The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-05-22
HIS OLD WOMAN.

de first time seen ass old woman. :"
| said the Reformed Messenger Boy. was
/ when she cum around Wild 41S hustlir' fer
| a JOB. He was Rube, jes' in fr7Im de
| tan grass. Say, I seen de guys Eddie
| Han used 70 take down TO see de expIo-
shun on de lake front, an a lot OF de
ole gazahoys what put de electric lights
| in de bureau drawer after tryfn' to blow
II out, but dat kid was de limit His
! top knot was red an de hair all stood
| up like It was scarf His mout was
wide open, he had freckles on his smeller
! an he had on extry pair Of lamps as
J big as dark lanterns. An de old daisy
| Ass old woman, had him by de NIT
/ leadin' him in. loo<in' fer job.
She was dead game, dat old daisy
/ an all de kids got stuck on her. She
had little white curls hangin down her
FACE, an she called me an S27 young
gentlemen
But the boy don't know nothin' about
! Chicago, said de manager. after she hit
him fer Job. He couldn't ind his way
/ around town at all. I'm afraid he would
rot do at ali fer a messenger
know Chicago perfectly, said de
| old daisy. I've lived here forty years
an until my grandson gifts wise TO it I'll
go around wild him myself an see dat he
/ finds he places
DE old daisy stuck to it so long dat
\ de manager sends her over to see de head
/ guy at de main office, an she comes
/ back in an hour wild order 70 put de
| kid on.
'Dey give him de number 41s. an ev-
| cry day him an his gramma cum down
| an SITS wattn' fer a run. De kids gifts
tree names on 41S de frs week He
was treckles an -Four Eyes an
BABY Mine But none Of 'em ever tried
10 Josh ass old woman. Say when she
was sittin' out dere in the watin'- room
de kids keeps dere bones in dere pockets
an when 327 lights up q. Gig de kids takes
him out in de alley an puts him wise
cat srnohin' don't go when dere's ladies
present.
One day ass old woman brings down
a paper sack full of oranges an saws dat
she hopes de young gents II help dere-
selves, an she's much obliged to en- fer
cuttin' out de Gigs.
But, say, dat as was de quickest kid I
ever seen to catch on to de ropes. In two
weeks he had gramma cut out an was
SoIl down de pike so fast you couldn't
see him fer de dust. He was smolin' ter
packs OF Gigs day an had de hull gang
FADED wild de bones. He was onto more
gratis den de oldest kid In de bunch. He
was playin' gigs an saddles in bot draw
ms every day, an goin' against de booze
game like he was born into q brewery.
Every tree or four days Ass old wo-
man would come down TO de offs an ask
me an S2l how her little grandson was
gettin along
He tells me he's workin' hard she
says, an is spendin' all de SPARE time
he gifts studyin' up in de country she
says, an don't know much about CITY
NE. An hope she says, you an we're
Irendl learn him as much as you kin.
an see DAT he don't git into trubble er
learn no bad habits
Me an S27 tells Ass old woman dat
4IS IS All right. dat he's doin' fine. an
learnln fast. He is, too. He's our in de
alley via a Gig IN his kisser. skjnnin' de
eye teet fout-a de gang wild de dice. Err.
epDe, ne an 139 is rushin' de can over to
hogan an dom up a good-sized pack
age TO take home wild him. 1t was 3
nerce game de way we had TO give ass
ola woman de con-con. She was terribul
proud Of as, an she fought all he need
Cd was jewsharp an a fedder buster
to sit into de angel game.
one afternoon l gifts call TO take a
Appery horse and a surrey back 70 de
stable, way up on de Nor Side De guy
what rented EN- wanted to stay down
town, an so he sends fer a kid to take
EN- home.
Drive 'er slow, kid he SAYS to me.
don't want de horse all het up when il
gifts back to de barn
i meets S27 on de next block. an he
climbs In de back seat Den we drives
aroun fer half nour er so, an finally
says 'S27. less go an take ass old wo-
man out fer a drive
so we drives up TO de place where de
ole daisy an as lives an 327. goes mn to
the i've floor an tells her were waitin'
Ter her. she comes down all dresst I'D.
via dc red rose in her bunnit, an sits ia
de back seat wild 327. I'm in front an
piayin' eoachman- Say, we drives de ole
daisy all trough Lincoln Park, an I
har~ off Il
IT was o'clock when we lands her back
home We didn't t'ink de guy dat rent
ed dat Hbbery rig 'ud care about =
couple er tree hours more.
When S27 helps de daisy out Of de sur
rey she makes spiel about how she is
much obliged fer the delightful ride
which Is de hrst she's had in some time
an she hopes me an 32Tu come an take
dinner wild her on Sunday. She's always
glad 70 see de fren's Of her dear gran'son. !
An she wishes dat her dear gran son
didn't have TO work so hard He was so /
ambitious, she said, an sometimes he !
was given work to do dat KEEP him out |
all night De trut' was dat as had got /
on de bum so hard dat de manager give /
him a week TO hunt anudder Job. AM
he was stayin' out nights wild a tough /
gang Of kids, layin' out on de COVER unent /
pier. But me an 227 never put de ole 4
daisy wise to dat. What's de use?
She says won't you young gentlemen /
come in an have a cup Of tea an q I
cooker she says, but we says, No, thank /
you, We got TO take de horse back to de /
man what asst US To exercise it
Say, that night as an his gang goes
out on de pier an gifts TO chasin' de can.
Dey al gifts sloppy an den 41s an anud- 7
der kid gifts to chewin' de rag an scrap I
pin. 41s falls in de drink an when 6e I
men on de fire-boat gifts him out It's ali !
"a an
over to put z1Ss old woman wise. we
must-a looked scarf, for when she comes /
TO the door she trows up her hands an
says. 'Somethin has happened TO
Charles
&C. 'Yessum' I SAYS. 'dey f.. Il was IKE
dis. 4lS-dat's Charles-goes out on de
pier wild some more kids. an two OF de
kids falls IN de deep water When as
sees dey couldn't swim he Jumps in 70 Z
help en-. First he grabs one OF de kids
an drags him out on de pier Den he
jumps back fl an de udder kid grabs him
By de neck an de bot goes down An
den de nreboat comes an dey catch EN-
round de neck. De kid dat as Jumped il
after, he comes TO in a minute
An Charles says de ole daisy.
q" 'GS-dats Charles-he opens his lamps (
an he says. Il saved EN-, he says. and
den
Ny brave. brave boy says de ole
daisy. He died like a hero. she SAYS
An den she showed she was a thorough
bred. She never give a yelp. but 5cst'
says Tell 'em 70 bring him here she
SAYS he was hero size SAYS.
Re an 81 2ss ali stuffed Up n de
pipes when Fe gifs ont q dece after
stTfngfn de ole daisy. Bot say. what was
De use telllu her DE- trut? II We tells her
dat ass been out chssiu de can ala
aiEht an Jest gits toozy an tips over 81
le drink she'd never got over e. Now she