Jerry's Family
A Story of a Street Waif of New York (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Jerry's Family: A Story of a Street Waif of New York<br><br>"Say, Missis! That youngster'll fill hisself up with water 'less you cover his mouth over, or take him home. The rain's goin' down his throat in a reg'lar stream."<br><br>It was a boy who spoke, - a boy who could not be mistaken for one on his way to or from a comfortable home, but a citizen of the streets, knowing no other landlord than the policeman who evicted him from cart, packing-case or door-way whenever he took possession of either for the purpose of obtaining a night's lodging. Not a prepossessing-looking boy, to judge from his garments, - a pair of trousers many sizes too large, which boasted of several patches sewn on with twine; a coat much too small and minus a collar; a fragment of a hat, and boots resurrected from an ash-barrel grave.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.