The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-18
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Papers at the BrtdRe and she . TaHpayey.

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Papers at the BridEe and she . Tazpayey.
"Did ever 70 hear the like OF iti Tryin' to
persecute me out OF me playcss at the bridge;
me Mrs. Corcoran, old Mother Corcoran, that's
been here moro years than amy copper Of them
all has buttons onto his coat. Yes, and his
pants, too. Lave me count the years on mo
fingers. Sure. It's too few they arc for IL; but 1
was here sellin' papers befoor there wal amy
bridge In the playess. An now, In mo 70.
spectacle old ago-not that I'm what any man
wud call old, eithor-comes q COP an tells mo
an me dahters 10 move on. Like as II wo was
a gang OF drunken buns; us that owns real es.
tato an pays taxes on tiniments that we bought
withsour own money made honust In the noos.
paper business. IT'S the luck Of the bad
playoss I've had since that Karp girrul got tho
hve-dollar pieco instid Of a clint, an not me.
This is fair persecution, upon me soul. Horo
stud 1 last night sellin' mo extrys an me dab.
tors alongside Of me, whin up comes q cop. 1
don't dor .l an3 9S,. The Hm n ,SinseS IF i hin = !, but but . his face s,I !.
.Ahl you wimmln-
whats thatf says /;
"'Ahl you wimmin- says he
Don't say that ngin,' says. ].
~ have to git out. says ho.
a Of ye," says he. "Ahl the wimmin in
ladies', says I. tsaehip' him hi, manners:
what ye like, ye have to mizzle," says he; 49,,
says L, teaShin'' him more manners, What.
ever yen be cabling me I'll not do anythin' Of tho
e eah1:d ms ssy out Of me Ssn Sa nssI three say time. now,s
says 1. mo an, me darters. too. Go wan
Did / not tell ye," he says. "ye have to movo
Yer t~ongueIl be wore out asin yer teeth
tellin, me that" says i, "befoor It'll do 20 amy
III ye was a man." says he, ,I'd fan ye,"
70, IF io | was Ss e m sIn't st ssy 70 J; mi II A., b s aSplY + . fsp
get a broom and sweep the path" says l.
they Il y'C cahl Ri ripartTor in Erincfh. The COP he sees
he was able for me in ripartwor. so he says:
'tls I tho orders SR HC yc have to git OIL p,'p''.'".
am on me own fate" says I, IAN me fate is
in me shoes, an me shoes is on the Sidewalk of
Of Owe yez , In a year Of sundays,"N I says. I"sheo
n.y. I says, ar tho Grove FsiSe him the laugh;
mo as IL he would like to poke me. but was not
DARN beeuz Of the crowd. Ali of ye is on
Where Is. the liner say,s1. who measured
III Did ye have wan OF them fellers with q ball
Of string an, a sinsle.barrolled op'Ty glass linin,
Sn Here's / ths j, linz right here" says he. Amy
Not anybody with your kind of eyes" says
I. They squint all four ways to wanst- says
AN some day I thsy'n GIT caught an bore a
Thin he was goin' to lay hands upon mo- Me.
q lady old enough to, be- his motherl Maybe
not quite that old, either, though he was but a
'"Don't ye dare lay a hand tonne" I says. I'm
a respectable citizen an | pay taxes on more
doubt 20 move f~requint instid Of payin' the rint.
Thank yer good saints says that ! at,yy yer 4 not St
an yer buds after ye, an ye cud sue me an
much good may it do ye.' -.
III get the other officers an take 70 in, all
OF. ye," says he.
Sure, I thought then I was goin' to be a
Christian martyr like the blessed saints. but a
customer, he says to me:
"Stop back a yard says he; IAN yer beyant
the line"
give wan Inch, says /; but for the sake o q
says I. IN live to see him wearin' different
stripes from them he has on now. an more OF
them. Sing Singh says l, an I went on sell
in mt papers. -.
So here ye see me dom business at tho old
stand. Tryin' to drive me out!' Did 70 ever
hear the like. Mo that's been here befoor the
bridge an pays taxes every year enough to buy
that cop an all his family.