The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-01
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when he feels bad enough, but. gee whis'
yon didn't do a thing 20 Msrky CsrroiIr
blue grotto last night hut rsze u 70 the
ground and he a volley over ~ Never
saw such r~ough-house destructivcnes- since
I was born busted mirrors. wrecked
tables. smashed h~andstand. screaming
women ny George, but IL wns The limit
and Pilkins's friend breathed hard over tho
mer- memory Of tho affair. -
Pilkins stared a. the man To 80 " ne
could detect any creases Of foolery on his
face, but his friend was as solemn rs an
owl.
Carroll. naturally enough went on
Pilkins's friend wa for having you pinched
right away. but we got o him and made
the talk Of our lives. and Bob~-propnetor
her. y'know-had his little influential
say. and 80 Marky II about half OF a mind
to let up on you now that the damsge has
been made good. But it's no cinch. at That
May change his mind.
Pilkins hoped out Of bed and started TO
get dressed. q,
WA are you going to dor inquired
I'm going to get out o this damn quick, :
responded Plkins. starting 10 soap his face
Its the first time In my life ! ever made a
me-s Of u, and II any duel thinks he's going
20 land me behind the bars after a LOT OF
Internal Comanches have worked me INTO
the state OF a mailman. then
There Wa another knock on the door'
and another OF the seven cutut IN NV
ing a gloomy countenance.
sOh. ! see, you've sold the poor, old beg
EAR said No. ? Of the seven. addressing
the other one. well. Pin. you mustn't
take IL 10 heart. old man. You SURF did
surprise us by the a you got on the
s'poee all Of US make our little breaks a.
times. Don't worry. The girl IL oil right
at heart, and although she felt pretty bad
over Y you can 60 and apologize when you
.Girlis eroaned Pilkins. turning around
with his face covered with soap. What
girlp What the internal blazes are you
No. 2 81 the seven gazed compas@ionately
Of him. and then exchanged slance- win
YOU haven, told him about up said No.
Nope. not vet replied No I. 'only
mentioned what he did to the blue grotto.
Didn't want 20 make the poor old chap
feel suicidal all At once III -.
Pilkins leaned against the wall ana
SAY said he. addressing No. 2 Of the
even, will you for heavens sake, cut
out the drooling and tell a fellow what "l-e
he's been a.
We'll, Pill. We ali know that you weren't
yourself or YOU wouldn't have done u, ~
course said No. 2. d~eprecatingy. Had
YOU ever seen Teentscy huskmelon. the
vaudeville actress. before? She ISN'T pretty,
oil CO1lr~f, nut hnf = q TttlAuh NV NJ "Na
abe takes care Of her mothers family In
great share. and 80 when you broke away
from us on the pier last night and climt-Nd
up on the stage while she was doing her
turn. and told poor Teentsey hat In your
opinion she had a face on her like a salt
water lynx. and that her voice made you
think OF a and-hlast' Plkins grabbed
his head In his hands and gasp~d why,
Of course. We all felt a-plenty cut up about
II, specially In view ~ the fact that you
=. - - -Ar. - a paaaa
responsible for you. and that there were
about 5000 ladies' and gentlemen IN tho
Jdcr theatre and
Me- broke out Pilkins, hoar-ely. pulling
on his trousers as II his life depended upon
his getting them on In half n second. Me
do hiatt Me do all thsse things Why,
great gee. " my wife 'ud ever hear Of
Two more of the seven entered P1lkinss
room lust, then. however. They SEEMED
To he about equally bowed down With NOR
~tification A. they inquired OF fiikihs now
he felt.
Il sure never know you were ~ indus'ri;;
Gus on the panhandle, old man. said
No. 3 81 the seven to Plkins after an EN-
harrassins pan-e during which rls1ns
you remember walking up and down the
board walk and asking every man woman,
child and dog you met Tor two-hitr 70 get
you a lodging and something TO eat, heyy
We'll. put in No iof the seven. While
GllklUS NNr rAAh HaNthk ehN''
bunch with a horrihed c~ountenance, that
wasn't a marker 20 what | found him do
ing after he made his sneak when he'd
finished putting the grotto on the nun.
He'd swiped one ~ tho-e boardwalk peram-
bulators and was butting " into every
body on the walk trying To make EN-
ride. Just got up when he -eized an
old man and threw him into the thing and
told the old gentleman that hed have To
| ride anyhow, whether he wanted 20 or
- ...a. A.. ms ~ nm with Tho
old man, hut he was pretty sore. and then
| Ind 10 fix IL up with the darky who owned
the paramhulator. You certainly were
! after the almighty dollar last night. weren't
you, PIN You cughtn't 10 drlnk 80 mnch
old chap, honest Iniun. you hadn't. Better
cut IL out. ltn down YOU. sure pop, "
YOU keep at II this way
Then Nos. s. Q and ! showed up In a bunch.
all looking -%orrowful and sympathetic.
cumming head-frst 81 the board walk
| No. q told Pilkins how he had found him
way over on Atlantic avenue, walking
along In a daze, n muttering his desire
TO break a lot Of little girls arms. No.
told Pilkins what q time he'd had Of "
in holdins him when he'd gathered an
armful Of rocks To throw NJ the arc lights
or one 81 the side streets. Then the pro-
prieior 81 the hotel came along
We'll. boys will he boys 10 said heartily.
after he asked Pilkins how he felt. Il
was a hit sore about the pictur. at first
but I hoJe you'll overlook the little wrath.
fll expressions | gave vent io. was fond
of the picturr, not because ] gave up $50,
for Il in Italy. hut because I've had u for
~ many years and then he told the almost
msdd.ned PilkinE how h., Pilkins, had
deliberately thrust a STICK into a pretty
little Italian Landscape In the private parlor
Of the hotel on the night hefore
They all tried To induce Pilkinr Ia STAY
hut il was no use. He took the ~ O'Clock
train for New York. and they all saw him
N, all implorng him TO buck zap and not
Ia feel any more gloomy over the business
thar he could help. .
pfkius Was n changed. N not. indeed
q unchanged man. when he appeared on
tho Cotton Exchange on Monday morning
lat. The seven greeted him With hlmoe'
~ex,ravagan CheeTfuln.~s, but II was plair
that Pikins considered that they wcr'
simply endeavoring 10 make han t@lsvs
that they forgave his awful ofcnc- OF
the previous saturday
Pilkins wandered around like n mar
WHOSE books arr about a half million To- th'
had. and every time unr 80 the seven woulC
come up lrhind him and give him a claI
on the hack and toll him to hrace up ana no
feel ~ terrible over II that "" all hav'
thcec lttic arairS IN our hvs over Nhivl
IL 10 charitable To- draw the veil hlktni
would mmp about two feet IN the air ant