Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-08-03

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"but I'm not admitting 1t to anybody
else. In fact. over at the flats they
thought / was SO near done up this
morning that the tenants washed their
own windows and set out their ash
barrels. I've got pretty good thing
III this wheeze, and 1 propose to work
1t for all it's worth. McMurphy him
self was around last night to see why
didn't sweep the halls at least once
week, but when he found that l could
not draw a long breath without tying
my legs in knot he was full of SYM
pathy. feel that can talk confiden-
tally with you, you know"
"Of course, Mr.. Sprocket-of course.
My sympathies vhas always NIT der
poor man. Vhas dot fiat all right now
adays?"
"How could it be, Mr.. Wasserman?
With an Irishman on the first floor, a
dago on the second and darky on the
third there's bound to be friction. 1
was telling McMurphy last night that
didn't believe we could get reputa-
ton for being high toned, but he said
he'd do it even If he had to let the gar
ret to Turk and the basement to an
Eskimo. Did any one tell you about
the little affair the other night?"
"Nopody tells me nottings, Mr..
Sprocket, but like to hear all aboudt
him"
"Well." said the janitor as he got
brace for the small of his back against
the counter and allowed sad smile to
wrinkle his face, MRS. O'Sullivan
started the whole thing She's been de-
termined right along to top it over the
dago and the darky, and, although
she's got left several times, she's wo-
man of perseverance. Yesterday after
noon, when all the windows ON the
block were open and the street full of
kids. red laundry wagon behind
white horse drove UP and halted at our
door. 1t was as II a circus had come
along"
''It vhas some washings come home,
ehw queried the grocer.
"Thats it, and everybody was knock
ed out. It's only the high toned who
patronize laundries. you know, and
only the swaggerest sort Of a laundry
which runs red wagon. was think
ing the driver had made a mistake
when he comes up the steps with a
parcel and said:
"'Two pairs OF cuffs for the Lady
OSullivan, and they were paid for in
advance
''She had sprung trick on the dago
and the darky and given the O'Sulli-
vans a big summer boom, and the way
she sailed around with her nose in the
air made me feel like Is cents The
Countess Divito walked up and down
the halls with a banana in her mohth
to keep from shouting out, and Mrs.
Torrington psraded around with ra-
zor in her hand and talked Of carving
up white trash. 1t was up to them,
and Mrs. OSullivan was happy for the
first time in a week"
"Und don't der odder womans do
something's? asked the grocer in tones
betraying considerable anxiety.
"You bet they didw replied the jan
itor. "Mr. Wasserman, did you ever
know a woman to take a snub and not
try to get ecenY'
"Vhell, | vhas In der grocery pees-
ness, you see. und l don't know mooch
about snu bs."
"EXact.y, but you can take my word
for it. 1t wasn't an hour before the
Countess Dlvito put on her hat and
went out, and she was hardly home
again when a department store steam
delivery wagon came sailing up to
leave a bundle for her. She'd gone out
ana bought FIVE yards of calico and
90 cent rug, and the package was a
big one. Lord, Lord. but you ought to
have seen the excitement on our block!
When the countess appeared at her
WINDOW, the mob cheered her, and a
hundred Kids stood ON their heads. II
McMurphy had been around, believe
! could have got a raise of wages out
of him. ] got n peep at Mrs. O'Sulli-
van, and her tears were falling like
rain"
"Und she vhas crushed?" queried the
grocer, with a note of sympathy.
"Crushed to earth, Mr.. Wasserman,
beaten at her own game. Yes, the
countess was ahead, but she had the
darky to reckon with. Mrs. Torrington
isn't one of the kind to take a back
seat, and knew by the look on her
face that she was figuring on how to
even up things. BY and by she went
out, and fivs minutes after her return
two district messenger boys called at
the door for her. One had big bou-
quet and a bottle of champagne, and
the other had pail of ice cream and
an angel cake"
"Und vhas dere some excitement,
Mr.. SprocketT
II should remark! Why, the street
bubbled till two cops had to clear it
with their clubs, and somebody turned
in a fire alarm and brought out five en-
gines. 1t was the unanimous opinion
of nnr xuhnla block that the dnrkv hnd l