, 1877-04-22

Same as usual, Curg, spose, for you; what
your trend take:' Now this is a sort OF famil
street man, THAT Is breeding contempt for mt
I'LL over this part OF the footstool. T suppose
on half OF the church lists OF the Northwestern
states / m rated zzz. and marked down fraud
keeper, whenever come in here with strange,
treat me as stranger, and you'll obligc me tre'
] Menaously." lhe saloon proprietor was only
TOO glad to obllge him, or, at least, SO he said,
! ana gave tue necessary Instructions
That afternoon the Dearborn street man had
! slslt from Kalamazoo Deacon, who came to
pay the interest on his mortgage, and, after the
Deacon had been attacked by symptoms OF sum-
mer complaint, and, taken forth, he towed him
discussing the points Of dghting-dog with an
acquaintance as they entered, aud did not I'M
mediately intcrnit bis fascinating occupation J
:. "See ssxo" here, Billy" said his acquaintanec
replied the barkecper, in stage aside Il;
"they're Roosiers from Oshkosh Or Pecatouica,
they'll keep" Then he finished cnumeratinr
aud dlating upon the fifty eight points Of per-
lection about that pup, fixed his hair before the
~ " Well: gentlemen, what can ] do for you1''
They said what, and he gave that Dear
born street man bottle, Of which
the D. s. man smelled suspicously.
That's all right-that's whisky; what are you
smiling AZ said the barseeper with some as
the Dearborn street man kindly. 40, yes; but
l didn't suppose you cared to pay more than 10
cents" said the barkceper, ungraciously effect
ing the desired substitution: then he remarked
notice how them country cusses put on side
when they come to town? suppose that chap
is cautious about buying scent cornjuice when
hc.s at home, but when he comes to Chicago
nothing. Short Of 15-cent Bourbon III do him,
and he doesn't know the difference"
Inc Dearborn street rut16areff yr{fh
anger, but controlled his emotion and felt in his
pocket for his 40 cents, when hu discovered that
he had left his portcmonnaic at the office.
s,ahs1 Thatn be t1 II right Bi'" ae said to ths ba5
won't be all right said the barkeeper, with a
cents here right away quick just now, or icarc
your hat as collateral security. ! never saw you
before IN my lie, So natural was his acting
(worthy, indeed, Of the most accomplished actor
upon tic stagc) that be pre-cmptcd the Dear
born street mans hat, and the Dearborn street
man had to borrow 10 cents from the Deacon be-
fore he could get it back. 1t WAS about fifteen
cast of the Deacon, aud then he struck a bee
line for that saloon and entered it, mad as
COOP OF wet hens. 8; Bully for you, Cure,n ex-
claimed the trcacherous barkeeper, as he did
so. II bet just fooled that old Deacon worse
Your fogetting your pocketbook was
the biggest stroke ever see in my life. Thun- |
deri You did it SO naturally that [ was as near
as could be saying, That's all right and giving
q clean old giye-away. II you could act like |
that on the stage, McVicker would pay you $500 |
4 night and turn money away from the doors |
Wnat'll you have, Curg1 Some of |
the old inyariable!'' The Dearborn street man |
at first was inclined to be violent, but the bar
keeper argued with him, and showed him how |
impossible it would have been for him to adopt |
any other course, and finally paci6ed him; then,
when the Dearborn street man had gone out, he |
took few Jig steps and tossed his towel up to |
Lhe ceiling to intimate his silent rapture at the
way he {the bartrndcr) had fixed him (the Dear
1OrQ street mani.