The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-08-24
STRUCK A NEW GAME.
Head of the Family Badly Done Up
by a Brass Ring.

Brooklyn Times.
The stout little gentleman. with bald spot.
invited somebody TO kick him. but all Of his
companions had their left feet on a brass rail
and their right feet on the long rubber mat that
protected the lnoleum, while their elbows
variously crooked, the response 10 the invitation
ignored.
Talk about your hayseeds," continued the
stout little gentleman. with a bald spot as he
wiped his mouth, give me New Yorker every
time for an easy mark. Ever hear Of a Science
tady zap buying brass rings knowing the
time they were brass? Well, / did it-and me
born and brought up in this little old Thirteenth
ward-and where did it happen? Rockaway.
Yes. sir peaceful, lamblike, innocent love-
your-neig hbor- yourself Rockaway. II II had
been Coney, now, there wouldn't have been such
a kick coming for the wise man who goes 10
Coney amt satisfied unless he gets done just o
little bit by the keen bunch down there. but
RockawayI' He interrupted himself long enough
To saw Make mine a small this time. and
to wipe mis- mouth again after gurgling pause
and / went down last Sunday. just nice little
family party. Nix Coney for mine says 20
Conveys the place for grOwn-ups, wise gazabOos
like me- but nothing doing for kids. tn be
sea and the breakers don't leave YOU broke
That's where the barkers don't bark any too
plenty anu Sou SbiISifte sSnlicify ~oa5
enough FOR kids says l. and Rockaway Is
HEADQUARTERS
little family party and l went down 70 Rocka-
way Everything lovely until the kid wanted
to ride merry -go-round- Nice, innocent
M Ground. too. Green horses. purple
giraffes blue kangaroOs and yellow elephants
and the organ played classical tunes. / always
like classical tunes because I don't remember
them and so they don't keep awake nights
dinging through my head.
well there was me and the Kid and the
missis and the aunty. The Kid amt old enough
TO be trusted alone on a merry g0-rOund. the
nissis stood alongside 81 the remarkable animal
the kid chose. and 1 put up the little old ten
cents for the two rides. After the ride was
over the kid held up the brass ring. There's a
sort ~ coutrvance on the starb0ard quarter Of
It's different. Rings slide down IL and tho folks
on the outside Welsh rabbit dreams. yank them
ont as they pass the place where the rings are
one al a time. Well. the durn fool that gets the
only brass ring that Is mixed up with the iron
rings has the next ride free Ny kid was the
one who got the brass ring. but. I said be
fore she amt old enough 70 be trusted 10 ride
vent along Did the kid get the brass ring
again? The chap that manipulated the bum
Imitation OF a grain elevator knew his business
ali right She got the ring OF course she had
- Rave the free ride that with IT, Ne on
the machine this time. price cents and the
va got the proper ring again There were m
teen or twenty large. ought-to- kDOw-bet pas
rrabbinE al the ring tank. but there was moth
ing doing for anybody except the kid. She
caught the ring every time IL cost me 80 cents
and the whole blooming family un- juggedly
dizzy before I tumbled As long a nickel fare
lad 70 be paid each time the kid the ring
why the ring was hers savvyl I'm next now
but the uisess and aunty and you're truly-ati