The Duluth rip-saw., 1920-03-06
NOTORIOUS BLIND-PICCER
IS THROWING MONEY AWAY
Beau Brumme Of Bingoland Nurses Hopeless Passion for
Fair Nora-Madam Burnside Follows Lege Lord and
Gets Rudely Tumbled Down Stairs By Midget Rival
Underworld Sports Raise Cain in Burnside Bngo Parors,
Greatly to Damage Of Plate Glass Windows Booze Bus
mess Helped Along By Petticoat of Many Pockets

Some fear that Col. Ulysses J. Burn
side, sometimes called "Daddy JIM, is
literally going bughouse. Others, how
ever, believe that he merely is trying
to make Rome howl once more before
he again goes broke.
After the last Rip-saw came out,
there was trouble in the Burnside
home. Hearing that he had been given
high publicity, "Daddy Jim" donned
his pajamas to 90 to a nearby house to
see what the Great Family Journal had
to say about his neglect of Madam
Burnside and his adoption of Nora
Burton as the "Burnside Baby"
Madam Burnside, scantily clad, hast
ened after her recreant lord. Not swal-
lowing the story to the effect that the
Colonel was not there, a wrangle fol-
lowed and Madam was tumbled down a
flight Of stairs.
Just what followed after that is not
clear to the Rip-saw, but a general
mixup took place at the Burnside bin
60 parlors. Nora Burton is credited
with using Madam Burnside roughly. It
must have been so for, after the rum
pus, Nora's shoes were destitute of
heels and her hands were cut and
bleeding.
In some way, too, the big plate glass
windows in the bingo parlors were
broken out. How or by whom is uncer-
tain. One story has it that Madam and
Colonel Burnside did it themselves by
throwing tobacco cutter back and
forth at each other through the big
plate glass windows. Anyway, it was
necessary to board up the windows un-
til new glass could be installed. That
made it impossible to see the big Am.
erican flag which the patriotic Burn
side keeps hanging in the windows.
In the meantime, the insurance COM
pany is carefully investigating the
cause of the accident before paying for
the breakage.
The previous issue of the Rip-saw
told how Col. Burnside had paid the
mortgage on Nora Burton's pigeon
farm, purchased her much glad raiment
and taken her into his innermost af-
fections.
After Nora Burton s recent arrest
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on an old charge of soliciting for i'm.
moral purposes, Col. Burnside sought
to assuage her sorrow by taking her to
the New Garrick theater in Duluth ia
see the movies.
While Nora was enjoying the screen
! dramas, "Daddy Jim" fell asleep and
he not only snored in his sleep, but he
talked about his "baby,' also. 1t at
tracted much attention and caused
much merriment on the part of those
nearby. Madam Burton, however, was
greatly embarrassed and she tried to
make out, by her manner, that she did
not know and was not with the snoring
Colonel.
Aside from young Burton, there is a
really and truly keeper to the key OF
Nora's favor and affections. That puts
"Daddy Jim" about third in the race
although he is wild to stand first. They
do say down there in Bingoland thai
"Daddy Jim' Burnside is nearly crazy
over the small, fair but frail creature
He calls her up over the telephone. HI
throws kisses to her through the win
dow. He keeps mailing her checks. HI