Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-22

answer to hurry riot call. and soon de
only form gents dat hadn't made a quick
chase to de roofs was dose dat couldn't get
APP. De patrol wagon took dose in. Den de
sergeant looks at me, and being an old fren
of mine he naturally says: What 'ellr'
says he, like dat. What ell! Can't you
keep out of trouble even now dat you is a
family man? What happeed to you, CHM
mie?'
| told him how il was and he says 1
was lucky to remember me Bowery tricks
for use in a street fight, for most strangers
in my place would have been so carved up
it would been no use to call de ambulance.
Call no ambulance for me, Searg" 1
says. Let me go to de station with you
and wash up, and see is Riddle much holt,
and den we'll make a society call on me
mudder and stand her up for . o'clock
tea can of beer"
At de station de captain was tickled to
deaf to hear how Riddle had acted. and
he says kiddie would be power in de
ward when he growed up If I'd leave him
go down here and live.
But OATS de trouble, Captain" says /.
He couldn't live here-him being only
native-born American. He'd be DONE sure,
Captain
Captain fought a while and den de says:
Il guess you're right, Chmmie. It's all my
coppers can do, wit night stick in hand
and gun in hip pocket. to manage to live
here. Desc form gents considers de coppers
de enemies of de people-and dey are de
people, \ copper, being for de law. is a
fair mark for any lady or gent on a roof
who has half a brickbat and noting else
to do wit it."
So Kidde and me washed up. and
waltZes around to modder's, and she was
as proud as Punch to hear what a little
man KfGde had been. Mrs. Murphy was
fight mad. and wanted to go over to de
street and challenge for anodder fight so
she could take a hand.
Dere was trouble when we got home.
Duchess being French, don't see de fun or
good street fight now and den, and she
ragged me good and hard as she spilled
pinerment Kiddie and me and patched
us up wit court plaster. kidde said look
ed like I'd been having a game OF foot ball
on frozen ground. Say. dere must be some
thing good in foot ball after all. L fought
l wouldn't solve de gents dat night. not be-
ing so handsome as mostly, but Mr.. Paul he
called me in where him and Whiskers was
having pint. and he made me tell de fight
round by round When i'd spelled my yarn
Mr. Paul gives me wink, tipping me on
to Whiskers, and he says solemn as de
judge in de Tombs, he says: DE woist
part of your encounter, Chames he says,
was dat you done tings to some of our
beloved new citizens. I'm sorry you didnt
find some mere Americans to fight wit. We
must give de best we have to de former
with our gates"
Excuse me, sir" l says. II went de
best gait | could go, and give EN- de best
dere was in me to give"
You misunderstood. Chames. What you
deSoive only gentleness at our hands. Dey
is necessary for de price and prosperity or
our country. Dere is short-sighted Ameri-
cans who profess to see danger In de
hordes of ignorant, insolent and criminal
who flooding fast as de ten-dollar
steerage steamers can dump 'em on our
hospital shores. But dose dat danger
in dis immigration are alarmists and Huns.
We need 'em-de ignorant, insolent criminal
paupers-we need 'em in our business.
Without 'em who will mine our coal and iron,
who slaughter and pack our cattle and
hogs who weave our cotton, turn our shod-
dy into broadclot' and convert dat broad
clot' into fashionable misunderstanding
made? We need EN-, Chames, in our BUSH
ness, and every time your good right landed
on de jaw of one of 'em you stiffened de
price of de labor market-which is sim
Dat is true says Whiskers, nodding
wise. while l am not disposed to blame
Chames for protecting his offspring-for 1
suppose paternal affection exists in de-
gree even among de lower class-still / wish
he had not assaulted a former. l approve
what you say Paul.
Il fought you would approve. sir" says
Paul passing me anodder wink IT'S a
silly sent'mentality which seeks to restrict
de immigration of de degraded and insolent
paupers merely on de ground dat American
labor can't compete with him-and live.
Has de American any special license 10
live? No, sir Perish de fought. So long
as it interferes wit de comfort or peace OF
mind of son of sunny sout' of Europe for
an American TO i've, no one put a Nanny
chist and a Hun would say dat de AmeI1-
can had a right to live. What We want is
pauper labor and plenty of it, and den de
sun of prosperity will shine on our stock
exchanges like de moon on de harvest
days
Paul, you are talking nonsense" chips
in Whiskers, getting red. "All we want IS
dat de hospital door of our great and glo-
rious nation shall stand open for de poor
and depressed of all lands who will woik
for wages which will insure interest on all
stock-common. preferred and watered.
Surely dat will be a blessing dat nobody but
a Hun could object to-
well said'' cries Mr.. Paul. "Chames,
anodder bottle. | wish to drink to de sem
timents of Mr.. Van Courtlandt before for
gets what dey is
I'm minute, sir l says and chases
for de bot. / guess Mr.. Paul didn't mean
anything, for dose dude woids he used hadn't
no sense in 'em, or Whiskers wouldn't said
dey was all right. See?