The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1909-09-16

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heard him breathe hard like horse
when you take the saddle off. He
went straight up to the man, and |
went with him.
Good night to ye," Tobin says to the
man. The man takes out his cigar
and passes the compliments sociable.
Would We hand us your name," asks
Tobin, land let us look at the size of
1t? 1t may be our duty to become ac-
quainted with ye"
MY name," says the man. polite, rs
Friedenhausman-Ma G. Fried
cnhausman."
"'Tis the right length" says Tobin
do you spell it with an 'o' anywhere
down the stretch Of it!''
II do not" says the man.
"Can we spell it with an 'o?' in
quires Tobin, turning anxious.
IF your conscience says the man
with the nose, lis indisposed toward
foreign idioms We might. to please your
self, smuggle the letter into the penul
innate syllable"
"'Tis well.' says ToDin. "Ye're in
the presence of Jawn Malone and Dan
lei Tobin."
"'Tis highly appreciated says the
. man, with bow. "And now, since
cannot conceive that We would hold Il
spelling bee upon the street corner.
will We name some reasonable excuse
for being at large?"
by the two signs," answers Tobin.
trying to explain. (which ye display &C.
cording to the reading Of the Egyptian
palmist from the sole of me hand we've
been nominated to offset with good
luck the lines Of trouble leading to
the niger man and the blond lady
with her feet crossed in the boat. be-
sides the financial loss of a dollar sixty
five, all so far fulfilled according to
HOyle."
The man stopped smoking and look
ed at me.
"Have We any amendments" he asks,
ito offer to that statement. or are We
one too? thought by the looks of We
ye might have him in charge"
'None." says to him, except that
as one horseshoe resembles another so
are ye the picture of good luck as pre-
dicted by the hand Of me friend If
not, then the lines Of Danny's hand
may have been crossed, don't know
There's two of ye," says the man
with the nose, looking up and down
for the sight of policeman I've
enjoyed your company immense.
Good night" With that he shoves his
cigar in his mouth and moves across
the street, stepping fast But Tobin
sticks close to one side Of him and me
at the other.
what" says he, stopping on the
opposite sidewalk and pushing back
his hat. 'Do We follow me? tell
ye," he says very loud. I'm proud to
have met We. but 1t is my desire to be
rid of We. am off to me home"
DO" says Tobin, leaning against his
sleeve. do be off to your home And
I will sit at the door of it till We come
out in the morning. for the depend
ence is upon We to obviate the curse
Of the nigger man and the blond lady
and the financial loss of the one-sixty-
five"
"'Tis strange hallucination," says
the man, turning to me as a more
reasonable lunatic. Hadn't We bet
ter get him homer
| Listen, man." says to him. Dan
lei Tobin is as sensible as he ever was
Maybe he is bit deranged on ac-
count Of having drink enough to dis
turb but not enough to settle his
wits. but he is no more than following
| out the legitimate path of his super
stitions and predicaments. which will
| explain to you" With that relates
| the facts about the palmist lady and
how the finger of suspicion points to
| him as an instrument of good fortune
| Nov, understand" l concludes. "my
| position. am the friend of me friend
Tobin. according to me interpreta-
| tons. 'Tis easy to be a friend to the
| prosperous, for it pays. 'Tis not hard
to be friend to the poor, for We get
puffed up by gratitude and have your
picture printed standing in front of
a tenement with a scuttle of coal and
| an orphan in each hand. But it strains
the art Of friendship to be true
friend to born fool. And that's what
I'm doing" says I, for, In my opin.
ion, there's no fortune to be read from
the palm Of me hand that wasn't print.
ed there with the handle of a pick
And. though we've got the crookedest
nose In New York city. misdoubt
that all the fortune tellers doing bust
| ness could milk good luck from ye
But the lines Of Danny's hand pointed
to ye fair. and I'll assist him to ex
pertinent with We until he's convinced
we're dry"
/ After that the man turns. sudden. t.
laughing He leans against corner
and laughs considerable. Then b,
claps me and Tobin on the backs o1
us and takes us by an arm apiece.
"'Tis my mistake" says he. '.Hov
could l be expecting anything so fint
and wonderful to be turning the cor
ner upon me? came near bein:
found unworthy. Hard by says he
lis a cafe. snug and suitable for th'
entertainment Of idiosyncrasies- lie
us 20 there and have drink while ",
discuss the unavailability Of the cate
gorical.'
So saying, he marched me and To
bin to the back room Of a saloon ant
ordered the drinks and laid the none.
on the table. He looks at me and To
bin like brothers Of his, and we hav
the cigars.
"Ye must know" says the man Q