Evening star., 1897-04-17
CAsAYs3 NEW JOE.
a Tale Of the-LObby as Told By
Casey's Chum.

a Tale OF the Lobby as Told By
Casey's Chum.
"Be jabers. ~ casey to me lasht noight.
"Oi musht hev somebody's gud prayrz."
seq he. 'foor ssntA Oh ben gwan over t
Cawnsriss wild Rooney" eez he. "Ofve
shtruck ar nligant job iv wurruk." seq he.
"Ye don't tell fpe 50, Casey" SEE OF. ''an'
phwat dthe divll Is the wurruk loiker' sez
Oh
It's undther dthe COVER mint, dye
moind." sez Casey, seq he. AN dthe besht
Nv i'd is." seq he. ''dthot the wurruk is dthe
lay st part iv i'd seq he, bud Ofm a
@ 5eWly sdmitted member iv phwat dthey
calls dthe third house." sez he.
Yer not talkin' a roise out iv me, are
ye? sez Oh to Casey, bekase OF nue. he
always lived in dthe suecond house in Gill
hooly's block. dye mofnd.
'Tare-a1-ages, mon, phwat dye mane?'
sez casey Ohm givin' ye dthe shtory
shtrate, seq he, .'an' iv ye he'd dthe sinse
~ makril,' sez he. "yu'd how'd yer tung.
BE aisy, now. Casey" sez OF. floor, pom
me conshuns.' sez Oa. yer putin an in
telreiy too NANNY loogs to shute me, dye
moind, sez OF. "Phwat dthe divil do OF
'Dthe third house. ye gomeril." sez
Casey, shtruttin' round lax a turkey-cock,
,phoi. bludy ind to ye,' sez he, "dthe
third tn house is WHARF awl dthe pathriots
athe coonthry frum war-r wud Shpane an
Yureip.' sez he, AN to bid dthe raIe-
rodes. an dthe banks an dthe buishnis iv
Mairiky. sez he. "an' to privint Lawdge,
an Mahaney. an mccall an a lot iy
udther coolers frum kapein' dacint peepil
frum cumtnin over heer," sez he "Honia-
mon,diaoule' seq he. Now! d'yez moind"'
sez he.
.Phwat.s- awI iy dthim things got to do
wild your job iv wurruk. Misth.r Casey?"
seq o. .-s~
s,t .Dthot's phat Oh axed Rooney in the
about Rooney bein' wan iv dthe pathrlots?
WuH he is. sez Casey "an' he towld me
10 had awl to DO wild the job. an to kape
me OF an iiirn ana not ak too NANNY dom
1uie quischuns.' sez Casey.
AN phwst 'id2ye say to dthot, Mr.. Ca
sey?" seq Oh.
".Dthe divfl' a wurrud at awl." seq Casey.
an an dthin sez he. "whin Rooney seen me
coilt gein wild mesilf1 he ups and he seq.
seq he lux at me. Casey. seq he.'''
Musfia, seq OF, shure OF can see ye wild
dthe ha-af iv an OF, sez Oh"
Wuli.' sez Rooney. did iver ye see me
Wurrikin' hazard foor me nvin'. 3" seq he,
or did lver We see me whin OF wasn't
dressned up in me Soondy besht," SEE he
dthots phWat dthe third house manes,'
Whin Rooney towld me dthot." seq
casey, we wor shta- -andin' in Statchury
nail. phwere Father Market is phwhat
dthey he'd SO mutch chu-ir dthe rag over
dtn llligintest gur'rl ye iver laid yer two
oise an Oi sez to Rooney. sez Oi, LUX al
dtnot buty. seq Cf. LUX at dthe oise iv her
an dthe soize fv 'er, Oh, LUX at dthe
lips w 'er an dthe hips iv 'er. seq OF,
Militia Murther Rooney sez Oh bud she's
a dhrame'
"Whisht! bad LUX to yez." sez Rooney
wild a grin an i'm lax dth' ouId baboon
out to the Zoo. 'phwat dye yez want t.
be givin' away yer wakeness foor dthe
famaie sex ieike dthot foor." sez he, 'dthot
gur-rl Is wan iv uZ.'' sez he.
Wan Nv uz. sez OF. back to Rooney; Orm
dom shure she's not wan iv me, seq OF, or
she'd hev somethfn to attind to nor gall
'antin' roun' heer. seq Oi.''
"Aw. ye gom, sez Rooney, OF name she's
In dthe third; house. seq he.
Wull, sez 0i, iv she's in dthe third
house, sez Oi. dthat, settles i'd. sez OF. and
yez Kin count an me- horse. fut an dhra-
goons. sez Oh. Ord go thru fire an wather
seq Oh" II "a
"shure dthere's odthers iv dthe same
moind. sez Rooney an dthot no dhrame
sez ne. dtheres lasans an laveins iv dthe
same koind. sez he
'Wull. afther dthot," sez Casey. 1--WE
shpint few hours walkin' roun' dthe ma
arrble flags an Rooney towld me-" seq he
"dhtot neerly ivry tmudther's son we met
Wuz in dthe third house, wild plinty iv
othe dauthers, too." lsez he.
Bud Casey sez Oh, dye name t'tell me-
SEE OF, dthot ~ indind t'go roun' in yer
besht close ivHY day, an do no wurruk at
awl, at awl? seq OF"
Yer hazard mon 'taich, me bouchaI,"
sez Casey, bud Ofl tell ye dthis mutch,"
sez he. "whiniver dthere's annythin' an
dthe boor-rdas' seq he, Rooney ill get his
retainer, seq he. IAN. Ofn get me stoipind
dye moind me now." sez he. "have an
odther dhrop to wash dthot down. an OrH
bid We gud noight." sez he.