The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-02-22
Big Bill Higgins Mike Casey dskiveed tn back v tn
hall in what looked like raterna rough tumble fight

case iv TIL spring halt liver obsarved in human
bein',' says l. Anybody can do these new
dances that has a snse iv rthum,' says he An
no sinse iv propriety' says l. Come home, says
l. But I lost him at caffy down tn sthreet
4" don't want ye to think I'm agin dancin,
Hinnissy In tn days iv me youth whin me fut
was as light as tn down on tn peach an me
phottygraft was carried in NANNY a goolden
locket, there no more intrepid performer
thin mesilf at TIL parties iv tn Roscommon Men.
Just to show ye how graceful | was, let me tell
ye that TIL buidn department frbid me to dance
in Finucane's hall till they shored up tn walls.
But dancin' in thin days was vigorous spoort.
Twas like kckin' imagin'ry futball an Jump
in on TIL chist iv an imagin'ry foe. No wan
thought v talin' holt iv his pardner. If he did
he'd be llble to get wipe over tn eye firm
hand like a lily, or maybe wan like bokay iv
tiger lilies, be goodness. An if he escaped tn
lady's big brother wud be waitn outside fr him
at tn corner siv tn alley. / wud no more have
thought iv askin' help v lady in dance thin
| wud iv thrown' tn hammer. We jumped lords
our pardner till we were in hailin' distance an
thin jumped back, an whin tn band was ex-
hausted tn ladies wint to tn other ladies in tn
side seats an tn gintemen jined tn other gintle
men in tn Dutchmans downstairs. O. tn JOY
Gus times | had an tn hwy | caused an tn
gr-reat noise / made an TIL pounds an pounds
lost.
" Thin tn waltz come along an | thried it,
but twas too Eliminate, an afther I'd left a good
Bertillon description v mesf on nanny slender
waist an til rumor got goin' that was wurrukin'
on commission FIR tn chropodst on tn corner,
l retired an took up conversation as me socyal
gift So whin Hogan asst me to go around to
his house f'r supper tn other night | wint pre-
pared to poor foorth sthream iv goolden ilo-
ounce that wud dazzle tn ladies an dhrown all
competition firm tn males. 1t was pleasant
made-up >party-Clancy an his wife, Harrgan
an his wife, Felix Schwartzmeister an frau, an
Tom Anderson, tn bridge tender-a old frinds,
or old anyhow. Says to mesilf' This is all
right Here is group that has got to an in
tellechool age where | can talk thin down.
says I.
"Wel sir, l had no more thin finished tn
first coorsc an was waitn fr second hepin',
an was about ready to give me opnyon on the
currency bill befure anybody ast me something
hard thin hand organ outside sthruck up a
chune an me auj ence melted away. TIL first to
be attacked was Anderson. | see mad CLINT
come into his eyes an without waitn to take tn
napkin firm his neck he made feerocyous at
tack on Augusta Schwartzmeister. TIL way he
threated that poor de6nceess Bavaryan lady
makes me blood cold to think iv it. He
dragged her firm TIL chair an out on tn fure.
She was too frightened to make an outcry an
too healthy to faint, but she offered desprit re-
sistance She thried to wrigge out iv his clutch,
she took holt iv his waist an attimpted to throw
him, she thred to thrip him. But Anderson had
all tn strength an cunning iv maniac an she