Evening journal., 1899-10-14
AS DUGGAN EXPLAINS

passed the tlmekeepor at the front gate e..
bis way to the works there was a look on his
face which should have warned his friends
10 be careful how they engaged him in cen
versation. Evidently the timekoepcr did
net observe the warning signs, for he greet
ed Duggan with: "Well, when did you get
your stary'
When Duggan had washed his hands and
was putting on his overals lie said to his
helper, who had maintained discreet ST.
lence: Il been wantin' to take a crack at
that guinea ever sense he took two swallys
out O. the on'y bottle we had at Red Lally's
wake. feel better now"
What was that he sprung on We just
now?' asked the inquisitive helper, stand
ing out of arms reach.
"Iryin' to git gay with me, cause l lost
out on that police graft" said Hieronymus.
Didn't We make the spiel, honest?"
asked the helper, anxiously, keeping the
boiler between himself and Duggan.
Make yer neck, growled Duggan.
Would 1 be here. haven pickle nose
slob Like you holdin' hot rivets for me if
got away with the goods? Wouldn't | be
up in Connollys with the gang, or givin'
Shannahan's growler a hot box, If the
goods was like the sample? You talk like
a man with whole mushroom in his
mout."
so the stufrs all off, is it?7 asked the
helper.
Il tell We, they packed me in ice an laid
me away on the top shelf behind last years
goods They lost my tag an scratched the
trademark off my label-that's what they
done
"Why, say he went on, Il was lob
sterina from Granville, right from the jump,
but had that swelled head and didn't know
IL. know better now. Say beau, / been
up against a good many hot propositions,
but that joint down at the Four Courts was
300 in the shade an shown up the top Of
the glass every minute.
Il thought l knowed what / was goin'
against, but l found out / was craps from
the time they started to shake the bones
You know, Skinny Hoolan told me was a
wmte-headed boy amy time l wanted to be
a copper, ever sence that time / made a
rough house at the primaries an give him
200 majority agin Schwartz. So when thi.
graft came up l gets my application an
ltoolan has it fixed up for me an chases me
down to the joint. There's about 100000
other gayzabos down there looldn' for tn,
same graft, an 1 says TO myself, holy cripes
If all them ducks voted the democratic ticket
the hast time, they must be about 81 600, ,0Ol
republicans in town, or we'd a carried tn,
city with nothin' to it. Ye see, ! figgered il
out they was nobody goin' to git nothin
from the board but them guys that could de
liver the goods. wasn't wise then, but an
now.
why, I thought had cinch on thu
/. job. L was fggerin' in my big thick hea,
what beat 1 wanted to walk. l was goin
to pick out the beat Rear the LaFayett
brewery. It was SO near a cinch I'd b.
A, fixed up in about ten minutes that l toll
Cochey Doyle, when he asst me out to hav
scuttle o. suds with him, I'd be out befor
the barboy could draw mine, An say,
missed out on that scuttle o. suds An
l missed out on a good big jaggerina fo
myself, too, cause Doyle got paid that day
an what a large juicy time him an m
/ could q had with that growler Of Shanna
, hams if l only knowed what do now.
Say, dye know what? Them p lice CON
j missioners KEEP me there from Monday Ill
Y yesterday before they gimme a shaHst {
/, show 'em what / knowed. They had
p reg'lar school there. What dye thin
o. that"
"How did they work the graft?" aske
e the helper.
"The bunch I went in with, I seen 'er
all have a piece of paper in their NIT
an they was studyin' it like it was thei
r cdtechism. l copped one out of guy
pocket with white hair, when he WASH
looSin', an what dye think it was? Locke
like a page out O. the directory. thrun
in a spittoon.
k "They was lot O. guineas in the scho,
| lar ind lsr fnf sr. .
die he was a purity guy, with curly hai
u Say, he'd be a wonder with the dolls up
s Social Turner hall-he'd cop every lady ]
a the bunch-he was a peach Him an m
nearly tangled up at the first 90 of 500
c as our bunch got in some little canary witt
y out no hair on his head hollers out Do
G ganl' an l waltzes up. tells him my nan
!. amt Doogan, but Duggan, an if hesgoii
to put me on the force he better get m
e name right, so / won't have any trouble &c
). tin my 80 per on pay day
o "fhen this purity guinea he gets up az
hollars at me; be says: Where's the wor
house9 just like that. l says: 'WhyY
says, I amt been there since last Mover
ber,' / says. You know that gays W
know Butler got me out
"Then the gang all gave me the hal
t. an i knowed i'd made a sucker play.
L. was on'y astin' me to see if / knowcd, SCI
Then / got onto his graft, an / know,
he wanted to find out how wise 7 was abol
Il the burg. an l give him plenty rop
s. lemme tell ye / guess he thought he ta
gled me up, but, say, before he got don
with Hieronymus he had to ast me b
n way home"
K, What questions did he asst your" j
Y quired the helper.
"Why, I'd be ashamed TO asst six-year-o
kid, said Duggan. "IIe asst me where
the arsenal, an when told him on Arsen
street he nearly broke his suspendel
Didn't think Twas on, see? Then he say
Ill Where's the Morgan clubs' an / say
y. Now l got you / says; You mean Il
,fl Chelsea club in St. Bridget's parish, wh
Johnny Morgan use to be president. That
n on the hog senst Father Walsh give it q
ID rollickaboo.'
ID Gle didn't say nothin', an then he a
me whene's Blair monument. / know
that was a catch, an / says: Where at
st he buried, an I'll tell you where it's a
is an he didn't say nothin', so / knowed h
,s him. Then be says Where's the Rial
luildin'Y An / says On the Rialt
cause l heard about that one time l W