Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-20

Someway He Amt Clipper He Was.
HUH he snorts. "Where'd you pick up the red
head, Ell? What's he doin here, anyhow? Hey, what
do you want, KIDD"
Hes friend of mine, Uncle Bill" says Happy.
Thought you might like to talk to him. And got the
herring. Had to wait until the store opened. I'll fix
EN- for you right away"
well, hold your jaw and get at it, them" growls
Uncle Bill.
Yes, he certainly cheerful old pirate Never
mind the of the dialogue; for of it was about
like that, with sayin' mighty little. Mainly l was
gain around curious at the ingenious way things
arranged in that little sky paror.
Uncle Bills cot, for instance, wonder. 1t
fitted out with set of rubber tired baby carriage
Wheels instead of casters and rugged so he could
move it about the room. Then there was little
table he could swing across in front of him. and at one
side shelf for his tobacco and pipe. What puz-
zled me for sometime set of cords through
little puleys and leadn from all parts of the to
kind of switchboard on . the wall figured it out
though, that by puin diff rent cords Uncle Bill could
open shut the windows haul the shades up down,
and regulate the drafts on the stove.
who's the INVENTOR" says to Happy.
ooh, those things I've fixed up for Uncle Bill
says he "You see, have to leave him alone all day
Well, didn't take it all in that trip; but l got to
seem more or less of Happy from then on. and while
that the only visit ever made to his joint. couldn't
get it and Uncle Bill out of my mind. And by askn'
questions here and there l gradually got the whole
story.
SEEMS Uncle Bill had lived lively in his time.
- He'd been in the navy and deserted before his
was up He'd travelled as boss canvasnan with the
Ringing Brothers, and got into trouble for usn stake
too free deputy sheriff Also he'd made record
the Pinkerton force durin big strike Had tried
his hand at book maxim, and got mobbed for weshn'
bets. And he had wound up bouncer in Thrd-ave.
beer garden, which high station he film satisfac
tory to everyone except the ones that got bounced
when all of sudden the lower half of him went bad and
he camps down on Happy, who had just been left
Il just had to make enough for two, that's ALL says
Happy. There else he could look to-
And how long did you say he'd been that way, five
years." says 1.
Lacking month"; says he. 1t just after
seventeen he came
"But see here!" says I. "You don't mean you've
been the job of lookn out for him steady for all that
time with no let up, no days off, or nothing?"
Happy smiles and mods. at did come hard at first
says he with him always grumbin' and cuSsin'. We
had great old at the START but then stead
made it easier specially after really begun trying to
see how conf table could make him. used to forget
about settn things within reach 60 off without think
ing of what he might need durn' the day; but don't
any I've got it down to system and put in my
spare time working tricks for him to help him
around"
Thats so" says L. "but it ties you pretty close too.
don't it? How long since you've been ball game?
Not since he came" says Happy.
Nor to Coney Island?" says |:
Nowhere" says he.
Don't you get restless now and then, and feel like
hikn out somewhere" says |.
Don't l, thought" says he, and them faded blue
eyes of his lights up brilliant. Say. do you know
what I'd do Tiff it wa mt for him? Travel! Yes sir.
place. gettn job at any old thing and seeing what