The Detroit times., 1909-06-24

Bowery life for 80 years He is
crude and vulgar. But Chuck con
nors has heart. big and red and
pulsatiug. and in his curious ways
he has done some good among his
Kind IN the evil haunts OF the dis
trict over which he rules as mayor"
Seated In the back room of Bar
ney Flypn's Bowery saloon. Chuck
Conors shook his head sadly at the
mention OF Elsie Slgels name, and
discoulsed as follows: II seen her
many \ time In Mott and Pellsts..
sometimes with her old loidy and
udder times with chink. Dat 1T
tie skoit was like "A bunch o little
coils I've seen blow into Chinatown.
Her heart was in dc right place. an
say! You can bet dat when dey put
UP de barrier in dis here mission
race she got away ahead O. de bunch
and started 10 lead de field But dcy
got 'er d same as dey get EN- all.
Story Of Girls Fall.
"Dere is whole lot queer about
desc chinks De women. dey get crazy
bout dem slant eyes. and when any
body gets 10 hittin de hop desc
chinks smoke it's all of den.
Say! Dere was a swell skoit
come down here a few years ago, and
she took up wit a highbindin' chink
in an old dump down on Pellst. She
was eHiet-ldd and We didn't t'ink
much Of her. an nobody knew nuttiu
bout her histry. bCu she got sick
and 1t was de eallopin' con for her
she was a hunger for fair-and my
wife Nellie she went in TO take "A look
at her. She found de poer little kid
a-cryin her lamps out all wrapped
up on an old musty flop
DIS here kid seen her finish ahead
OF her. | guess. cause she got mushy
all Of sudden and spelled II all out
10 Nellie. She used 10 be a Sunday
school woiker, too. aud had a swell
dump up near Central park she said.
She met up wit bloke what trew
her down and got her head twisted.
Den she went to the bad.
IT'S soit'nly a quick change from
Central park down To l4th-st.. from
14th.st. 10 the Bowery, and then down
TO Chinatown. when foolish little
kid like dat gets bughouse notions In
her COCO. She made 1t In less than
year
Well Nellie, she tole me about IT,,
and | couldn't get It off my noodle.
"A couple o. days later | sent mo
wife down 20 see de poor little ting
again. and asst her where her home
was She didn't want To tell but
Nellie kind o. conned her TO tell IT,
Well. not spiclln' out the phony bunk
or anything like dat. just want 70
saw sneaked up 90 Central park and
lot Nuh Il 10 =
ole man and her old woman lived. Den
| told her old man where de COIL was
Honest. tot her old lOidy would
bawl her lamps out.
IL hung aroun' de house and fer
long time dere wasn't no actions but
bawlin' goin on. Den | says 10 d
old nan, Gays. you'd better cut out
dc tears and get heavy on the way
If you want 20 get dat little COIL out
o. dat chink's joint an see her alivs
again.
Rebukes Father.
DE old man hung back fer min.
ute an seen maybe dat he didn't
want her-dat he didn't want her now
dat she was spoiled An up ana
SAYS 20 him: 'Ye don't want her, Ell?
You don't. want yer own flesh and
blood Just because she's spoiled? II
yer'd a KEEP out your han for hei
when she was slippin' mebbe she
wouldn't be there tonight, says /. just
like dat.
IF you don wan her, den says.
III turn her over 20 de cops. cause
I amt goin' To see a Goil like dat
havin' de raisin' she's got with that
finish.
Well say, Mebbe you don't t'inx
dat ole guy didn't get a hump on den.
He got swell rig. all shineo up like
q hearse, and pulled me in wit i'm.
and we beat IL down 90 Pell-st. We
billed 10 dat chinks room and der7
was de goil all alone. She seen Il
was her dad wit me, and she Jest let
out one cry and shut her eyes
Then the ole man he put her in n
blanket and put her in the cab an
drove away as fast as dem nags
could step amt heard o. nuthin
more bout the skoit. but she didn't
die i'm no musty bed. That's cinch,
a woman dat would let her kid
come down here and mix wit dat Sun.
day school bunch o. chinks amt right
in Der noodle. dat's what abe amt
ITS tough enough when dey git the
wrong bunch and sneak down here
demselves II don't make no differ.
once whore they come from. dey all
get 10 de same. place"
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