The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-05-15
REFORMED MESSENGER BOY.


( hull gang wid de bones an LIS was tel
I lin how he drempt de turkey row tree
! nights runni1' an was goin' TO play eich hi
cents in bot drawin's on Monday. II
1 was slower dan Sout' Water street On a
! Sunday.
Most Saturday nights den was al
right. all right. Almost always dey was
sometnin' doin' down 70 Harrison street
station on a Saturday what give de kics
/ q chanct 70 work a strong graft Ce
way it was, was Ike dis:
DE big guy wid de gold star would
/ come into de front offs on a Saturday
7 an start a game Of talk wid de Lord
/ Chief Justice
I got to buy a grand pianny fer de
/ loved ones at home, one Of EN- says, an
I need tree hundred bones.
/ 1 could use a few bucks Ia my bis
ness, too says de udder.
Besides, 1 t'ink it's time de vicious
! an immoral chrackters on de levee real
( ICES date were goin' to stop de reign OF
crime an carnival of vice now prevaiIin'
+ IN dis districk,' says de gold star
'' No matter il we have to touch EN-
I up every Saturday night
I'll have 80 Of de deprayed an de-
/ based pinched.' says de gold star an
/ dat ought 70 be wort two hundred apiece
/ TO US, If Ike, de bailer, splits his money
/ I rec ways
Len Cry get some jay via DuTc0 OF
/ spinach on his chin to make a holler an
dey'd send out about two dozen bulls TO
make what de peppers de mex mornin'
( Id call a Raid on de Levee. Police
Determined to Cleanse de Plague Spot
When dey get de cells all fun de Sarge
telephones over to Is offs an two OF US
kids goes down. AL de guys an daisies
in de clink wants TO send fer de Alder
nun er de saioonkeeper to git EN- out.
an a wise kid could git frum a quarter
to imitation diamond earring out OF
every one Of 'em. I've made as much
as ten bones on raid lots Of times.
But dis Saturday night dere wasn't a
ting doin'. Me an 327 was Jest givin
a new Kid de t'irty t'ird degree when de
telephone bell rings an we pipes of de
manager.
&c 'Cedarhurst 6ina Fowlf club he says
Yes mum. Six boys all day tomorrow,
he says. to Caddy. Yes m um. $40 train
in de mornin'. D'you want big boys?
Jes as they run. Yes mum. All right
rum. Z pick out boys what knows
somethin about it. Yes mum.
Does eny of you kids know anythin
about de game OF gwOlfT says the man
ager. putin his head out in de back
room.
I'm wise dat he never heard OF it be-
fore hisself, 80 I makes bluff.
" 'Yessir,' says !, me an Mike an 327
plays it on our night OF over at 327s 9
house It's kind Of cross between mum
ble-te-peg and sevenlup.'
E" DO you know how TO caddy2'
=" 'Yessir. OATS where you takes a
base when yere pardner renigs an muffs
de ball
"'Al right says De manager. you an
327 an Mike an de nex5 t5ree kids 90 on
home an take de $40 train on de North
western out to de Cedarhurst &illa
Gowlf club. Dey want you out dere all
day tomorrer.'
so US kids goes on out IN de alley an
I says: Kids wet got TO git wise to
what we're goin' up against. Let's go
see RAFFERTY,
Everybody knows de only Rafferty,.
He's de great referee. He refereed de
great Buffalo Kid an Denver Bum fight
las mont, an when he amt refereein'
he tends bar over to Hogans Him an
me is ole fren's an I leads de kids IN an
says: Nike. what's de game OF gowlf?'
IT amt no game, says Mike, settin'
I'D de brown pop TO de gang, its fash
hubble disease ike appendicitis. When
you git gowlf you break out IN red spots
all over de body. Den you take his rub
Der ball away friim yere little brudder
an take it out IN de back yard an count
one, two( three. four Den you swat de
ball wild a shinniy stick an it goes fyin
over into Murphy's potato patch. If
AIurphy's goat don't eat de bah you chase
yere little brudder over to git il an den
you swat it gain
Mike I says, what's a caddyT
You reminder says Mike, when
yere old man ust 10 go huntin robin red
breasts an McGuires tame pigeons on
tn prairie lot sout' OF de dump? he took
along wild him de old setter dog fer TO
run after de birds whin he shoots EN-
an bring EN- back in his mout.' OATS
de caddy's job, an den out in de country
where de big guys play de game, de cad
dy carries a bag on his back wild a ak
an a croWbar an all re udder tools in
it,
TT was o'clock in de mornin' by dis
tim and US kids makes up our mind It
wouldn't pay to go home, SO we hustles
out to de end Of de government pier fer
to do a little hshin' an git dip in de
drink. On de corner OF de alley mex to
Hogan's dere was a Dago sleeper, an
we swipes half a bunch Of banans an
orange apiece fer breakfast.
DE manager gives us de coin fer car
fare de night before. but We gifts on de
train widout buying de tickets an whin
de con comes along S27 does his cry-baby
act.
''S27 Is a little kid, wild yellah hair an
blue eyes, an when de con comes along
he was a-snivelin' an a-cryin.
g I had de money fer US six kids to
go out 10 de Cedarhurst Golf club he
says. a-sobin an a-cryin.' an I lost it.
We got 10 git out dere soneway, he says
'er lose my job, an my fadderh lick
me- he says.
y knows dat s27 never had no fadGer.
an jes' TO make de play stronger pre-
tends TO sWipe go on de kisser Den he
howis an a ole daisy across de aisle
gifts UP an SAYS shame on you TO me
an askes 397 what's de matter wild him.
Hes doin' de CRY act de best he kin
an pretty soon de ole daisy loosens Up
an saws TO de cor, Here II pay de fare
fer desc children.
Dat puts Us kids 90 cents apiece ahead
of de game an SO We goes into de smok-
er an blows ourself fer a pack of Gigs.
when We gifts OF at De Cedarhurst
villa statfon( dere's a bunch Of barefoot
ed kids standin' on de platform. / says
10 one Of en- Hey, kid, whore de gwolf
ClubT and ne says OATS fer me TO know
and vou TO md out. Den ! iicks him. an
when I lets him Up he says him an de
odder kids is de Caddies out % de gwOlf
club. an dey all gor fired cause dey
pfnched TOO many gwoif balls.
when ! heard dat I says 20 So. Desc {
e'1vs out here dey brung us OUT here u
rat de jobs Of desc kids Desc kids IS
fred fer wor.lin' dere regular graft too
hard But us kids amt no scahs. What
Won KIDS vsrt TO do.' says I. - 70 or
ganize q union ] says. DID you al
ar fred SAYS No says Dc KID I
licked. Tommy Edwards didn't, because Z
he never nfpched no balls, an sfans 81 /
ND de- ereenkeeper. III hxe him I says.
lr-t srst voa must oTxarnnize &c union. 4
/ SAYS. an den IF 50 an see de rnaia I
guy at de Ewolf club
So de kids orgerrlzec the Union an I
lected me de walkin deSelate FIRST I /
iirl-s Tommy Edwards an chase6 him I
bono Dan goes up 20 g. clubhouse an 4
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ssv ror - seaI wld az receruize c. I
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