The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-11-03

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Gimme. says a felIy to me"
"Chimme.' he say how are you
working dis campaign"
Well l says, de same old ting" I
SAYS: knowing dat wouldn't put him
wise for You woiks de politics game
ut bote ends and de middle only 50
long as you is a clam.
Listen: it's all right when a top
Yer decares himself. because he is
for office: but if Il mug is only a
Wciker he goes on half pay, and
double time. as soon as he makes a
holler for dis or for Eat. NOnparty-
sand; OATS de lay out what gets de
eggs, with a nest trUn for safe keep
ing.
So 1 looks KNOWN, reads signs
on de feIIy. looks over his head. you
know. like I didn't see him.
I'm glad to near dat you is woik-
ing as usual ne says. for we wants
you 10 swing de ROseIeafers in line"
he says.
.Dey comes high l says. reading
anOdder sing on him.
W. has de stuff for good men," he
says and if you needs Il little for
Entertainment, why, here's a starter
and p'chee, ne passes owe a yelloy
back q half century made by
your good old Uncle Sammy; fifty
cases, five single saw-bucksl What?
Tanks" / says. I'll get de boys
jOIIied up u bit wit dis, and put you
wise how de tide is running in He'll
Gate.
Oats the song to sing" says he,
and when De ball is opened. and you
need a fiddler, look me up and you'll
find no little old
as per De sweet Summer time long
ago"
Say. honest. didn't know how dat
felIy stood on politics. On de level,
I didn't. I've known him eve since
I began to vote: since 1 was only
sixteen years young and voting was
new to me. Il I never knOwed him
two times in secession trading on de
same side of de counter. Sometimes
he's for de Outs. sometimes he's for
de ms So 1 didn't know what'ell.
Anyway. 1 had de fifty located in me
Jeans. all right n tight, so 1 chases
down to me fren. Kelly de barkeep,
- TO have a auC oil de situation.
"HOw oes Micky Halligan stand dis
Year." 1 asked KEEL.
II don't know what side he's on"
says Kel. except dat he's on de odder
side from McGraft: for Mac was just
now being in here. and he leaves me
fifty for to sweenten de ROseleafers;
all he told me was dat he was cunning
to capture de ROsies before Micky
HaIligan fastened de collar on u.s."
Say. what do you think of dat? Talk
of taking candy from q child! Was
de situation a peach. a Chin Dandy?
What? When l tells Kel how Micky
Halligan had been getting gay with
me political morals. n We bulked it
up dat de good old ROseleafers was
One hundred to de good WltOut so
much as writing a single letter to de
papers telling how gooder we was a
de Odder FELIX'S, me and Kel resolVed
dat de caucus was O~VerpOWered TO
pass a resolution of confidence in our
selves. We did: likewise a small bot.
KeI says dat politics. new style, was
lust our size. and a bottle on de game
was playing 1t only fair. So we bot
tied
In a few nights we had put de Rose
leafers next to de movement: and dey
is rs wise boys as ever punched for
self protection on de BOwery. | means
dat dey agrees to stan pat. and play
de game de IA we deals de cards.
and , Yer ask for a cut. So we gives
EN- a bit OF a beer blowout. and n
dance. for to make tingS smoOd. and
KeI and me votes confidence in our
selves. and bottles once more 20 Prov
it.
Den HaIIigan and McGraft begins
to rubber for results. Dey puts it
up to us was we doing de right
ting. and was dey: was we planting
de seeds of success for dem to swipe
de harvest Of rose leafs. Sure. L says,
knowing what dey was singing
49, Hiawater about
Den dey takes me aside. each one.
and dey asks was de R~OSeleaferS wit
EN-. or agin EN-. 1 tells Hatigan
dat I pOlled de boys. and finds EN-
even stephen: dey was moss and boss.
7 tells him. half foe de ms and half
for de Outs. I was linking dat DAT
would make him declare himself an In
or an Out. But ~'Chee. he only looks
like he had q load on his COCO. and
he says. GIVE EN- n talking to. Chin
ME. Give en- u a to heart talk
and you'll land EN- sure"
sure I says: but | was W1Shlng
he would let me in on de secret OF
what side he was playing hearts for.
Den I could graft de game along gaiy-
Eaily. and know what street TO tell de
conductor to leave me of at But all
he says was for me to land de Rose
ieafers all RICH and he would make
Il all right wit me, all right. alright
Well, I sees it was pressing up to me
to do something TO hang me next
touch on. 50 I says to him.. l says.
..NiCky." I saws. Come around to
de next meeting of de R~oseleafers. l
says. and maybe 1 can land de- iads
with de influence OF you being dere
3 f'r to give weight and susceptibility
IL de movement"
NTicky turn his chest out till m near
too a back fall. and he says dat he
FaS wit me.
But remember. Micky." I says. Il
e8ft talk candidates to de boys. Dey
is dead leary of candidates. Why.
Nicky." I say If We could rig up 4
lection witOut any candidates. a chH1
could lead IL Roseleafers TO water,
and make EN- drink almost any kind
of goods dat was set before EN-. It's
de matter Of candidates." I says. lat
puts us ON de road to de 'syIums- De
ROscIeafers Is for principles I says.
.'foist. last and most o. ue time. Deere
fore. Nicky." I says. I'll deal cut
hot air to em-nO candidates.
P'chee. I had q frame IN De sItua-
ton 10 him dat W for I didn't know
uI0+ r9 01i1atpS he was 0luCgiNC Tor