The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-16
VALUE TO MAN OF A FRONT.
DIsCoURSE BY EX- TANK NO. 10 ON TIE
EFFECT or CLOTHES

,ice to sIouches who Haven't Reformed.
1.-THE inestmabc value OF front" said Ex-
TANK No rs. the best dressed member OF the
Harlem Club Of Former Alcoholic Degenerates.
"p.var got hold Of me until after they had
,r,sI IN yag mo about six times At that. it
wasn't until my day for getting vaRRed was all
ovcr that | bloomed forth like-well. Just look
time that's ALL" and No IL surveyed himself
v,.h an oleaginous smile OF pardonable PRIDE
unila all the other eX-Tanks present chimed
In with. Yes Just look at him. that's allp'
"H,sorc the practically incaloulabe value OF
.,-,ut soak ed into what am pleased to term
m, mind continued Ex-Tank No. H. they
-o,l', couldn't be blamed for sizing me up as a
orncr recruit FOR the rock pile. for II ever there
was SLOUGH then was 1t before went in for
,ar,orial rejuvcnation.' and Ex-Tank No. 10
f.raucI himself some more. while the club
ri rused, before no ceased to be a SLOUGH.
why. he was II!
"Orr morning when the clock in the steeple
r.. ready h. chime ." went on Sixteen. Il
w,s leaning against q lamppost on Arapahoe
,troef in Denver. | was thinking: l wasn't
thinking about how much like hobo | looked
,rabout the dent in my hat. but | was think
nc ohout other matters had only got into
uar,er from Omaha about two hours before.
,ra may have had eight or ten under my
waist band hut was all right. even II did. in
iptpriancP with my llItIOue u'kllGtnCb VI
ir,ss look like a slob and didn't know there
.asany municipal ordinance against a mans
canning on an Arapahoe street lamppost and
thinking
Acop about eight feet high came up quietly
sehind me and gave me prod with his club.
Went away. Louie. said he. Stop dossin'
,cl7 the post You're liable to fall down and
soma apart Haven't you got the price Of
bunk
~ am thinking said l.
som l. said the cop. getting grip on the
pit sleeve Of my coat I'm thinkin' about
,uunin' you in. Come on and he gave me
three Jerks in the direction that he wanted to
take
"'Go AWAY said I. Turn mo loose You
tnow not what you do. What wouldst thou
with mei'
Don't get glad with me. aid the cop. or
IN rough house you up some
Say, what do look lke?' / asked him.
tping along though. as to prevent him from
.ipplng hunks off my arm Is 1t 80 bad as all
hat? -
You look like zinc money after it's been
run over and stepped on replied the cop with
brutal candor. and 1t amt 10 cinch. but what
you'd turn trick with the wedge and the
phory keys at that and he gave me two
,hree yanks to shake me up some in my stride.
(which am l. then. suspiciousIcharacter or
rag l asked him.
Both, he answered. and a chinner from
he bottom lands besides. Shut up. I'm only
,aid for wakin' you. The desk sergeantl do
The listenin'.
''Whereupon decided to abandon frivolous
conversation until | was stacked up against the
iesk Sergeant
What you got p the desk Sergeant asked
he coy when he brought me into the station
house.
"Talky vag' said the cop. Found him
aohlin' up lightpole on Arapahoe street. with
,ut visible means O. bunkin'. Don't know
whether he's got any OF the tools him. but
ne looks to me like one Of en-
Search him. said the desk Sergeant.
I he COP reached for the inside breast pocket
my bum coat first. and got out by wallet.
H" dug $500 in twenties. fifties and hundreds
out Of the middle compartment, and then he
wiped the perspration off his forehead with
bandanna and looked at me with his jaw
hanging dislocatedly on the breast Of his coat.
You could ha knocked the Sergeants eyes off
with stick
What's your business and where are you
from the Sergeant asked me when he got
through taking short breaths.
!aw"rr-Omaha. said l.
LAWYER; said be- You're merry pr oor
II" mountains on an oil train. and You have
ss, Ea to yo4r lawyer Hoy a62%t
lawyer, how about Your makeup
That nv business said |. but to satisfy
paEeuP s a@ sccenr rRd sI that Getokens
atEP Il. G@nlgs Genius runs a IN my iaH goan,
yag. and don't know. but what you're a thief.
and Y" don't take slack from that kind here;
said feeling '?'t that tn I'd be A showed back i
adnt Tn"n Pretty soon and 50 don't mind
gong to appear be fore the Supreme Court OF
ne v state Of Colorado TO- argue RAILROAD case
wallet a letter with reference to the case from
gentleman who ornaments the Colorado
s %@%sT or is #
aoesn Salty you. Just ring up the gentleman
mS nm R for dsseanon OF the IN
omaha. or. better still, send your eght-footer
'H win wb me up to n if rGs in
nnS II this life thnn hSn .;a
M "n ! Er still got some fun ahead OF me. was
WIho'heI ana turned loose Instantly. and as
oping minhead. lightweight. and an in and
R Pa5eL Ihe old man OF my firm in 9ma ah,
airerwinning ont in the railroad case he went
bs' ynm at the l3b OF c3nvnclnE me %.
trsult,'
,I Tn result hummeG the Ex.Tanks,x 10
"remnds me- Of II the he tine tine When, long before the
INCIDENT | have Just narrated. was vagGed
nNmLh lt-lnch rifle shot OF the New York Guy
nan Tor not looking like the real thing, that is.
%hen | was nearly vagged. My fellow Ex-
Iahks may remember that in former years the
racing Of running horses was quite a popular
PaStlme, in this ncighborhood. Still is. do |
h.hr; In Ia that so? Strange had not
heard, Well anyhow. at the time revert TO-.
me racing Of thoroughbred horses around a
circular track was esteemed as more than
way myself. l was too busy in fighting
&c demon rum aud in trying to hold
i"hs Tor two consecutive weeks at that
period to be able to visit the tracks
Very frequently. But at the time there were
thS'tutipns known as poOrooms. upon the
taGkhofrds Of which the names Of the con
tthilNg horses were spread, together with the
nlls Iald at he tracks on or against the
Cnh4ces Of each. One Friday Just after being
il'H rom my Job, with $ll in hand went
mo on" OF these old-time institutions they
Hte NJ memory now understand and bet
IL" mousse % Of my Sll that the six horses |
nhW"l would win their respective races, That
va, what was called combination. My COM
'Ma,In raid $1,000 to SO. and 1t won.
q, Here, said ! to myself. is where erace
rrlo -rAM vi rnCing from this neghhOrhOOd.