The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-07
JOHN LIS GOOD SIDE
lie treat Democrat Kind and
Gentle When Sober.
naiiy FORD Teiis Some Stories Abeu, the
generosity ef the Future Congress
man From Essaon.


Billy Ford in PAflzsesrniz Pres.
iseH remember few incidents co-af-r
s,'ses ny notice while a resident Of Boston
h.ea 70 20 show thai there i better side
- JONI l. szllivan's nature than tie pgh-
nc mas ever been made sw.re OF.
one evening and hitter cold xsr.e-sx
n'sa' u was, toe. sullivan, surrounded s,v
score or r1ore OF his friends and admirers
sss standing IN his bar-roon,. GA Washing
.on street. when poor unfo-euuate-rv,.-
sioiy 81 years OF aSe-enteress and s-ero-
osiagiy approached the pugiiiss. and after
waiting patiently touched him On tire ARA
Sullivan wheeled around ahr1nsIv = -.
.aosn on DIS lace. when the poor weak
voiced Old man said:
Is this Mr.. suIIivanr-
nat y my name. replied John L.
old man
tant say that do
Why. knew you when YOU were moth
ing out wee Tot of boy. NJ name is
sullivan Strengthened himself up and
looked At the old man q moment or two in
silence; then laying his hand kindly upon
MS shoulder he said.
on seem 20 be playing in hard line.
my old friend"
Well. Mr.. sullivan was the renlv
the world has been rubbing kinder hard
against me lately, but have heard q good
deal about you. and thought you was the
same lad knew years and years ago. and
so thought would come and see you"
What can do for YOU 20 inquired Sui
Ivan.
oh. nothing. replied the old man; Il
arm nothing but a bum"
Nothing bat bum :" echoed Sullivan.
You are poor. weak old man. What are
you doing on this cold night without an
oyefcoats Il have no coat" was the re-
ply. Had anything TO eat?" Not to-
day, was the ansser. Where do You
hye9" Il haven't got any particular home.
sullivan scrxtinized the face of the old
man very closely aud without q word
his hand IN his pocket and drew forth q roll
OF bills, abstEacsing t4erefrom q $40 note.
Al tins moment one of his companions
stepped up and said: why, John, adime
Il just as good for that old chump."
Sullivan passed the bill TO his aged yisi-
tor, who, profuse in his thanks, took bis
departure. Then Sullivan turned 10 the
friend who had profFered the suggestion
and remarked: Bob. what would dime
he TO your father or mine if he was in such
hard lines as that
Somewhat later, in front of the Boston
theater one evening, a friend of Sullivan
and weii-known man about town was re-
iAting to him the death bed sufferings of an
aged lady with whose sons and daughters
the pugiiist had been for many years well
acquainted. The invalid had passed away
in the most abject poverty, and the mar
rator remarked incidentally that she would
probably have 70 be inferred in the potter's
field.
Sullivan inquired who had charge of her
funeral, and, the name being given him,
he stepepi into an adjoining store. wrote a
note 10 the undertaken and sent it BY q
messenger. learned the following day that
the unostentatious and unselfish generosity
OF this drunken brute" (?) saved the aged
mother of his school-day friend from the
disgrace of pauper's burial.
At another time | happened to meet
John l.. Sullivan in BARRIERS shop. where
he was being shaved. Just inside the door
q cripple had little bootblacking stand.
The man occupying the sea. was considera-
=.
the boy had completed his work the Gus
toner refused - pay him. About this mo-
ment sullivan arose from his chair and was
adjusting his collar before the mirror when
the following conversation took place:
II say, young fellow, paid YOU"
No. you did not. sir.
II tell yer did.
Indeed you did not. sir"
well. | amt got any more time to talk
to you"
With this he was about to pass out, when
the little cripple touched his arm ana said t:
Say. mister, can't afford TO black your
boots for nothing"
Rudely the drunken loafer pushed him to
one side. and the puny limbs OF the little
boothiaek bent beneath him. and he fell
upon the tiled floor. With one stride ard a
sweep of his hand Sullivan had the ruf,ian
by the nape OF the neck, and in a voice of
thunder. and with his face perfectly livid
Sullivan roared out: Here, you--wheIp.
pay the boy Pay him. say" And be-
fore be would relax his hold upon the
tightly twisted collar, he made the fellow
diseorge not once, twice, but three times
the price of the job Then he dropped the
trembling fellow as a man would a strsngled
dog upon the floor. and walked back 20 The
mirror and completed his toilet
On another occasion was approaching
Boston on one OF the trains OF the Boston
& Albany railroad. Upon the same train
Sullivan had been coming 10 the city. As
he alighted from the cars and was walking
up the platform an elderly lady, decidedly
infirm in her movements. was attempting
TO descend the steps Of one Of the forward
coaches. Suddenly she slipped. Sullivan
sprang forward. placed his hands under
her arms, and lifting her - tenderly a be
would child. &c: her upon the platform
Then, without waiting TO receive the
thanks of gratitude from the old lady he
as quickly turned and walked away.