New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-01-05
" Thatn do; Won may go.

"That'll do: Won may go.'
Commissioner Met lave lends hand: &C. Wait
one moment Were YOU ever aucslcIe'
40. SIR, nivNcr IN me loifc.
What, that big scar doing on your fore
head Tell lis all about 1t.
"Nis. sr Win Oi w.s boy Oi had sWol
iyurron bank in which Oh kipt me money am o.
use TO take it, 10 bed WI me an sleep vi il iu
me ar-rums an one night Oi had n bad dream
an fell ont o the bed, the bank fallin' wi me-
an ne forehead strucl, on the Garner an cut
tie gasn which lift Tie SCARF there TIL TINS
day. sir
An rilht. You may 90 now
The door closes behind the poor unfortunate
and the Commissioners shake their jolly sides
over the drilling rcmuisccrcc.
Mr. Martin-iic broke the banf
Mr. NacIcau-No. the bank broke him.
Mr. Voorhis-ilis knowledge Of tie city is not
very extensive
Mr.. Martin-No lie disappolu,s me had
HIM in here once icforc and hc failed, so /
thought I'd give him another chance. He
doesn't seem 10 have improved
Al 1T~rMtTIoN
An irspirai.on comes near tumbng Mr.. Mac
Lean oil TIE arm Of the char on which lie las
been sitting
call him back, he cries 10 the doorman.
Back ne come, with q fresh supply of faith,
hope and charity in his counicn'n"c.
Nr Mclean stands erect, looks dagecrs al
him and annihilatcs him in the most awycrlikc
manner.
"You say You were born on January A. 1860
Now. what evidence Of that can you produce p"
"Ividcncc?'
evidence How do you know You were born
then? How do You know yon were NOT born in
e. TX thc-Oi-cr-r-by tLc-hy me papers, sir. 60
What, your naturalization papers
CSnilc al round.
"To. sir, Oh have none o. them. o. list know
nv thc-cr-r-bY thc-hy nc
In other words, you don't know anything
about il.
TIL makes him thirty years old lie docsn {
look 10 be- over thar. Mr.. Mclean
{ Short haired. shor,-bodcd man wants 10 he
fireman ON the police boat Patrol. lie has been
ion and desires to leave the new Nav for d
change of hot air. Mr.. Martin recommends NM
and he is taken on probation. Mr' Ma5Lfan IS
hair and short body fine points IN fireman
ST. MARTINS DOME
The Commissioners enjoy their work. and not
witbstanding political differences are a happy
COMPANY. Mr. McChve does tie high tragedy
and Mr.. Macican the low comedy. Mr. Noorhis
| charming
makes a hit in the heavy business. When the
trapcd,an dcsccnds from his lofty cstatc-which
he does with exquisite grace about as often rs
once in the course Of a mcctlng-hiS left hand
steals cautiously 10 the top Of ST Martins pol
ishcd dome and slides around il promiscu0usy.
And tie owner of the dome. purrlng gently the
while. twirls hIs watch-charm with renewed
energy II may be remarked in passing that Mr..
Martin looks not unlike Governor Ill., paTtlcu-
arlv in the attic regions of his cerebral d0mlcllc
For years he has been in the habit of Getting out
of his nightshirt by pulling that useful domestic
moved every hair The Essex County tobog-
gan slide is not slicker than Mr.. Martins head.
Ills head and his face are one color-an ivory
bIliard-bal color-so that it is impossible to say
where the one ends and the other begins. lie
has soft eyes brown mustache with dropping
ends. and dimple in his chin. His taste IN
cravats inclincs 10 blue. His visible ornaments
are a heavy watch chain and charm, n band ring.