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1When the weather was very bad many of the men would go and sit in the tavern close by, and get some one to watch for
2them; but they often lost a fare in that way, and could not, as Jerry said, be there without spending money. He never
3went to the Rising Sun; there was a coffee-shop near, where he now and then went, or he bought of an old man, who came
4to our rank with tins of hot coffee and pies. It was his opinion that spirits and beer made a man colder afterward, and
5that dry clothes, good food, cheerfulness, and a comfortable wife at home, were the best things to keep a cabman warm.
6Polly always supplied him with something to eat when he could not get home, and sometimes he would see little Dolly
7peeping from the corner of the street, to make sure if "father" was on the stand. If she saw him she would run off at
8full speed and soon come back with something in a tin or basket, some hot soup or pudding Polly had ready. It was
9wonderful how such a little thing could get safely across the street, often thronged with horses and carriages; but she
10was a brave little maid, and felt it quite an honor to bring "father's first course", as he used to call it. She was a
11general favorite on the stand, and there was not a man who would not have seen her safely across the street, if Jerry
12had not been able to do it. One cold windy day Dolly had brought Jerry a basin of something hot, and was standing by him
13while he ate it. He had scarcely begun when a gentleman, walking toward us very fast, held up his umbrella. Jerry
14touched his hat in return, gave the basin to Dolly, and was taking off my cloth, when the gentleman, hastening up, cried
15out, "No, no, finish your soup, my friend; I have not much time to spare, but I can wait till you have done, and set
16your little girl safe on the pavement." So saying, he seated himself in the cab. Jerry thanked him kindly, and came back
17to Dolly. "There, Dolly, that's a gentleman; that's a real gentleman, Dolly; he has got time and thought for the comfort
18of a poor cabman and a little girl." Jerry finished his soup, set the child across, and then took his orders to drive to
19Clapham Rise. Several times after that the same gentleman took our cab. I think he was very fond of dogs and horses, for
20whenever we took him to his own door two or three dogs would come bounding out to meet him. Sometimes he came round and
21patted me, saying in his quiet, pleasant way, "This horse has got a good master, and he deserves it." It was a very rare
22thing for any one to notice the horse that had been working for him. I have known ladies to do it now and then, and this
23gentleman, and one or two others have given me a pat and a kind word; but ninety-nine persons out of a hundred would as
24soon think of patting the steam engine that drew the train. The gentleman was not young, and there was a forward stoop
25in his shoulders as if he was always going at something. His lips were thin and close shut, though they had a very
26pleasant smile; his eye was keen, and there was something in his jaw and the motion of his head that made one think he
27was very determined in anything he set about. His voice was pleasant and kind; any horse would trust that voice, though
28it was just as decided as everything else about him. One day he and another gentleman took our cab; they stopped at a
29shop in R---- Street, and while his friend went in he stood at the door. A little ahead of us on the other side of the
30street a cart with two very fine horses was standing before some wine vaults; the carter was not with them, and I cannot
31tell how long they had been standing, but they seemed to think they had waited long enough, and began to move off.
32Before they had gone many paces the carter came running out and caught them. He seemed furious at their having moved,
33and with whip and rein punished them brutally, even beating them about the head. Our gentleman saw it all, and stepping
34quickly across the street, said in a decided voice: "If you don't stop that directly, I'll have you arrested for leaving
35your horses, and for brutal conduct." The man, who had clearly been drinking, poured forth some abusive language, but he
36left off knocking the horses about, and taking the reins, got into his cart; meantime our friend had quietly taken a
37note-book from his pocket, and looking at the name and address painted on the cart, he wrote something down. "What do
38you want with that?" growled the carter, as he cracked his whip and was moving on. A nod and a grim smile was the only
39answer he got. On returning to the cab our friend was joined by his companion, who said laughingly, "I should have
40thought, Wright, you had enough business of your own to look after, without troubling yourself about other people's
41horses and servants." Our friend stood still for a moment, and throwing his head a little back, "Do you know why this
42world is as bad as it is?" "No," said the other. "Then I'll tell you. It is because people think only about their own
43business, and won't trouble themselves to stand up for the oppressed, nor bring the wrongdoer to light. I never see a
44wicked thing like this without doing what I can, and many a master has thanked me for letting him know how his horses
45have been used." "I wish there were more gentlemen like you, sir," said Jerry, "for they are wanted badly enough in this
46city." After this we continued our journey, and as they got out of the cab our friend was saying, "My doctrine is this,
47that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt."
4839 Seedy Sam I should say that for a cab-horse I was very well off indeed; my driver was my owner, and it was his
49interest to treat me well and not overwork me, even had he not been so good a man as he was; but there were a great many
50horses which belonged to the large cab-owners, who let them out to their drivers for so much money a day. As the horses
51did not belong to these men the only thing they thought of was how to get their money out of them, first, to pay the
52master, and then to provide for their own living; and a dreadful time some of these horses had of it. Of course, I
53understood but little, but it was often talked over on the stand, and the governor, who was a kind-hearted man and fond
54of horses, would sometimes speak up if one came in very much jaded or ill-used. One day a shabby, miserable-looking
55driver, who went by the name of "Seedy Sam", brought in his horse looking dreadfully beat, and the governor said: "You
56and your horse look more fit for the police station than for this rank." The man flung his tattered rug over the horse,
57turned full round upon the Governor and said in a voice that sounded almost desperate:
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