The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-03-30


they can smell policeman long before
they see him. and there are always
friends to give the word when tie
guin-shoe man comes along. y haifI
pint from them costs rs cents. as they
charge a little for the extra service
and the risk. Ten cents added to the
regular price isaot too much when one
considers the risk the peddIer runs.
and the man who carries leftover
thirst AID an aching .ifeah never thinks
Of We extra dime.
~. Pink Alley and the Market Space
once rs welcome sigh 10 a thirsty
man as an oasis tG a camel, was as arid
as Death Valley. Old-timers sulked in
the sun, and bemoaned the general
-dryness. The glaring rays of old Sol
beat down without mercy on the pant
Ing sufferers, and they longed for the
welcome tread Of Lonely and Hoppy.
once dispensers. In that torrid waste.
but. now on a four-months. visit TO
Junk Smith. Once they coined money
like Wall Street brokers. but they car
ried their pitchersto the well too often
and now can only look from bet ween
bars and sigh for Ireedom. Brook
Avenue was as Egypt when the Nile
IS at MS lowest ebb. and half-pint
of Durham was as scarce as though
the distillerx had closed It's doors until
the = emu SoI ellIHe. als5
Only IA Few Crnp Shooters.
Tired, foot-sore and worn out, the
officers continued on their way through
the Ward, but only a few crap shooters
fitted across their path. In one for
merry we'll -es bfshed4 resort they
found half dozen thirsty LOOKING
egroest Wholsdeclared that they had
not had a drop all day, explaining that
their usual friend was Willing away
his time In jail.
The officers believed what they saw.
which was dry, but an Internal examt.
ma ton mi light havefrevealed a different
state of affairs In. another place an
Italian barkeepar vigorously asserted
With all the eloquence native to his
land, that he never sold on Sunday.
Rear-end views sometimes disclosed
chairs placed In a suspicious looking
circle about a hroken- down table but
the birds had floWn.Eif they were ever
there: and keen noses could not detect
a. trace of liquor. Wherever the Off.
GERS We're recognized thev We're greeted
by the old time sellers with genial
smiles, and informed that business was
dullN.and times were hard. Soaks
grnnted ,dismally and PRAYED for. a
glass, Of beer, The ground burned be,
''V e.t y ei, d nj A. a plue SKY
.sscorched above them. They withdrew
closer in the shade, or sneaked after7a
llmeade. d 7
Dry ms Bone.
Down by the bubhling Stockoe. faet
along the scorchipg rails4of the Sea-
board, In and out all the little alleys
Whictsrtln to nowhere. over the green
s~ard which $ leirts the thirsty ward,
II a ,a
shade OF the trees.
Standing on a bank at place where
jackson Wa I'd sverges on to the green
Off Henri leo, the policemen saw far boz
low them a neg RI with anReHpty pail
emerge from "a shack. st af Al
INVtthgthe far-seeinss eyes $of. the crook
he glance i up and beat d hurried
retreat ITO the door. Other heads poked5
out from the rear, and II every body.
smiled Nothing !. do II they ys e
smiled hack at the grinsing negroes.
|, T he game would have heen covered
before they could have got on the
scene 10 hey We're more fortunate near
gang of -four footers rolling "a cent a.
throw. They scooted like jack
Tabbits when they saw thetp police com
ling. The. latter got three eliceyfor} their.
Wept So hard that the officers released
them In fcpnsideratio cf their lander
Years. Other games We're bro ken Slp in
the beginning, for the sleuths seemed
had been thought Of. Down on. The
lSt'lats. n bal game was IN Gnrogress. hut
/ the innocents We're allowed TO play.
ESsl Mile after mile was traYersed. and
Sthe Ward was searched rs with q fine
eaughtB during the day ii la T. by two
isother officers They got four crates of
sheer and Il barr .off Whislkey from q