The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-06
THE MAN
ABOUT
Town
BY
Harry Tucker
New York. N. T., July sith.
10 idea that this town had

New York. NJ T., July cath.
W. had no idea that this town had
grown so much.
When we first landed here we remem-
Der we had 70 80 through easue e. 'a rIuha
and give man at the door the rieHL
Kind OF grip before We could get INTO
Battery Park. W.
Now, you can get into town from ~. 40
bokcn. ~ g.. through tunnel unncs
the river or across two bridges from
Brooklyn, md nobody says word 10 you.
until you get into Park Row, when a
man comes up and asks YOU for thre e,,
Cents to.add to seven that he has, SO he'll
have ten to get a bed and something TO
eat
\ Another man will want to carry y93a ai.
satchel from Park Row to Harlem ior
five cents, because a nickel amt mncn
TO you and 1t will do him lots OF GOOD.
You will also have chance TO BUY a
brass watch from a man with starving
! family for $3.50, and vii, be asked to
hold an infant for o. tired woman VINO
wants 10 go to the seventeenth IGOR OF
a building for few moments to see
But Won can't get drink after ! A NJ.
No one will give you TIP not even q
policeman, -. ,nor whereot wa
/. We tried It. ana kHo" Whei GU ""
a man who owned place In Sixth Ave-
nue. was standing at his side door Watch-
ing for angels, when we wen. up 20 20 nm mn
Bit our heavy black mustache frlghtened
hin, and he wouldn't even let US have
a drink OF water. .,. ,ro,,,
the South, and while we were not from
Kentucky. We knew something Intimately
about a mint iulep. and would give halr
Of our possession Tor soou one Just
'"Nay. nay" he said. Il can't do thing
for you - o-t
to the Bartholdi Hotel, where We pousnee
dozen bananas and ten cents worth OF
Juicy plums from California;
We used to know everybody on Broad,
wny. but we didn't see any of our old
friends. -, ga o,,v ,nd
George Could was out When We oait w.
thirteenth floor, and we had to be con-
tent with talk with him over the phone
to Brooklyn. r,,uaa,.
Twentv-third- Street place in fifteen min
utes, and we went over there and ordered
meal. -, o.rts ana ,s wa
u area Still flush we invested an addi-
Mana, nickel in cup of ice-tea, and an
o ct' in a bunch Of butter cakes
But Billy didn't GONG, an ana ,v We we n1e
cot cot a ere real cup Of Chinese tea, after which
s Te Vent up TO the Majestic and saw Fred
stone. an old friend as the animated
at us. and We smole back. as we are
wont to do. and when she told US that
she was stranger In New York and
Would we please show her where she
lived felt all Of our southern Ms k bleGd
took her In tow and landed her at her
door. much to her pleasure.
we were tired and she asked us IN
To rest q moment, while she got us
drink of water. we didn't remember any
thing after we drank the water, and When
~, 80 ysoks sitting on the door step, we
found that our purse with. thirty-seyen
cents in. cashsand a few due bills had
Then we went back to the Bartholdi
again. and got the clerk to give, us that
SIPS that We had left with him for
safe keeping, and we went out and had
a fine time at Tom Sharkey's place in
Fourteenth Street.
After having received reply from orr
telegram home for funds, we made up
our mind to go to Coney. Island and see
Mister Bostock and his educated monkey,
about which we will tell in our next,
II. u.