The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-24

by a gentleman who wouldn't Look out Of the
SANTA Of his eyes at a deal In the, pit unless
there were sundry and divers millions In u
Put him righti For whyi Could help !,
II i oouldy Hadn't tho burg Of Chicago given
m. 4 I Of pnas SEsss d RrsvieSar ~. t to the SsS sa,. of the
old Grand Pacific, where he virtually made
me split two quarts with him--the man nc,
tually made ne do itl-and then he nnk~d
arms with mo and took me down 70 'he D'A''
Want to make you known to some Of the
gang in, Sasa Of e. twelve minutes from date I
reflected, ri be. in as BY . at tho hsr.
rison street station, with "false .pretenccs
opposite my John Hancock on tins 6lotteT'
,,r noh; ,b ! Gsi iii met ans sf0 Ualy yA Sna tcGS my % ana IF
ittoward about thirty-seven more quarts. thats
all. II was plain TO me by that time that Mr..
Moleott hadn't stamped around engage ~ ,o,h Es try
for the trademark article OF Y olcoit. .-.-
odd man. said my friend Dodridge. Juggling
me away from the crowd after y whne-he had
going 10 soar in a few minutes. Want me to
shove along a few for o U
Il shook my head amiably:
AL o. my recent sp y sIm apd e me- ravs sI me
the roguish twinkle Of his lamps, and muir
INJURED something about Long Branch
Come along and watch the circus. ahyhoW,
sdio iCs rli u WNbs'
speculation la wheat as | did about the art of
glass blowing but ! sat In my fiiend Dodr,dse.s
Office for a few minutes. while he rushed oht.
Tie returned with an olenginous si1il. on ms
face. sat down AZ his desk, yanHcd q check
book ont Of a drawer, scribbled a check Tor
81, 100 and handed 1t over 70 M,
" Your profit on that little deal you Know
Il shook my head at him real archly while be
explained that, knowing II was a cinch, he'd
pushed ssaoSsi 4 FEW t aS ISs Isaac MSn Ya iGF me IS on 10 n1' s SCR
bank, when the game he himself was engaged
IN .. xas such a good thing; ,.n YES s. ! ssO s4od my
with him to his bank and cashed the check;
Then ! omitted a Tut. TUT and remarked that, l
was neglccting my family az my hotel. made
4 went into one Of those alley cabinet saloons
so numerous in Chicago, 40 that | could get a
chance TO give myself the cinnamon hug;
of course said / TO myself, II, send this
letter letter V VIXEN tRsy'b~ Begin S to run Fighter me again
mesnwhileaa and ne remniEd,I o. int 'hl"k
81 was under full sail for. a Turkish bath,
whore ] wanted 70 give myself a good thaw-out
before starting bacS this Way to tn EN- al
once again 1 met the young gentleman OF tho
press who had the shrewd eye for recognizing
folks,
by the way S;%sssplstoT'' said he, did you
Il told him no. and that | feared my family
must be missing me sadly. ! had a bunch that
Mr.. Eugene Field. the Little Boy Blue man.
must for a s,ro thing have met Ed Wolco,t
, out there In Colorado.
MY bunch WAS correct. ! couldn't ge, away
| from the man who knew distinguish strangere
at a glance, and was taken to Mr.. Eugene
Fields oriCe. II was all very cordial and nice.
The young man who was my SPONSOR went
ava after awhile leaving me there with Mr..
Field. Mr.. Field gave me q slow smile a. soon
rs the young man went out,
Il returned the slow smile. We understood
each other.
" Ny BOY, said the lovable Little Boy Blue
man-thpre've only been a few like that one
on top of the ground my boy, did YOU ever
happen to meet up with Ed Wolcott?'
"No.' said ]. and with the grace of God
and tho help Of n good rair Of legs and the other
side Of a dark street ] never shall. Tn great
ness has been thrust upon me-
Re held out his, hand, gave me that slow
smile again and said:
Well, | think Ed would be damned glad
10 know you
Three days later | was back In New York.
and"
"Sav," inquired Ex-Tank No. 7, the parlia-
mentariRn and kicker, jumping up, did
YOU ever send baoE that 81. ZOO"
Back to your draw" chorused the Harlem
Club Of Former Alcoholic Degcnerates. and the
meeting was al an end.