The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-12-26

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 s career hs had the makings in him of good fight, sr But through consttutona inaptitude keep long a& anything he had sunk from the position of prom. ixing pug to trainer and sparring partner. had be- uoms. as middle ags deprived him of his speed. a ehsAp grafter the frdnges Of the sporting world
 Hs was big. hroadshouldered. hugehanded A nnss twice broken had twisted past every accepted uns Of beauty.
 Though he. too lacked in personal pulchrtude young Pat bore not the slightest resemblance to ]. his father. He had emerged within the week from ID enforced withdrawal from society: the prison paIlor on his cheek just beginning to give way : before healthier tone.
 { A much as his son, old Pat belonged to the un. derworid. but has vices were of more heroic or. der. While he would do more terrific things on i'm. pulse than young Pat, he never did a mean thing if he had time to think Young Pat was treacher> ous. codlblooded. stingy. the contempt ot men and the terror of children. Old Pat teanperamen. taI openlhanded the ca1oer of women and the play. mate of every girl baby in the neighboraood By book or crook he managed to have mass said for his wife and daughter once a year. And as regu. iariy. he made a pilgrimage to Holy Cross Gene tery to put flowers their graves.
 The relations of young Pat to old Pat were that q the hunted to the hunter the to the op pressor Old Pat entertained and expressed the ieveliest contempt for his son. He always referred to hdm as "the shrimp or "the shadow-weight" Young Pat liked to pursue his obscure operations singlehanded in secreta and to live in solitary lux ury on the proceeds Whenever he could get to his son. old Pat demanded to be taken into partner. unne the younger man "sent up" for one of the short terms that come the way of such small offend ! srs. hs made resolution cut for New York or Chicago on his release But always with freedom he lacked the kidney of the real adventurer-the pull Of weakening nostalgia dragged him back to !. East Boston There he would live turtive exist snce from gutter to dive lodging his father at every move But in the end, the old man always found htn. always forced him confession of plans and division of spoils
 And now Pit the older had Pat the younger earth 1t was h the little room back of Dennis corrigan's saloon.
 -Ah. Pat me by. where arr ye goun?. Old Pat asked. .The sight of yes gran sore eyes. Don't throuble to shut the dare.- the old man insisted suavely A deft loot wayaid young Pat in his swift rush toward side entrance "rn not detatn ye moro than minut The trus' Of the matther is your sh father needs faynanshul hilp at vance"
 ~Aw. can it!" young Pat returned in the classic accent Of the East Boston water front If you
 Nov will ye hear the by! The indaycent in " gratichude aw vel But uts more than I txpicted T,r mother mud turTrn in her grave. If tver wish s1 - gurri-ye young pup-its now."
 Young Pat gave up the struggle. He began to ge 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 ono huge hairy paw. With the other he dis trtbuted 1t about in different pockets The consci ,usness of wealth worked an immediate change il ais bearing He grew perceptiby taller With al ,ir of elegant leisure he touched the bell. He or dered drinks
 '.The pdttance ye've givun mo will keep your poo old tarhher for not more than few days. What nade is a steady job thatun be more remooneray uve. % to speak. Ye must lind it rr me. VT m last rasort. Pat. b'y,-
 old Pats accent had grown more and more pa snetsc He raised his glass and drank lie ordere another glass and drank. Noting that his son fai sa to join in these rites of good fellowship