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Show FKOM BiLL TO STEVE i i i i i i VIEWS OF A- BUSHiiK By RING W. LAEDNER. Chifao, Deo. 20. STKV i;. Well ftev- xmas is all over k Fri. Tioxt Trk. is new yrs. fc then it will be IS 15 iu ited of 19H & I wibl X could look a bead ic sec v.bat'a oomciDj; oft' & know iiats oiiuj tu hiiH',ti before incomes in-comes off in advance & 11 nake a liolo lot, of mouoy becnuse look what, come off this yr. that they wa-oct uo body expected & if mau could of f'ow what was como-inL' como-inL' o!T you could of wiu any anit. of moucv. But after what come off this vr.'tliDv aiut uo tellia what nil! "haj-pn '& I wouldcnt be snp-.iif?d snp-.iif?d it tbf. world come to a cud or Cincinnati would win tbe pen-nt. pen-nt. I frot a notion to eavu up my jnonpy & play all tbe long sbuls . L if I had of did it this yr. .1 would of been a rich man inted of like I am oveiu you money & without none in my pocket only a bout 62.45 & yon might as well call that nothing for a man like I. SUPOSE some body bad of came up to you lant new yrs. & told vou that the world prions this was going lo be bet. the ath-iili.'fi''?. ath-iili.'fi''?. & the I'.oston Nat. & what would of e-aid to him. You would of said be was off hia basi! because I u c L u s t o u Nat- we ro rotten & . oouldc'iit finnish 4th. if the U-xas league if. all thu other clubs was to forfit there games. & then supoe fcomo body bad of told you that the Boston Nat. would trim the atha-lctlcs atha-lctlcs 4 strato in tbe world serious you would of called a police man had -him locked up on aci:t- of , bciriif dangcrus because the athaiet-ica athaiet-ica :ouldent bo boat -1 atrato by ;l ood clu'b let a loan a bunch of " busbcrs that waa all so rotten that Stallings bad to keep a bold of' them because they wouldent no body buy them off 'of' him or it' be tridc to' trade tho hole club for a pare of pants the mau that owned the pants would bavy him areested for trying to pull a coniideose fjamp. & then fjuposc pome body had of told von that the athalettes w-ould sell Eddie collins and that waiter Johnson would jump to ihc federal and back agaiu & Callahan would get let out "from the mgr. of tbe white Sox & X would set on tho bench all summer & I bet you would have tbot that the man that told you them things was a mor-fiend mor-fiend & you would o ran a way from him. WELL. Steve all them things hapend & I could think of a hole lot more to that hapend pretty near a impossible like them I wrote down to after all them impossible, im-possible, tilings Impend why wouldent would-ent it be O. K. to go a bead k bet on some million to 1 shots (Continued on Following Page.) FROM BILL TO STEVE; VIEWS OF A BUSKER (Continued from Preceding Page ) going to happen next yr & clean up bet ng on them and it looks 1 ke as if it would be a good bet that Cine nati would win the penant m the .at league nst yr and fred die Welsh would knock Jack John son out & be the heavywate cham pion & a little baby would come a long and throw Frank Gotch the rasler & Hank O Day would lead the American league in batting & The gi 1 w 11 be looking for It on me all the wile and I can t d ssapo nt her Ed Walsh would begem p tching left handed & make all the hitters look like a sucker & Tie Cobb would crawl to let base on hi hands & nees & Vic Saier would h t some umpire with a crobar & brake there head open & some branes would fall out A Taft the owner of the Cubs would tell us to all come dgwn to where he lives at next spring &, pay him a vissit S, then hed tell us our salrys was all doubled on acct of h ra ha e mg to much money & Heine Zim merman would quit base ball & be a minister in a church some wheres & the umpires would for get there self & begin calling str kes when the ball was over the plate $ balls when they was a ft outs de & tbe white ox would for fit the city serious to the Cubs on acct of be ng scared to play & I wo ild get a square deal from soma body & get whats Comeing to ms Of corse Ira -just lokeing bteve & none of them things could realy hapen but st 11 & all you cant tell whats going to hapen after what was pulied off last yr & the more unpossable a th ng looks like the mors 1 bel it 13 to hapen so why not take a cl ance & play some of them long shots only of corse Im only ipkemg L not in ernest WE.LL Ste e I nearly for got to tU you a bout 3tmas 4. what I got for presents only they wasent nothing I got that was worth menshuning accept What the girl g ve me & what do you think she e ve me Stee only 0 corse you couldent never guess It was a all $ lk shirt & the pxettyest sh rt ou ever see it must of coBt her a A if it cost a d ms Su I bet T ould trade it n for a dozen on 0 sh ts only of corse I would ent do that on acct the girl will be look ng for it on me all the wile & I cant d ssapomt her but she made a misstake a bout my size & the shirt she give me lsent only a j 17 & 1 ware a 17 & H I can n it O It but it will make my colleri 1 kind a lose only whats the use Of J chokeme to deth Ss that part of its O K if the shirt itself dopt J choke me , ., lV 4. U She was tickled to deth witl tte m p tcher of my self that I cot "own to the tribune off ee and g ve to her a & her brother & her old man waj t ckled to deth with the pen wip W vers I give them at lest they f bqsted out laugh ng when they a 1 11 . . .lnne a0 ' h a little baby would i throw Frank Gotch -I opened the pakige I to fL $ ', , it & ber old man says AZ of blowed yo r self light o J" see he thints I payed for the PJ, 1 cher of mv self that I the w onlv I dident pay for it but rf j it free gratus only I wt0Tfree 1 payed for it if I hadent But what do you th nk of , man & her brother 8tew gf : money enough to buy th. iWw w &, alf they &22ir , ent was a couple of c gga"1 ? ffl9 j with pretty near 50 ciggars at no that amt never been It & t 1 now I hadent spent T Sfgo cot them pen w pper m better next yr 0a Well Steve happy New yr t J & watch me go next yr ; 0 1 nahan gives me a square deajv .J Eespy M |