The sun., 1916-12-17
n WYNKLEHAWK.

I am the torn place in an overcoat-
a ruinous mean little tear. an angular
discrimination Of continuity. I am q
winklehgwk.
A winklehawk is . thing Of interest
to the makers and wearers Of clothes:
material especially for the metaphysi-
clans. Is a hole a thing?
The coat Is an o%vercoat, q proud
and distinguished garment. Before I
began, It was; and had II never been.
, what were /? Before II attained coat
hood 1t was wool on an old. proud,
wicked ram. the patriarch-O Norval!
of a flock of Grampian grazers. Was
I embryonic in his fleece? II have
dim consciousness Of a former exist
ence.) In the tangled chaos Of wool
were my form and being predestined
and for%eordained?
The coat made work: work for the
shepherd. work for the shearer. for
the toilers in the woollen mill and the
tailor's shop. work for many middle
man hands before 1t found its place
In the scheme Of things. 1t was proud.
because OF its origin. and the tariff
paid on 1t. and the work II made in
the world. And the man who wore 1t
was well satisfied with life. and with
himself-also, with the coat. What he
thinks of me. that's another story.
Now that the coat has a tear in it
but stay: since the clothes surgeons
needle has closed the wound, am I as
a winklehawk still existent? Loquor.
ergo sum-! There Is plenty Of wear
left in the coat. but It will no longer
do for Its first owner.
But to my story: We were on our
way home after a pretty bad day in
the Street, when up there came a poor
shivering fellow, carrying sheets Of tin.
He lodged and We dodged-but a cruel
corner Of the tin caught in the goods,
and-I came into visible being.
The coa man was angry. The tin
manwas scared. My man was eloquent.
too; unquotably. His quick words
were sharper than the tin. They made
a wors cash in the tin carrier than
the tin had made in the coat. And I
am no negligibility of n w~inklehawk
either.
Nobody carries sheets OF tin In the
street for fun.
1t was not that mans fault. 1t was
not my IA fault. 1t was the fault
Of a little mischievous breeze that
caught The o skirt. blew 10 nut and
pressed it firmly against the sharp cor
ner Of the tin.
Well. my mar said TO his wife that
evening: ~ muddlcheaded fool cut
my coat with tin, who are YOU
said land / said other things too.
but never midland who do you work
for" lie told me. l called up his
boss. and ] hope they fire him-the
boob, tearing peoples clothes. Why.
the coats ruined. and It'll cost me a
weeks drinks and smokes to get a new
one.-Well. Of curse 1 don't really
hope they fire him, but"
Hanging here In the closet. 7, the
Winklehawk, wonder: Did that fell
low 30 home and say: Wife, life is
hell. My boss sends me out with ten
tin sheets. heavy. Just not too big 20
get an arm over: and a big. crushing
looking fellow. Broad-and-W Wall a..
over. comes staggering up like he
owned the street since II was a Dutch
I WV 'ttu, ~ bl' anu tIls
wind blew his coat. and Il tore-zip.-
on the tin. lie asked me who I was,
and ! was half paralyzed. numb with
cold and not much of a lunch in me.
and / told him. And he's the kind. I
could tell by the heavy fowl of him,
I'D ask a mans boss to fire him FOR
less. And tho five kids. half dressed
and half fed. But say. It's too damn
bad that coat. 'twerc n beauty,
I've an eye for such goods. you re-
member the fine job IN the old country,
before we came over the water-why
mebhc / handled that wool year be-
fore last. And say. girl. the price q
that a 'ud pay our rent for a
month. and put shoes on the kiddies'
feet-hut he'll. WHAT'S the use. I've
got more excuse n the boss had to send
me out with q load like that-and
such coats all about"
Wei. say-it's me. tie w.nklchaNk
again--now that my mans wife has
had me patched GU of existence III
you choose 10 take that view " IL
I'll Just bet you three stitches evens
that mighty few more ~overcoats II
he bought and sold before she doe.
sends IL along 20 the address tho tir
mar gave!
And ! can just hear him say: Lord
here ! was working for myself a. the
time
Iiut SAYS a winklehawk a Wrinkle
hawk after YOU sew him up?