Scenes in Daily Life.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1888, 16 April 1892, Page 2 (Supplement)

Scenes in Daily Life.

It is wonderful how many different stories will get afloat intide cf a few moments.vfhen Homebody has met with an accident on the street. One morning the writer chanced to be walking down the street, when he saw a large crowd collecting. Quickening his paoe, he was soon mixed up in tbe surging masßof humanity, and soon found himßeH by the prostrate form of a man.

" What is the matter?" inquired one man of another. " Stabbed." "How did it happen?" " Oh 1 he had a scrap with another fellow, and «cl knifed in the hack."

" Where is the other fellow ?"

"He jumped into tbe river and was drowned. The polioe are goitg to drag for the body as soon as tho patrol waggon comes and takes this one to the hospital. This waß interesting, and the writer moved through the crowd where he could get a better view of the unfortunate, who lay on his back, groaning painfully, " Oi sawn the whole thing," eaid an Irish, man who stood near by, " an' Oi tink it's a durty shame."

" How did it happen V asked his neighbor.

" Sure, sor, the man wure comin' aeros» the bridge, fwhin he put hiß hand on wan ay thim woires fwhat do be hanging doon from that eleotrio Etrate car pole aboove, an' flight— he wure knocked til his fate loike an axe had struck him."

"Aw, what aro you giving me I Why,man, the wires of tbat electric reed are not all laid yet, and even if they were it would make no difference, for the engine isn't in the power house yet, crid they couldn't turn on a current if Ibcy wanted to." " Oi don't eaie abutc army currents, or the loike ay that. Oi saw Iho mon fwhin he wure struck be tho wcirc, an' bfgorra, ye can't fool me 1"

The wrier again changed his position just in time to hear a German say : " Veil, py qhimmney, dot in flooeonza vahs pooty bad, aind't it?"

"How is that, my friend?" said a man standing at his side.

" Vhy, den'd j?u fee dot poor fel'.cw down on derßidewalk mit fonm o*< his feee? I tola you dot a uißn don'd know vot moment vill pc his Dexb in dis vorld. Here vabs a mans valking along in dor nrime uf hia life, yen before he knows id, along valks Mr. InfloceenzQ, grabs him by der droafc, and lays him oudt cold."

" Say, old man, you're way eff your base, See ?"

" Ish dot so, ehmorfy ?"

11 Yes, dats so I Didn't.a man wid a cape overcoat jes tell me dat c'ia feller wus kicked be a horse ?"

'• Veil, didn't r mans tole me dot he had inflooeenza, yet ?"

" Very sad case, very sad I" exclaimed a man who foroed his way in at this momentT, and looked pityingly at tho sufferer.

" How did it happen ?" aeked another newoomer.

" A love affair," replied the first speaker, "he was cruelly jilted, as I understand, by one whom ho had every reaEon to believe loved him, and in despair he took poisoc." Just as the patrol waggon oame thundering along a woman appeared upon the scene, identified ths ibbd, and informed those 'About her that ho was. in one of the fitß fto Thioh he wan subject, and such proved to be the case. The man had had a plaiD, everyday fit on the bridge, and bow all these Tories got about is one of the mysteries Will never be fathomed.

Scene, city Btreet-car, Enter lady with little boy.

" Have this eeat, madam," the gallant old deck with the gray whiskers hastens to Bay, an he jumps out oi his seat and grabs a strap. With a sigh the woman as hastily acocpta the seat, taking liitle Bobby on her lap. Tbe car has gone nearly half a block, and everybody is deep in thought, when Bobby, as thuDgh tired of waitJDg, suddenly turns to hie mother and says :

° Why didn't you thank the gentleman, mi»tnma?"

Mamma blushes, &nd commences reading thtf advertisements in the top of the car, a little pudding-feced man nearly swallows his gun in the vain endtavcr to keep from laifghinp, tbe lawjer near iho door, who waa too tired to be gEl'ant when tbe lady came ir*- gives vent to a quicker, and the tn&n with the wig who is reading opens his faoa and gives a laugh tbat almost lifts Bobby off h-a perch. Then everybody laughs, and Bobby imagines that he has paid something V*ry smart. He has, and he will feel smarter when he gets home, and " dearest " a chance at him with her slipper.

Ethel: "Papa, did you see that old .gentleman sitting opposite us in the street Aar, with the sad, dejected expression on his Jace?"

Papa: "Yes, dear, an interesting face, truly."

E;hel : " I wonder what misfortune could have befallen him, to cause that sad, pitiful expression, those deep lines of care, and that far-away look in hiß ejee. Do you suppoee that death has rebbtd him of some loved one ?"

Papa : " No little one, he is the editor of a humorous paper."

11 Say, Jones, wby is it that almost every noon there are all the way from one to half <# dozen hungry tramps standing out in I\-ont of White'e house?" " Why, don't you know?"

"' That's funny. I thought everybody was Git. Those tramps have gone through the neighborhood in quest of food, and being C-iablo to get it, have tackled White's house ai a last resort."

1 But they don't seem to go inside, try just stand in front and look at the bfiuse."

s Yep, you know that White has corned bvftf and cabbage every day, and thoeo felln f/B stand out in front and inhale the aroma. I'^ stays their stomach to a certain extent, e-Vd is stimulating,"

'vhief of Police : " O'Riffef ty, I suppose yuu know that Officer Dougherty dropped disd on his beat last night." O'Eafferty : " Vis, sor." 'jhief : " Are you acquainted with the oirp!;tnetaEces?"

OB fferty :" Oi om. Wan ay the mm fl'flo lives oop that way, eez that there wure t. foight, an' Dougherty kirn oop on the fighters befure he wure aware ay it, an' the //■eight wure bo great, an' him bavin' hears rieaise too, Bure he jiat curled oop an' doied. &ure, aor, it wure a pitty*he wure deaf, fur hv he had had good hearin' he moight have heard tht row in toicae to rcon away."

First Young Australian : «' My pa is a Methodist, yah !"' Second Youdr Australian : "My pa is a J i'ieropodist. Ynh J yah ! yah 1" The first Young Australian's proud little Aead elowly sinks on his heaviDg breast and with a groan of despair he strides Away."

" I can tell you one thing," said Mr. Fiz?.g'g, with emphasis ; '' when I marry, it won't be 'any 'hightr education 1 girl. Mv wH< won't know Latin 1" "No," said Edprtl.t looking at him attentively ; "nor beans."

Jack : " So you are going abroad ?" Doll (the heiress): "Yes." •• I suppose tlir settles it. I'll never get a chance ; you'll l> married before you get back." " Yuu d> v' think I would marry a foreign nobleman !■ Jiis money, do ycu ?"

Ira a pity, girls, that this year isn't 1< a

: year. The prevailing influenza has brew,.' 1 ' many a hardened old bachelor to hU ;.m< i

'• Brobson : " What two kinds of men meet , in the eaily morning hours?" Craig : " I'm sure I don't know." Brobeon : " Wby. the hardy sons of toll and the tardy sons of Hoyle, of course." "Ed and Minnie had another falling out last week." •' Serious quarrel ?" " No ; hammook."