The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-13
CHUCK N H STORE.
lLL AL0NE FOR TWENTY MINUTES
WITH OLDSTEIN,S "JULLARI.D

But HE'S e. - Level ana Gsiastetn Didnt
Csnnt Ms Kettles Whea ne Caae Rseh.
Vet Even Though TIE Cellar mad Helped
Chuek to watch. fer Chnek's On a. LeveL
Many strange AMI e~ventful things have oc-
CURED in the checkered career Of Chuck Con-
nors Of Chinatown, but the experience which he
had yesterday caused him to have his face
scraped and his hair oiled and his clothes
brushed and to wear . boiled shirt with collar
and cuffs and q derby hat last night.
I'm q hull gent now. an no mistake" said
he with no small pride as he stood in Chatham
square pufing . fragrant Mott street for de
fumer, principally fumer.
whats happened. Chuckf'
"Ah. ferEet IL. 'tvul d. greatest dat ever
happened. why. 1 feel like one o. dem new
French toys. On d. level. y don't ketch me goin'
around wild . mug like 4-11+4 in d. gallery an
q blue shirt an stingY cap. I'm a real gent now.
d hull cheese, zee. an de only item In der pape."
What caused 1t. Chuckf'
Go over an ask Goldstein, what keeps de
juliAry store. He let me mind de place to-day,
AMI wuz in ders all alone fer q hull twenty
minutes wild not a soul aroun'. Say. on d level,
yuI comm down d Bowery wild Tom Greed an
Paddy d Fake. We wuE .goin' ter see a Teller
an says ter me. mindjer: Say. Chuck. viii yer
mind my store while goes downtown on some
business
Say. he said it 90 much on d. level like dat 1
cud see he vuzn't stringin'. an l says:
Nah, I'd rather go ter klondike an get It
dat way. It'd come too easy your way
p" mean 10, Chuck, he says. Well. yer know
dat Goldstein don't come from no part of Ire
land. an he's been In d Bowery desc twenty
years, an thinks ter meself. Hully smackerel,
he's smoktn' d hop. So in d store l goes, an
me wild a shoestrinS. Creed an Paddy
went on ter git d hooker when went in d
iuliary store an dey told d reglars what l wuz
doin'. Well. dere wuz I in among all d kittles,
silver an gold spoons. forks an knites. an big
silver mugs, an when d reS'lars comes around
an stands in front o d place an asks me what
time it wuz be me new yelleE kitt!e / felt like
up dere strinsin' until dere wuz a push o 500
around d place. an pretty soon d collar comes
along an tells d push ter move on | stands in
an ' SVys s ter me. 'Wh an T de- trn u 6 SeH cbT witf 5 up
oh. %nuttin'. says i. givin' him a angel face.
I'm les mindin' d store till Goldstein comes
"'whatr' says he. as II somebody throwed q
dipper OF hot soup inter him.
Dat right on d level, says / You wait
till Goldstein comes an see Serd oushter see
d mug on d. collar.
Well. he says. L guess I'd better help
yer, an he waits dere next ter me till Goldstein
comes back He wuZ Jest paralyZed when Gold.
stein comes in an hands me a smoker fer staytn'
In d place, an mindler / don't see him count d
kittles an stuff. an l wuz alone by meselt before
d collar comes. But of course everybody knows
dat I'm on d level, an II l ever 60 get pinched
III have a good witness fer NE character in
Goldsteln. But / N Oh d level, y knov.'
How, about the time you took the red.h
stow, Chuck
All! forget it." said NTr. Counors. relishtine
his tumer, which had died out during his re-
Cital.
Mr. Goldstein and the policeman verified
Chuck tale.