Ragged Dick, Or, Street Life in New York with the Boot-Blacks

ing fronts of the St. Nicholas and Metropolitan Hotels, the former of white marble, the latter of a subdued brown hue, but not less elegant in its int

the Clinton Hall Building now occupied by the Mercantile Li

from one hun

g standing by itself just at the opening of Thir

t building?"

by Mr. Cooper, a particular friend of mine. Me

re inside?"

ctures in the basement, and a readin' room

rank saw a very large building of bri

a hotel?"

It's the place where they make Bibles. I

d Frank, who had some idea of the n

heard it's a good boo

readin'. It mak

ou can't rea

rds pretty well, but the

might come every evening to

ch trouble about me?"

ting on. There isn't much chance of that

y. "I wish you did live in New York. I'd lik

he Hudson. I wish you'd come up and see me sometime. I

r bri

t under

t?" asked Dick

I do. Why s

if they knowed you asked

worse for being a

ciety," said Dick. "I shou

ou won't be a boot-black

goin' to knock off whe

I hope," said

" said Dick, soberly. "I'd like to be a office b

and see if you can't

ake Ragg

int ragged

t and Louis Napoleon pants. But if I got in a office, they wouldn't give

thoughtfully. "But you would get

by that time I'd be not

e would teach his horse to feed on shavings. So he provided the horse with a pair of green spectacles w

pecimen of architectur' by the ti

w?" asked Frank, as th

nto Unio

to a beautiful enclosure, in the centre of

on?" asked Frank, pointing to a bronze

nt. If he'd been as tall as that when he fit in the Revo

fourteen and a half feet high, and ack

, Dick?" he asked.

" said Dick, "I aint much more'n

t," said Frank, smilin

ck

in their mouth. Victoria's boys is born with a gold spoon, set with di'mo

ll come by and by, Dick. Did yo

Was he a R

very poor when he was a boy, but he didn't stay so

, looking interested

needles that had been dropped, and asked him why he did it. Dick told him he was going to sell them when he got enough. The merchant was pleased with his saving disposition, and when soon after, he was going to sen

d he have to pay o

s life out, and even ransacked the king's palace. To make a long story short, the captain, seeing how matters stood, brought Dick's cat ashore, and she soon made the rats and mice scatter. The king was highly delighted when he saw what havoc she made among the rats and mice, and resolved to have her at any price. S

ck; "but I don't believe all the cats

ay. A good many distinguished men have once been po

ged Dick, and told me I'd grow up to be a vagabone (boys who are better e

up into a respectable member of society, you will. You may not become rich,-it isn't eve

o long if I hadn't spent my money in goin' to the theatre, and treat

lost money

y me a new rig-out, cos my best suit was all in rag

said Frank, i

at's what makes us

ose you

t, cos I hadn't a cent to pay for lodgin'. 'T

e any of the money he had

ive cents, but he wou

for five cents?" aske

at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.