| Show FOUND lONG GREEN GREENS GREENo S o Big Wallet Vallet Was Yas Full of Big Bigi l i Bills BilTs I I t BUT AW WERE BOGUS BOGIS BOGUSI I AND AliD SHORTY rOST A NEW N j NEAL MEAL NEALA MEALA A H Vac ti n and u d S What What Came C mO me of ft tt Came Across Across a Pocketbook Dropped P pp d dBy By Two Counterfeiter iter Pals Comrades a Swell Dinner ner s j Chicago Chlo go Inter Ocean Oce n j i Well Wall Shorty said the deputy war warden wardeh warden den deh as he arid and the head were ware sorting the washing which had bad just come up from the prison laundry la you OU I go out this morning but I 1110 hope e ouli be back tomorrow for your New Mew N w Years dinner Its going to be a good good one onea one onea on ona a bug big tin Un of oyster SOUP a half h a chick chicken en two oranges orang two two apples pp es and a shovel shoel full full of nuts and raisins for tor every everyman everyman man Jac Jae Now what hat do di you jou think Ill be up up pon on the first load sir air an all answered steered Shorty thoughtfully assigning an unmatched pair pai of underclothes to toa toa toa a dago on the top tier I dont quite see how youre going g to do it the deputy went we t on you know the old man will lock you Jou up If I you jou come com in groggy Niver fear sir this wont be no drunk and disorderly this time Ume ex cx explained explained Shorty By walking to S U S I can myself m gelf a constable frind glad enough so he Is to git the fer ler me In mt Ill IU be on hand all right fey Jer de le grub and without t a drop in me skin V ery w well n t then en BUl sahl th I I with a tt some mysterious rious dark well wl il l let t the Wie sheets go until day dar after alter tomor tumor row ron Being a man nina of standing in the pris on Shorty Short did lid not trot march out with the line lino of or discharged iren rr n but after haughtily viewing g the disheveled ranks I and bestowing sonic some ne caustic advice on the disconsolate dJ bums bum who vho had so mis calculated their time he vent sent ent into the I bath room once more more to assume as ume the garb of nf a free born citizen 1 Shorty paused in the office just long enough to pass some come jocose remarks sith the clerk to the effect that he I bother to get his hie out of the safe and for matter mattero of or that he might sell them for tor the of the so he could and then he ho I I proceeded out into the open For a few Cew moments with that habit so common t 0 o discharged convicts he I I hung around outside gazing critical ly 13 upon the wall as if he could tell something if he chose abut Its weak points and waving ills 1118 hand h condo conde to the convalescents who being allowed to tc take their exercise up and down the the galleries were er peer lag ing eagerly through the high hl windows Then with another convict habit equal ly l o strong he h crossed to the Ball and Chain Chan th inevitable e saloon which is civilizations nearest n aret outpost to a Shorty Short Mak Si a Find Refreshed and In fut d Shorty started on his hi way wa to Qs S a village about ten miles distant dist nt Shorty reach ed eti the village about abo t the middle of the he afternoon and anti ou sought ht friend trie the constable Here disappointment was eL in I store for him The m man n was at a see Ses slon ston of the United Halted States Stath Staf s district court in an Interior city and anti might not net notre re tOe I turn until after the holidays r while the the squire had taken a vacation and gone to town to recuperate Shorty began to retrace his steps d wondering what he be should do For the first time In many months he had left the prison penniless his I latest term having haYing been only ten days d s and the local Joc lI money market unusually j stringent Food and shelter were of I little account a count so long Jong as he could beg more than he needed and sleep leep like the dead under a shed or a bank but the remembrance of his pledge to the dep uty troubled him 4 i I i i I 1 j I i I i i I i Then Shorty recalled how time time be fore last when he came out through a series of 01 remarkable events he had be come possessed first of a rale dt di mond and then of or the money result res lt Ing from Its pawning and how in an excess of good resolutions r he h paid over the dame me to Con OReilly ORelli keeper of a sailors boarding house hou with the un unI that such payment pame mad In ad Vance would enable him to eat eat drink and be merry meriT for the winter but bitt lad bad ad fulfilled his trust ny cy t first getting him crazy drunk and amI then exerting his pull to have haE him sent up for sixty days the same being in full of 1 all sums received So now no it seemed S to Shorty that OReilly Oneill for the sake ake of this old time tims tim might be willing to help I 1 him in his distress l I It was dark when Shorty reached rached the i city and was proceeding down a street i lined with warehouses to the alley j where Con Corn free and easy I was situated s This street was deserted i and ami gloomy for tor business had elo closed ed j early anti and the th electric lights had not yet Hashed up As he approached a cor ner ncr there was the first faint patter of rapid steps and then two men came swinging around at a great n pac c ef and swept by b and out of sight In an In stant j I f muttered Shorty from irom S havin un qu end anti the tb way they looked back Well I hopes they the I git away awny r I Evidently wish was a potent one onea there no idan ign or of pursuit So en ed Shorty his han a In an his rackets fI bitt stubby form bobbing from 1 a EI I to io sIde de as he be west went He W d the th walk over The th two t men had dashed and ju jc t then en the I ht on n the cirner t glared 5 arty t down hort irae tr d a Sudden ud eh a swoop and Shea en tl thrust threat into Int Ma hig jumper a fat Cat wallet which haid d lain la n on tile flagging Surprise For Con On walked Shorty hugging hits his sides u UI si n he le f rne Oe fc f fu an with ith a lamp temp in front of it It Looking forward and back to be sure iso 10 pe e of I wee watching he darted dart in and I in his prize kits his eyes e oJ Backing I out as sit If about ab ut to Jo leave their sockets i forever eer Gee G G Gee r Ga Ces he muttered fly fivers ers ens by the a and d they Int aint in It needer Heres H res a roll fall of fit ties heres a strad of Say Sa a comin over oyer me I hopes I aint Fu Fua t t I strikes strike a dimond ring Und had then when I gits glis out of or f that blow ine me me if a aee ee fortun aint trun run down O at my wery m feet Well Wen there Is times ahead sartin WIlt Will I go SO back baek to 10 the pen and anti give gi out ut them 1 for lot the deputy Am I off my nut I Iray ray thus guess gue not Whoop de do doodle don Joo oo Having HaIns awakened ne unusual 1 echoes 8 commercial roofs Shorty t back the pocketbook Jno I the recesses rece of or his jumper and proceeded on n Ms is way rejoicing Finally he came a crim doorway where a burly with a a cigar In one cor cot corner corner cottier ner tier of Ms his leaned in his hi shirt No udon u nt t sold said Con OReilly at first g glimpse mp e You keep away from fr m here bere cr er Ill break brenk your OUr Jaw Dye D e think Im going t to t be run out of or business by b seen mob carrion as you Not Xoi much clear out all right ri t Con said Paid shorty quietly quie ly it Jt f its the bIlk JIlk me meon nt meon on boord dont let that bother you I ant aint ain t A It up agin you Ou and I dont donOt have to Come into tile the ikle ide Ide room see whether I cant buy buyout out your t 7 i huH 00 g with it h bu ou Into int th e boj b Sn w b a suspicions growl as if he he 1 feared f ed souse some appeal might be made to him aeter all Jon Con led the way through a narrow hall hail into a little room connected with wilt the bar Well Well said saidI I he be what Is ie it if its Ks any thin Im not notI t top oj up to army antry larries and d sa I t tells YOU straight I Shorty Short seated himself Jf at the further a 8 table brought out the pocket book holding It close do to Ms this breast and andI iod ed tin its bulging com ts I Look at and at that and anti at that no now floss w said id he and see whether If I Ia wants a house bou on the I needs to hang it k up Lard Shorty Wh whispered Con berating forward t with eager ea his red r d neck all swollen from the ny shy of speaking low and aini amt have bI you U connie come on the turf after all I S allus sty aay as how jiow tho a man ama of your talons talOU bad had no rio license to ro be a lowdown panhandler Well you 1 u did dW touch it up to omit onet for fair your lay JeY my laddy Ind y buck Io Iv it sn on the In Inside Inside inside side or on m UKI tnt out You kin trust me you know Lard when I think of the pile of swag Ive handled for ose the bolts boye bo 3 me Un down plate and off of the Uhe ie supers and sparklers to ro cr or and never morn norn a r dragoff I feel reel Ive re for the good of man alan mankind kind Now I jest put that roll in the Ithe safe rafe for tor the night 1 Change Oh In Sentiments hN N Not t H on your Our life replied Shorty stowing atoning away bin hs treasure I may be dead easy eay Con but you yuu cant work the same name plant twice tice you ou know This burnt child dreads ds your Jour fire and hes gum to todo todo todo do the ee n this time knit Never think it exclaimed Con with witha a complicated oath Shorty the bum was better bett r off in the pig and it was u kindness kindri ss to ship him there but for Shorty the crook the boy that gathers them in by the big bunch I has hIlS the deepest respect and my humble humbIe and so Ill prove it by blow blowin blowin in to a bottle of sham you the I same caine luck Juck agin and with honest Con OReilly to tell you how best to your sugar And Con made as nit if he would go to the bar and bring out the decoction to which he had given so appropriate a name Im not drinkin the night said Shorty with a wave of his hand Ive lv S not got my pipes nines to lay Ins Ia and anI my schames to revolve and what I needs i is sobriety and ind so Nit for yours truly Ill go upstairs and turn In and tomorrow Ill see s you And Shorty straightway betook him himself himself self sell up into the second story to a little space set off with wooden partitions which only reached half way to the ceiling and In which there was a stool and an a canvas bunk hung h ng like a ham nam hammock hammock mock Having Havin bolted the door and put putout putout putout I out the light and placed the tile wallet on ott the stool and then sat upon it he re remained reI remained I I with folded arms and eyes yes e alert 1 until the light shamefaced and andI shrinking stole through the dirty end windows and the sound of groans and I Imprecations from the other hutches told that another day had come comeI I I At 8 on this New Years morning there was a mournful sight In Inthe Inthe inthe the mam main corridor of the prison Un tin Under UnI tinder der the tile direction of the deputy the I men whose terms had just expired most of them old shrunken i and diseased and all of I them the waifs of humanity were dr dUIl up in line to be discharged I With ith their filthy filth rags assumed again this one with a bundle of old umbrellas I las ins that one with a bag hag of paper and anda I a third with a hand organ out from front the heat and shelter and the vision Ision of feasting penniless and soon soon to be hungry they were going on New Ne Years day daV d Ah with what piteous sighs with what envious glances did they take the lockstep for lor the lust last time and shuf shuffle shuffle Ie limp and hobble out through the theoffice office to an unwelcome freedom The convalescents comaJ ran rah around the second se ond gallery to watch w them th m in the street Banquet For Por What are they don poin cried a voice from the flagging Not going over to the Ball and Chain asked SR d another theres thres the price of or a drink in the hull kit Nope came back hack the excited an answer answer answer Blow me if there aint Shorty a a them and after a few words there here he is a marchin the gang down the street like Uke army the atU tl capitol What dye spose he means m ns to do with them This aint election day And for the next hours the prison had a problem which even concentrated convict ingenuity could not satisfactory solve I It was 10 when Shorty with j his ragged contingent arrived at Con I joint Ushering the grin grinning grinning ning array into the barroom he called the th proprietor into the inner sanctuary Dye see them theta boys he asked I Ido Id Ido do d that th t answered Con with a lower lowering ing look at the shivering group around the stove stoe and if they was t friends of yours Jou ouro rs its necked be in about j I two shakes j I j All the samee said Shorty dog I gedly godly Im ago in to give them as asP f P p a spread as the house affords i j All AH the of the season and in iii profusion Outside of ex and sech I wants every man jack to ro have a hull huil two tins of ister later soup a dozen oranges a dozen ap nip apples plea pIes and md a bucket of nuts and rai ral raisins raisins sins and I guess the deputy wont be bein bein bein in it as a I wants bottles of the slickest lush Utah up and down the table on hot bot sides and a kag keg at each end endI I I wants a with a hug hugon on a it stand afore them If you ou know kno i ahny distinguished d farmer of I the pig on the hull hill with more appetite appe ite I than grub I wants them Invited Brace Hence yourself Con and show what you ou kin kini kindo i do when put to your best licks S Do you u want to pay for it now S asked Con Cash Cosh arter delivery Is my rule with you answered 1 Shorty oVin Osin to which shall shaH be nameless Ill have to hit you ou up then them consid considerable considerable erable said the man as alS much as plunks and S Hit and he be damned replied Shorty Shortys so s long as the is chy and keyed ke ed up to Q The Awakening of Shorty There was revelry that night in Con ConOR OR Ulys ball ban with the table a litter of fragments and the floor all aU afloat with beer when the proprietor catoe caine In from the barroom and whis whispered pored something som thing to ro Shorty triumphant In hi the seat of honor Happy Happ Jack Gillespie outside cried horty Show him In man show him himin in lit U Its s a pity If theres hot not a wel welcome welcome we come left for tor the crook in the hull push And a moment later a dapper young youngS fellow fallow with shifty shiny eyes tiptoed S through the mire abd took a place by bythe bythe bythe the hosts h side Con was me Shorty he that you ou made a ten ten strike Well Veil heres wishing you U many ninny and none the less me and Old Bill was ag turned down the night and kem kern within cne of being Hot footed was it said Shorty and how bow did It happen Jack Jacl you continued Happy Jack You see we thought we had hada a hayseed dead to rights for a gold goldbrick goldbrick goldbrick brick We re had told him so 0 many fairies about the stuff wed bought out at Alasky that he asked to see fee our roll at atthe atthe the nex g as us evidence of good I I fait Well Old Bill BiU salted up u a wal seal wallet wallet let to beat the band an we went to j the place agreed when Io lo and behold you OU We ve spied his acom acorn i In with one of the Central station J men and so we see put for It We got gota aw a away y too of course but Old Bill dropped the puss and if it gits gUn into the hands of the secret ret service therell theren be be some comb for Ive never seen a finer lot of the queer got together It would take a nt bank president I f What gasped Shorty turning a dingy white not fivers flyers and anit and fifties MUes and a bunch of as big as your wrist in a red r wallet with steel i r J I fhe The he same replied re Happy Jack But nut you yen tt j End of New Years Feast I But I did moaned Shorty S orty Its oIts j t I my ten 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