The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1899-11-22
ASDUGGAN EXPLAINS


his way to the works there was look on his
face which should have warned his friends
to be careful how they engaged him in con.
versation. Evidently the timekeeper did
not observe the warning signs, for he greet.
ed Duggan with: "Well, when did you get
your starr
When Duggan had washed his hands and
was putting on his overalls he said to his
helper, who had maintained a discreet 81.
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.
"Tryin' 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 l be here haven pickle nose
slob like you hodin' hot rivets for me if /
got away with the goods? Wouldn't l be
up in Connolly's with the gang or givin'
| Shannahans growler q hot box, if the
| goods was like the sample? You talk like
man with a whole mushroom in his
mout."
80 the stuff's ell off, is it?' 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, 81 was a lob
sterina from Granville, right from the jump,
but had that swelled head and didn't know
it. / know better now. Say, beau, been
up against good many hot propositions,
but that joint down at the Four Courts was
800 in the shade an shown up the top OF
the glass every minute.
II thought knowed what l 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 q
white-headed boy amy time | wanted to be
q "copper" ever sence that time | made a
rough house at the primaries an give him
200 majority agin' Schwartz. So when THU
graft came up / gets my application an
Hoolan has it fixed up for me an chases me
down to the joint There's about 1000, 900
other gayzabos down there lookin' for the
same graft, an l says to myself, holy cripes,
if all them ducks voted the democratic ticket
the last time, they must be about 81, 600 00t
republicans in town, or we'd a carried the
city with nothin' to it. Ye see, fggered 1t
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 am
now.
'Why, l thought had a cinch on the
Job. was fggerin' in my big thick head
what beat / wanted to walk. / was goin'
to pick out the beat near the Lafayette
brewery. 1t was SO near a cinch I'd be
GvaA ", about TON hat to1d
Cockey Doyle, when he asst me out to have
a scuttle O. suds with him, I'd be out before
the barboy could draw mine. An, say,
missed out on that scutte O. spds. An
l missed out on good big jaggerina for
Myself, too, cause Doyle got paid that day,
an what large juicy time him an me
could a. had with that growler of Shanna.
hams If I only knowed what do now.
"Say, dye know what? Them p'hce com.
missioners KEEP me there from Monday til,
yesterday before they gimme chanst tc
show 'em what knowed. They had a
liar school there. What dye thinb
o that"
"How did they work the graft" asked
the helper.
"The bunch went in with, seen 'em
all have a piece of paper in their mitt
an they was studyin' it like it was theil
CdlGCulhus COppGQ Oue Ouk Vi d guy
pocket with white hair, when he wasn't
lookin', an what dye think it was? Looked
like page out O. the directory. thrun il
in a spittoon.
"They was lot O. guineas in the schoo
behind the railin'. The guinea in the mid
die he was a purity guy, with curly hair
Say, he'd be a wonder with the dolls up il
+ Social Turner hall-he'd cop every lady il
the bunch-he was a peach. Him an me
nearly tangled up at the first go off. Soor
AS our bunch got in some little canary with
out no hair on his head hollers out Doc
; gan!' an l waltzes up. tells him my nam,
amt Doogan, but Duggan, an if he's goin
to put me on the force he better get my
name right, SO 1 won't have any trouble get
tin my 90 per on pay day.
5 "Then this purity guinea he gets up an
! hollars at me; he says: Where's the work
Aouse?' just like that. l says; Why"
says, 4 amt been there since last Novem
ber,' / says. You know that | says. 'Yol
know Butler got me out
"Then the gang all gave me the hath
an | knowed I'd made sucker play. II
was on'y astin' me to see if knowed, see
Then | got onto his graft, an l knowe'
he wanted to find out how wise | was abou
the burg, an | give him plenty rope
. femme tel ye. L guess ne lHOuBnt ne IAN
ged me up, but, say, before he got don
with Hieronymus he had TO ast ms hi
way home"
what questions did he asst you?" in
quired the helper.
"Why, I'd be ashamed to asst a Sky earol
kid" said Duggan. "He asst me where
the arsenal, an when l told him on Arsens
street he nearly broke his suspenderi
, Didn't think | was on, see? Then he says
4 where's the Morgan club? an says
n Now | got you ! says: you mean til
!, Chelsea club in st. Bridget's parish, whe
d Johnny Morgan use to be president. That
o on the hog senst Father Walsh give it tn
a rollickaboo.'
"He didn't say nothin', an then he as
I me where's Blair monument. i knowe
e that was a catch, an says: Where at
y he buried, an I'll tell you where it's at
8 an he didn't say nothin', so knowed | ha
; him. Then he says: Where's the Rialt
buildin'Y An | says: On the Rialto
S cause j heard about that one time / wa
a In the gallery Of the Olympic. So he al