The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-03-04

New York. March j. 1903.
Ne an Bob hey bin treckIn' acrost
the upper part of Pennsylvania an
| through the State ov New Jersey
even since We left Philadelphia. an
at last we air in New York
We didn't make any long stops In
New Jersey. Hit may be a purity
guide State fer sum things an. hit
| may not. They liz sum large towns
in the State but they air not very
noted fer anything exsept manufae-
turin and general cussedness. SO we
kept movin' erlong. Ne an Bob air
out fer big game. We started ter
see the elephant an We air goin' ter
see hit or bust a trace.
The first thing we struck close 10
New York wuz Jersey City. That
Is big city. Hit liz located Just
south ov the lower end ov New York
known as The Battery" an is cut
| of from New York by the mouth oy
two rivers. East River an North
| River, an New York city liz bull,
rite between them two rivers. Hit
| IL mile or more aerost the water
Ter New York. New York hez a
| deep an large harbor fer hit extends
fer miles up the two rivers and liz
partly salt and partly fresh water.
Brooklyn, now part ov New York.
liz located just east ov New York,
the two cities bein' divided by East
River. But they air connected by
three great bridges an by numerous
steam ferries. New York an Brook
lyn voted ter consolidate few years
ago an air one now. New York
added million to her large popula-
tion by that move alone. But. ov
course, Brooklyn wuz willin' the
whole thing havin' bin done by vote.
Ne an Bob went over from Jer-
sey city to New York on one ov them
steam ferry boats, but you kin ride
rite into them at one end an stop
an when the boat touches land at
the other side you kin ride out an
go Your way rejoicin'.
When / struck land at the other
side hit looked like hit mite be court
week in New York fer they wuz so
many people movin' erbout,-an'
they wuz awl movin' too. People
don't stay still long in this crate
city. Bob he sorter tried to git
scared. but l hurried him erlong
inquired the way ter Broadway, the
greatest business street in the city.
| soon reached that street and start
ed up hit. But they wuz SO many
street cars, cabs, carriages, drays.
an ortormobilles dashin' erlong an
SO many people walkin' like they wuz
goin' ter a fire that Bob got sorter
existed.
"Kepp quiet. Bob" seq |. This
Is not Bilkirsville an hit IL not Phil
adelphia; but just hold your grip an
we will land somewhars or find the
reason why"
Bob did purity we'll till we got up
ter 14th Street an then he buck
ed" rite on street crossin' an then
he wouldn't go forward nor back
ward. Hit seemed like hiz legs wuz
growed ter the street pawn.
A big policeman cum waltZin' up
an he seq: "Old man, don't stop on
that crossin' don't you see that hum
dreds ov people air tryin' ter git by
your"
Let 'em crawl under, go e-round
or climb over the top ov me" sez |:
"fer my ortermobill liz out ov gaso-
lene an hit won't go a step till hit
gets ready. They amt ennuff blast
ed perlicemen in this blasted town
ter move him either"
The cum up close an he looked at
Bob an Bob looked at him an
could see that Bob wuz wantin' ter
turn erround SO az ter git hiz heels
in guide range ov the policeman.
Faith an be Jesus, / believe
that animal would eat me erlive,"
sed the policeman.
You air Irish, amt you?" SEE /.
Faith an ov course l am" sez
| the policeman; Irish from the
crown ov me head ter the soles ov
me shoes"
$50 am IT, seq /. ME father wuz
English, but me mother wuz Irish.
an they amt nothin' that divides
England and Ireland now. England
| an Ireland an the United States
| kin lick the world" sez /.
Shake" seq the policeman, an
he cum rite up close an held out a
| paw az big az a ham frum a 400
pound hog.
My name liz Bilkins, seq I, ''an'
Bilkinsville. North Carolina, liz my
postofiis when at home. But / am
out seein' the world now. I am
takin' in New York an then | am
gein' ter England, Ireland an Japan
an awl erround an / am goin' ter
ride this mule"
Shake ergin," seZ the perlice-
man, You air the real thing, Mr..
Bilkins. Ny name is Nike O'Riley,
ov the Broadway Division, an ! live
up on 35th Street. Your first visit
to New York. I guess, Mr.. Bilkins?'
Yes. am goin' ter look over this
town a little an then I'll mount one
ov them boats an go aerost the At
lantick an spend some time in old
Ireland an IL | see any ov the o.
Rielys I'll tell them that you air
doin' we'll"
i He give me his home address an
made me promise ter spend an even.
in with him, an he sed he would
show me more ov New York after
supper some mite than I could SCI
in a week goin' erlone.
] by the way, Captain" ser
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