Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-09

sketch as one of a series of popular Bow
cry dialect stories. But was this the way
kindly Bowery philosopher would relate
his adventures? The effort did not gain
much applause, but the Bantam continued
to rccite, and even to sing, until the gen.
eral conversation and shouting Of the diners
overcame even his disturbance. When he
had subsidized there arose all over the room
an insistent demand for Dandy. The Ban
tam pretended not to understand for a
time, but at last reluctantly called upon
Dandy to do something for the evenings
entertainment. Dandy, who had been dis
tressed almost to insensbility by the Ban
tams attempt to initiate his natural da-
lect, now arose, bowed especially to his
two astonished patrons, and in quiet, soft
accents, and agreeable modulations, the
real characteristic Of the speed Of the ma
tive Bowery product, recited this short
sketch, which he called:
SISTER AND Me-
1t amt de work getting our living dat's
troubling sister and me; I can earn enough
to support us out Of de pape selling game
It's de nosing around of de society agents
de one called de Cruelty Society, dat makes
1t hard for a little felley to know when he's
safe, sir, you see. We'd two rooms before
modder left US and we kept EN- bote for q
while, for sometimes fadder was at home,
and wanted a place for him. But-well
de Judge sent fadder away to de Island so
We gives up one of our rooms. and sister,
clean as a store, while | sells names for orr
grub and rent-sister's and mine, But de
agent for the Cruelty Society comes around
and he says to sister, who is guardeen for
her, and she says-me How old is hep
says de agent. but sister. she didn't know:
SO he waits for me in de landing, and saws
was too young and too little to take care
of her and dat de society would take her
away. l tells him | don't know how old I
was, but sure | was old enough to earn a
living for sister and me, and please
wouldn't de society be satisfied wit dat?
But he says dat | must go to school-dough
l can read-and sister would be took care
of by de society; and he tells me to have
her ready to go wit him de next morning
When l gets to our room dere was sister
crying like she would die. and she saws was
| going to let de cruelty agent take her
away when we was happy and never hum
gry-sister and me? She saws what more
was dere in de WoiId dat folks had dat she
didn't have? Mace to sleep and eat,
Wasn't dat all dere was?-so long as she
had me and / had her and we was happy.
sister and me- So dat night we left our
home. and went to hide out in de big cIty:
we was so little we thinks sure no one couid
find us IL we was lost out In de big city
But we didn't know how great de society
was; all de police of de c1ty was told To
look for two little kids running awav from
de society-two little kids w,itout manv
close-but dey' d be sure to be found fogedder
for de cruelty agent knowed we loved each
odder-sister and me. So noliceman
caught us and he toined us ovar IN da
cruelty folks hut foist he oives nc n GOOD
dinner. den We was tool befora 10 ,,,d9a
he crneItv NAV told do iudga NC o 80 ga
for We haS rmn away &c., H. wa" 90 'a az
modder bnt was irving to i've 20 hn1,a az tn
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