Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18

he's havin' the hottest time the law allows It'll satisfy
big, red-booded husky like him, where keepn' him
shut up in the hotel lobby would only make him ner-
and ready to jump the traces the first time we
weren't lookin Don't you see?'
"I'm wise said.
DRETTY clever of the Old Sleuth, eh? You would
have thought so if you'd been around Broadway
with Nuggins hour two, like were. Honestly,
one of us had to keep eye him every second he
was so excited everything. He couldn't keep his
ewes off the trolley cars the store windows, the
people, and it just made him gasp
"Mv goodness gracious!" he said, when stood at
the corner of 34th street. @But amt this wonderful
never heard tell of the likes of it in all my life
4Its quite place, my boy" said.
@And at night! Gee! it must be awful gay!' he said.
Il spose you're dyin' to get peek at it then?' put
in Old Sleuth, wnking at me.
Il should say l ami" said Muggns. u should just
say sou
Old Seuth poked in the ribs and whispered "See?
He's got the fever bad. We've got to watch him.
We played Brooklyn that afternoon, the first of three
games, and Big Jim patched up enough to pitch,
Hartgan holding the game pretty safe, even with
cripple. We won, all right; and it good thing,
the Cubs being Boston for series before coming
on to battle with for the lead, and easily winning
from the Braves Having good lead in the seventh,
we put Muggins in. And he certainly made good, the
Dodgers getting hit off him. and being scared to
death with his speed before he'd sent of them to the
bench. Hartgan tickled to beat the band, and
naturally Old Sleuth was.
well pitch him part of every game till the Cubs
get here" said Hartigan, "and in the meantime you
keep your eye skinned to nobody gets to him or he
doesn't break loose and make fool of himself. The
way he watching the crowd today it kind of hit me
that he's got the fever to get out and see things little
@You see said Old Seuth to me- "The Old Man got
Muggins sized up just like you and did. We've got
our job guess we'd better start him on his mad
career tonight he'll bust and spill the beans"
"All right, said Il thinking of writing few
letters and going to bed early, though
DUTY before pleasure" said Old Seuth "Pm not
feen' so sporty myself; but we've got to give Muggns
whirl round town, just to keep him from zzn Let's
start him with little dinner
Maybe, though l said, "the boy don't feel like
spreading out tonight.
@Maybe duck don't feel like swmmin'!' said Old
Seuth @Why on the bench today he askin
where the Hippodrome was, and if it true about
those roof gardens where people danced the tango all
night long Also he wanted know if fifty cents would
buy him real fancy supper at Rector and thought
the suit bought him yesterday was swell enough to
be seen in Broadway after dark. Oh. no, you
couldn't him out where the lights shine bright"
@Well then, let's go to it, | agreed
60 went home to my boarding house and dolled up
~ nv prettiest and hurried to the hotel where
Old Sleuth had planted the Cranberry Wonder for
few days till he could pick him out nice permanent
place to stay. They waiting for me- Old Seuth
not having let Muggins of his sight minute for
fear some of the Tenderlon bunch would get hold of
him, it already being known who he was.
We started off with dinner at Rector's; the club
standing for all the expense of course, since Hartigan
was naturally in the scheme. I'd have given any
thing for snapshot of Muggns while were in there.
He didn't say MUCH but the way he looked at the pretty
women in their fine Clothes and the dudes with them
and the band and all! And when few couples got out
on the floor among the tables and began dancing-wel