The herald., 1896-06-15

I'VE have double barreled de Fire
Alarm from de Cahuenga foothills. an
Judge Doubleuae Ryan, de sage of de
viaduct. will from now, on do de Jeffer-
sonian end 16 to politics for de Arcade
depot" remarked the Deputy Zanjero.
| as he ratified the dice bones for Martin
Marsh and programmed the result so
that the New High street contractor was
out a dollar forty for shandygaffs. while
| Governor Merrill was being flattened
out by San Gabriel and the other coun-
| try precincts at Turner hall on Saturday
morning. You see de Fire Alarm was
turned in wrong always an never once
| Alright, an de people was agettin' de
| worstest end of it, all but General Last
an de Cahuenga valley. John Muir an
Tom McCaffrey holds a session an talks
it over. Dey calls me in to 'sist In con-
sultin. We three takes up all de good
men in sight for our end Of work for
new deal, but none of 'em fits de bill jes
right. Now in de Lindley push we has
nearly all de 'sociation to draw on any
time, but desc Jeffersonian anti-monop-
olists like old man Brewer. de Vernon
cyclone, an others, is hard to reach,
somehow.
".What's de matter wild Martin Marsh
for a leader?' says I to kinder start de
debatin' proper. Quit you're guyin, re-
marks Muir, de weather's too Internally
hot Well, den, give 'Dolphramish q
chance to show his mettle. Dat KID,
says Nephew Henry's foreman, a-reach-
in for de window to lift me out, he's
busy a-thinkin' hisself a jobber an losin
wealth backin' his opinions wild coin. De
reserve fund would have to be increased
a-playin tag wild dat youngster Den
named Guy Barham. an Tom Cuddy, an
Tom Savage, an Gov. Merrill. It'll Muir
he gets red In de eyeballs a-growlin
nav SO damned often. an McCaffrey. he
chokes on cigarette smoke, a-swallowin
his feelins to talk only when his boss
gives him de signal. What's your idee.'
finally says Muir to de train 'spatcher.
4 think Judge Doubleuae Ryan is de
angel to lead us all into de land of prom
ise.' remarks McCaffrey, a-lookin' some
thin like de good book says old Elijah
showed up when Uncle Coils P. ap-
peared to de prophet in de night, an
showed him a brand new pass across de
Red sea- where a road could be builded
wild no grade, an de king of Palestine
a-forkin' over a bonus of a million a
mile. Judge Ryan aire our Moses,
talks McCaffrey so swift dat Muir an
me couldn't for a time keep up. You
see, de saints is maybe all of 'em his
friends, de 'sociation bein' agin him fir
dat reason. We has Gov. Sheldon an
Herv. Lindley on our staff now, an wild
Judge Ryan, dat'll give us a trio to do
de country from Tehachepi to Coro-
nado.'
Muir thinks it over a minute an lows
as how maybe McCaffrey is about right.
We sends for Ryan, but de Viaduct sage
aire a leetle shy of de trick. We taffies
him up bout he's bein' a man of brains
wild Martin Marsh, nor Ramish, nor de
rest of dem teasers, not bein' able to
hold a candle to him. Den de judge
says: 1t goes If I hain't asked to play
in any hand where de cards aire all
stacked to be out Of sight
I'VE agrees to dat, KNOWN we kin
handle our man all right when it comes
to cases, an dat's de romance in a nut
shell.
Say. de Arcade depot which aire Tom
McCaffrey, worked 1t beautifulsin Tur-
ner hall. While Joe Simon an Tom
Donahue an Tom Darmody an Jack
Delaney an the Arkansaw major was
mixed up in a sweat, we'uns was afig-
urin' on how to hog all de cherries In
de box, which de odder fellers had stolen
out our orchard only few minutes be-
fore. McCaffrey chases up Judge Ryan
an den l sees an so did Muir for de
first time dat de train 'spatches didn't
cut de pack wrong when he crowned de
man from de viaduct in place of the
Fire Alarm from de Cahuenga. Ryan
and McCaffrey won us out in de country
where we aire purity well disliked, so
easy it give me de toothache. Even
Herv. Lindley an Walter Parker an
Billy Dunn never played 1t finer dan dat.
I've been lunchin' off shandygaffs an
Kentucky Derbys ever since.
do you realize where we are at? We
has dug from under de brick wall de
,in,. fynv ri
from Main street, an de privates from
de ate ward an de oil district. We
worked hard to euchre Billy Workman
and Tom Cuddy, but dey couldn't be
did. But it's satisfactory. We hain't
no rhionoceroses, a-wantin' de earth
when it amt ours.
'Herv Lindley an Cap'n Osborne and
Frank Flint won't stand in to help Mi
chael Henry deoldmansyoungagai do
up John de Spreckensideutch in ST.
Louis on Wednesday. Lindley's dead
game when it comes to stayin' by any
of his friends as. is able, to- own de
drawin' room in de Pullman. John
Henry Whatshisname went on ahead
to stick de knife into John de What's
his-other-name. an de Frisco Chroni-
Gle had called de Call bad. Lindley an
de boys heerd about it some place in de
16 to 1 country near Pixies Peak. Dey
telephoned John de wild de Dutch end
ridge, de purity feller round Frisco as
wears corsets an screws his face off
when he goes to bed, to stand
fast, stand firm, stand true. Shortridge
an Sprecksy wired back dey was
standin' pat, which, although it aire
Irish, goes wild Lindley an Governor
Sheldon sometimes. We won't throw
Sprecksy down. oh, no! Not so long
as he's a sugar king an he gives up de
stuff as is sweet de sweetest. Do yuse
follow my line of reasonin'?
Say. Charley Strange, de feller as
| builded up de new school houses is
| agettin' ready to queer de 'ministration
round de city hall. He is agoin' fishin
| for a month, dis week, an he will pay a
man out his own pocket to hold his end
up While he's away. When RAIDER hears
| de news dere'll be trouble. OATS agir
| de ordinances, an it's always been so.
hopes as we'll all stand de shock to oul
| nerves.
Good bye. I'm off to Sacramento
| where Is to 1 ii be apoppin' for our side
| an Chris Buckley de best part of d,
new week. So long. I'll see yuse again.