New-York tribune., 1903-01-25
THINKS CITY HILL HERS
HaNucinatiom Of 4imshouse In
mate-CaHs for Rent.

AS regularly as the eQuinoxes and twice as
often. two little cid women call on City Cham-
berlain Gould and Deputy Chamberlain Camp
bell for rent due them. in their own ricKet!
minds on account OF the cttys occupancy OF
the City Hall They called one day last week
and Mr.. Campbell says they'll be around again
the first week in April. The little old women
are inmates of a city charitable institution on
Wards Island and because of its modifying
influence on their conduct the keepers allow
them TO dress up in their best frills and feath-
ers and go down to the Stewart Bullolng Oh
their rent collecting trip. One OF the little ola
danes is French and doubtless is responsible
for her associates hallucination about owning
the City Hail. as she does most of the taking.
Dan Donegan, the doorman in the Chamber
lain's office. knows the pair, and always waits
on them with punctilious courtliness
All" Mo'sieur Daw-ne-gan. how do YOU?
said the little French pretender her last
call "Delght-ed. Happy New Year and hap
pv returns a mill-yon! An re Madame Da"-
ne-gan? l trust she also is var well! My love
TO Madame, All with shake of the hnserl'
do not deny-ze little bird told me. re last little
Tazy-ne-gan was a leetle twin! A twin, Mis-
| taire Daw-ne-g -gan-you do not deny!
..Sbure. madam" said Danny, blushing'
/! "ver tn most wonderful and beautful dansel
! on two legs you and your lady friend. here'
an HNNSS
| An phat kin I do for your ladyships to-day?
| s'pose lowering his voice and becoming con-
| fdentian it's the same old busness-rint! Yer
ALWAYS afther tn rint. Well. God save us. but
! the cfty's poor this thrip an we cant pay the
) rint an ven have TO come again
| What! Mo'sieur, not pay re rent! NOT pay
ze rent? Zees is one grand outrage! ices Is
one insult! I will not stand here an take ze
cold affront Hear me, an make no meestake'
| you nav ze rent-you pay Ze rent. OF hahe
| ze grand bounce of re whole tribe! wan! MOI
pay re rent! 1t is shocking! NOT pay Ae
/ rent! .
| .e,-ou ,ovv" said Donegan, we'll pay If
! you'll give US time. But coal is high an the
| NTavor and Borough President and all their
/ hired men have large families. and you'll nave
! to let the rint go this wanst'
/ ..olo+ nav re rent. What! Use my DOMAIN
~, not give ze ee-ouiv-alent No. no! / will
5isnossess, Hear me- I'll get ze writ-come'
Louise. we will not be outrage! We
Thee, there!' said Donegan. as ne mas
said many times before, L didn't name IL @>N
| coorse I'll pay til rint drawing olahk re-
| CENT out Of his pocket. Here. take this check
| ~ =on,, cash if till 1 tell viz It's the city's
| check. an it's allus good you know Now
| s,vran hack home. There, there! No googoo
eyes at me, Shure you're a pair Of heart
eT,asbers If 1 cu'd only marry tn both av
| yez'-
Sir cfrowningly) do not presume
"Ah. that's all right. I couldn't help bit o
| blarney for seldom do We see beautlful era
| ob,,ras like vouse an youse coming only four
| times a year. Goodby. goodby. Tra-la! Don't
| lose that check
| And then the old women, gayly chatterlng
! and nervousIy lingering their blank receipt
! sof+I,, disappear down the stairway and Dan
| Donegau with a roaring good laugh. joined IN
Inv Deputv Chamberlain Campbell and the
| clerks resumes his guard duty
| .e7-bav never seem to cash up those blank re-
ceipts given by Donegan,' said MI Campbell
probably one of these days the almshouse su-
nerintendent will across them, carefully
! tucked away with other things precious IN the
5isordered fancy of the little French women.
Tho little French is very rich III her
| mind once she said she owned all or New
! vrl soutb of Canal-st. Sometimes it's more
| and sometimes less She's sure about owning
the CITY Hall though, often wonder what
she'd do if Donegan didn't give her the oiahK
receipt
Are these the only cranks you receive calls
! from?''
NO. indeed" said Mr.. Campbell. "A man
| carving a satchel came in day and asked
| ne If we remembered how that fellow Norcross
! had blown up Russell sage. ,
| :. I'VE got this bag full Of nitroglycerlne
| and I'll blow you all into eternity IL you noi l
| hand over 81, 600 000,' said he.
| ..Donegan jollied him along for minute OF
two tin he was off his guard, and then caught
hin, bv the throat and Choked him INTO help-
! iH,,oSS when we opened the satchel we
| found nothing but bunch OF OLD Kerosene IL IL
| censes that used TO cost Slo apiece 4neg Mele
| Sesled With red wax and were black with hand
ling How he got them we never learned Yes
indead plentv of cranks drop in on US