The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-07-14
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he wore aportion of the uniform of
district messenger boy. st may be-
thought. that all messenger boys are
mat harm tired but Chi az d Z tthis~is eeHdi
ton affecting them only when on duty"
PHilcy l concluded; was not on duty;
he was uniformed only as to trousers,
and he was, as have said, most agree
ably vivaeious and alert.
first saw him emerging from base
mcnt coffee shop, from which, as he
passed u table near the door, he ac-
onired an extra doughnut, with great
skill and neatuess. On the sidewalk
hc MT uniformed companion.
Iiullo, stubby."
Hullo, Pinlsey.
They were passing each other with
this when Pinlsey produced the dough
nut and grinned. Stubby looked at it,
then at the coffee shop and chen he
grinned.
Give us a piece.
Pinkey broke the cake. and was pass
ing half to Stubby, when he 4hesitated
and asked
''Got a cigarettef"
Nav"
you're liar
Then Stubby grinned, produced a
package, gave Pinkey cigarette, took
half the doughnut and departed slowly.
Pinlxey lighted up and started rapidly
down the street, bnt stopped suddenly
in front of hand organ on which was
seated a little, pink-noscd white poodle,
holding tiny basket in it's mouth.
Pinkey made motion of depositing
money in the basket and the shivering
poodle made a motion of kissing his
hand. fIt-was the poodle's one poor lit
tie trick and it amused Pinkey enor-
mously. lie made the dog do it over
and over and over again, to the rage of
the org IN grinder.
go away, You leetlea hoodlum-a'
Then PinlSey was in rage. He
glared at the organist with his eyes con-
tracted and chin extended, and said in
low, threatening growl;
Soy, you call me hoodlum ag in an
I'll take fall out If you,''
'Fhe Italian, who was big, muscu-
lar fellow, with two sound legs tucked
under him and two wooden stumps
strapped to his knees sticking out in
front of him, looked ready to spring to
his feet and demolish Pinkey.
Soy, I'm on to you, young felly. If
youse jump me de cop will see yer wood
legs is fakes and run you off de be at.
See? a
Pinkey grinned after saying this and
made the poodle kiss his hand again, and
then discovered that it was rake nnnsly
interested in the greasy doughnut
Pinkey still carried.
oh, de purp's hungry; let's feed
HIM and he took the basket and be-
gan feeding the famished poodle, while
tie Italian nearly had fit from rage
Well, so long, young felly,n ex-
claimed Pinkey. when he had fed the
poodle poddy: "l'll be along tomorrow,
AN If youse have whaled de purp fer
eating de sinker, I'll put de cop on to
Yer fake legs
Pinlley replaced the basket in the
poodle's mouth, patted his head, grinned
at the organist, shook his fist at him
and started down the street at a sprint
ing pace | hurried after him from the
show window | had been pretending to
examine, but his pace was such that
nuiVlN Nhuiu nave lpSl ilHu nan llt HOt
come into violent collision with a
youngster about ms size who was SUI
perintending the progress of me-
chanical toy across the sidewalk.
'Whosyou running into, kidd eX-
claimed the toy vender, picking up his
sample toX-a yellow ostrich, driven by
green man in a red Garland
placing it by the side of his stock
Of goods on the edge of the
sidewalk. Pinkey really had the
wind knocked out of him by the col
llsion and could not reply at once: He
was rubbing his hands in front Of him.
had seen that trick before and sus-
pectcd what was to follows and grin
nlng, as he slowly approached the I'M
snspecting toy boy, without word or
sign OF warning pinlSey's right flew out
and his fist landed hard and flush on
the mouth of the amazed vender.
There was short but lively rally at
close quarters, in which Pinkey was
getting all the best of it belonging to
the leisure class, he had more time for
the practice of the manly art Of attack,
when the z e..edcrowd was parted by
the Slow a.. "a fled entrance into the
ripg OF a policeman.
Stop that exclaimed the officer
The boys arms fell to their Sides
whats all this about?'s
The toy vender really did not seem to
Know what it was all about, and was
silent, but Piukey explained, without "
seconds hesitation;