The Cairo bulletin., 1906-05-14
THE MAN WHO WON.

70 he made Up his mind He would BE.
come Candidate. Work had been OBJ
noxious to Him from the Time he first
Saw II explained on the Blackboard
In grade a, and all through Lie MS
Main worry had Been that some day
he Would bump into it without Know
ling it, He was a constant And de-
voted reader OF The Weekly Clarion
And Howler and frequently contrib
uted Pieces to the Page where the la
Dor News was run.
He was Wise TO Laborism all right,
ne would write an open letter and tell
them just EOw to fix Things up, He
always thought The job OF Walking
Delegate with Something on the Side
/ for lncidentals would be About the
Real candy, but Somehow the Mutt
! holding the job didn't have Sense
enough 10 Quit.
/ After waiting Ten long and Weary
/ Years for the job He finally gave Up
ana decided that the only Thing left
I
stick and went out among The people
and told Them he was Ready coin
when it came to Representing them
and that Everybody up in the North
end was crazy TO have him run For
office.
Afterward he would Go over on The
North side and hand out the Same line
of Conn He used 10 Use a glove stretch
er 10 Stretch his mouth When he got
Up mornings so the Smile would Last
all day. He was a Prime fayorite up In
the Hun district near where They We're
filing in. He used to get clean shave
and reverse his cuffs in the Morning
and sally up There with Line OF
Bunk that shriyeled His conscience 10
a wisp
He knew them all from A to Lizard,
and called Everybody Jim because he
said Their real name Reminded him OF
a Football Rush. After being intro
duced TO Rebullskizxvljli Hanklijjxy-
zolki, he would brush an imaginary
speck from the Victims collar and say
Jim, whatgl you take?" Then he'd
turn around to The Man with the
White apron and order Suds for the
Lot
Sometimes when his stomach was
In good order and the gang was looking
he would stop on the street and kiss
some sweet little girl with Two braids
whose Folks lived back in the Alley
neac The livery Stable This showed
thar He was A man of The people
and didn't consider Himself Above the
Common Herd. When it Came to En-
tertaining the Crowd At Murphy's Oh
the Corner near the Cemetery he was
There with Box of Gags that Would
make Lew Dockstader go back to The
Town Hall with his Merry Troupe or
Artists. He used 10 Tell stories That
made them Yell to The skies. He
would stand There with the Gang and
play the Human sponge till the man
Behind would Look at his lngersol
and Yawn, after which he would break !
For home, First stopping At Place |
Down Town to get something to Take |
the Taste out Of his Mouth before Go
ing to the Hay.
After he had COINED The Citizens in t
the Outlying district to sign Their |
names TO Something begging him to /
become candidate and had it Printed |
in the Papers he had a lot of lovely |
pictures Took of Himself and when no /
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had been promised the Job of Chief /
keyholder to The stationary Close. |
would hang them up in Saloons and /
places like That. In the picture he /
had Clean shave and Looked real .
Nifty. His forehead was broad, high
and intelligent, too. There's nothing
like a good Forehead. Sometimes It's
The Whole cheese in picture
After he mad whipped Things into
,hape and promised every Victim some
hing Good and soft he drew a mental
picture OF the Situation. and couldn't (
see how he could Fail To become the
Big Noise on election Day Election I
light the Telephone company was KEEP, I.
,usy replacing Wires 10 his Phone that I
Had melted when Hot returns we're /
coming in. He was Neck And Neck .
i'll after Twelve O'Clock but after F.
hat the Strain was over.
Along about I wo he heard the Eighth .
Nard Silver Cornet band coming down
he Street playing see The Conquerine .
Hero comes, ana after they had start
d all the dogs bowling in the Neigh
,orhood with the Victory march. the
iazabo with tears in his eyes took
hem over 10 The Place on the corner
md stood the proprietor on for an
Eighth outright when he got Back
e Told his Wife to get Ready ard take
he children TO the Ten-cent Theater
be Next day, because the Passes ought
D be used
n was -Four o'clock when he Hit tho
lattress that morning. and he liked il
D well lie let Two meals so by be-
,re Getting up.
Two days later he Me, Robuliskizx.
ljii Hankliijxvolkii the Victim that
we'd near where they were Filling in.
he victim held out His hand and told
he Gazabo tina. his Brother Jim was
NJ OF a job and that maybe He could
D Something for Him. The 6azab0