Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-09-07
By Stephen French Whitman


An I'm pinhead O. the Asiastic Squadron An
dragsn' his heels. he takes his Jap lady away wit
him.
Georges tattooin' was the talk o. the ship next
mornin. 1t was just settin' painful an George
look For ten cents Amurican money 1 think George
would a chucked himself overheard
Patrick KNOWN the particulars, says
day:
worryin it. vury queer at times an goes
around mutt rim to himself He's a wild eve You'd
best out
Cut what out?' says I, vury indignant prop
eriy So What am doin now? 1
Professor McManus Did make him that Kobe
Jap? No; a donkey engine couldn't a held him back
An that Amt all. When these picturesque guys get
unker1n wit themselves they let up. He'll go
on u himself now he's got the habit Wait till
az Nansasawki you'll seq We 0 Kobe then.
an runnin' south.
George sot OF huntin' up an gon' into
mournn' to about himself It was all about the
tattoo lady. havin' an erect on the shin too
no says Billy Spratt-you know religious he is
ne says the other day wasn't there way tonin
1t down an maxim it less says thinks
1t almost amt just nice: nearly there was
ladies' concealed abroad-Hcaven help us-
tie Gsorsa'
Don't talk So he twistn' his fingers into
his hair How you. Shorty You know there's
notn,n moren take over this is there nowr
we came to Nangasawki presently an It fell that
George had liberty pay day. saw him through
the sun-deck ports. leavn' the side the launch
BY tns classy eyes him the way he adgeted
knew says to Patrick subsequently. ford
turret
"'or George the woak-of-Art is gone ashore to do
1t again
Shorty. enough Is plenty. I can't believe you
amt liar Patrick, WITT his customary decaoy
All right says. But IL he amt made a
show OF himself by tonight trytn to improve his looks.
I'll take You up to that Risin Sun teatouse hill
an ruin your hnn's. Why. George couldn't stop now
no moren you could stop smokn- It's q turrble habit
creepy to contemplate. amt it? Vanity does it Get
down an thank Gawd. Patrick, look like q horse
Well that night didn't wait for George to hunt
me- found him on tho gun-deck sttn' the sill
o the once He quite peaked He says .
vaFy subdNed voice. seein
:" I've had q heart-breakin' day. Shorty
What doinr I asst him. . jolly way.
csnt you suess7 he says. looking like he wanted
Not been to more tattooersr I shouts. steppin
back IN extreme surprise
'Tss. Shorty. hsve' he says. didn't want ID.
but somehow I couldn't keep away. It dreadful.
tzyin' not 70 do It; but couldn't stand that
incasrnlnatin Jap ngger minuts longer I've had
self done over At least, I'm not sugscstf any more
Lets see,' I says an motions Patrick. wit
hand oshind back. to get wise. He wiz
Ha<ah an Quinn an Lacas-"
mot forsettin Willie spratt, tho Censor"
interrupted Patrick.
An apratt, yet to give it tone. George baked
at the crowd bat joshed him into bein NICE He
pulls hfs ovsfshot carefully up over his head It
wasn't vury light there.
:" Well says, we dude, since when ye
weaxiu' that blue underwear?
That amt underwear, be answered wit
treu1hdin'. that's tattoon'.'
t0swd groans the bunch man.
bags1n' at tho knees
"lseorgs was tattooed solid IKE he had on a sleeve.
less shot, W. dragons snakes reptyles
tied into haa1httces maxim faces O. bowknots
nt . dslAtxm An this effeck shaded
on tho arms. most artistcny wit little snakes.
taperin down caterpillar size an finally just bug
here an there to OF the decoration never saw
anything Nike 1t. anywhere. not Jap hreman's
back, an mono O. the rest did either
1t took all six O. them tsttooers all day to do IT,
auGvsRs George from the sill where he'd sat down
again Ia heap got scared when they began to
got that interested up It they wouldn't
take no for an answer: They KEEP sweaTin thersd DO
nothin else like tt
There amt says. Says Patrick:
~ seen Red-eyed Coggins yonder under survei
lance Just back Better not let him
those nonsters George: he'll into spasms. He's
sesin things In q quiet way He thought me hair
was ahre just now
"1t gives me the creeps,' says Harah. You look
lnEs . tenprance lecturers pitcher Of drop o beer
magnned thousand times. Excuse me II 60. George!
/ like Q swallow then; don't want me appe-
lite scared away.
.Ize went away. an the wit him. unable to
and wotds went. too. for was holt to think how
he'd snakes. been all for naval battles
So LETT George all alone. the office sill. among
his rspeylss."
He stopped with an fnality Shorty has.
know. wsL his own infrangble about a climax.
AN hs never KNEW. said Patrick. who disregarded
oshnaxes
TIN long AFTER" corrected Shorty. 'swasns
him found it then don't guess. think It was
tha goa put him himself"
"Ah, that giri?' :.
sss s sen olga
"He maxim good money enough Tor FANNY.
when I Barnum's. On platform
Photos twenty-f cents in line along the front
feuxe orr
exhibit ,eadies an. gents .s ehants ss Pat
twas SHORTY Get him up In his perfesson:,
AN how uAgratef1I how how-Psst! Ihere iookin
In at tho door, In blue. Wit the little mask on!
Prom the ban upstairs, coQuette" drawied Pat
rick lying and feeling for fresh cigar The
pr1tty ones don't wear em, do they. sor?"
mo? Ss1rpose," cried Shorty. beaming though
with sudden inspiration suppose patronize an see?
rected by kind. blond sentinel of we found
around the corner small. nocturnal shop goods,
procured three amazing noses BEHIND these
previous introduction. won Queen OF Hearts out
Of hedge OF frowning young men an coars ano COW
And Patrick. from wHrlng spangied walt att
siren Of dissruntled rivals mutering at his
extraneous love and war 6or war followed ineyl,
against heavy Odds like Ulysses and Teemachus among