The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-10
THE HONEST NIGHT LINER.
EMPTY POCKETS OF JAGs NOT DUE TO
C4BMEN NECESsARILY

Hide Their Property or Become CIenerou
When Drunk-Othor Kinds of Drunk ards
"Some n, ,b.as d,u,Ls s.id IN. S;,,h 40.
nd. niobt Ilne, WIN va. smoLiro u AZ nir
and "r,,bbc,in, fer t,ad. "s,r,. -, ,h.s. d,,nt
ache me
They gimme ,,h. lid bu,z and an. c,
yttsiz.s. walt I'm ,,Ilip, .ho,, IN. lind !,
dr,nks we're always ,o,,chinq ~, ,h.i, anna,
and .jnn,ps and rolls n you'd Iis,ep IN ,b.i
end NJ "A T. We had , In, ~ .,,a,ionc. win ,..n
,noe I hogan IN do a nipb, aim WITH mi. ri,
kit,y mitch of AN after dn,k on. hnss Inns I wa.
fe,iyibg IL Tin the other d,v found ant Tim, n
ia actually rolled all of tho b. ~. accused
mn, of railing en- in the tweIv. y.a,s that iva
been owing IL with -. MIG hi sbay I'd he worth
about an even 500 600 10 day I'D inst abo,t
he tippin' lin n v,cbt IN ~, out and NEE, Dew.y
now II I'd pinched half ,be wads and shiny stones
that DRINKS have accused me of swiping after
they We got the booze out a. themselves and done
the ne1t.mornine hurry hunt through their
clothes But here | am still on the stand wear
ing bum hat and bun, shoes, and only two pints
beneath me belt since midnight
Il don't say that all OF EN- come around A dsy
or so after they We woke p and tell me that went
through their clothes while they were in a high
ball trance In my hack night before last and
pinched everything they had on EN-: about ono
in twenty Of the DRINKS is about the figure
guess This one always makes a bee line for
tho hack stands of the night liners II he's lost
any thingwhe toying with his little toot And
he always digs up the man that toted him around
for we can always remember our ctistomers es
pocially the DRINKS. and we've got no reason
to deny that we've carted EN- around when they
were WOODY and chanting through their touues
Well. up and say, Yes | druv you around
a-ruesday night Then the zap goes ahead
and tells US that we've got his 1925 diamond
studded watch and s426 of his coin on our clothes
and that we'd better cough it up right quick II
We want to go on enioyin' open air life In nine
cases out OF ten the guy that throws us this kind
Of spiel when he sobers up has on'y give MS half
fare Tor totln him around all night, telling us
when We druv up to the door OF his house and
lifted him out to come around next Decoration
lay or something IKE 'ha'' Tor the rest Of the
price oil his ride Drive EN- TO the station Well,
you read about all the cases like that that happen
a nigh'hher never drives drunk to the clink
win the green ligh's In 'front.' unless he looks
ana acts ike a oeaI us 100 much like work,
ReVih up III inc morning ana appearing against
EN- Some ducks are never able to punch IL
through 'heir blocks that II they've really been
touched were not the people that do the touch
ing They take in all the gin mills on an eight,
miie SWING ana ge' themselves mixed up with
all KINDS pushes; and yet we're the foaters
''''>''
about having made the sudden sweep Of thier
belongings ana dust alter they get sober enough
10 sec what sailors they've made Of themselves
Inc sahoos mat Just get sober by the time
you We ufu' 'nem W where they i've alter sle'ping
III your hg ior d couple hours ana 'hen when they
go 10 pay 'heir iares suddenly hnd they've been
gone 'hr"ueh are 'he queeres. DUCKS TO deal with
you ever saw had one OF EN- the other night
ne was leaning up against an awning pole ana
thhklng whcn found hlm;on Twenty-third
s'ree'a long toward IL O'Clock He was Jagged
proper pre'y wen logged out guy around forty,
ana win the glin'ytsones all over him He'd
got 'hrough thinking Just as druv up. and start
ca 10 let the merry yell out OF him He'd have
been pnched II hadn I corralled him and offered
10 pack MIN around. lie climbed in and went to
sleep SO quick that he didn't have time to tell me
where 10 take MIN gave him the prod, but it's
no go All he says is, 'G'wan out o my room,
you iellers' and femme go to sleep, and then he
feil into such snooze that an earthquake couldn't
have iolted him out of it. drives around town.