The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-01-23
HE BLOWED DER TOWN
MOOcher, Der Dead Easy, Has liked
Into Darkness.
LEFT ON A COLD AFTERNOON
The Veteran and Experienced Side
Door Palace Car Tourist Bids
Good Bye to His Old Re-
porter standby.

gone His nomadic instincts were toy
strong and overcame his fondness Tor.
Missoula's climate and people. SO, de-
spite the cold weather and the snow,
he give der town der John Blowins,'
as he expressed it, when he came to
the reporter to break to him the news
of his determination to "jiggeroo." The
reporter was surprised. as the Moocher
had assured him only a short time
before that dis is er hot burg" and
that IL was good enough for him till
spring Den" he said, II tink III
blow der town, COZ der gangll be on
der road an / tink dat I'll be takin'
John Scoffins wild der boys when John
Crimps gets outer der jungle" All or
which, being interpreted. meant that
the Moocher would take to the road
and eat with the boys as soon as the
frost was out of the ground.
But two months stay in one place
made the Moocher homesick and he
was forced to move on. His rowing
disposition would not permit him TO
linger longer. 1t was one of the cold
est evenings of the recent storm when
the Moocher informed the reporter
that he was going to leave and incl
dentally remarked that he had no
overcoat. He wandered up the street
that evening, strolling past the repor-
ter until he satisfied himself that there
was nobody else around. Then he
came leisurely back and accosted his
friend.
say pard. tink der towns gettin'
on der hike an I'll have ter give her
der John Blowins in der mornin'
Youse been on der square wild me and
John Law an Henry Star, deyse been
all right. Dey hain't been lampin' me
like dey fought / was er blanket stin.
But der burg's on der hike an l tink
I'll jiggeroo. Say, pard, I'll have ter
go out on der rods an. say, John
Crimps'll be HI. Wot's der show fer
er Benny. I'll take chances on der
scoffin' but I'll have ter have er Ben
ny er der crimpins'H frisk me sure.
Wot? Yer tink yer can rustic me er
Benny? Say, pard, youse on der square
an dats no josh. All right. Jiggeroo
an I'll wait here.
We'll. say. OATS all right OATS
goodernuff fer John Dude. Say, she's
er bird. Der gang'n tink Ise er swell
gee, wen dey lamps dis Benny. Now.
OATS all right. Dis Benny's good err
huff. l don't want no sloppins. Wen,
OATS so. I'm shy on Willies an I
might want one fore / gets ter der
end er der run.
why don't I buy er sack er ter
baker an roll me own Willies? Well,
pard, it's dis way. Yer see If yer pulls
out yer sack an papers der whole gang
lamps yer an dey all wants er Willie.
Der chances is dat yer'll have ter roll
em fer der gees er dey'll frisk all yer
stuff Ise dead onter dat racket so yer
see | buys desc tailor made Willies
an den takes out one at err time an
swears ter der gang dat l has only der
one. Der tailor-made is er little swell.
specially Canoes, but dey's der best
wen youse on der road.
say, pard. Yer talk erbout wantin'
er smoke. Youse don't know wot ii is
ter have ter shell der Willies ter get
one. OATS dead tough, on der square.
Wots shellin' der Willies? WY, OATS
breakin' open der stubs an savin' der
terbaker fer smokin Wen yer has ter
do dat, yers ON der hike, sure. OATS
no josh.
zone time wen I was on der hike
proper, | got inter er little burg in Cal.
one night an found err good place fer
fioppins an l pounds me ear till twas
gettin' light. Den / wakes up an
mooches er scott from er chink an goes
down der street lampin fer Willies.
Dere was one long street in der town
an | goes up one side an down der
odder but not er Willie does i see. Dat
queered me, sure, cause l knowed der
was er lot er fellers as used der Will
lies dere and twas early in der morn
Willies. But not er one does l lamp
an goes down ter der yards to mooch
er Willie from er John Shacks. AS I
goes past der tank, wot der yer tink
l sees? Dere was er gee, sittin' on der
ground wild err board in his lap, shellin'
der Willies. Yer see, he had beat me
out an frisked der whole street wen |
was scoffin. Dat was der time dat I
was on der hike. sure.
But. say, pard. I'll have ter climb
der rods early i'm der mornin', an
wants der John Floppins fore l goes.
so / tink I'll jiggeroo. Well, so long.
Youse der squarest guy Ise seen yet,
pard an I'll see yer later. Jiggeroo."
And the Moocher was gone. The next
morning he got out of town on the
Occur d'Alene train and the railroad
men say that they saw him climb from
a car at Wallace and run off into the
darkness.