The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-29

ne votea for Seth e~oon-Rerget ana OreEeF
Hods a. Auful Ne at Hin.

Hods AZ AwEul We at Him.
When sarsaparilla Reilly walked INTO tne
little restaurant on Park row the sinEer Man
dropped an oyster pie on the kitchen hoor ana
exclaimed:
"Ach my, can I believe myself, IL dot youi
Really, Reilly, 1 thought you were dead OF dos
you vent back to 1relands. Where you peoh u
longH''
Lakewood" said Reilly; mo an Croker
went there ter hx tn slato."
what did Croker und you didf' asked Sink
ers.
Fixed tn slate" answered Reilly; "we 5ist
made up tn list av people who'll run Greater
New York for tn next floor years"
"Put up der names oof dem which VII GIT
jobsi'
"Yis," said Reilly, "an' livery wan named Is .
fre-tortured Democrat who wudnt give up IN
aud ship"
did you mark me DOWN. asked sinkers.
"Sure you were q know.nothin' in tn cam
paign," said Reilly.
What we're IT,
"a know.nothin'-a fellow what knew nothin
about what he was votin', an kne" nothin,
about what was ter happen. Sure you VoVeo
for tn Cts Onion"
well, / meant to vote for Tammany's Hall"
answered the Sinker Man; der fellow What
give der votes out in der polls gave me der
wrong paper. Dots how ! voted for Set-Vhat
is his name againf How quick We forget What
We don't remember"
"Never; mind his NAME" said Reilly; The
has nothin' to do wild tn slate Oh was talkin'
about. But your name wasn't on It. "
wanted ,yS,1osre to ,d put MI it 6 SSWn' be- su ths aGnh teT te SSsr tn
place uv tn Dutcn Sheriff, and Mr.. Dunn Wills,
pered ter Mr.. Croker an Mr.; Croker WHISPERED ais red
WhStiver they cali it, an thin Mr.. Croker yelled
0 ech ni hasn't been e1'' tfsaisin' in our stabie;' SO 8!
had ter scratch yer, Sinkers. an yer not IN In.
IBID Gusgenheimer said 1 vero a Dutch
horsei'' asked the sinker Man:
No, replied Reilly; he n simply oS,,, Whispered lspps ed
!"vil he get a chob den on der slatei"
"" sssiitz,% Hg rep1le aio ths sinker Man.
he wants a', i he wants "a. is ter a,, Be m EGlp1 b Gommi''
Hes no good said Sinkers.
"Whoi" asked Reilly.
he o be- Fire Commissioner he would re.
point Max Blum to be Fire Marshal, 80 soon
Blum gets I ,%In po so prison for 0'in' " ir'Ous'"
would not understood der nrs alarms. cause
no . 1Se You You I Know Big Jake, tho Teller what
.hinkin' av maxim him u Pouce commissioner.
"Den,'' said Sinkers, dot would be yorser
He's 80 mean he would repoint Big Hawley
Chief oof Police-dot's der first ting he vould
N":wel," continued Reilly. 9TH slate is sc
made out that all av your enemies are ter gil
IFS der slate up in your housei'' asked thu
Sinker Man.
"It u.s." answered Reilly,
Couldn't you let it on der sidewalk fall unt
make b,,lieve dot you didn't know 1t vert
:oi c''u'dn't," said Reilly, unless OF wanted
ter kill me own chances of bein' Boss av tn
Dutch in Greater New York. OF want to-
jump on tn Dutch"
the Sinker Man. "Mebbe some day when
vote init der man which wins III be boss owe
you always vote for q loser" said Reilly.
Veil. voted for Mr.. Guggenheimer' saie
because he had a Jarminn Manor
mo; cause he give US better schools Dan v
yon't ever had before" remarked tho Sinke
"Well," said Reilly. hes a good man. but
don't believe yer voted for him"
$50 sure III die on this, spot l did," ex
THAT'S not sure at tall retorted Reilly
"No man knows tn spot he's ter die on: IL
give $500 to aanny man who'd tell me Tn spo
"For vhyT' asked sinkers.
For whyi" echoed Reilly, "for whyi Sure
dots because YOU want to live forever.
said the Sinker Man. "Put II dot Jake's nam
comes on der slate, den don't want to live n
"Well, ORR scratch Jake" remarked Reilly
"an' Oi'fl scratch the other Dutch horses, too,
yer enemies-if yer take me in to Red Jerry
an buy me q high hat av mixed ale:n
then they went next door to balance account
on Red Jerry's slate.