The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-20
MN SIGHTED AGAIN.
A Comet Of Uncertain Orbit Grazes O
Pretzei Constellation in Park How.

MIN has been sighted again on Park
row. MIN is q comet Of uncertain orbit,
without n collar, blest. however, with
an aggressive brindle mustache, and
wearing a tail that looks as II it were the
sequel Of some tin can tragedy.
Min when sighted was heading in a
mildly ourving course from the Milky Way
OF Printers Alley to the Constellation of
the Peanut Vendors. His appearance at
this time is connected with the prevalence
OF the pretzel pedler in these parts.
Nim's course, as far as visible to the
naked eye, is erratic. Shooting stars,
emanating from the quarter Newshoys.
have been known to signal his disarrear-
ance for long and varying periods. The
best observers have calculated that his
course must end somewhere in the region
Of Coenties Slip. and that he probably
rests about the docks between trips.
One observer pretends to have discovered
Minis resting place. A kindly municipal
government has suffered a bit Of planking
to rot through up by the %stringrisce Of
one OF the older wharves. It is not best To
cay which, as there is danger that the board
might be s~traightway mended and MIN
put to inconvenience.
In the little chamber thus formed MIN
finds seclusion from others OF his kind;
rest and protection from the larger rain
drops when the weather is wet. Hee
he .~retires like Diogenes, less the lantern,
and sleeps soundly.
He dreams Of chasing rats-great sleek
rats nat fly from him In terror up and down
unnaturally splendid wharves, and never
succeed in finding a hole to dodge into.
Then often, just as he is about to close
his fangs on the rat, he is awakened by
a turin no In HE fail that rnnr,lar about
which he is sensitive, spiritually as well
as bodily, and comes to the humble reali-
zation that a big wharf rat is biting the
unfortunate ornament.
"Never mind, he thinks to himself, 'nobler
the rats bite than the flea's," and kicks
the rat away
MIN Is imbued with the unrest Of his
backdoor neighbor, the sen. He watches
tho putting out Of mighty brick harges,
the entry OF mud scows inward bound from
tho Fur Away. MIN beholds the floating
Of the deadwood as the water bears it past
and the contagion OF these things falls
upon MIN.
He hangs his n out OF his mouth as
a preliminary and lopes off into the world.
He has a ragged sort of step and a half
gait of his own invention. and with every
few steps he looks back over his shoulder,
as II asking who said mutt"
His latest coming included n visit to tho
Yohan stands bis basket on the curb.
On il an upright stick holds the visible
supply OF pretzels. There is a reserve
wrapped up.
MIN sighted the ravishing stick. but
made believe TO sniff the odor OF n neglected
cigar butt. n bided his time. When
Yohan finally gazed after something that
Interested him in the passing crowd and
con!dinglv turned his back on his stock
in trade MIN drew near TIE prc.zel stick.
He took a deep wliT of the south end OF
the top pretzel and inhaled it. Then he
shifted the north end, which seemed TO suit
him even better his whiskers fairly Quiv-
cred. He made as if TO grab the pretlcl,
but hat was only to fool himself He
knew that Yohan would yell and then re
would never have the nerve to run on with
out dropping tn booty.
His quick eve caught signs that Yohan
was going to look around again pretty soon,
and be loped away in his funny way, without
waiting to be told.