The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-14
EPISTLES TO ST. PAUL.

Just about an hour before dark last even
ing three very small boys, the Httlest mites
that ever wore breaches, sat in a hallway on
Fourth street and divided the territory they
proposed to work as soon as 1t got dark
enough. Their baby faces did not evince
guile, and the person from Podunk would
gladly. almost tearfully, buy gold brick
from any one of them without second
thought. If the person had happened along
it is very probable that the gold brick would
have been forthcoming. They form trio
Of the most diminutive and successful graft
ers that ever worked public susceptible to
the woes Of the small boy. AS they sat and
gerrymandered the Fourth ward so that each
might have a new district to work trio Of
newspaper men went past.
There they are" said one of the reporters.
1.-THE one in the blue overalls got me again
last night"
1.-The one with the Swede accent got me, !"
said another.
well, they didn't get me-" put in the
third. 81 got cured a couple Of weeks ago.
1 was out one night with Charlie Steele, and
we met the kid in the blue overalls in front
of Schuneman e Evans. He was crying
as though his heart was breaking, and he was
Stuck He had a haf-dozen papers, and
he was afraid to go home. he said He
from him and gave up the quarter that might
have been useful before pay day. When
we got down on Seventh street we ran across
a little girl sitting in doorway with blind
boy They were both crying, and the girl
said they would be beaten if they didn't sell
their papers before they went home. Steele
took the bunch of papers and paid literally
for them. A few minutes later we were
standing in front of a drug store, when
couple Of Salvation Army girls came up with
the War Cry and told tale of woe. Then
we got on that we were being played on
system, and refused to give up"
AT O'Clock last night one of those young
sters standing in front of Newspaper
Row and another was on the Fourth street
corner Of the court house Both of them
were shedding tears that they may need to
soften the heart of judge soma day The
one in front of Newspaper Row got a
sucker and disposed of his bunch of pa
pers. Ten minutes later he had divided the
lot Of papers that the other fellow had got
stuck" on, and he was pumping away at
the tear vat in front of the postoffice.
man and boy sat together on a bench
in the waiting room Of the union depot yes
terday. The boy looked miserable. and once
in while he looked at the man and INDUCED
in a quiet At ofe sniveling. The sniveing Of
the boy seemed to irritate the man and pres
emily he got ups and gave the boy cuff on
the ear. The boy beloved and he gave him
| another one. Shut up, will you?" he said.
The boy Foared and he was smacked again.
A man whoosat near by interfered.
What do you want to beat the boy for?"
he asked. 80 u
You shet up" said the man. and he
handed the weeping youth another one.
'f you don't leave that boy alone" said
the stranger. 'I'll make trouble for you
Then the sman turned on him and said
Look here. stranger, my wife has run away
with the hired man. I've lost my railroad
ticket and the boy wants a new pair of pants
right now. I'd like to see you make any more
trouble for me-" ,t~s't r.
n,IIr1 DILL IcHIN1In