New-York tribune., 1906-04-08
Sir Peter of the Pail
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had enough of that game 20 last me until I'm
as old as YOU are, which won't be for two or
three seasons on. If you're dead anxious for
more, YOU wait until Mr.. Gordon comes back,
and challenge him He's sport.
But Sir Peter seemed to be clear of the
alley. My good man." SAYS he, III don t
follow you at all. Will You please tell me
where | ann"
Now say. how was to know where he
thought he was What was the name Of that
place -Briskett Arns2 l didn't want TO
chance II.
This is the same old stand. " says I, right
where you started an hour ago.
But" saws he" but Lord Winchester +"
Hes due on the next trolley" saws l. Had
to stop OFT at the gIn-taCtOTV, YOU know
Ever try to tear off lot of extempoTaneOuS
lies, twenty to the minute It's no pipe,
Worse than being on the stand at an insurance
third degree. / couldn't even refuse to answer
on advice of counsel and in no time at all he
had me twisted up into a bow-knot-
Young man, says he, / think you re
prevaricating."
I'm dom me best - says I but lets cut
that out P'raps you'd feel better if you wore
the bucket awhile
Bucket" says he And I'll be put on the
buzzer if he didn't throw the bluff that he'd
never had the thing on his head.
"Oh, well, says l. you've got right TO
lie some if YOU want to. It's your turn. any
way. But let me Swab You off a little
ne Qltll KIN Oll Liidbt anu WdS SCttAA4
busy with warm water and towels when the
door opens and IN drifts Mr.. Gordon with
three well-fed gents behind him-
Great Catsi' says he, THROWN up both
hands. shorty what in blazes has happened|
Nothin much says /, We've been
''Shinny'" says he. just as though it was
something I'd invented.
Sure, SAYS l. And Sir Peter won out.
As a shinnv PLAYER he's bird"
the way they pOwwows around there Tor few
minutes was enough to make curtain scene
for ThiTd-ave. melodTama-
Mr.. Gordon calmed EN- down though, after
a bit, and then got a chance / was little
riled by that time, I guess. I offered 10 tie
pillows on both hands and take EN- all three
at once, kIckIn' allowed.
'Oh. come, Shorty" says Mr.. Gordon.
These gentlemen have been a little haSty
They don't understand, and they're great
friends of Sir Peter. This Is the British Am
bassador Lord Winchester, and these are his
two secretaries. Now, what about this shinnvs"
1t was a Stem-winder," says /. Sir Peter
was off side most of the time; but don't carry
no crouch for that"
Then told EN- how I'd done it to keep him
off the tracks, and how he got so warmed up
he couldn't stop until he ran out of steam
They were polite enough after that. We shook
hands all round. and | went in and resurrected
DanverS, and they got Sir Peter fixed up so that
clears out.
In about an hour Mr. Gordon comes back.
He wears one of the won 't-come-Of kind. and
steps like he was feelin good all over e Pro
fessor" says he. you needn't be surprised
at getting a medal OF honor from the British
Government. You seem to have cured Sir
Peter of the bucket habit"
We're quits, then" says I. He's cured
me of wanting to play Shinny. Say. did YOU
find out who the old snoozer was, anyway
The old snoozer." says he, is the crack
financial expert of England and big gun
generally. He'd been over here looking into
our railroads and when he gets back he's to
make a report that viii be accepted as law
and gospel in every capital of Europe 1t was
while he was working on that job that his brain
took vacation and it was your shiny game,
the doctors say. that saved him from the insane
asylum. You seem to have brought him back
to his senses.
Hes welcome" says I; but l wish the
British Government would ante up a bottle
of spavin-cure Look at that shin
well make EN- pay for that Shin, saws he
with a kind of 1t S-Coming-tO-uS grin . And
by the way. Shorty; those few after-dinner re-
marks that Sir Peter made about his report
you could forget about hearing EN-, couldn't
youe'
4 can forget everything but the bucket"