News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1909-09-01

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heard him breathe hard like horse
when you take the saddle Off Ho
went straight up to the man, and |
went with him.
"Good night to ye," Tobln says to the
man. The man takes out his cigar
and passes the compliments socable.
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, "is
Observation-Disclosures G. Fried
enhausman."
otis the right length" says Tobin.
"Do you spell it with an % anywhere
down the stretch of it?
II do not" says the man.
"Can We spell it with an OF" in
quires Tobin, turning anxious.
"If your conscience" says the man
with the nose, sis indisposed toward
foreign idioms We might, to please your
self, smuggle the letter into the penul-
innate syllable."|
"'Tis WE'LL" says Tobin. "Ye're in
the presence of Jawn Malone and Dan
| lei Tobin."
"'Tis highly appreciated" says the
man, with bow "And now, since l
cannot conceive that We would hold a
| 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 ac-
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 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,
''to offer to that statement, or are We
one too? l thought by the looks of ye
We might have him in charge"
"None." says 1 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 a 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.
"Whatr' says he, stopping on the |
opposite sidewalk and pushing back |
his hat DO ye follow me? l tel
ye," he says very loud, I'm proud to
have met We, but it is my desire to be
rid of We. l 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 ye come
out in the morning for the fderpnd-
ence is upon ye to obviate tile clrse
of the niger man and the bldnd iadG
and the financial loss of the one-sixty-
five"
"'Tis a strange hallucination," says
the man, turning to me as a more
lunatic. Hadn't ye bet
ter get him homer
Listen, man." says to him. Dan
lei Tobin is as sensible as he ever was.
Maybe he is a 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 l relates
the facts about the palmist lady and
how the finger of suspicion points to
him as an instrument of good fortune
"Now. understand" | concludes, my
position. l am the friend of me friend
Tobin. according to me fnterpreta-
tons. IT'S easy to be a friend to the
for it pays. IT'S not hard
to be a friend to the poor, for We get
puffed up by gratitude and have your
picture printed standing in front Of
q tenement with a scuttle of coal and
an orphan in each hand. But it strains !
the art of friendship to be a true ;
friend TO born fool. And that's what
I'm doing" says |. ''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 crookedast
nose in New York city. I misdoubt
that all the fortune tellers doing bust
ness could milk good luck from ye
But the lines of Danny's hand pointed
to We fair, and I'll assist him to eX-
pertinent with We until he's convinced
ye're dry"
After that the man turns. sudden. to
laughing. He leans against a corner
and laughs considerable Then be !
claps me and Tobin on the backs of
US and takes us by an arm apiece. t
""Tis my mistake" says he "How l
could | be expecting anything so fine c
md wonderful to be turning the cor ]
ner upon me? I came near being 6
found unworthy. Hard by" says he, 6
is cafe. snug and suitable for the {
Of idiosyncrasies. Let @
is go there and have drink while we I
discuss the unavailability of the cate {