The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-01-18


was well lined with copper. The col
the scTibes.
4 amt much on the n,elojous howl
he said with a significant grin but
can toss of . glass o. somethin' hot
guess you fellows is Yanks. amt
He was told that he had guessed
right.
Thought so. what'n you take?-
on me. Can't give you sham. but I'm
good for anythin' in reason
You're a Yank yourself. aren't you2''
one Of the scribes queried when the
drinks had been bought.
We'll that's as may be-
Names Carr, isn't II?
The little warrant gave both scribes
sr=sching look
who are You blokes7 D. know
your
One of the scribes reminded him OF
previous meetings in the States
Wei. I'll be hanged say, come down
10 my hang-Out. viii yOu2 You've paid
/ for this stun; III get some booze an
q candle, ar Wen chew the rag.
There's lot I want TO know about
old tines
We left the free and easy" and
I Barnle led the way toward the docks.
He insisted on purchasing some beer
and a candle in a shop IN the last
street before turning into a maze OF
/ mErky alleyways. and then guided US
TO a great barrel or hogshead. hidden
away among broken boxes. discarded
/ ship tiEnbers and assorted debris.
faint no parlOr car. pals he ex-
planned, lighting the candle and set
ting il in a tin socket IN tn barrel,
but IL f1ts me, an that's all I want
/ WIN you sit outside or come tn2 Can't
/ all get in, that's sures-
The air was stagnaut and warm to
| the touch, and even in the open the
lungs 1abored- We sat on some pLanks
outside. 1t was some time before
/ Barnie's talk turned naturally uDon.
himself; he kept asking about this pal
and that pal, how things were com
ing up over home who were stin hold
1 ing out IN the ''perfesh, who had gcnB
under, which "coppers'' were In power,
which ~stirs'' we're easy or hard. what
good touches had been made lately.
who were settled" and who free, and
about various other things connected
with the life on which his magma
/ ton still dwelt with a certain pride.
At last, however, when the scribes had
answered his queries as best they could.
he said suddenly:
81 s'pose you want to hear my rag
Chewer noNF2'
The scribes smiled and nodded. The
little mans shoulders twitched, he took
fresh piece of 'sniDe'' from his
! pocket. bowed his head for a moment
as if ashamed, looked Up again, and
began:
ITS none too nice TO tell; but you
blOkes has known me when I was top
OF the heap and you viii understand
Course I could "a croaked myself, an
the whole thing 'ud "a been of. but
the fact is I didn't have even nerve
enough for that That last stretcher
on the coast dreamed me out They
used me hard, that's where it is. an
I didn't make any goOd time either. I
basted guard for calm me a liar. an
the warden didn't remember to forgit
il. They tucked me away in the dun
geOn ten times just for luck like. I
had a few thousand when they turned
me loose, but spent 'em travelin I
thought I'd brace up, p'r'aps, f got
a change. so came over here, an for
a while I drifted all over the shop. II
my dough 'ud "a held out I'd be on The
mOoch yet. guess. I only had twenty
pounds when 7 got back to London. but
my nerve was no good. an ] tried for
q. job on the level, but 'twasn't no use.
A blOke that's used up for swipin' amt
up TO no kind o. work, good or bad
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