The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-29

suggested. He. may be out of town. or
sick, or in Jail"
YES, that's so; but sunthin' would ham
pen Jest the same. We'd want to take In
Tommy Green's joint, of course. Tommy
is down on the newspapers fur roas;in-
him. He's friend of mine and knows
I'm no liar. As soon as we get in. he'd
wing fur me TO step aside and then ask
me: Billy me boy, who's the half-grown
vegetable as is cucumberin around I'M
der yer ARM And bein as I'm no liar I'd
hev TO say: He's a innocent blue-iay what
wants to git on to wickedness and sin 10
make make an article fur his newspaper Ana
And then he'd ask me to have some>
thing with himY, l queried.
Would he? oh! noll He'd invite him
self to hev sunthin' with you, and the
same would break four OF yer ribs. bust
yer head wide open, blind yer eyes. erin
pie yer legs and redoose We to a pulp!
I'd be weepin' like a babe and offerin'
him $40 to let up on We, but all / could
say or do wouldn't stop Tommy Green.
When yer luvin' family cum to gaze on
yer bloomin' remains they wouldn't know
whether it was you or dog, and ia be so
broke up over II that the purlice would
think l had decided to reform"
I'VE might. skip Tommy Green's I
said as | ordered more beer.
Yes, we might" he replied as he half
emptied the glass at swallow.
There are other places besides these"
Lots of 'em, but we couldn't dodge
trouble. If We wasn't newspaper man.
with the look of innercence In yer face
and the breezes of the west a-blowin'
through yer whiskers, / could take ye
anywhere in New York and 1t would be
all right. AS 1t is, I'm afeared of what
might happen: suppose we Jest drop in
to see Billy McGinnis' place. where We
might look in vain fur sin and wick
I'm steerin ye about. We don't lay a
five-dollar- bill on the bar and shout fur
all hands to walk up. Ye don't own
no fightin' dawg and We can't put on
the gloves. Ye don't spit over yer Shout
der and tell of the wickedness of Chi
cago, and we don't cuss the purllce and
let il be knowed that we've served a
term in Sing Sing. What's the imperish-
able result? Why, Billy calls me aside
sense of honor-if repertashun is no long
er dear TO ye.if we've got that low down
t mat yeXs takih' 70 travelin' around
been pulled out of the earth more'n a
week, then you will please keep out of
my place in futurer That's what he'd
a-streamin' down my cheeks as l an
swered him, he'd throw us both out.
Did you say more beer. sir?
L ordered more beer and suggested that
we might at least knock around the
seen.
Don't try 1t. sir" he replied as he low
cred his glass to shake his head IN a SOL
emn way. Eye hev treated me as one gent
should treat another, and / wouldn't like
to see harm cum TO We. If we should go
out and walk the streets together we'd be
sure to meet a copper. He'd know me on
sight, but he wouldn't know you He d
think we was a-leadin me inter paths of
wickedness, and to save me he'd up with
his club and fetch you a whack over the
head and down ye'd 60 He might not
quite kill We, but fur a year to cum ye'd
lay on yer bed at home and be cared fur
like an infant. As | said before, I've bin
treated as one gent should treat anoth-
er, and If it was fur yer good I'd knock
about with ye seven nights in a week
Give it up sir. Think of yer luvin' fam
lily and give 1t up, and if We ask me if
will heV a glass Of beer with we I'll re-
ply that / will and Welcome--see? ~