The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-13


hs's when dey' d lam. and now am den
I'd hear wan er dem swear and maybe
grunt er little
Perty soon der men begun ter fall
back. an when got ter look tru'. dere
stood Jim leanin' up erginst or hogsi't
an him all over blood an standin'
kinder wa bly, lik' he had er load on
him, an Big Nike was layin' on der
Planzin' an er couple er fellers was
trowin' water on him
After err while he begun ter twist
Ground an got onter his feet wit der
two men ter help him. an holy geel
he was er sight = vyors'n er Coney
Island photograph. wit his two eyes
closed up solid an der nose err him fat
as er wheat cake; an his whole face
looked lik' it had broke er n'anlSer
chain an sl1ewed ter leer an got
mixed up wit his ear an der back er
his neck. Yer couldn't hardly tell
which was der front end er him. excep'
yer seen which way his toes p'inted.
Two er tree days later when / was
goin' home from workin' I see Jim
sittin' on er bolt keg wit his hans
all done up in rags an his face der
color av er pigs liver; an when
i seen him sittin dere all ssbunged''
up an knowd he'd done it fer
me, I felt dead sore. I knowed his
hams hurt him, cause now an den
he'd lif wan err dem up, an swear er
little, an felt lilz' wanted ter GO up
an tank him an So on. but didn't
know jes how ter do it, an felt er bit
scared er him, anyhow, so I jes' stood
dere wonderin' had I better speak ter
him er not, when I seen him fumblin'
roun' in his pocket, an perty soon he
fetched out err pipe an er plug or ter
baccer, an den I know'd it was me
chanst, cause I seen he couldn't cut
der plug wit his sore hans, 50 I says.
says 7, won't yer Let me hll yer
pipe, q I says.
He looked up kinder S prised, den
handed it over wit out sayin' er word,
an I whitfield up der terbaccer an
filed der pipe, den handed it ter him,
an he smoked quite err spell wit out
sayin' nothin'; den he says. 'sWhose
brat be you, anyhow
''Nobodv's" says i; ''senct i run
erway from Big Mike"
What made yer run erwav2" says
\ he, lookin' at me kinder ugly, 7 tout.
cause he an der ole woman use ter
break de furnitur wit me. says
''Dey dido" says he. BE you his
cub er not9''
Nav. he jes' took me. says T.
y
der likes er dem hav' yer?"
'Blow'd f know" says L "Dey
didn't leave no word2"
''What der yer mean2" says he.
when dey dropped me ia der ash
bari, says IT,
oyer don't mean ter tell me dat yer
parents dropped yer in err nash bar'1
an lef yer dere, says he, wit his two
eyes shinln' like dey'd bore or hole
fla me.
Oats right" says T. can dey left
me front name on err string roun' me
neck an it was Dan an"
Den he jumped right up an gra bbed
er holt er me an near broke me ribs;
am den showed me back an looked att
me an den Rugged me all over ergin;
an I couldn't make out what was er
schevin' him nohow. An he all der
while talxin' erbout me parunts an
what brutes dev was ter leave me in
der lurch dat way. an asst me didn't
I t'ink 50. an didn't give me no time
ter answer. but lifted me up in der
air an kissed me on der face an says.
Didn't I fight fer yer, an wouldn't I
do it ergin?" Pretty soon be took
me be der han an led me down der
street an ] could feel his hans wet
wit blood where der bandages was
tore OFF.
Perty soon he turned inter er tene-
ment house an snaked me up er cou-
pie er hrts err stairs am busted smash
tru' er door an dere was err woman
dere. an when Jim seen her he hol-
Tered out, I've got him; Mary; I've
got him. an I knowd he'd ben tell
in' her how'd he fit fer me an den he
tole her how I'd ben lef in er ash
bar'l an how me name was Dan, an
she almost tainted, 7 reckon cause
she seen Jim's bandages tore Off an
his hans bleedin' all eroun' women
can't stan dem things nohow
Perty soon She righted er bit an
took nae in her arms an begun ter
cry an call me pet names, an asst me
two or three times could she be er
modder ter me t t0le her / didn' &
know much erbout modders, fer1I
hadn't never had none. 'eept Big
Mikes ole woman, an she want no
great shakes. Den she begun cryin'
ergin, an Jim went over an looked
out'en der wi0der. an den come back
an give Mary er kiss.
Jes' den somebody opened der door
an Mary an Jim bot jumped, an
she begun ter e. Jim's bandages. an
Jim says, "Hullo, Bill' (wit his face
kinder red like). s.Got me bandages
tore of in er fracas down street, an
Mary said she'd fix dem"
I'm course she will said der oder
teller, an den Jim says dis is der
kid I had ter fight erbout," an der
odder Teller says. "He don't look lik'
he was big enough to fight erbout -
an den he looked at Mary an asst her
what she'd ben cryin' fer.