The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-09-27
THIN IAN a NINE READERi
whseh sEade nc Jlapieasant fer n Eat
Man VINO Wanted 70 Ceaverse.

Akz1W sAAxS sy4NS
wbsch sIadsS ne I-lapisasant fer the Fas
Man VINO Wanted 70 Csaverse.
Both men we're middle aged. One was
paunohy and contentsd looking. the other
lean and alert. Thsy. I'VE n the IN
Ineighborhood On Etatsn Island. 1nei
conversation on, an up ferry the ctner
morning began aereeabty enough. 80
46umptuous fall wsather. ehf' said me
TAT man, mi6lng The brisk cir en3oyabv.
One fhiag's certain. and that u that we
haxen't had any too muohT.
HAHN this fall. ? finished out; the lean
mar. = sThats g fact. The eqainoceAi
storms must have been sidetraoked some
WHARF, I (
sFslIow hates 70 BE- coopsd up in, IN
oflce on days Ike these satd ne fst
one. 2 Feels more me-
.sHfsnding al the time between meats
outiin the opsn air. .tnhaltng chunks OF
osons-thsts rikht,ss cut in the ean
ono, nicking the ashes from his stogte.
AIRS ssosked and saturated with ozone
t5ust now.
Thsf st MAJ remained quiet for . Httls
lot Of nice iitas houses 10 Let ovsr In
your town now. chs he began after ne
panse. Seems a. II a1lot Of Staten
SoIks, ere moving over hsEe e Hsv YORK
sFlats. broke M shs lean man. srhst's
| rishtAlot Of, 'sen hare The fat bug along
toward the fan. Dont so why. either.
Nix on the fat thing. Want suuns kind
\ Of n ward In mine. ! In the winter.
sure do
swer,s aid the fat man, sthsseis M
thing about fats that counts nb9nfays.
and that q that In tho cold vosther the
| dstsers don't have 70 buy 81 IL
sCoaa-that,s true enough interrupted
tho lean ons sBut there's not mneh
ohancs. thsy tell me-. Of there beine
another. coal strife this winter, and
anyhow. folks living In aats have . pun
time trying TO keep warm whsn The 3ani-
tor's on . toot Of the furnaces don't work
or the steam heet a1fikes.' :
The fat. man began TO sianoe sdde-
wiss 1t his oompanion- II Was sppaSent
that tbs thing ce having his wordsltsken
out of.hfsS mouth IVES beginning to raw
him up sons. Tbs boat travelled quite
Q litsis distance before be opsned up
again. st3fs a
Was talking with . politician yesJ
tsrday about tho selection.' he said than
and he told me-he's . Republican
THAT 49,.
-The Taft and hughes people haven't
got such 1 cinoh; a. they. think thsy have
--uh-huh,. broke In the lean man. Was
told the same thing myself couple days
ago by . Republican that knows. Stu.
you never dan tell. Bad gag. trying
to dope tbs election
Say said tho fat man. wriggling
around In his seat and facing the lean
one, what the dooce 10 your idea, any
way, in taking the words a Of q mans
mouth the way you dor Don't you
s'pose I know how to-
'TaIki Sure thing you do replied the
lean man. s'Souse mo. old man. Go
right ahead and talk
.WelI," said the fat one. slightly molf-
fed. Il was going 10 say that this Repub-
ican politician I met told mo that Hughes
ie-- Ft
Mighty unpopular with the sporting
element and the h~ustlers-the fellows
that 70 out and yank the votes cut In
the I68u OQ6s 0u0U0 t1at8 hkV ~ OtsAhCt
Kind Of q chilly proposition personally.
too. Hughes. they say. He
sNow there you 60 again with that
Internal annoying habit Of yours burst
out the fat man in . tone Of complete
evaporation. II should think you'd got
next to yourself and out out that practice
Of
Mind reading-thinking too blamed
fast-that's right said the lean one
spologeticaliy. s'Scuse ma again.
sThat's all right. but It's Q oonfoundedly
aegravating thing TO be constantly
interrupted when. you're talking. !
know IL is, sure. You were sayingf'
II wasn't saying anything. but I'll
take the liberty. to say right now that
you make me-
Observation-Disclosures I do. when Il
comes to that. Can't help II. though.
You can't teach an old dog new tricks.
hsy?'
Jaw. say, you give me 49,
pain. Hope IL, doesn't hurt much,
though, old man.
ssay, II I wa v ohinny a. you arc ia
60 bag my
Head. No. but you wouldn't. though;
really you wouldn't. You'd md 1t too
i~noonvenient TO 20 about with . bagged
head. Lets forget It.
60 hire A.
HAL. Too expensive. that
Say. for two oents I'd knock your
.Blook Oh. But be nioe. now. old
man-be nicei'
you've got to be q regular wind
Mil. Well. maybe I have. Sorry
ed like TO hand you n few. but we're
getting into the slip. and I'm In too much
Of 49,
Hurry. Well, slong. old man. Be
good
The fat MAJ jumped from his sea4 With
an angry flush on his face and thsn be
turned around and shook his nst at the
gnnning lean man with the interruptng
habit.
1T would be worth ten dollars Il any
mans money! bawied the fat one aE the