Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-19

Gay what do you make out of this plute hpnt n,
~ got down the mat with our wind shut of
and pockets inside out; or is it just campaign
pa1e? Are ghost dancin waltz dreamin,
or what? 1t sure has me twisted up for fair, and
don't know whether stand with the criminal rich
or the predatory poor.
rung into at the hotel Perzazzer the other day
I've been thinkn it over since, and it's left me
with my feet in the air. No, you didn't read any
thing about it in the papers But say, there's
more goes on in of them big joints every week
than would fill whole issue.
Look at the population we've got,-over two
thousand, countn' the help! Why, drop us down
somewhere out in Iowa, and spread us around in
separate houses and there d be enough to call for
rd-cass postmaster, a police force, and board
of trade. Bunched the way are, all up and
down seventeen stories, with every cubic foot ac-
counted for. we don't cut much of figure except
only when some swell gives fancy blowout,
guest gets frisky in the public dining room:
muller put s. on it. We've got whole squad of
husky two-handed, soft spoken gents who don't
have anything else to do and our champeen ruction
through the cafe. you might think he was corpora
ton lawyer studyn how to spend his next fee; but
let some ambitious wine opener put on the loud
pedal or have Danny get his eye on some Bridge
port dressmaker DRAWN designs of the latest Paris
fashions in the tea room, and you'll see him wake
up Nothing seems to get by him.
60 was some surprised to find him havin an
- argument with couple of parties away up on our
was pair of butt-ins The tall, smooth faced gent
in the black frock coat and the white tie had sky
pilot wrote all him; and the Perzazzer amt
just the place out of town minister would pick
out to stop at, unless he wanted to blow years
salary into week board.
Anyway, his runnin' mate dead give away.
He looked like he might have just left bench in
the Oriental lodgin' house down at Chatham Square
He's a thin, gawky. pale haired youth, with tired
half open all the time; and his costume looks like
it had been made up from back door contributions,
faded coat three sizes small, forty fat vest
and pair of shiny black wh,pcord pants that some
one had been married in about twenty years back
What gets me is why such specimen should be
t1a,ln around with etean decent loGk,n chaP
take any notice of their little debate. There's
some men, though, that you always give a second
1t want until see how he tops Danny by head
that / notices how we'll built he is; and l figures
that if he only in condition, and knew how to
handle himself, he could put up good lively scrap
Something about his jaw hints that to me; but of
course, him bein Bible FOUNDER, don't expect
anything of the kind.
him. but you'd better come down to the Office,
just the same"
My dear man." says the minister, II have been
to the Office as l told you before, and could get
satisfaction there. The person l wish to see is
on the ninth floor They say he is out. doubt it,
and as have come six hundred miles Just to have
word with him. insist on a chance to
'Sure!" says Danny. You'll get your chance,
only it's against the rules allow strangers above
and you'll be all right" With that Danny gets
grip on the gents arm and starts to walk him to
the elevator. But he don't go far. The next thing
Danny knows he's been sent spnnin against the
other wall Course, he want ookn for any such
move; but it was done slick and prompt:
Sorry, says the minister. shown his cuffs back in
place. but must ask you to keep your hands off "
I SEE what Danny was up to then He looks as