Evening star., 1909-05-16

front office, heels
Just like this; and all
unsuspectin' that the tickle hand of Fate
keyin' with the deck Then all of sudden the door
opens. and in blows couple of strange gents.
They yre mated one being tall slimmy with
heavy eyebrows and mournful cast of countenance:
the other short and chunky, with face round as
pool ball,-a human lath, and animated pork
pie. Theyr both in need of shave and change of
collars but the short ones wearin one of these
blue hats, while the other sports cane, and they're
both got up in costumes that make a noise like
we'll like last payday, with the wrinkles suggestin
how many weeks had gone by since they cut the
tags off.
Course, in my shirt sleeves and tilted back the
way | was, don't expect look like much of any
body in particular; but | never guessed how insig
nificant must seem until Id had this pair eye
over kind of cold and scornful.
is Mr.. Gallagher about! says the tall one, usin
the deep chest notes so unexpected that l almost
"Eh5" says Mr.. Gallagher Oh You don't
mean Swiftly Joe, do you!"
He says he does, and lets it that he's relative
of Mr. Gallagher Also says he, real reprovin'.
Il would speak with him "
Hey. Swiftly, calls over my shoulder through the
gym door Party to you
And wish you could have watched how Mr. Gal
lagher tints up and gets fiddle fingered seem
this lengthy gent in the patch pocketed, scallop
cuffed Thrd-ave. coat creation,
'Chee! he gasps. "lt-lts Nike,
Cant you forget this absurd old nckname?" says
the tall one, panied expression spreadin through
the stubble ''Moncure, Joseph; Moncure Nor
'Chee!" gasps Swiftly once more, gon from rose
pink to deep cerise, and breathn hard.
my partner says Mr.. Morrison doin' the grace
fu wave, Mr.. Percey Gould Morrison & Gould,
You know
Swiftly wipes off his paw and puts it out, and then
the three of em drl, into the corner for pri
vate confab.
WHEN it's all over and Swiftly has bowed em
W out through the door, he remarks to me, kind
of husky, Say, Shorty, know who them parties
was? They're actors
You may not believe it, says l, but that would
have been my guess
And Mike-ahr-Mr Morrison, he's cousin of
mne, says Swiftly.
happen in the best Of fam'li How is it YOU never
mentioned him before:
Then Swiftly goes to say how he amt seen him for
years not since they used live in the block
together over in South Brooklyn He gives me the
story of Mr. Morrlsons hlstrlonc career too how he
begun by going in mob scene at seventy-fve cents
a night got reg lar job assistant shfter;
jumped from that to be first hoop holder with
troupe of performin dogs; and last got the half
Nelson on undyin fame by appearn in black face
speciality with medicine show. From that to the
vaudeville circuit was easy step for genius like
him.
Came around to present YOU with a box for his
Broadway open1n EN-! says L.
That wa mt it, not exactly. Seems the Morrison
Gould comb1na tlonwas up against 1t good and proper
They'd been runnin along with full dates up last
Christmas and then all to the trust agents
begun making excuses for not bookIn time for ern.
Mr.. Morrison conides to Swiftly that he knew what
was behind that byplay Some of the big people
had gone green eyed the hands and press notices
Morrison & Gould was gettin, and they'd been
THROWN the harpoon from ambush. Why,