The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-05-29
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Reformed Messenger Boy. She had job
punchin' de keys in q lawyers offs in de
I Masonic an every guy what got his lamps
on her got stuck TO deaf. Her name was
Mag, an she was de limit when II come
TO looks. Her hair wuz de color of a
dandelion flower an she had all de drug
store bonds backed off de board Her
lamps was blue. an when she got on her
| glad rags an come sailin' down Halsted
/ on a Sunday afternoon dere WASH
nothin' else TO It. An Mag was z real
! lady she was Ne an 81 SAYS dat de
first guy that don't treat her on de
square gets a corkscrew punch IN de
stats.
'.A-course Mag has lot a guys sendin'
her mash notes an tryin' TO make dates
wild her. But she's a wise daisy. Mag is,
an she gives EN- de merry laugh an
sticks TO Terry Owens fer her steady
/ company. Terry's a copper an he's trav-
elm beat on dc West Side, but de Al
derman says he'll go to de front fer him
| an git him a job flynn out of Central.
| Den Terry an Mag makes il up dey'n git
hitched UP double an go down 10
Niagara on dere wedding trip. De Alder
man says dat he'll FIX up de tickets fer
en-.
"One afternoon dere comes in q call
frum an offs acrost de street from de
Masonic an de manager sends me over.
I goes up dere an 1 sees when I git in dat
I been dere before. Dere's q big black
mustash in de offs an ke's always send
In US kids out Wild mash notes. When ne
seen me he says, Hello. kid he says,
I got good job fer you dis afternoon,
he says, an dere's silver case in 1t fer
you II you do it right. he says, GRIMM o..
I'm glad dey sent you ober.' he says,
cause / know you re a smood kid.
Den he takes me TO de window an he
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See dat yellow-haired daisy dere in de
window, he says, pointin over to where
Mag was a-sittin'. I wants TO make a
date wild her, see2 I wants her TO meet
me dis evenin' at s at the corner of
Halsted an Madison an IN take her out
fer little dinner. says de big guy. I
don't know her name he says, but I'm
stuck on her, he says. an If yere
smood enough to fix UP &c date fer me.
he says, III make it wort yere while,
he says.
- How much is ders in it? I says.
cause I made up my mind right away to
learn dat slob not to monkey wild none
Of mine er 327s relations.
" III give you two bucks II you fix it up
right, he says.
g Make it tree I says
AN den de big guy laughs an says,
Wen fix dat up all right he says,
when you git de date fixed, he says.
Z goes acrost de street an shoots up
to de offs where Mag hits de keys.
Hello, 49, Mag says, shalHin' hands
wid me. How's tricks? An where 5
Freddie'-dat's 327-'dis afternoon?
II puts Mag wise to de big guy sittin'
IN de window acrost de street pullin' his
black mustash an she gives him a fash
an Gen comes back into de offs.
" Dat guy has been tryin' TO mash me
fer mont Mag says. He's always
maxim goo-goo eyes at me acrost de
street, an he's spoke to me on de street
tree or four times. I've always give him
de icy front; but dat don't seem to do no
good. He keeps on waitin fer me when
1 come down from de offs at night an
de udder day he come into de offs when
de boss was out feedin' his face, an tried
to git gay wild nae. I'd tell Terry about
him, only don't want him to git IN no
trouble. If Freddie-dat's 327-was big
enough. I'd tell him. she says.
Den tells Mag about de slob acrost
de street wants to make a date wild her
fer to take her out to a little dinner dat
night, an I says fer her to leave it to
me an 327 an we'd make de big guy wish
he'd a-fell in de river before de drainage
canal was turned on. An she says go
ahead. Dat she was tired of being
bothered by him, an mebbe it nd do him
good to have few hot ones handed TO
him.
." An right. Mag 7 says. You go on
Down to de corner Of Halsted an Madison
at dis evenin' an dereu be plenty
doin'.'
Il was wise dat de big guy was mar
ried an dat if it got in de papers dat he
was out mashin' girls on de street his
wife I'D quit him an he'd lose de good
Job he had as de Chicago manager Of a
New York company.
go 7 rrona hcrk Oxer. n ia F11n'c offs
an 1 tells him Mag is stuck on his mus
fash an she'll be dere at s. Dat she's
been noticin' him a long time an wonder
in why he didn't git his nerve up an
speak to her. An de dub. he grins an
hands me t rec bucks an says I'm a wise
kid Den touches him up fer two more
bones, maxim il five, because I knowed
a piece Of his money. An he coughs up.
cause he's so stuck on himself after
what says Mag says about him an his
mustash.
so. den I takes de coin an screws back
to de offs an puts 3T wise. An we goes
over an hunts Terry Owens.
It's like dis, Terry, says 327. I'm
her brudder an it's up to me to hand dat
fat sl0b a few hot punches. You can
come along, Terry he says an If I can
nit give de guy all OATS comm you kin
help me out
IN be dere,' says Terry, II lose my
star fer it, he says, an when We al git
trough dat guyu have TO be INTRODUCED
to de loved ones at home. I expect de
luten break me fer beatn' him up, any
how he says, but I'm not carin', an
III do my best fer 70 make de guy sorry
he ever batted a eye at my Mag.
Il don't want 10 see Terry lose his star
so I goes over an puts Terry's Lutte wise
to what's dom. an de Lutte laughs an
says: You tell Terry dat it's contrary
TO de rules an regulations fer a policeman
to beat up anybody, an If he gifts good
openin I wish he'd swat de masher ex-
try belt fer me.
when S o'clock comes Mag comes
sailin' down de street an de big guy he
standin' at de corner, wild me an 90 an
Terry. in citizens clothes. waitin' inside
de doorway. where he can't see US. He
steps up an speaks 70 Mag an jes' den
Terry taps him on de back an says:
Go on home Mag. Well attend 10 dis
guy Terry has d revolver an he pokes
Il up under de Washers black mustash
an says: Come here. We want 70 see
you a minute.
we leads de guy up de alley 70 10
gan's barn and takes him IN dere-
Take OF yer silk hat, says Terry.
an your Prncey-de-AlDert coat an
vest he saws an put yere hands to-
gedder.' he saws. Till put de bracelets on
you I'm a policeman he SAYS. an ms
number Is 60 So he says. II you walt 10
know. an I'm engaged TO de young lady
you've been gettia gay wild. An dis
young man here. he says. iutroduciu
~. Is her brudder.
And IN de KID You sent over wid C.
mash note. 7 says. an KEEP dat note
an we got two OF tree newspaper repor-
tiers waitin' fer 70 write a piece about
you IN &c peppers, says
AS Mays brudcer. says -, I'D
hand you few wid DIS horsewhip. p
saws. 'an- when 7 gets tired Terrv.I Eit