The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-11


the friends passed through. Men may go
to the race track with "sure thing de-
posted In the region of the swinging part
OF their anatomy; men may go into Wall
street, with tips to the rise and fall
of cotton, and both may feel sure that
their fortunes will surely be increased.
But no man eevr passes through the
swinging doors that can tell what part
of his fortune will be left when those
same doors are again parted by him
in the opposite direction
Jenkins and Hunt met friends, and
when the quartette had parted before
the oscillating doors. a moist two-dollgr
bill reposed lonesomely in the trousers
receptacle designed for its temporary de-
post.
Arm in arm, which, by that tine, was
the most convenient form OF locomotion
for both. they vacillated up Broadway
toward the store of Blank. Blank & Co
They approached the smiling and amused
clerk and in unison said:
Wash two pash-pash-panamawc
straw hash Doll ninty-aish shents
kind"
'Oh, you mean panama straw hats
ventured the clerk. Sorry, but that lot
for dollar ninety-eigSt was all sold ont
before noontine. Have some better
ones here for $40, SIS, $50 and SIS"
Both men realized there was a sud
den and growing weakness in their mo-
tor force, and they grabbed each ether n
support The further realization which
was for only an instant duration was
that there was terrible night of recl1-
oning ahead. The fact was com NUM-
Gated by one glance. The thought Of
fear and the future, however quickly
vanished.
Don't vanish en-" and they again
struggled toward the street
Straw hash nush!nsh," Jenkins man
aged to say in trying to console Hunt.
''Allus-a CLOWN in river. Hot ash deuce
anyway, aHus gitn dirty"
They continued on up Broadway, pass
ed a number of policemen, who eyed
them suspiciously, while they struggled
to think and manufacture excuses to
their wives for the absenc of the straw
hats and their condition. They were just
turning the corner of the street which
led TO the ferry house, when IN v
stopped where a crowd had gathered
about shouting man standing on n
wagon. The pair paused in the crowd
a moment. The man was crying loud
ly:
Here you are! All the latest styIe
straw hats at your own price. whole
| wagon full. Come on pick our your hat.
Each one with cord protector on free"
jenkins and Hunt fought their way 10
the fakir's side.
"Hic! 'Mush straw hashG" they both
inquired
Twenty cents piece. What sizes you
want?' asked the man.
"S'vn ASH
Sell you a dozen for a dollar and a
half, said the man. It was proposition
which Immediately found favor with both
the friends
Dozen straw hash better'n one straw
hash, they both assured themselves.
| and, when again they We're on the way
to the ferry they were separated from
each other, the long bundle they carried
between them not permitting of the
joining of arms. With the balance of the
81 they stopped several times along the
route and congratulated themselves on
their financiering abilities over the sta
BILE and supporting bar.
It was night. Darkness had settled
over the little town in Jersey. Though
the moon shone brightly the highways
We're gloomy and hard to travel over
afoot. Except for two dim lights that
cleaned from the windows Of two mod
est residences, one would suppose Nor
pheus was monarch Of all the surround
ings. The stiffness OF the night was sud
denly disturbed by the barking of dogs
and the voices of two men calling:
NeV mind, doggish; 8 me"
Two forms which fingered behind the
CLEAN of the two dim lights in the Win
dow rushed out frantically into the street
Two men and two women were struggling
arm in arm over the course the women
had just traversed. Behind each of the
| men for distance Of twenty feet, like
the tail of a boys kite, trailed a string
of straw hats joined together by black
strings ordinarily used as protectors IN
strong gales The men continued their
argument.
Dom straw hash better'n one straw
hash. One blowsh off in river, putsh on
'nuzzer one. That blowsh off, putsh on
'nuzzer'n. Bundlish busted, so tie EN-
| all to'gesher, so won't lose EN-. f one
| blowsh off putsh on 'nusher one, ans
shat one blowsh off putsh-"
The rest was drowned by the samming
of doors, though long into the night there
| ioated on the stiffness the same two
voices shouting: "'Fv one blowsh Off,
putsh on 'nuzzher."
Morning came again. Two men sat on
the upper deck of a ferryboat blowing It's
way across the river to the city. In each
mans pocket reposed just enough Of sill
yer and copper to purchase crackers and
milk for luncheon. On the upper storm
deck of another ferryboat heading UP the
river toward the shopping district sat two
women. In each of the purses carried by
the women there repOsed a fve-dollar bill.
which was later exchanged for a panama
hat, size rs.