The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-28
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ne Goes, II the Chsr.eter er = swell. - TIE
support OF = rrssna or His Frie-s.

"'Arc you ready, Chsmes9 = says de Duchess,
and I wells back e her: In = minutef / Gays
giving her de Gon game. Seer
at was my night of, and me and de Duchess
and Maggie was going q chase ourseifs down &
de Bow'ry q see me friend, de barkeep, what Is
now Maggie de housemaid's steady. Don't you
cop dat? Steady comp'ny. Yes, dst's right
swell, Maggie and de Duchess was waiting
for me, cause I was tying me tie like Mr.. Bur-
ton, Miss Fannie's husband, ties his. whatsares-
ular rszzle-dazzle T. do, but when you gets IL
d~one-why. say, its q wonder. a peschi
"Den I sticks in one Of Mr.. Burton's pins
what | knowed he wouldn't want dat night, him
being in dress close. and I gave me hair de var
niSh part down de middle. and ] puts on me silk
diccr. aud, sayl I was pass de limit for style.
when | went L de girls, Maggie. de houscmaid.
says time, she says, '~Chimmic,' says she, CHM
mic, yer a dream
Maggie says I. Il was dreaming TIL you
corpcd me wild your blue Irish eyes, and dose
always makes me dead unto meself,' I says.
Now dat Maggie has q steady Of her own de
Duchess don't make no kick when me and
Maggie gives each odder dc jelly. OATS de
funny ting bout women Dey is never jealous
of you bout nnoddcr woman what has n steady.
but when do odder woman marries de steady
den ehe's Jealous Of her again. II you just jollies
her a little bit. I'D like e know what e ell, dst's
what I'd Me to know: for II q steady makes o
woman safe den q husband otter make her safer.
OATS right, aint 1t? Sure.
But you never can't tell bout what n woman
is going TO do. till It don't do you no good 70
know.
"wcll, ! was going . tell you: We chases
down town and meets me friend. de barkeep.
and ! tsut he must have wheels in his head, for
he was dat ratty.
"'what t'ellr I says q him. Has dey broke
your drum p says I. cause me friend runs his
own drum. when me and Mr.. Paul was to de
op'nlnu, what / was telling you bout.
me drums all right, Chimmie,' says he,
but me friend Sinner Simpson ia up against 1t
and l wants you q help me-
Amy friend of my friend. on your lifep
says { him. Seer
"Den he cops of de game Z me right IL was
like dis: DE mug what was trying & break into
Congress- here dey makes de laws for de
lRwyer-agin lis friend Sinner, in de Mint dis
trict, had n well mug from up town making a
speech for him dat night in Frog Hollow. and
inc friend was dead crazy T. get a swell mug Z
make = speech for Sinner. cause dat's all de
style down dere nowadays, q have swell mugs
talk. but de odder side had run In a ringer. and
me friend hadn't got on q his being a dead swell
Till Just before we meets him, and he wanted de
worse way t break even. He wanted e know
couldn't I get Mr.. Paul or Mr.. Burton. l knowd
dat wasn't no 20 cause oote OF dem was out wild
Den me friend de bsrkeep says, all Of q sud.
dlnt, Chimmie.' says he. 'Chimmie. you can do
de trick YOURSELF" - .no,,
game says I.
,nats one ting ! never done on de Bow'ry;
drum. and running IL, but l never done It.
Honest.
me In dc Mint had a notion dat I'd become q real
swell. Dot comes from me friend de barkeep
I'm al mo- haen laf ~ fnnnay ~ hnFp m wet doc yid
You're dressed like a swell, you knows all
"'Chimmic, says Maggie, do hou5emaid, you
was politics, so she was near having a At wild Joy.
Say, l began to feel kinder queer, and l says
".ShaIl ! make dc front. DuchessT
Vel. dat, Duchess is a dead game .torrow-
She says T. me: ,.Chnmcs,' she says, do de trick,
and III he proud OF yon. / never knowed you t
try nothing yet you didn't win.'
"Hully chez, l was in for IL. and / asts me
friend de barkeep what would we do wild de
do nothingr says Maggie. Me and do
Duchess is going Z root for you.' OATS right.
OATS what Maggie de housemaid says. and me
friend gives her II hug right where We was chin
Say, when. was a kid and had a fight on me
hands, and dat was de way felt as de four OF us
chases ourselfs over Z Frog Hollow. Well, dere
on two corners was two trucks wild torches and
crowds and music aud cheers and l began Z feel
like had skates on,
trucks where n mug had Just done a turn. Be-
fore knowd anything we was dragged up on de
friend % barkeep wasgivine me a knock downt
de crowd; After he bad given ms Z great Jolly, he
may now pc At home in de purlisus Of de rich
and wealt'y, he has never forgot de friends of his
t'gy 3 go sss a Ss ae Z 'cu Is q de- sr poiites. fis pf eyssiGams
OF de times on behalf of his well 'stee med friend
bring wild him In our midst da-Ar-ha lnid}aa ~ |
his household
" Say. Wild dat de Duchess and Maggie makes a
dey bote looked Gutter sight, for de Duchess had
on Miss Fannie's close and Maggie had on de
alley sung:
i" He always loves to wander wild his whole house
gents, Mr.. Chimmte Fadden.T
say, hully chee, wild dat Maggie de house.
dose people, and so does Maggie. Dere's nottin'
o %SsS Ma ash II out 90 2 EiIiaa DC ass a d sSSa YELL and de
Den | takes OFF me silk dicer. aud when dey
yslIi$; on: Cor de dudr wig Chimmio has got on
h, M i 1ap ysS.: de s %gsi p FRs J J gsSlst 3, 5 5?R AMER =:
Roost. you don't belong here; you belong over
by Dc led oddsr r SraGE, Tor you've got two len feet
a mug he has two left fee, IS de worst ting
y y,ncS can aG ia, lay !, lin I In de Mint some one
out Of de crowd. We're wild You. CIimmio,'
ley yelled.
Den says, 'Felly Citzensr I says. I could
politics 20 YOU till your ears fell on, cause
since LEFT Dc glorious Sint' district l ain't had
h9 S.frSe 20 Tor rG yGS9 s'S sGissd% RoMSat assie, and she give,
one OF dose Kerry yells Of hers dat sets
"'But what tell has politics T. do wild dis
question 2 says l, De only ting a man what is
: man has I say q himself Is wedder sinner Is a
lead game sport; wedder he ever went hack on
his friends. Did her
Not, on your life! de crowd yelled. and
Maggie hollered Not in a tousan' yearsI ~
Say. while de crowd was Yelling I was trvino