The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-06
ELEVENTH
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SURPRISES.

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election, salvo was buried SO deep that
thav had dif1culty in finding his figures
on the poll sheet And 1t took the OLD
alderman about a month to find out the
rpai nature Of the brickbat that had MT
him. ell.
R,t when 1t comes to turning sharp
corners at the eleventh hour the tr!cK
that gave little Danny his start IN poll
tics puts all the others IN the shaue
Little Danny wanted TO preak my IN. NV
Council but he lived in strong irish
Democrat ward where Republicans were
scarce as hens teeth and the old alder
man was up for reelection. lie had &tne
whole rolling mill influence at MS pack
and he made no bones Of saying that 50
long as he had the mill foreman anu
bosses solid he could yell Tor teuee'' VIZ We
torla" and still be elected, ~. - :,
This Incidental remark reached the ears
of Little Danny and he made IT the SUD
iect of meditation and prayer me more
he thought about the boast the NADER ne
was, but he had to admit that It was
gospel truth SO far as any electlon recorus
to date could show. The night petote
election Little Danny had as much chance
10 come out with n whole skin as sour
annie in a hog pen. AS he was walking
tha f1oor iouncing croupy BABY nc sud-
denlv saw a great light. Some say that
It came SO quickly that he droppeu sne
baby into the coal hod, but ! dol' !. ~! w
lieye that, for Little Danny was never
known to lose his head.anuh a nes - came ne
was as tender as a woman Wtot - o0''0
to handling child, 49,, al
MT ot any rate, Little Danny turned
I +ha habv over to his wife and made a dash
down town. Between two ana luor. ~ L'le
morning, when all the world, lncluains l ~
b licemen on their beats, sleep sou''uest'
Little Danny made q sneun - W tNu he
ioft. a life size bust picture OF her Males
tv Queen Victoria, occupied the lower
sash of the alderman's front pnrlor WIZ
dow-a window In which the shaae WAS
never raised excepting on rare company
occasions. "a,
Now this same window fronled On tn no
street along which every mana soihs ~
and from the rolllngrmll! mus ~ !, pa an.
Another pertinent fact which hnd en.
tered into Danny's calculations was thnt
inst then the Irish troubles we're fierce IN
Parliament and the old sod of the Green
Isle was the scene Of eyictlons ana rlols
that would make the modern AmeElcan
strike look like q game OF plng-pons, q
big collection for 1.-THE cause" had Just
been s taken in the roling-mill district and
an orator fresh from Parliament had held
a =" dozen nEmmet" meetings IN the ward.
WITH the result that In the langua ge Of
Ia millforeman, tho feeling was 'right w
to heat and ready to pour
Little Danny's inspiration had taken
note Of all these incldentals and he scalt
culated that the chrome OF Her Majesty
was about as we'll calculate TED e 90 me
pouring act as anything that could pc puf
IN in3that ncighborhood, With his un-
falling cunning he had also taken Into
account the fact that the men leaving
from the night shift would vote on theil
way home. gut that those On the day
shift would be given a ,speoial Hknock off ]
during the day in which 70 DEPOSIT th ! =
~ hand would see that picture sof iYlcl