El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-01-20
CHIMNIE" Tells
HIS LIFE STORY
An Interesting Narrative, in
Bowery Slang, by "the
King of Newsboys.
CONTINUED From Page One).

game in de pen. You can get any llHs
you want in dat dump
one dav was standing on the corner
of Bowery and Cherry Hill wild Mickey
Mcbride, 4 pal O. mine, when sholl
(girll wild her mudder gets out OF q
carriage and comes up TO Mickey ana
says Arc youse Chimmie McFadden!
Mickey gives her one of dose goo-Soo
eyes and saws. IT should say not!
'sVvhere can find Chimmie?' she says.
Wen. Mickey sticks his paw out TO me
and Eargles: Did you see dat Bag
guy holdin' dat telephone post up over
dere? Well, OATS him" Then she
comes over and claps her hands ana
den pipes out Wild a little voice IKE
canary: Are youse Chifnmie Mct ap-
den?" Sure" 7 pipes back "Oh,' she
SAYS 81 am delighted to see youse!
Youse don't look as bad as dey say
YOU looks. What ten. says T.
what did youse say" she says. Nut
tim" says L ooh. I tout youse sayd
something" she says. mo, 1 was just
sneezing To-day"
Den She comes up close to me and
looks into me eyes and geei she had de
''Chimmie McFadden,' she says. DO
vouse go to Sunday school, sure
You believe in de bible? Sure
You amt as bad as dey say you are,
are youg' "Nawr" Den I got busy
wild me mitts. I opened her pocket
book and dipped all she had. Den she
SAYS: well. Chimmie, / got to be
goin-I hope 7 see you again Mickey
saw me taking de dough out OF a l3r
pocketbook. and wild his hand over. his
heart, and wild his hat in de udder han,
he bowed like one of dose docks and
said: 'Loidy, so do We
De next day she comes back, and
when I seen her I started beatin it up
de street. I fought ] was going to get
pinched, but muffin like it. What ten
is the matter nOw?' I pipes. And she
I puts her arm around me shoulder and
says: "Chimmie, amt you ashamed
| of yourself. a great big guy like you
stealing a little girls money! Den I
says: GO on and pinch me. den Den
she comes back wild dis; Why ain [
goin' to have youse arrested and den
she started TO bawl me out and after
dat I got right sloppy. Mickey said II
I got any worse dat he would had TO
get a pair of rubber boots. it was get
tin so rainy around dat corner
Well. she told me she wanted to help
me out but I didn't fall for it. but she
, KEEP on comm down to see me every
once in awhile for a couple of years
and den one day she says; "Chames, l
want you to go to de y. NJ c. a. ana
get a bucket membership card"
what? me? I should say not. Deys
/ got too many sissies N at dat Joint Tor
me" why they amt sissies, she
says. "Oof!' says Mickey. why, loidy,
] can lick any guy dey. got in dat
ID.
! 20, Chimmie and Mickey, please go TO
! de Y N. c, Arrest dis once, and If
youse don't like 1t yOUse don't have 10
go again" Well, Mickey says: Come
ON, Chimmie, OATS fair enough-lets
/ see what dey got up dere."
Den she took us UP to de Y. NJ C. A.
and knocked me down to de secretory,
den to the udder guys. but didn't
I like it. a lot Of de guys was lookin
/ at me like / was Just out O. cold stOr-
] q fnemffnnffgr mines
, out: rs dat Chimmie McFadden?
( sure ting says anudder guy w ell
/ he don't look so bad SAYS some pm
! headed gink. Well, dat makes me sore
so I starts spittin' tobacco juice all
I over de floor, just to show how bad /
J was. Well. a little guy about 10
/ pounds came up and tapped me on de
shoulder and said: "Chimmie, I want
youse to stop spittin' on de floor
! who is goin' to make meg says i,
/ and de guy says II am" Den Mickey
/ says: Say, DO. who's goiu' to help
( your And the little gink came back
and said Nobody"
] Well, he tried to get me to stop
spittin. but 7 wouldn't do it, den dis
( little lightweight pipes out: Chin
! ME, I'll make youse a proposition
what tell is dat?' I pipes. We'll,
! Wen go in the gymnasium and put on
I de bexin' gloves and if 1 beat you
I fightin' you got to cut out spittin' on
| de floor. and IL youse beat me you can
/ spit all you want to-" you're on,
I says I, so we starts gOin' into de GYM
nasium, so as I passes de secretary
| says: Say, mister, do youse like dis
| little sissy boy?H Sure" says he.
! We'll den" says l. "if yOuse do. youse
better keep him out O. dat gymnasium
I cause when I gets troo wild him he is
sure goin' to de undertaken" But the
secretary jus smiled and said: Oats
all right. Chimmie, give him a whip
ping" Geei But felt sorry for dis
little guy, and I says to 'em: Say
guy. I likes your noiye but Ise got to
give youse a beatin'." And den we put
on de gloves. You see, 7 didn't know
den dat dis little shrimp was de physi-
cal boss of de Y. NJ. c. A.
Oh me, oh my; I've taken q good
many beatin's in my time and I fought
| I knew how to box! Butii never saw
so many gloves comm from one direc-
tion in all me life. He breaks my nose
| knocks me teeth out and blackens me
eye and den to make sure of il he
| knocks me out, When I came bach
| from de clouds countin' de stars
! looks up at dis little guy and says
I SAY, what do youse call dat stuff?
! Science he says. Den says: DO
don't know what dat stuff is. but be
| lieve me dat sOitnly is some stuff,
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