The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-06
GIMME FADDEN STORES by E. w. TOWNSEND
Chimmie Fadden's Side Glance
NJ Cx.-- And a Fearsome Tale of the
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Copyright, loO3, by Robert Howard Russell

selling clocks in Grand street stores" chips
in Murphy.
BE DER busts what dey may" says me
modder. none of EN- would take better
rare of Chimmie's savings dan me daugh-
ter Hortense Fadden." she says, giving
Murphy a cold eye. But, Hortense. me
deary, I'll tell you about de Little Duke,
as / see de trute: dere's plenty of bread in
de woild, as de saying is. but not enough
white bread 10 go around, and never was
since before and after Robert Emmett was
hanged, which Chimmie great fadder car
ried a pike in de blessed year of '9S."
"Hooroo!' yells Murphy.
"Dere's dem as tink dat bacon and pota-
toes, and a drop in de bottle, comes by
wishing, Hortense, me dear; and while true
il is dat you and Chimmie has fine places,
and never will look in a bare cupboard,
there's dem as goes to bed to forget hun
ger; but dey never had de education dat
Chimmie had. So why not let Little Duke
go to de Row, and learn to sell papers, and
make sure dat he'll know how to earn a
living, no matter if all your savings are
took by Providence?'
COR de Trusts says Murphy.
'You are a wise mama says Duchess,
but Providence don't count when it comes
to getting away de savings dat a French
born goil has put by. Providence can do
many smart tings, but" and she shrugged
her shoulders like she was giving Provi-
dence de laugh, and win Murphy's heart so
dat Murphy says, What Chimmie's wife
says, dough she is form born, and not
Irish, is no fairy tale. I'm be knowing to
a French lady dat hogan nv "a king in nv Qh-
ing, at de very time 1 did, and she has a
delivery wagon of her own dis very day,
wit her name painted, and a lad-I'm well
knowing his modder-to drive in buttons"
I'm not denying what you may know.
and not know. Mrs. Murphy says me old
lady. "but you'll admit dat Chimmie is my
son, which his fadder was a ship carpen-
ter before ever a park was fought of at
Corlears Hook, which dey make ships in
rolling mills now, so de dear Lord knows
when to call a carpenter. It's not a grand
modder's place to interfere wit her daugh-
ter-in-law's child, even when her own son
is de fadder of de same; but, Hortense, it
would ease me heart if you'd let Little
Duke learn some needful ting, besides all
dis brownstone frills he's getting out of de
school books"
But lie petit is too young to sell papers,"
says Duchess, easy like, not wanting to
rough de old lady.
"Chimmie started two years younger"
says modder.
Gould We watch him try?" Duchess says
to me. L says sure; dough 1 was linking
what til would de odder kids do to a newsy
poissonally conducted by his fadder and
'modder.
So we dresses de kid UP for ~woik-and
he was Sunday-best alongside de odders,
at dat-and / goes to an old pal of mine
who buys wholesale at de press rooms,
and sells to newsies, and outfits kiddie wit
evening one, two and three-centers. He
was tickled to beat, and when he gets his
bundle under his arms he let's out a "Wrex-
tryi Wrextry!' like a tenor foghorn. He
makes for de middle of City Hall Park, wit
Duchess and me chasing after him, and in
a minute he sold a center.
How much does he make?" says Ouch
ess, getting excited.
'Four-tents of a cent / says.
Mon Dieu!" she says, cit is more noise
dan money!
Kiddie done pretty well for a time. but
den anodder kid walks up to him. wit his
chin out, and says. Say, kid, where did
you get de swell rags?' and wit dat he
pokes our kid in de eye.
Duchess lets out a yell dat woke up de
cop on de City Hall steps, aud starts for de
fight. 1 holds her back, for I'd teached
Little Duke some tingsN dat isn't in any of
de books dat he studies; and 1 wanted to
see if he remembered. Besides, de kids was
of a size. Little Duke slugs wild in de
foist surprise, but all of a sudden he re-
members, and he puts his elbow in de
odder kids neck, his foot behind dc odder's
heels-and dere was no more fight. When
de odder kid struck de asphalt he yells