The sun., 1903-04-26

. daY fss helping hin 10. mako xhi.xsr
q tHs way she learned ths secret Of moon.
After several months had psssed q visitor
ehe told him. TO call later. On the moon
shirsrs return che spoke OF the visitor.
| a., wnat d'd you sayl' eagerly demanded
- .I .9n him to come back this evening. .
Without q word the moonshiner put on
his hat and walked out. He never returned. i.
Let alone, poverty began to press upon
stu, for her own profit, and was doing very
hs hnsn When the revenue agents captured
She threw 90 much pathos into the telling
OF this tale that she was released with the
oantion to keep out Of such business In
Three months later, when a stu on Stan.
ton street was raided. Mary was found
penprfngi with her sleeves rolled up, at
work making whiskey. But for the second
time S,,s shs wspt % herself out Of trouble.
cberly rt'js s, Is'sT shs ,o was caught again on
escape pu1ishment. This time she was
commanded to report to the offlce OF the
revenue agents on Nassau street onoe .
For short time her visits to Mr.. sensel
were very regular. then they grew uncertain
and a last stopped altogether While the
revenue agent was considering what was
best to do with the woman. he met her one
;sMerp11n IN room at the Federal Build
you are running q still again"
II was no longer the woe-begone Mary
Catching before hanging she DRIED
ssnrliy, snrs ~ .S You've got e catch mo first be-
The reveuue agent laughed at the thank.
ie:s old woman's imPudence:
away, Keep out OF trouble
1t was just two weeks later that Mary
building on stanton street. That time
she w:s sent to the penitentisry regard
There are anecdotes Of metropolitan
noonshiness nc llustrsting the pertinenoe Of
when applied to their GLASS as when applied
to more respectable classes Of men. There |
was once an old tinsmith on Hester street |
who was 20 feeble and no clumsy a work !
man that he could scarcely make enough
out Of pity, gave e him utensils te i
70 mend when they could have had the work
done better and cheaper elsewhere. /
In the midst OF the tinsmith's straits. the
moonshiners discovered him and set him
of the thing readily and greedily gathered
But prosperity made the old man proud.
Old customers were driven from his shop
.ith harsh words He scornfully announced
hat he would not mend hole In q black
med kettle or q battered wash boiler.
added TO this, he kept his shop closed for
lays at a time while he hammered and
inkered within. deaf to knocks and the
attling Of the door from those who wished
o enter.
Neighbors. wondered what he was doiae
md where his money came from. Then
! shrewd policeman heard Of the matter
md. finally, the revenue agents came and
ook away all the old mans fine customers.
All II takes to capture a mountain moon
hfner is courage, heart and plenty of am
nuniuon. In the city the problem is not 80
asy.
A veteran moonshiner in New York will
esert his still on the first suspicion Of dis :
overy and hasten away to entirely new
He does not often return |
Or his belongings. II not captured at the
efinite period.
Above all things, the moonshiners fear
otoriety. This is because their days Of
sefulneas practically end when their faces :
eoome known to the revenue agents. A
lOonshlner who has been arrested Ia
,unned by others that have not been so
nfortunate and feel that duty to their Z
rofession bars them from such oompro-
ising oompanionship.
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