"Quad's odds"; . THE HOODLUM.. OWNS and villages could get along very wellwithout liim, but what could a city do with-out its hoodlum—its brigade of hoodlums!Lor bless him, in spite of his rags and dirtand his sass ! It requires nerve and courage to be a hood-lum. The boy has got to have the heart ofa man, the courage of a lion, and the consti-tution of an Arab. Only one in a hundred gives himcredit for half his worth. No one cares whether he growsfat or starves; whether Fortune lifts him up or casts himdown; whether night finds him quarters in a box or acomfortable bed. Hes a hoodlum, and hoo

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"Quad's odds"; . THE HOODLUM.. OWNS and villages could get along very wellwithout liim, but what could a city do with-out its hoodlum—its brigade of hoodlums!Lor bless him, in spite of his rags and dirtand his sass ! It requires nerve and courage to be a hood-lum. The boy has got to have the heart ofa man, the courage of a lion, and the consti-tution of an Arab. Only one in a hundred gives himcredit for half his worth. No one cares whether he growsfat or starves; whether Fortune lifts him up or casts himdown; whether night finds him quarters in a box or acomfortable bed. Hes a hoodlum, and hoodlums are gen-erally supposed capable of getting along somehow, thesame as a horse turned out to graze. Not one boy in ten can be a hoodlum. Nature neveroverstocks the market. If left an orphan the average boydies, or has relatives to care for him, or falls in the way ofa philanthropist and comes up a straight-haired young manwith a sanctimonious look. The true hoodlum is born tothe business. He swallows marbles and thimbles