The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-28

Iumhled on. he'll eeoD that damDs,
tooiiahness THAI takes an the peopIsi
money Tor hattleships. n whoa collntr,
starving 20 death, England. scotland an
Ireland. what dye think % a mai
WORKING Tor ia ahillinRs a week and knenin
= wife and family on II, hsVp Som.
Ooneheads say its cheaper 10 live ovo,
there. Well, L amt nidht I have 1,
pay and 10 shillings . day for a roou
and tnen have 10 60 out IN the hall 70 tahI
nthg There amt q good hotel In tn
Shoss country. Wouldn't keep my dol
EN-. asyiep They sling style. al
right but they don't know how 10 b,
comiortAhse. I'd rather hive In a Bower
notei than in one u those naah IIondo
dunno
They treated me pretty nloe owe,
there Id come out and hand am a
bunch Of funny stories and then Jase an
would spar three Pounda. with an ave an
the umekeeper. and tho British wouA ~
up and holler. They've been handel
some pretty punk work 10 the Rahtin
gefne. Wish ] may croak Il I cOuldn'
Mhip some Of theiF heaviea right now
backs
John l.. said he hadn't taken a drink 70,
upward OF six years. He looked II. The
@g fellow has just turned 81 His haiI
ana mustache are white and ID would tnkg
q ND pound weight n pull down the acalp
beam Tor him, but his eve Il a. cleaF a. 4
young athleteis and his face has the pink
clean look of the temperate liver.
Ana newer taks another hOct as
loag as ! hive, said John. Cant remem.
Der when ! took nv arBt, hut mi
nws W.. iSrgee the last was headin
West with my partner. Frank Hall. and Va
nv Ierre hatEfe, Ind. WA ieelin' hind
Q punk ana went and leaned Up AGin tbs
bar IN the hotel. told The harhe6p 70
give me glass Of ale and a. ne Do,Ired the
stun out the idea came 70 me. what a he'll
o. TOOL ] had bSon. I says 10 myself:
John. there are enough damned foolu
cut Il QUIT
And I took the glass and threw u on
the hoor. Frank kidded me. Ne aaid ]
wouldn't stick, but BY God have stuck
WHAT'S more I'd hks 10 zee the guy tina, "A
pun me OF the wagon Ia'pOse blew in
U.o00.0o0. partly for booze. partly helpin'
folks who we're In bad and knew never
carried a paddock on my roll III bet
I've paid Tor more busted bar mirrors
and glassware than any man In the world,
and reckon I've been the fall guy for a
lot OF grafters, bat say this. don't re-
gret w. ! had q good tins. a he'll OF q
good time. and never hollered over
burned money. Makes me sick 10 hear a
Teller Crouch after he's blown IN his roll.
man ought 20 keep his mouth shut after
maxim a damned fool Of himself Hey?'
John and Jake will play in New York
one week helora quitting Tor the summer.
They are booked al William Morris :
music halls. the Plaza and the American.
and they open on Monday afternoon.
John viii appear IN a set Of clothes that
ne thinks heap OF. He wore them
yesterday afternoon while receiving his
irtenda. Ne was far too modest 10 direct
attention 20 the get up. but you could
see hie eye wander now and then over
the eSpanse Of black and white checks
and the white waistcoat with the half
inch black braidinR. When YOU oh
served too that his flowing I've was a.
red as the British FAC and that the low
collar was striped IN black and pink you
agreed mentally with John's uneNpressed
OPINION that n was some reRalia.
I don't know how much space the
viii give 70 old John these
days. he said but IL you want n quote
me on anything special just aay that
John "a Sullivan thinks the Creat5r
played lowdown trick on tho Irish when
he made Roosevelt q Duichman'
John. said Mrs. sullivan az she APP
peared from another room, -u'a time 10
90 out % dinner. You better get
dresgad-
Huh said John. Amt that like q
woman, heyP IN bet you pair of glovek,
ma, ~ a can Of tobaccO that tn be all
dudied up before you've got your bangs
combed. Got me?-
Hes just a boy said Mrs. Sullivan.