. The Night side of New York. A picture of the great metropolis after nightfall . 26 NIGHT SIDE OF NEW YORK. steps of the building, to the great dismay of a score of the lazzaronijostled from the platform, upon which they were exhibiting theirsightless eyes, maimed limbs, and emaciated babes sucking frommarble breasts. The blasted hopes of a few pennies set the vagrantcrew cursing and mumbling, and it made one shudder, the eciio ofthose shotted oaths following in the wake of the zig-zag marchers. But let us enter. Wedging through the barricade of beggars, wefound ourselves crossing the thresho
. The Night side of New York. A picture of the great metropolis after nightfall . 26 NIGHT SIDE OF NEW YORK. steps of the building, to the great dismay of a score of the lazzaronijostled from the platform, upon which they were exhibiting theirsightless eyes, maimed limbs, and emaciated babes sucking frommarble breasts. The blasted hopes of a few pennies set the vagrantcrew cursing and mumbling, and it made one shudder, the eciio ofthose shotted oaths following in the wake of the zig-zag marchers. But let us enter. Wedging through the barricade of beggars, wefound ourselves crossing the threshold of a recent family mansion,now transformed into a house of public entertainment. The hall isblocked off at the foot of the stairs, and its back passage is devotedto the purposes of a bar. A little window in the centre of thepartition, with a walnut shelf, stares you in the face. This is forthe convenience of the females from the neighboring tenements,who stro 1 in frequently for a quart or pint of beer. Some of thesecustomers of the other sex linger at this little hole, or
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