on the other hand , if his sixth sense was still squawking , then he 'd run the thimble game with some drunk until he 'd got enough for a little bottle of perfume and a cheap but decent third-hand suit at some shonky shop and repair to mrs eucrasia arcanum 's lodging house for respectable working men , where with a tip of a hat and some wire-rimmed spectacles he 'd be mr trespass hatchcock , a wool salesman , who stayed there every time his business brought him to the city and who always brought her a little gift suitable for a widow of the age she 'd like people to think she was .