Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-16

! an so on till de lowest Teller jist blows
I himself out an leaves de joint.
| He Meets n Crook.
| "Jn San Francisco" continued the Kid,
| 81 meets I'D with er crook an he asks me
where I'm from. 1 tells him Texas. He
| says how's Texas for crooked work. told
him it was porkerina, dat business was on
de bum an dat dey'd cop him dere de first
| dice outer de box. / losses him DIP right
| dere, cause / never want ter git de
| take. 1 never liked no hard work, an er
| Teller kin get erlong purity well moochin
| an p1ayin' de charity societies eff he don
keep blowin' hisseif against craps, an
! tell yer craps is worsen machine guns on
\ me- Well pard, dat crook stalls me
| eroun' town wild him and We goes inter
| er place where deres er gang of gayzeboos
| an boosters, an de crook cops watch
| an passes ii to er dinge. Whut's er dinge?
Wy er Eigger HOboes calls EN- dipges
N'eil de dinge wuz de crooks pard an no
sooner de pass made when er fly mug
tossed en- both togedoer, an l blowed
mesef ChnytowE out dere's er warm
baby. | strikes two won en- in 1t sloppy
drunk fun hops, an dey cough up half
case apiece. A drunk gal is er peanut fur
{. Lnoocher." The KID was asked his opin-
icz2s of the east.
Gray Cat as Travelling Companion.
Il blows my nut frum Chicago ter New
York by way er Buffalo he sail. Me
an another guy was top CT de westibool
when eI gray cat comes climbin' up De
train WIZ goin slow, so we just grabbed
him an ditched him. Throw him off? Wy.
sure. He couldn't give us de perfeshnal
high ball, an dat settled it. Deres some
good people in New Yawk, but tell yer
silssiety dere is bum. l goes ter de give
up-charity. yer know sassiety on Secon'
| ayenoo ter git sisted. Yer know, l allus
! hits dem give-up sassieties soon as l strike
town, an most ov EN- cough up coin like
| dey had de feenance consump. But m New
Yawk dey gives me de double cross. Dere
was two bulls dere- What's bulls? Why,
| ccppers, pleecemen-dems bulls. Dey tole
me to git out, out stuck. an den wunner
| EN- gimme a swif kick, an l blowe3 my
nut. l gifts er job over in Brooklyn barkin
| outside er shoe store, Whuts barkir :?
Why. standin' outside an tappin de Rrbes
| what come by. 'Ah. Jack YOU say, what
you buyin? Shoes? Cum in, and den You
| drag EN- in de shop. OATS barkin'.
But ! soHred on Brooklyn. Dey are too
good over dera an / starts fur Phiyde
| ply. Say, when l was gttin' dere l sees
| de hoUse of ERECTION and it give me chill.
| l cum rigas through. Baltimore? Say,
| lemme off. l gees mcochn' in Baltimore
| mong de sto'keepers. l gifts cent fun
about evry siXt OATS right. A cent was
| de limit on DER play. and, say, deyd band
| it out like high roller putin stack O.
| blues on er case queen.
Wanted to See the Capital.
so l bloNed my nut over here l was
allus dead stuck ter see de capital. Say.
It's de finest city 1 ever see. I mean looks.
It's CT smooth town. sure An it's got good
people. Say, If I'd er got in to see de Pres
ident I'd a mooched him fur sumpin' ter
chew. But de town is de deadest / ever
see too. Say, er wild OK I'D go hungry in
it. It's the pokerina in my business |
dat Rflt i'm CIV
railroad company here. Why? Because l
wuz comm down dat toboggan slide road
over dere near de crank joint where de
guvment keeps de freaks on dat car dat
I'D de Hghtnin' SpreSS act an killed dat
feller and busted up de rest. Yer know L m
eff ole hand jumpin' off trains an things
oats goin fast, SO l cops up er little gal
baby dat wuz yellin like er kyote an sailed
off. 1 think l got er lastin' lameness when
lit, but de kid wuZ all right.
Saved From the Wreck.
See dis sky piece?" Here the kid held
up fedora hat. Oats sum er de wreck
We'en 1 goes over ter de crank joint 1
spotes er lid dat was shockin' shame ter
de purfush'n. When me an de little gal
lights 1 sees dis sky piece foatin' throo de
air an l cops it. Say. it's a two-caser
fedory If It's a cent an it fits me like er
gamblers beaver
"Wherell 1 go next? De Paris expersish
LAT me now. L II Work me way ODer.
Say. dey ain none of guys wise enough
to beat dem steamboats, on de big reservoir
I'll give dem frog-eaters cards an spades
an do EN-, an I'll cum back fust cabin
wearin' swell fronts an shiny kckers an
er silk sky piece"
What made you leave homer" inquired
the reporter.
Say" he responded, in a confidential
whisper, "dere wuz too menny OBJ US. Dere
wuz tree sets. Fust wuZ de set / wuz in.
Den mother died and de ole man mar
RED a wilder wild six. Dat made two SETS.
Den another set begun to come an
bowed ME nut. An dey cudn' git me back
home wild chain roun' me neck hooked
ter de back end OBJ er b. and o. sleeper
Sketch of IcOnOcInst Brann.
by the way" remarked the reporter.
did you ever know a newspaper man nam
ed Brann down in Dallas?"
What Connyciass Brann? Like de
President knows Office seekers / ulster sell
his paper. Say, dat was warm member
had ter put leather under me arm ter
keep dem papers FUN settin me rags afre.
Bfann WIZ er tall, slim guy, Brann was,
and he had a wise nut. An when 1t cum
ter scrappin' he was Johnny at de rathole
wild de mttts 1 see him have ell go
with er Teller named Reggins, er furniture
man, an Brann throwed him down an
stomped on him like he owned him. When
they throwed RegginS in de patrol to go
ter de hospital he wuz coil up like a piece
er rope. Den dere was Teller named
Strickland in Dallas. high and mighty
scrapper dat guy wuz, but whsn CuDuy-
class Brann wen inter business wild MIN
Strick didn't mount to no more'n a pimple
on er school boys nose. ] was sprised ter
hear Erann wuz croaked. He wuz cork
er, dat guy wuz, an no mistake
LAUREL.