The record-union., 1898-11-09
Wasserman, Davis & CO.

get there, anyhow, for the Beach Ho-
tel, l figured, was full O. happy sea-
shore vacationizing people, and as I
wasn't happy myself / didn't want to
see them. On the way into Galveston
/ mapped it out that / wasn't going to
do any telegraphing back here for
funds, even if / had to drive truck.
Talking about trucks as 1 was nearing
Galveston 1 passed a whole lot O. cir
Gus tents. I prowled in among them
and got to talking to a tentman. He
said it was Forepaughs show 1 asked
him where the show was going from
Galveston and he said it was going to
close up and go straight back to Phila-
delpha. 1 asked him how it would be
for a job. He sent me to one of the
head guys, and offered to feed the ze-
bras and do other useful chores in re-
turn for g. ride with the show to Phil
aGelphia. He turned me down and /
kept on into town.
When l got into town sign that I
saw over a saloon looked vaguely ia
miliar to me. The Two Brothers Sa-
loon it read. / kind o. remembered hav-
ing been in that place with some of the
drummers on the day before when we
got off the Comal. So I went in, not
because l had the price of anything
but l just went in anyway. It was
about 10 O'Clock in the morning. but 10
customers We're in the place, which was
| a pretty swell rum joint with piano
| in the back part of the room. One Of
the Two Brothers was behind the bar
that is, I found out afterward that
he was one of the Two Brothers.
Hello, there, pal' says he to me as
l walked in, how're you cuttin' it this
morning?'
Il told him there was nothing doing.
and sat down at a table, for was tired
with the trudge in from the Beach Ho-
tel. The man behind the bar sized me
up and he walked over to where l sat.
Up against it, eh, chum?' said he to
me- Better have a couple to sort q
jeck yourself together
They tasted pretty good, I'm telling
you. l went back to where the piano
stood and sat down on the stool. They's
made me practice four hours a day on
the piano when / was a. Kid and was
a pretty good player Well. I felt
I pretty Woozy and down in the mouth
and so, naturally, l started in to nlav
Scnuoerts 'Serenade,' and that sort
with the soft pedal down. was NAV,
AAAo away az aiiiS hiuU OF music, think
Ing pretty hard of the jay I was. when
the man behind the bar touched me on
the shoulder
'Pard, said he. I'm one of the
proprietors of this shack, and I'm 90
ing TO make you proposition. You
say you're up against it. even if vo,,
are one of these here wise bows from
New York, and I guess you are nm
against it. You seem to know how to
twiddle that py-ano to the ouaar,s
taste. Tell you what I'll do. naed
some one to play on that machine If
you'll hammer tunes out of it, saw from
O'Clock at night until O'Clock in the
morning, I'll give you So for every
nights work you do, and pay your wav
down here besides. What do you tbinix
of ft?"
What did I think of it! 7 wasn't
missing any win-out chance like that
It's CO. told him.
He took me across the way to the
Girardin House, one of the bang-un
hotels of Galveston, and put me m
there. Then he went down to the NAL
lory dock and had my trunk sent up TO
the hotel. / logged out and turned I'D
at the Two Brothers ahead of time
There were about 200 of the Calves
ton men down there. The word had
gone around that a 'Howling Thing
from New York had been engaged to
play the piano nightly at the Two
Brothers, and the boys were on hand.