The Morning examiner. [volume] (Ogden, Utah) 1904-1910, 1910-06-05
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tS3Sff5U earth. The two
sat looking at each other. oouin. Senior eneerns.
malicious, with hostile, thrust-out jaw; OQuin.
Junior; with the air. customary with him In his
fathers presence. of surly. shutting uneasiness-
Old Pat o'Qutn belonged somewhere In tho envi
ronments OF the prize ring. In tho beginning oi
his career he had the malings IN him Of good fight
ar But through constitutional naptitude to keep long
anything, he had sunk from the position OF prom
sing pug to trainer and sparring partner, had be-
come as middle age deprived him OF his speed. a
cheap CRATER the fringes Of the sporting world
Ho was big, broad-shouldered hugehanded A
nose twice broken had twisted past every accepted
Line of beauty.
Though he. too. lacked In personal pulchrftude.
young Pat bore not the slightest resemblance to
his father. He had emerged within the week from
an enforced withdrawal from society; the prison
pallor his check was just beginning to give way
before healthier tone
AS much as his son, old Pat belonged to the un.
derworld. but his vices were OF a moro heroic or.
der. While he would do more terrific things on I'm.
pulse than young Pat, he never did a mean thing
1t ne had time to think Young Pat treacher-
Gus. coldblooded. stlngy. the contempt Of men and
the terror of children. Old Pat was tcmperamen.
tal openhanded. tho cajoler OF women and the play
mate OF every girl baby in the ncighborhood By
hook or crook be managed to have mass said for
bis Wife and daughter once year. And, as regu.
larly. he made pilgrimage to doly Cross Gene
terry to put flowers on their graves
The relations OF young Pat to old Pat wero that
pressor Old Pat entertained and expressed the
uVeiiest contempt for bis son He always referred
to him as "tho shrimp" OF the shadow.weirht"
Young Pat liked pursue his obscure operations.
singie-handed. IN secret and 1--we In solitary lux.
ury on the proceeds. Whenever he could get to his
son. old Pat demanded TO be taken into partner
ship 10 these mysterious nocturnal deals Every
time the younger was sent np" for one OF the
snort terms that come the way OF such small offend
ers be made a resolution to cut for Now York or
Chicago on his release. But always with freedom
he lacked tho kidney OF the real adventurer-the
pull OF weakening nostalgia dragged him back to
East Boston. There he would 1.-Two furtive exist.
ence from gutter to dive. dodging his father At
every move But In the end the old man always
plans and division OF epoils
And now Pat the older had run Pat the younger
to earth 1t was IN the little room back OF Donnie
Corrtgan's saloon.
Ah. Pat me BY. whero arr ye goun7s Old Pat
asked The sight OF yes gran for sore eyes Don't
throuble to shut the dure- the old man insisted,
suavely deft foot waylaid young Pat in his swift
rush toward a side entrance. ~rll not detajn va
more than minut The trut OF the 1natther is your
old father needs faynanshul hip at vance,"
Jaw. it," young Pat returned in tho claas,o
accent OF the East Boston water front III you
tAn3 I've Got amy money I'm dead up against It"
Now VII ye hear the oyi The indaycen, in.
Hauchude aV yei But uts moro than ixpicted
fE mother mud turin In her grayc. II iyer wish
I'd ys surrl-yo young pup-lts now"
Young Pat gave UP the struggle He began IN 20
through his pockets From one he brought a roll
of small bills, from another q handful Of change.
The older man pulled tho money across the table
With one huge hairy paw. With the other he d,s.
trtbuted 1t about In different pockets Tho consc,
susucss Of wealth worked an Immediate chanus N
Gs bearing lie grew perceptibly tailor. With an
air OF elegant leisure he touched the bell He or.
dsred drdnka
The pattance yevo sivun me will keen your noor
old fathher for not moro than q few daya What 1
made u Q steady Job that'un DO more remooneray.
trs. 20 to speak. Ye must lnd II rr me- y.r ma
last rasoft, Pat. me o'ys
old Pats accent had grown more and moro "a.
theuo He raised his glass and drank. Ho ordered
another siass and drank Noting that his son fall
ID 10 Join In these rites Of good tellowship. b.
sssssd aoross tho table for young Pats whisky and