The San Francisco call., 1908-07-05

somewhere in the streets Of a
big csty wiki no means for
breakfast N The morning and
no hope OF a sob? In san Francisco
there are numbers who 20 through this
experience nightly. ccawling into out
of-the-way places where an officer is
nor likely 70 md them or utterly de-
fying authority aad yearning perhaps
for the HARD board OF a ceiL curling
themselves up IN a coo-way or any
place convenient. In some cases these
may be people with "a reason to-in
other cases not.
Wine Grunlzs." an officer VIII state
concisely. sweeping the whole list But
then there is nothing SD Goggedly
skepucal perhaps as tho heart that
beats under the 0Iire-dga5 Of a police
mans jacket. Questioning him. how
ever. he VIII admit rnere are some Of
the other perhaps Quire a few
Then i y0l can set lim 20 show you
thor haunts you are rather ir luck.
II was our fortune - spend the
greater part OF two nights meeting
some Of -hese quite Il tex" in the
yellow, laup-Elared obli- ton OF the
early morning-more than that besides
hashli ghts. 10 be sure Of few pictures
by rctakilg them when The light came
z little later on. and incidentally pay
for a few breakfasts in view Of the
fact that we had been waited on longer
than the usual hour Of getting up.
And these birds OF the night shivering
f. the glum dampness Of their roosts
proved 10 be pretty good fellOws-some
OF them-on the whole, rather inter
esting material
cav way an let me be. cant YOU"
growied Tommy Jacobs from his bed Of
H-n
explained later his hip fitted into
certain crevice that made il comfort
able.
But we persisted and at length Tom
ny rose on his elbow, rubbed his eyes
and looked US over reprOachfUlly. It
was under a sidewalk TO which the
entrance was the cellar OF a burned
building Fair warnin'.f he said,
you're spoilin' my beauty sleep, re-
member an I need IL. Newspaperman,
Ell. Well. you newspaper fellers are
worse than the cops No, never was
intervtewed-don want TO be. Sort Of
honor maybe but leave IL for the
higher-ups. 1 never done nobody an
an not interestin'. say, gaw way. viii
you2 Cant you see me eyes are on
crutches2 I was dreamin OF q girl
What" 7 CALCULATED
We'll why shouldn't To- opening his
eyes TIL they encrOached on their half
rings Of pale ARK. Think no IN can
dream nuthin 'cept on mattress2
] don't usually, you know, don't want
to-but II comes sometimes an leaves
sort of snake mark in the ulornin-" !"
Tell me about her-and yourself" I
entreated. had huddled down on
pile Of bricks. setting the little dark
lantern between US so that the light
played on his face.
He Blames the Girl
.Oh. it's nuthin'. She did me. that's
all But I guess a lot OF girls have
been hurt a great deal worse an a man
or two doesn't matter. Well. listen
then gaw away an let me sleep. Ny
old man was an English officer that
married an Irish girl an shouldn't We
It's q bad mixture, you know-worse
than anythin' you can drink. mean
ft-bad for yours eff never was so
bad as the worlds given me credit for,
never bad enough for this anyways
signifying the bed OF stones. Well
obstinate little fool and mixup that I
was. I goes TO work an falls in love
with an Irish girl much better'n me.
An az last the only way II looked like
gettin' her was 70 come 10 America an
get the goods then send for her. I
did-stowaway-na good-sent a
ticket an she came. It's what she
looked like that mornin' when she
walked of the steamer 70 me I was
dreamin' about. Lordyi Just wait
I'VE a picture here. There wasn't any
thin IN this land O. the free quite so
sweet IN my sight Yes. you can'-as
I whistied slightly over the tintype he
had handed me-'she was a pink and
white wonder, / tell you, sort o. sun
set in her eyes an q bunch o fruit at
her Hps. Well. OWN to certain things
that came up suddenly II turned out
there was TO be q couple OF months be-
fore we could get married at the best
I wanted 70 pay her way TIL the time,
hut she wouldn't hear OF st. Didn't
mind the wait al all. but just that kind
Of a girl So she got q Job tendin' a
rich mans kids. That's where the
trouble came in. The rich guy had a
son an the son eloped with 'er an got
the old mans benedictiOn on ii after
wards. She told me il was a mistake
'atween her and me and offered me the
ticket money. I turned me bloomln'
hack on IL an everything else that
there might have been Now, I'm here,
an down here. you know, you don't
care for anything 'cept that you've a
bad dream once in while. But I'm
not blamin' her, mind-Im just an
other one O. the fools, that's all She's
got three kids an wears diamonds.
You've got me hip worked out O this
hole. d-n st. Sure, come back an
take the picture an buy the breakfast
II vou want TO- Slong. Sorry ]
couldn't o1er you q chairF'
The grim. careless irony OF the last
wards were altogether so much like the
man thar couldn't help smiling, and
as turned a last fash Of the lantern
on him he was smiling, too. It was at
the wall where I had TO Chamber out
that I suddenly remembered / had for
gotten something and hurried back
7 saw" / asked as he reused again
20 the effort OF opening his eyes
through the disturbance / had made
from half falling in the debris, What
do vou do days. anyway"
For a moment hfs brow rufhed TN
comprehendingly at the stupidity Of the
oneetiov Then he nestled down again