The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-10

Keep to il, kid" he went on. "you'll
git licked yourself more'n once. but don't
let the other fellow git away VIII it,
Pete didn't know what his father
meant but he made mp his mind that If
he got licked the other fellow would
get licked too. and 80 the Toad Owed
into the whirlpool. and being a toad. for
a time he kept abreast Of the swirl OF
the waters but the yawning depths below
stared at him and menaccd him always.
Years passed. Tho Toad dd not grow
up 10 DE a sissy" instead he became
the terror Of the ncghb<hood At II
he WAS sent 10 Elmira for two years
for beating mp boy So badly that the
boys life Was despaired of. Hardly
out Of that institution. he landed in
another one. and when he GOt on, this
time he decided to reform. bat reforma-
tiun * difficult process in Hcll's
Kitchen, and II was but natural with
his record, that the Toad should become
the leader Of the gang IN his neichbor-
hood. HIS father Took a peculiar sort
Of pride IN him. buJ the mother. an well.
the poor mothtrS--thrir hearts are often
heavy, but they have to ga on. keeping
the tenement rooms clean. getting tn r
mems meals ana raising their children
as best they can. ana they have no time
to Weep What if "A tear does fan into
the Corncd beef and cabbage? What IL
Sigh ESCAPES them during the long
weary hours Of their toll? There's salt
H. the corned beef There's "A sigh IN
the air.
As for the ganE--thoy didn't start out
to rob and murder They hogan rs a
social club. hut 'h"rr are rival gangs.
and there are sure to lee tights; they he-
gin innocently enough, but they begin.
and the feud is kept up ana fists he
come powerless when the enemy holds a
gun In his hands. The Toad and his
gang sought an equal method of de-
fence. fists for iists-a gun for gun,
but the Toad managed to keep out of
trouble. and he got n job down town"
as packer and he got $40 week for
his work, and what he made extra
shooting craps and frequcnting the l,nol
parlors, ana he never lost, for no one
yer got into an argument with the
Toad And So NJ lcasj IN" pinch of poV-
'r,y was removed from the family, and
With the Toad's two brothers working
md earning 81 and 81 a week r.spec-
lively. the Lynches were able to move
MO better apartment in "A better To-
'ality, hut the tenement habit clings and
hey moved a little up the street where
h" rooms had boilers in them and
where there We're letter boxes in the
rstibules.
Right across from their new home
wed Mary otallahan with her parents
nd sisters and brothers. bCallahan's
Name they called her, and uudisputcd
he reigncd, belle az the ncighborhood
vi the lads IN the viz 'ply paid court To
YER and took her for ;rulley rides and
- movies" and ON sundays they con-
Sidercd themselves fortunate il Name
you'd go with any one OF them to Coney
sland or any of the dozens Of places of
amusement that the great city afforded.
\ popular girl indeed was Name, Old
Pat Leary. who KEEP; IA little stationery
store on lhe ground floor Of the house
She lived in, used to say that her eyes
had "a bit aN the blue skies of Erin in
them and that her hair had "a CLINT Of
the sun that hung over the hills of XII
larney." and he knew, for he had seen
them come and 20 and many We're the
tales he might have told
Name worked In shlr,waist fac
tory and earned from S. 10 $40 a week.
, but her father had u city job" SO that