people would yell at him from street corners or passing cars , would want to know what ole lady semple ( now four years in her grave ) had said when he lit-up her pension check , or if he had wet the bed after he torched that house over in sedley ; and they 'd catcall to each other as they lounged in front of the candy store or leaned in the doorway of o'toole 's ; they 'd holler to each other to hide their matches or butt their smokes because the trashcan man was on his way .