The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-10-09

that second, out his great SIlO0i-
der into the crowd. and almost knocked
man down The man, whirled side
wise in front of them, glared savagely.
What do you mean by that? he
demanded Strong, to whom nothing
would have given more joy than tus-
sic. bent down and peered into the
others face.
I lis it a man or a monkey" he piped,
and shrieked with laughter.
The mans strained temper broke
suddenly and Rex caught him by the
arm as he was about to spring for
Strong. and promptly threw himself
between the two.
Look here. billy" he demonstrated,
eff you fight anybody it's got to be
me- and he spoke over his shoulder to
the stranger. You see what I'm up
against. I'm getting him nome-do just
go on" and the man went.
But Billy's head was in his guar
dams neck and ne was spluttering and
sobbing. Fight you? News help
me-hev'-Fight poor ole fool Rocky
bes' fren' ev' had? No sir. 1 wouldn'
fight you, Recky,'' and he raised tear
stained face and gazed mournfully into
his eyes. Dye think I'd
'.Oh, shut up. Rex CALCULATED, and
hold your head up, Billy. You make
me sick
The intoxicated heavy freight being
under way again, Rex looked about for
the rest of the train, but in vain. After
a halt of a minute or so he decided
that they were lost and would have to
stay lost, the situation being too pre-
carious, in this land of policemen, with
one hundred and ninety pounds of noisy
uncertainty on his hands, to risk any
unnecessary movement. Billy kept ev-
cry breath of time alive and varied
Within two minutes of the first adven-
ture he managed to put his elbow clear
ly and forcibly into small mans
mouth, and before the other could re-
sent it:
as my elbow. sir he said, haughti-
~. stopping and staring down.
well, why in thunder don't you
keep it where it belongs?" snapped the
man. and Billy caught him by the
sleeve.
LIP SIR he said impressively, '.if
you should bite off my elbow, you saucy
baggage"-and the thought was too
much for him. Tears filling his eyes
he turned to Rex. 'Recky, you spank
that liz SIR he pleaded brokenly.
He's too liz for me-Td hurt him
and Rex mediated again. A shock
came when they reached the corner of
Broadway and Chambers Street.
up g daisy crowed Billy Strong, and
swung Fairfax facing uptown with
mighty heave.
1.-The Elevated stations down a block, |
old chap explained the sober contin-
gent. I'VE have TO take the Elevated |
to Seventy-second you know, and walk
across to your place"
Billy looked at him pityingly. you |
poor liz pup" he crooned. ''Didn' I |
keep tellin" you had to go Chrispher /
Street ferry meet a girl? Coin the /
ater with girl He tipped his derby
one-sided and started off on a cake
walk.
Rex had to march beside him Willy
nilly. Look here, Billy" he reasoned, 4
axasperated at this entirely fresh Il
twist in the corkscrew business of get
ing Strong home. Look here, Billy,
his is tommy-rot. You haven't any
late with a girl, and if you had you
couldn't keep it. Come along home.
nan; that's the place for you"
But Billy was suddenly a Gibraltar
IF firmness. Got date with lovely
olue-eyed girlie-couldn't dish'point
1er. Unmanly deed-Recky, d. you
want bes' fren' ev' had to be unmanly
Iced, and dish'point trustin' female?
New, Recky-nev', OF man. Lesh be
rue to tn ladies till hell runs dry
Oh, 'scuse me Recky-fgot you was
oarson-till we'll runs dry. meant say.
That all right? Come on t Chris pher
street" And in spite of desperate at
empts, of long argument and appeal
IN Rev's part, to Christopher Street
aey vert.
The ministering angel had no hank
ring to risk his charge in a street.
ar. so. as the distance was not great,
hey walked.
Fairfax's dread was that, having
aved his friend so far, he should at
ract the attention of a policeman and
ut for bluecoats and passed them
tudiously on the other side. What
vas his horror therefore, turning a
orner, to turn squarely into the ma
este arm of the law, and what was
is greater horror, to hear Billy '
trong suavely address him. Billy
fled his hat to the large, fat officer
s he might have lifted it to his
weetheart in her box at the Horse 5
l.
how. S
would you have the g-goodness to
I'll me-" he inquired, with distinguish .
d courtesy, ''if this is''-Billy's arti-
llation was improving, but otherwise
e was just as tipsy as ever-'if this e
Street-or-or Wed Fl
esday?'' a
"Hey?" inquired the policeman, and Ii
jared. Repartee seemed not to be his j.
,rte h
Thank you--thank you very much" e
Biliy's gratitude spilled over conven-
onal limits-"very, very much-old s.
linoceros,' he finished, and shot sud- b
emily ahead, dragging Rex with him
ito the whirlpool of moving crowd, e;
nd it dawned on the policeman five g
inutes later that the courtIy gentle a
an was drunk a.
The anxiety of this game was its un- e
lpectedness. Strong. in the turn of Sc
o 0-a