The herald., 1895-10-10
BLINKER AND BUCK
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[San Francisco Examiner.l

"Gimme another milk punch" said
Mr.. "Blinker" Murphy to the waiter at
the Hannah baths, as he stretched him
self on a SOFT lounge. me and Chris
had long talk last night, and, of course,
when we meets nothing but wine goes,
and that's the reason why I'm here.
Wine affects me and Chris different. l
have to chill my nut with ice and he has
to soak his feet in hot water the next
day after we opens too many small bots
Chris is tryin to break in on the
Espee again. and Coils told me l. had
betterSSkind of study out his hand and see
il he's got anything to deliver. Uncle
don't want to cough up no more dough
for protection than he has to this cam
paign. Buck gave me great game of
CAB. He chinned just as though he be-
Iieved what he was saying himeli. It's
conceded by everybody he says, that l
give the city better administration than
what they had before or since. Look at
how high the peoples taxes IS, and see
how hard it's abeen for the corporations
to get what they want since I've been
gone. Look at Perkins agetting into tn
senate without ever costing him bean.
Is there an assent lyman what was in the
last Legislature, except them what had it
before they went up, what had a sumar-
kee when the session was over? Hash t
times been getting harder and harder
with the poor since | drew out of politics?
OF course it has, and the people is acryi ing
for a restoration. Diun't Napoleon come
back from Elba with General De Young
or some other general, and amt | got
Alright to have a second swing at the
swag?"
but how are you going to win outT
l says.
Just as easy as rolling off log says
ne. as he leaned over and gave me his
old bull-cow game of rubbing down my
leg. of course, | can't give you no long
distance jolly. You'd hang up the trans
got no feathers on your tongue like old
man Wise and Harry. You see. Pm
agoing to run the Wyemeyes, and Sam
is afalling ont with me so as to run the
Apays. and Maurice Scmitt is agoing to
handle the Gunst Yomkippers that is be-
ing incubat Now with US three arun-
ming the little red school house and the
cathedral and the synagogue all under
one tent, I'D like to know how we're ago
ing to be beat, And You tell Huntington
for me that the sooner goes back on
that payroll the cheaper it will be Tor III M
for Pm agrowing IA most costly article OF
bric-a- prack every hour Of the twenty
four.
During our talk there was people a.
coming IN and going out all the time,
and he give them all the glao hand. He
told four young lawyers during the even
ing that he'd a-heard of them and that
they'd make good district attorneys;
They all went out as though they mad
the nominations in their pocket.
"You know Bachigaiupe. over on
Broauway-well, he's a-thlnkin about be-
coming a Democrat. He tells me Chris
has promised to make him consul to
Genoa, and that if the next legislature is
Democratic Buck will nave bill passed
pensioning all the Eyetalians VINO get
cold a-catcning rockcod and the blue z.
II guess Chris has given away about
s. teen thousand jobs il the last month.
There never was anything mean about
Chris.
''Suy. you remember .Markham-Mark-
ham of Pasade3a.-who used to get the
state iuto calamities every time he went
away from Sacramento? Well. he's
alo oking for the United States senator.
ship. You kuow he's pretty foxy cove.
We'll, they've got a good one or him