The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-10-09

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" busted the sand of my clothes and walked
over to a fountain spigot In front OF the hotel
hard. but It had to go. Then / hunted around
for the street-car track. Galveston was two
There S wasn't o any I car qaR IN e Sight Rss SO / TOOK the
track. l didn't. have the price OF q fare, any
S nSTi q F he t TnS NV was % WS1sed T thfGa aIoP Brn aSpGiS;
Gulf water full OF tadpoles and soit-sheli crabs
FL the way in; ! DIDN'T haze Snn .yt I %Da56t af
BB SaSS Hotel tS set ftsSSSFTssaA. %ay lSil . 5@I hap SPS
;$Ssss$ I SsS SSS' ~ PSss'i rs S ISfS y s ~ e SCI
teicgraphine back here for funds: even II 1 had
to drive 2 truck: Talking ABOUT trucks as
circus tents. T~prowiedln among them and got
talking to tentman. He said It was Fore
RaST Roin SHH FROM G SfEsa nun and YqES be- sa fdf i sH %Ss
going to close up and go straight baGS to Phila,
Job. He sent me to one OF the head guys. and
] offered to feed the. zebras, and do other use
fnl chores in return for a ride with the show to
When, I got into town a sign that l saw over
Two S%5o Brothers, tRRSFsH S SaG 3 It tS read. / KIND o'ree
called having been in that place with some Of
of the Comai. SO went in, not because l had
the the price 81 S myth n 6 6St lpIs 1t T NE md in any
but no customers were in the place, which was
E pretty bS g sw 81 t rum r Joint with 9TH a plane mo N tse
out atterward that he was one OF the Two
a. .h HSs!!2; t SSS ;cR Pssllr 'H L t Rf To @ %G fs walked
81 told him there was nothing doing. and sat
hi n from at t { sa Beach i9f Hot SfS ! T6s MAN BEHIND SeS iR1df tRs
bar sized me up, and he walked over to where
UP against It. eh. chum 2 said he to me:
Better have a couple to sort o Jerk yourself
They tasted pretty good. I'm a%-tellinr, you;
down on the ! stool: TheaS, 4. made me- me practice
Felt Felt pretty STfJ Wooz = a Rrft down MIN IN the RsSi mouth, and
81 Ser eni%Es''' and that Siar sort. N with 4 tn TIE s soft pedal
d1wn: | b, was blazing nyapiy SSw SrS % Ct tb TINS ,oI k'p1 va 81
when the, man behind the bar touched me on
the s BE ~ said bo Pm ons o, ,he nropriotors
Of this shack. and I'm going to make You a
proposition. You sayyou,re UP against It. even
Yoyr Iu a ane 2 I guess Ss sny ycn n are w Hp against SSks arR It. You
sesm na to 9 b99 ,S.t how Ts to t t%id Nh,t th pa J Py-fn Det tG
night until : o'clock in, the morning, I'm give
your wa. down here besides. What do you
What did 1 think OF i'll wasn't missing
any win-out chance like that.
Its a GO l told him.
He took me across the way to the Girardin
House. one OF the banG.up hotels OF Galveston.
tbe {Rat,n me up dot there npd baG me he went went down seWt to to
to the hotel. I logged out and turned up at
the Two Brothers, ahead Of time, There
we're about 200 Of the, Galveston men, down
t!fHf Gslin Fh Thing HSFd fr 9na & seRe YORK. eG9un had fh Ssen a
fpng9Sed to play the piano nightly at the Two
esFRsd my ave e ali riG F,I that atf arst night:
sprinkied all over with small ads. like this,
to,night and hear the Hot Boy from New York
brop in at the Two Brothers Saloon to-
night and have a look at the, Warm Baby from
"'The Howlingest Thing that ever struck
this community will sock it to the harpsichord
at t The T Eef t Rrof fatest,s sSlS9n IN t psnts. as worn by
the the T EsTn Brothers pIdvs SIS sq Lis@a tonight. The Chile
The lnugh?, Did get the laugh ? 1 didn't
mind It. though. | didn't know anybody in
T Thheve enly in eoa nGGe8{ II fea G t Of It K W"s When hen;
il p a While. 4 good many Of EN- nd come II !" to
Antone. to blow in. their wages after round
ups. They didn't have it in for me at al, but
teeth as l smoked and played.
Il got my fve-dollar bill every night when I
knocked of work and ! guess must ha' brought
a lot OF good trade to that Joint, which was. in
fact, the best gin mill in the town Of Galveston. l
ta,pered down to about ten a day, too; and after
ers' for an even month";; ! got to thinking about
sixth avenue one night. SO quit. On the
Tor quitting. but when they found I was bent
on it they made the best of 1t. When took the
train for New York they sent me a case OF wine.
81 don't see any hard luck. due to alcoholic
degeneracy. in that story" interrupted No. Z.