry vocifer-
ously at the charge.
Indeed. sir she sobbed choking at
every word we didn't mean to-indeed and
indeed we didn't. but Charley didn't have
any matches. and neither did /, of course.
and We have the lamps on our wheels,
as you can see for yourself. but the oils
all run out. because when We went visiting
we left the lamps burning by mistake,
and 1t all burnt uI,-and We won't have to
go to prison. will We" and then her tears
overca me her altogether. and she just
couldn't go on The station clerk was
smiling all the time. although she couldn't
see that cheering sight through her tears
Why, no. it's not so bad as that at ALL
he said, finally. "and if you do you won't
have to stay there many years" Finally
he made il clear to the gloomy brain of
the young man that a few dollars COL
lateral was all that was required for their
how his face frightened and to hear the
girls extravagant expressions of joy. The
bicycle policeman furnished them with oil
for their lamps. and they almost scorched.
thereby making themselves liable to be ar
rested again. in their eagerness to get
away.
In the Tolls Again.
very old. dirty. ragged and unkempt
woman was hustled in. She was in a sta e
NJ doll int
Lizzie. Lizzie began the station clerk,
sorrowfully, why don't
"G'wan now. you,' broke in the old wo-
man. executing a grotesque clog step
Stow all that, Don't give none OF yer
preachin'. How long hev ye been Jung.
kimball, anyhow? An what the divil's the
r,atter with me. I'd like to know? Can't /
enjoy meself in me own way? An what am
/ kept standin' here fer? Don't sc know
me rame yit2-
For the crathcr's got the wick of life
in him, in him, in him, he has,
The crather's got the wick of life in him. ~
The crone was grooming her grewsume
chant all the way back TO her cell, and was
eager TO embrace the matron. But the
matron of the twelfth street station is a
woman conspicuous for cleanliness and she
did not therefore respond to Lizzies anec-
ton.
Over the Time.
When two Greek street vendors, one of
bananas and the other of peanuts. were
brought in by single policeman, there was
din of language that might have induced
one TO wonder how the Greek army at
Crete contrive to stand the mutual concus-
sion. They were charged with obstructins
the streets, the ordinance being that street
vendors snail only remain In one spot ten
minutes at time. The Violence of this;
pair Indignation was expressed not only
by tnelr tumultuous speech. but by their
frantically waving arms.
Only II min! Only fl mini" was all thew
could say in English, in denial of the Of
hcers charge 1t was not as musical as
the chorus OF hundred thousand Greeks
hurn-crlhs Ihessaiia. Thessalia!" In He
rodotus, being too hoarse and choppy They
descended into their pockets and paid the
collateral. and what the things meant that
ihey said in the modcrnized language Of
krow. '
gentleman of the age of eight nuita
arg was brought In at midnight. charged
ni.h s'roylns private property, in that lie
attempted 10 kick in his mothers door
doan know nothin' about no do'," IVA g
al! ne would say in answer to the station
clerk inquiries as to his name and so an
50 me ,0fhcer had to furnish the informa.
tlon- The pickaninny went back stoliJIv
| without a whimper.
Black and White
Not long after midnight an officer bropoh,
ana very seedy white man of middle ago
from Alabama-a man with an exceedingly
Vinous countenancc-on the other The mar
from Alabama was charged with kickino
the coiored youth. The colored youtb w, %
| charged with responding in kind nv at,
| tempting TO knock the white mans hood
! from his shoulders.
| 10 honoh. said the man from AIa
! bama steadying himself at the rail- and ad-
! crossing the station clerk as if the latter
were the court judge and jury, .yo' honoh
this heah noisome reptile, this heah crawl.
ing eliza monstuh sub, made q yicious
| attack upon my puhson, sub as was
| Ptaceiuiiy attempting to remove him from
| my path, suh in o'duh that 1 might
| Your name2' inquired the clerk
| sub. was the dignified reply. do yo'
mean to insult me by claiming that yo' ab
unfamilyuh with
Take him back" said the station clerk
| The coiored youth made all of the Officers
| In the room dizzy by producing collateral
| Tor his appearance in the morning
The Fare Was Asleep.
In the neighborhood Of / O'Clock in the
| morning a cab drew up outside the station
| house door. The cabby jumped from his
| seat. opened the cab door and tried to ge,
| the occupant to get out. The cab occupant
| however. was in the enjoyment of sweet