Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-05-21
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W4SXSHM our g o r to
&aRf2U oarth The two men
sat looking It eash other, O'Qun. Senior sneerins
malicious, with q hostile, thrustout Jaw: O'Qnin.
Junior: with the air. customary with him In his
1athers presence. OF surly. shufhng uneasiness.
Old Pat o'Quin belonged somewhere In the env.
ronments at the prize ring. In the beginning Of
his career he had the makings in him OF good fight
But through constitutional inaptitude to keep long
1t anything he had sunk from the position of prom
bing pug to trainer and sparring partner, had be-
come. as middle age deprived him of his speed q
cheap CRATER on the fringes OF the sporting world
He was big. broadshouldered. huge-handed. A
nose twice broken had twisted past every accepted
line OF beauty.
Though he, too, iacs,ed "a personal puichrtude
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 cheek 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 more heroic or.
der. While he would do more terrific things on i'm.
pulse than young Pat he never did mean thing
4 he had time to think. Young Pat was PREACHER
Gus. cold-blooded. stingy the contempt OF men and
the terror of children. Old Pat was Temperament.
tai openhanded, the cajoler, az and the play.
mate OF every girl baby in the neighborhood. By
hook or crook he managed 10 have mass said for
his wife and daughter once year, And. q. regu.
larly. be made pilgrimage to Holy Cross Gene,
terry to put flowers their graves
The relations OF young Pat to old Pat wss that
Of the hunted to the hunter the oppressed toe op-
pressor Old Pat entertained and expressSo the
ltveliest contempt for his son. He always seterred
to him "the shrimp" or "the shadowweight"
Young Pat liked to pursue his obscure operations.
nry of the proceeds Whenever he could get to his
son. old Pat demanded to be ealsen into partner.
ship in these mysterious noctuz1al deals Every
time the younger man was sent up" for one Of the
short terms SAeA come the way Of such small offend
ers. he made q resolution to cut for New York or
Chicago on his release. But always with freedom
he lacked the kidney of the real adventurer-the
pull OF a weakening nostalgia dragged him back to
East Boston There he would live turtive exist
snce from gutter to dive, lodging his father at
avery move. But in the end the old man always
found him. always forced him to confession OF
plans and division Of spoils.
And now Pat the Older had run Pat the younger
Corrigans saloon.
.Ah, Pat me by. where arr ye go'un?" Old Pat
asked. "The sight OF yes gran for sore eyes, Don't
throuble to shut the dure." the old man insisted.
suavely. def noot waylaid young Pat in his swift
rush toward side entrance It'll not detain We
more than minut. The trut OF the matther is your
old father needs faynanshul hip at vance"
Jaw. can It'll" young Pat returned in the classic
accent Of the East Boston water front 1T you
think I've got amy money I'm dead up against it"
"Now will ye hear the by! The indaycent in.
rratichude av ye! But uts no more than ixpicted
Y'r mother mud turin in her grave. II liver wish.
I'd We gurrl--ye young pup-it's now
Young Pat gave up the struggle. He began to 60
through his pockets. From he brought roll
Of small bills, from another handful OF change
The older man pulled the money across the table
with one huge hairy paw. With the other he dis
tributed 1t about in different pockets. The consci
BUSINESS Q: wealth worked immediate change in
his bearing. He grew perceptiby taller With an
mir OF elegant leisure he touched the bell He or
dered drinks.
1.-THE pittance yeve givun me will keep your poor
old fathher for not more than a few days What
made is steady job that'ull be more remooneray.
tive. so to speak Ye must find 1t fr me- y'r
last rasort. Pat. me by"
Old Pats accent had grown more and more pa.
thetic. He raised his glass and drank. He ordered
another glass and drank. Noting that his fail.
ed to Join in these rites Of good fellowship, he