The sun., 1900-12-16
COFFIN GIG ON THE COFFIN.
GORIIIAS iT BEIIEIvE PLUNGE
HFayIIy ON ~. 20. ~.
jack. the First broom. pis,rd sh~ cat Mea
Money.snd stinthr Mcrsu~ Cat Rubbsd
for Luck -Niid Times tb pir.t Avenue
when the ctr Came out The Gorliiss
Honesty and ~ Yeast for the Cat.


hospital for number Of years poor.
homeless man. he wandered IN thcre one cold
winter day, and like the other gor,llas wnN
get a nights lodging and something 70 eiS
for sweeping up the MorgIe ne Is knowrrir
ply by his first name. Being the trusty longc.=
in IN service Jack has more privileges
around he Morgue than any of the other goril-
lns That is why they call him the first broom.
The frat broom gets tho first chance to do
an odd Job or run an GRAND that viii pan oue
tip. The other broon- get whatever crumbs
Jack leaves behind. although The second
broom Frowsy they call him. often catches
q good thing when Jack i away Frowsy IL
much older than Jack lie had bunches OF
whiskers on his face when he fret appeared
at Bellevue but now the whishers have grown
into knots " hair That is why they call him
Frowsy Almost any Of the brooms AT tho
MorRue might wander from the straight road
that leads 10 hore.ty il there was ball" in
II. for whisky has made the majority or
them brooms But none of them has ever
been accused OF spending cat meat money
for whskey
I'd jest as lief trow meself In de bottom
Of de river as swIpe dat" said Jack, when on
Tuesday last one Of the hospital doctors
handed over seven cents TO him for the CATS
breakfast "On dc level. Ia rather starvs
mcscf dan do a dishonest act 10 a deaf and
dumb beast"
Then Jack went down throuch the hospital
grounds To the MorgEe, where h." was met by
Frowsy Frowsy told him that load of new
collins ad arrived for the burialcf the paupcr
dead Frowsy remarked that there wa \
large number Of bodies 10 60 over on the dead
boat that morning. but things looked blue
for getting a bali" becau-e there had been
no undertakers around to ASK for a h lper
gittn' 50 nowadays foll"r can't make a cent
because de undertake does de handling
Il amt copped "a nickel since Yesterday
mornin =" sa id Jack sadly.
But there was work To be done al the Morgue.
Twenty corns were 10 be filed and carried
dead To keep a record of the corpses each
cofNln had a number tagged to IL The frst
coffin which the men lifted was numbered
"Dropi,'" shouted Frowsy, "Dropit'"
Jack let go of the cofrin and glancing ncr-
one OF dem devil have 10 take me to de snak"
ward l fought YOU found live corpse.
"No, Said Frowsy. 1T. de coffin gig
where"
"Dere
Jack kuet beside the coffin and stared Mt
'aHullv gee he said six. thirty-siy. ,or,y-
six Dat ought to come on de morHin' slip
"Have YOU got any dough-" asked trowsy
"Oulv de cat meat money" said Jack,
and then he sadly ndC e1 i ia q Ter lct e
slide. bat what kin We dot'
blow it. said Frowsy Il got nickel
and de other. brooms, ought to git on and
well charge dem fer de zip.
The new, that the three lottery policy
numbers known as the coffin gig h al appeared
on ths fri cn nsEed mp oy apWrS ana
and back again to the mOrgue. All Of IN"
brooms. being policy PLAYERS. Immediately
started out to borrow enough money 10 play
sun, the tallless cat Of the morEue. was
coiled up on the floor oi the autonsy room,
sleeping the sleep Of the Innocent, when Jaci;
opened the door softly and said in whisper:
W de gig d3n .hoW oye "P Tg ltaIy@ Hood up
stretched himself and licked his chops a. II
expecting the arrival Of his morning meal. -.
hissed Jack, shaking finger, al The cat.
Stif put his back up and rubbed his shoulder
e"o;ood, said JACK, 'date de wav TO do it,.
Rub de luck into me. Rub II. old fellow.
Then lie closed the door softly and went
away. leaving the morguc cat mewinC in the
autopsy room. JACK sfooted dcToss ] the IaTn %
was carrying coflingig money =" policy
shop on First avenue Jack handed over IN"
seven cents originally INTENDED Tor the pur-
Put IL fiat on de comm gig. he said. Then
he went back 20 work IN the mor.ue' whefe
II seemed to The brooms that the morning
hours were longer than any they had ever
experienced The lottery policy drawing
quently rem arked that o'clock would never
rys Gyery few minutes s,oGE one hd od the men
"Hully ace. amt 1t long to-day:
The surgeon who had lgrnisshhed the cat
morgue cat. but the story had been told
10 him by one OF the norsne attendants
who had been eayesdTopEinS soon every
terested in lottery policy,
At O'clock y man in q -nsRed coat ran
into the host ital yard aud shouted eFcitedlA:
got de SliE, | got de SIP
The man in the ragged coat was Jack'
some Of Ii 'he "Se Doctors believed IGnstc had
escaped from bellevue insane ward Thev
rcnorted the matter a. IN escape' ,r,i,t Ihe
They looked out Of the hospital windows
ard saw Jack. the first broom. running toward
there. He. went to the eutopsy room. With
r,eG" Of parerd s9nam,ns 'be nrSg,n numbers !"
~: oil, right. stin! It's nll right! Tho
Then. followed by the ras.-tar and bob.
he ran 10 First avenue The crowd lined
Mp in the policy shop wherc they had rlay"d,
Ther 'hsy received ,Ge hrd iar' broo %S
on The coin gig MiGbe thG Goat o,scIsd Belle;
MSe eT2S %mv fHS i6o Silver 81 FIS Krs S had q Drer
cake. a morgne brcorr r"cel ,"d - frencn,.
TIE na'l "arri.T "1cc,@G puoT @ cot mcs sWnW wi
with $40 Na'rho, collected IS The En-
Ieror. n mOrgu" broom, carried away ~.
and Jack, tho first broom. Stroll@d on WIN
seven now ona-dolllr no's~.
The crowd hurriod away 10 First avenue
saloon and ordered drinks so rapidly that
the German proprietor became alarmed.
Every time hc asked where the money came
from some one hiccoughed De "of-cof-
Nm c-y-cir They finally got INTO con-
/ d,ion where each man said "iltc-cofNn
The salooukeepcr came To tho oonclusior
that n band Of escaped luna'tcs had robbed
n city bank. He was about to call in the
police whom u hospital attendant arrived
and Explained matters The at'"ndant toid
the -nloonk"opcr to sell no more whisker
TO tn. hohue~ Then the crowd went down
to tho Buwcrv where no ono cnr'S where
a man !,ct- tho money hc spends. OnlN
fcw of tho TRUSTEES got back 70 the hospital.
Some of thew got 10 BacSw"ll's Island On
Tho uCNt d""'s bopt.
Al midnight lack, the first broom, re-
turned 10 tho Morguc. In h- arms he car
ri.d several bundles .~rapDed In brown
ran"r Oprninc M tie bundles in front
cf L." Ca' ia the AUTOPSY room he rrodnced
n por'rrlou~o -t'ak, two boiled Holsters.
thrro hiucH-u and "A mirce ple.
= StiN I'D. boy" he snid, brac-
ing himself pcairst IL" wall, eat ~ Fat
nwnv' INc' ! wouldn't Ch-ch ch--chent
hr-ycr I'm no hcz?Ier 7 cat-hic-.
mcat, I'm hon honest Horesty's nest
policy an poi'cv het'cr'n cat-msnt Hic'"
DT4yOND RING ~ noes STOMACH.