The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-12-26
HE IS IN NEW "TOGS''.
The Moocher Relates His Recent Ex-
periences to the Scribe.
AND THE REPORTER BUYS
A Tender-Hearted Matron Takes
In de Sick Mudder Racket and
Gives Him a Suit of Clothes
One Tom and Jerry. ~ Is

Missoula, Dec. 25.-"Say, pard; whad-
der yer tink? Use been er workin'. I
didn't do much, but / had ter quit.
1t was dead tough. An OATS straight
Wha'd / do? Well, now, pard, don't
want yer to give IL erway ter any or
der gang, Cause 'twould queer me.
sure. But youse all right and yer can
see how de play might come up dat er
moocher might try ter work. But de
gang wouldn't be on, an dey would
kangaroo me, sure. But / don't do II
no more; not me. Dis yer workin'
may be de proper cheese fer dem OATS
onter IL, but moochin's good enough
fer me. an OATS straight. Say, pard,
wot's der show fer a flop. Well. youse
hot stuff. M-m-Mml OATS better
dan Use had fer er week.
"Wot was L givin' yer? o. bout der
work. Sure. Well. de play came up
dis way. Yer see my toys were gettin'
kinder on der hike. an as / was plan
min ter camp in dis burg for der win
ter tries ter mooch some better duds.
Did / do IT? Well, locker me style.
Say, pard. dis coat is der latest. She's
der ringer fer what der Prince er
Wales wears dis season. But how'd /
get 'em? Why, moochin', sure. 1 was
er goin' ter work fer a suit, but OATS
all off. Dey gets no more er dat inter
me. 1t was der dead toughest layout
dat Ise struck since der time dat L
was locked in der box car wot i was
teIlin' yer bout -. y.
1t was the reporters old friend, the
Moocher that held forth in this strain
on a corner where the crowd of Christ
mas shoppers was hurrying past yes
terday afternoon. The Moocher look
ed better than he did when he returned
from his Great Falls and Winnipeg
trip. He was clean, and he had a new
suit-new for him. The clothes, were
worn and showed that a woman's
hand had mended them. That there
was a story connected with them was
evident, but the Moocher was not dis
posed to give IT up readily. He looked
and acted very uneasy and he would
probably never have revealed the Sc
cret of his clothes had not hand
some, elegantly dressed woman APP.
preached. The Moocher saw her COM
ing in the crowd, and, although she
was passing on, looking neither to the
right nor the left, he seized his friends
arm. :
"Jigger-roo, pard," he said, as he led
the reporter away. Oats her. She's
der swell dat fought / was er tender
foot or err blanket stiff. / don't want
her ter see me an / don't wanter see
her, an OATS straight. It's all on wild
her an me. Wot's der matter? Well,
1 fought / wouldn't say nut'n, but
praps / better cough up ter yer. Yer
see der play come up dis way. l was
gittin' stiff In my pins from der cold
an fought / oughter have some ticker
pants. So / goes down der street till
cops out er swell front an i makes er
break fer der dame bout freezin' an
hits her fer er pair er pants.
Now OATS wot corked me. An OATS
do ~
in an er hearin bout dom good, an
she fought dat she'd do er little Chris
mus work on me. Pard, dis yer Chris
mus work is er dead fake. An OATS
straight Dere amt nothin' in II. Der
dame axes me wy didn't i work an
den / give her de old song an dance
bout bein' sick. But, say, pard,
was sick, on der dead. fore she got
tro' wild me. She gives me breeze
bout bein' q man an bracin' up dat
made me feel like / was on der hike
in der world, an when der dame axes
me would 1 work fer her / says All
right OATS how / came ter work.
"Dey was all err maxim Chrismus
tings in der house an yer betcher life
II looked outer sight. Der dame took
me inter der back end er der house
an gimme some work. Dere was er
Chrismus tree dat she wanted fixed ter
stand up an / was ter do de business.
Dat was dead easy an der was err little
kid dat gimme a great breeze bout der
Chrismus business l fought den dat
Chrismus was der proper cheese, but
it's all off now. Yer see dere was er
girl workin' dere, an she want no
chippie, neider. She was er beaut.
sure. An she'd been er cryin' till her
lamps was all red. an / was tinkin'
watell was der matter. Bimeby der
dame come out ter see wot l was er
doin', an say, pard. she had der girl
gimme der best scoff dat Ise struck
since / broke up dat Portland hash
Joint in business. But vile l was scof-
fin' der girl axes der dame could she
have err dollar from her wages, cause
she wants ter get Chrismus present
fer her mudder. Well, say, pard, dat
dame was wild. She says she can't be
bothered and gives der girl er roast
an der girl cries some more. Dat was
dead tough an OATS on der square. 1
SCOTS no more. cause 1 was dead sore
on der dame, an when she was gone /
gives der girl er two bits dat yer gim-
me. an i jigger-roos der place. Der
girl didn't want ter take II, but flew
der trail and blew der ranch. But now
Ise dead sore on dis Chrismus business.
'Tain't on der square. An OATS
straight. .
"Dese close? o, mooched dem from
er dame dat took in my fake erbout
sick mudder. l amt er workin' no
more, an dat's right. Will I? Why,
sure Tom and Jerry? Well, now,
mebbe dere is somethin' ter Chrismus.
hut saw nard dat dame was on der