New Ulm review., 1912-09-18

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tRsstwarl fsulla fitAG stasidu 'laltsl
.tAAm ~ ask ~ No. eg160e street.
xkoroof lsathsF Alkhne rsvGt xbd1;
= storm o. autenoAilssa .seensd -
hurst upon them 6 I1fth avenns, and.
TO tAA supreme disgnSt Of Golsno. .
llttls. chocolato -colorod mS1, With. s
twisted mustachO and bsady black
syes. hailed him in e6usive 0pan1sh.
delaying their progress 1oe . minute
o. %. y, M VA aftis @ - n
.vsnssuelsn.- eolano explained. .
they hurried On. '@ConA1med 1evolu.
tiouist. Used 70 make headquarters
n Havana whsn the revoluting trade
was slack. and called several tinss on
my fsthsr. Wish, hs hadn't recognized
me-Ao called out my name almost -
loudly a your friend xe0inaity called
yours" - . s.gs ra
In the great ststion of ths subway
tAs boys aaobtsd the same tactics
they hid psactiesA q ~ IL road
permitting several tfains 70 % by.
and then bolting aboard tAs next one
just In time to escape f1amming IN The
gate. They were whissed downtown
rapidly enough. and crossed eastward
In Canals thoroughfsrs that u full
OF life and bizarre transactions
through the day. but dark and we'll
nigh empty In the night. @ "
& Zine. lonesome region this. Ra-
non." muttered Brockstt keeping .
vigilant eye to right and LETT as they
paced along.
II forget which Of the great New
York gangs is in charge Of this par
ticular section" said the Cuban
whether the Five Points or the East
mans" .-.. ...a g..
According to the magazines" I"
Brockett responded, this must be tho
very heart Of the territory where tho
Apaches Of New York hold forth. In
case of a hold-up, DON'T stop to argue
shoot, and keep right on running"
The Eastmans and the Five Points.
however. did not seem to have even
outlying sentinels in Canal street, and
no one even paid any special atten-
ton to the adventurers as they
crossed over into the Bowery. That
famous old street, fountain-head Of
song and story, and in no actual man
ner any different from any other
street which is the main avenue Of the
poor and lowly, was traversed at q
steady gait. The boys mingled with
the swarming crowd of Hebrews and
italians, walked southwark, and. when
the garish lights of Chinatown burst
upon them, turned into Doyers street
"A short, oddly angled alley that
forms one boundary OF the Celestial
colony.
Cinnamon In their native costumes,
Cinnamon in natty black clothes OF
civilization, drawn-faced dope fiends,
heavily treading policemen, rubber
neck wagons bearing pop-eyed tour
ists-all the usual throng that 60 to
make up the evening life Of China.
town-passed back and forth. Slum.
ming parties swarmed up the stairs OF
the chop suey restaurants, eager to
taste Chinese dishes, the like of which
were never seen or heard Of in the
Yellow Kingdom, and the spell Of an
excitement that Is nine-tenths artin.
cial and created seemed to overhan1
the little crooked street. Brockett
and solano pushed through the swarm
jostling good-naturedly or avoiding
collisions wherever possible. They
had traversed perhaps half the length
of Doyers street when there was q
cry, a shrill chorus of Oriental jargon
and half q dozen struggling Cinnamon
their faces convulsed with frenzy
their hands brandishing hatchets and
knives, came weaving out of q little
store.
A thrown hatchet Of most erratit
aim changed on the pavement at So
lano's feet; knife scarce missed
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