Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-06-20
HE HAD A GOOD TINE
And Had Many Experiences, hat They
DID Not Spoil His Fan.

And Had Many Experiences, hat They
DID Not Spoil His Fan.
From the Detroit Free Press.
Among the passengers going over on one
OF the ferry boats yesterday afternoon was
an old man with q red but eood-natured
lace, . bald pate with a fringe Of hair
around II and an evident desire to talk
Pretty soon he selected his man and said:
I'm Just goin' hum, after bein In Detroit
fur two weeks."
Have You enjoyed yourseaf7" was asked
In reply.
"Yes. fairly we'll constderin' that had an
attack OF collie four different times, and thas
my left knee has bothered me with rheu-
maticss It's kind OF queer place. though"
How queer
"'Oh, wall, everybody Is kinder coltish.
I'll bet that over forty fellers dug their el-
bows into me and hustled me around and
the boys eassed me In the most drcadful
manner. ! was on the street car and took
some cough strip out Of a bottle and every
body Uttered and giggled."
But you didn't mind fty'
'Oh, no. I didn't I'm kinder coltish my
self, and II takes a heap to get me nghtin'
mad. I was on a street car one day where
there was four or i've wimmin standin' up,
while about a dozen men were takfn' IL
mighty comfortable. Made me sort o. rfled
TO see Il. an got up an said. All the hogs
viii keep right on sittin' down and chawfn'
terbacker. while all the gentlemen viii gft
up ard let these wimmin folks sit down
Wall. sir. as many as six OF them fellers
haul OF to crack at me. He'd a bit me ON
the jaw. sure's you're born. II I hadn't
Srtstied right up to him and got my jack
you talked to 'em Just right
Yes. I guess did. Another time I was
on a car when a Teller IN a wagon wouldn't
git OF the track. The driver he did more
whistlin' than would call my dog fur ten
k.,,. ~ E.ll
riled me TO see a man actin so plzen mean.
and 1 yelled: Look-a-here. mister, n you
was alvin out our way and showed your
meanness after this fashion. you'd Git rode
help carry itr Wall. sir. he jumps down
and was goin' TO pull me of the platform
and he talked about smashin' my Jaw and
breakin' my ribs till a policeman walked
ANY other adventures."
wall, one evening I went TO a policeman
1T the post ONCE. He was lookin' tired and
sleepy, and I offered to spell him fur a cou-
pie OF hours IL he wanted TO go and take 4
nap. What do you think he did? Came
mighty nigh arrestin me! Said I was inter.
fertn' with an officer! ] seen he was one o.
them techy sort, and so let him alone.
Are they all that way"
NO. not ALL But then he didn't under
stand your motive, probably
Mother time. continued the old man
met POLICEMAN on the dock and asked
his stomach to be SO high up over the
water. and he got mad I'm a mint ana
squared on at me. Amt no mortal use IN
anybody bein' so cantankerous as all that"
But on the whole. you've had a good
time. haven't your
"on the hull I've had a darned good time
tuf an old man like me. and I'm a-carryfn'
hum over 'leven dollars wuth o. presents 70
the family! I've been sassed and elbowea
and I've come mighty nigh havfn' bout six
fights. but on the hull it's all right and Tn
eoin' hum TO do some OF the tallest braggta'
you ever heard off,