Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-16
DIPPING IN WITH CHANNY
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When he was full of suds old man kreiger
was some scrapper too. So was the old lady.
1t was rough on the kids. Many night my
sister took EN- in to keep EN- from bein'
beat up
"Ah, but what can you expect says
Chandler, with such dssolute parents:
Neither of them living, | understand
Swiftly shakes his head. "The old woman
didn't come back after her last trip to the
year or two before. He lasted longer than
most of them refinery hands does"
Just what do you mean by that asks
Chandler.
@Ah-r-r-r, amt you never seen EN- sweat
in one of them big sugar refneries?a says
Swiftly. "Then you ought to take a peek
once, -workin' half naked, with the heat up
to one hundred and twenty, and the cans
goin and comm steady from the beer Joints
opposite Less'n dollar n half day,
some of EN- gets too. and if they don't drop
in their tracks inside of five years they're
lucky. Old kreiger lasted near ten. and
raised family of kids on what didn't 60 into
the can. There's one of the lot, Oscar
Three was girls. Minis married Poor
truck she is too. Maggie was the decentest
one of the whole bunch. Workin' in some
big store she was, last | knew. Hey, Weasel,
where's Maggie now
~Ah, say, watts Maggie got to do with
this?' snaps Mr.. kreiger. YOU keep your
tongue off m herr
4 thought So says Swiftly, givin' US a
KNOWN look "She had paint enough on
her face the last saw. That makes two
of EN-
"Yah, wat do l care?- observes Brother
Oscar. "Better'n tryin' to live on FIVE a
week, amt it?r
l sees Chandler sort of shiver.
another case of sweatshop recruits. eh?'
says l. @But father worlin' in a sugar re-
fnery don't give EN- much of start, does
it,
And Just then notices how Chandler
seems to sober down all of sudden. "Par-
don me, says he, husky like, "but II want
to ask, Kreger, which refinery it was that
his-well, which one?'
Oscar supplies the name and location
"You-you'Ie certaino" says Chandler,
actin as if he was swallowin' something
hard, 4And you, Swiftly
That's the one says Swiftly. @It's run
min yet
eyes, yes, know" says Chandler. sAnd
now-er-well, come along, Kreiger. We
must be getting you settled
@Ah, cheer up and light cigarette first
says |. Here's match
AND you know how easy it is to set cga-
"A rette destroyer feelin' for his supply
box, or for the makin's Chambers fingers
slip mechanical into his left vest pocket, and
then a blank, puzzled look comes over his
face. He explores his other pockets, with
no result.
@Never mind" says l. "Guess it must
have been n1islaid. And wa you wearin'
pearl stickpin when you came in too?"
"Why-er- ah-" says he, as he fingers
his necktie foolish
Singular, amt it, goes on, show mys-
terious such things can disappear when
hey, nab him, Swiftly. Block him off,
Swiftly was about to turn the trick too,
even if the Weasel was maxim one of his ia
nous getaway moves by takin' runnin'
dive through Swiftys legs. Yes, that long
reach of Swifty's was about to connect with
Mr.. Kreigers collar, when the unexpected
happens. ]. Chandler does some sudden
reachin himself, and the next thing | see is
Swiftly Joe bein' fired back over a chair.
Followin' that comes the spectacle of Chand
Ter holdin' open the office door and Mr..
Kreiger scuttlin through it like rat goin'
for his hole The door is barred until he's
we'll on his way too.
"Beg pardon says J. Chandler dignifed,
"but if I've lost any trlnkets the loss con-
Germs me alone.
3Don't mention If SAYS T "XOu re well