The evening world., 1889-12-13
RETURN OF DAN M'GINTY.
THE WIDELY MOURNED MAN TURNS
UP SAFE AND SOUND.

UP SAFE AND SOUND.
He D%isproves the Prevalent Impress
sion That He Is "At the Bottom OF
the Sec Tho New Song and
Whore 1t Can Be Heard-McGinty's
Statement.
II there IL n man, woman or child in this
city Of New York who has not funR,
hummel or whistled Down Went Nc
Ginty. - he or rhe must trek a musical soul.
nni what IN more, | Q without a sympathetic
chord in his or herheart. Mournful men and
lnrhryInose mnidcns have bewai!cd McGin-
;y's untimcly falls and .adly S!gl ed when
~ruefu!ly contemplating tho malreatment of
poor Nc. + f~aultless apparel.
II Berry Walls forty pairs OF trousers
were torn to ~tatters. or-heaven forefond-
had Baby McKce's gTandparcnt found him
self minus his unmentionables when freed
from the ruthless rushers of the Windy
City," it is doubtful il 30 much general in
terest would be felt in the matter concern
ing either gentleman.
What. then, must DO the feeling OF those
who have chanted McGinty's sad story when
they learn that, like many other affairs in
life, McGinty's troubles were only imagl-
nary ones.
The truth is now out ; McGinty in rerson
has returned to tell OF his adventures. aud
the public mind may be set at rest regarding
that hero's troubles.
Yesterday. while the clerical force of
Brown 4 Pulverman were busy, and the
genial Oscar Schonfield and Theo Hagen
were telling funny stories to the boys, a
long, lean, lanky individual, with carrotty
hair md rIthnannnN tVnnllv Will Rknrl nf thu
strobe a f%npItiess suit Of black. and a shin.
ing tile his shirt was clean, hiI face dirty
his necktie was red and his cheeks ruddy
there was a dangerous light in his eye aud
an element OF tragedy in his voice as he
The top Of the mornin' to yiz, gintlemens
lis plain to be seen that, I'm . stranger
amongst viz. but whin l tell we that I'm the
bad luck To it!-has placed in the bottom
OF the say, and otherwise dispoaed of in
various ways, to the great detrilnent to my
good kar-akter. the total ACKNOWLEDGMENT
OF my body and the ruin of my best suit OF
clothes, and that am here to deny these
hero in the 'iicsh to deny ali these ID" divers al
legations and Ill-well, I'll sing IL to yez. "
Before those present could make their
truder had smoothed down his Galwayr,
cleared his esophagus and commenced to
sings:
MONTHS RETURN.
Friends, / wish q word with you, but before I get
Yyon'M he S. With IN me, ! am Tnrs, unto "Sto, a m, nan In Z; ., ,no
And how 1 won Ave dollars from McCsnu;
You've heard that l let 20. and when l landed down
F has nes s'S SitS Ss P tsTl Eis:i f fdar Sn th1 1G: Sfill.r.t,on.
Nor did / wear my best salt of clothes.
Chorus.
Boys am Dan McGinty,I returned here to-day
When ! jumped, l tt-uck the ground,
Sure | landed safe and sound;
But once more pray let me say lin an incidental
That didn't wear my beat suit of clothes.
was bound to win the live, whether dead, MANNED
And knew ,SlcCanp. would never lie, me fall.
no jGmped down like a man. and i laughed at Pat
And to MAX Lanlgan's I rushed for a bali;
There dia,k full an plenty Till heard a young
Had put in bis appearance az my heir.
Then homeward did stroll. but tumbled into =
And was covered with a ton then and thore.
Chorus.
Yes, down boys I went. to the bottom of the hole.
Twas more dead than alive,
But. though, in that situation. lhave still the
That didn't wear my best suit of clothes.
Twas taken home by MoGinnis. the kid was CHRIS
My vii" fB% ar Ssp%'s didn', dare to skip.
b6sysr went e is,l nor did ! look Thin or pale;
IN o%!a Erin ! ! land issdS' square aGIS'i an / Bought u the
For the John boris whom the world knows.
III place 1t in New York, Just outside of Central
Park,
Aud give Chicago my best suit of clothes.
Chorus.
no you see here is McG,nty, l am not in the say;
And IL l want my wet,
can get 1t, you can bet;
! have saved my reputation. I'll be honored by
the nation
when Chicago gets my bost surt of clothes.
Soft az, the sweet signing Of II Summer
zephyr mia voice died away, bone on the
circumambient breeze. which. when it ELL
tered the Office, did 30 in advance of MIR.
John b. Doria. the popular museum man
agcr. Aye! it envelOped Doris, tno-not
only enwrappcd his figure. bat followed 1t
AZ 1t entered.
Doris coon saw the turn things had taken.
or, in other words. he recognized Mcilnty,
and on the spur OF the moment engaged him
to sing "McGinty,s lieturn " at the Eighth
Avenue Museum for Il period covering rev.
eral weeks, and TO do so while arrayed in his
best suit of clothes.
The genial manager. who had entered
Brown Il Pnlverman'S for the purpose of
placing his ado in the daily papers. hap
pened in Just III time to catch Dan McGinty,
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