The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-02-24
rr Leslie G. Shannon

ealing over inc H'o W.
81 Is Ike POINT down back
81 "I -. Dim yellow lights
be y 81 Glowing behind the dirty
lfs''! tbree saloons which give
IoE' o. &c name. A dozen small
point W. .briII wells, are jumping
T ',,as over the piles OF lumoer
f'Il larosr where new building
be cO' An enormous police
'lns a anongh to have eaten the
Dig 'D for breakfast, rolls ma
70 u, n m the street and 1oV1ally
''ls y. W neace. The young imps
ns ~ ,,onts Of joyous fear, halt
VIII zoos s away to handy insults
NJ tsn pr law The contracting car
'D' ,nnearg. and, halfway be-
~ ,. snn and a grin, nails his
y :, aor to the sidewalk for the
70 young divvels," the
81 . l',9 growls, shaking his huge
.t ~. grocery on the fifth corner,
Il NV wv streets come together in a
mint. a woman lights a flicker
~ lamp. It makes visible a
= If little girls huddled on the
Tbav are whispering one to
..5or displaying small china
absorbed in their affairs.
.,m m Latin street there comes
II the point the thud and rattle
H. against stone, with a shrill,
~ chant rising above it. Swiftly
noisv chariot draws near. 1t is a
j automobile, its motive power the
n ~ its owner and chauffeur, beat
tbe concrete sidewalk. His hands
&,dIv twist the steering wheel, the
i be sings through his nose the
bvmn of the Polish legion as
charge despairingly against the
Miriam and Russian conquerors.
NTH jerk and a wide grin from
owner the automobile is stopped
/ he corner and its occupant con-
4 in slangy English with another
a thin, sophisticated Lithuanian
4 carries under his arms a bun
of papers printed in Polish, Bo-
Han and Lithuanian. In the midst
sbe conference the small charito-
stops and all his teeth showing,
BITS again:
|Yeshtche PoIsha ne sgniela"
he shadows grow thicker. Down
sidewalk from the Forty-ffth
let entranceaato the yards comes a
tered trickle of the homeward
bid after a days work; a couple
well dressed clerks, a group of
higrant girls, white handkerchiefs
over their heads, their faces
BID and placid, a knot Of heavy
Jed workmen, carrying their tin
Der pals, plodding down the mid
ot the street.
nears 6 o'clock. The gas lamps,
and far apart, begin to show like
Ow spots up and down the three
streets. Down from the north
les a little girl of IL, straining
cart horse to drag after her a
box on wheels tightly packed
broken pieces of lumber. The
Lithuanian newsboy moves up
Forty-ffth street, where a snort
switch engine pulling long line
ars marks the southern boundary
he yards. ,<s-1S!!''>7
hree streets run together here,
dimly lighted saloon at each
t. The air is heavy with the
en- Of a vast barnyard shot
ugh with a more acrid and pene-
ng odor. Over the tops Of the
ing cars faint lights show in the
" stories Of enormous squatty
iings, their outline obscured by
IS OF smoke and steam.
ON somewhere back in the
oWs comes a high runway, with
lg hight of steps running down
the railroad tracks to the street.
ne south the roof of huge low
ing is outlined in small electric
s. A quarter of amile away the
IS OF a great bonfire leap into
'F' throwing strange red lights
renections against the windows.
der the shadows of the viaduct
a bearded Russian Jew stands
p OF his wagon load of red ap-
lie lights a small gasoline
Then leans back at leisure
81 the big square rafters of the
NadUct. On the ground below
Die OF other fruit peddlars await
CIT pushcarts. In the middle of
oao the thin Lithuanian news
lands alert.
It" Workmen comes down the