The Street Arab

De kids dat yell de loudest dou't allers sell de mos' papers. Wimmin only buys papers wheu der neigbbors is in trouble. Don't git no tony feelin's. Vanderbilt an Gould don' git dere papers f rom de street kids. De man dat whistles to yer kinder 'breviates de space ercrost de street a little faster when he puts his kan in nis pocket. Don't stake no claim on a corner where dere is a feller sellin papers dat's crippled. De money dat yer makes has a kind o' clammy feelin. When a feller makes 2 cents an gives blind Jobiiny 1, he tak es away 1 cent's worth of money an puts on 5 cents' worth of good feelin's. De elecslmns, de cyclones, de railroad wrecks and de murders may be hard on some peopls, but dey sells de extras like hot cakes for de uewsboys. De sportin editor didn't read enny dime novéis when bewas a kid so as ter make him a great feller to write. So yon fellers kin put ervvay thern yeller covered books. -