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Show a notice aroun' de city dat owln to a new time table jrou can get up to Pocatello just twice aa quick aa before ee naw shift went into workln' shape. ' ;. "Wall wot of it,' did you aay? Weil, wot I wan la to know is 'why ia it ever necessary neces-sary to go to Pocatello r Wen, s'long." JIMMY, THE NEWSBOY, ON GOLD BRICKS AND LOVE "Say, on de square."-said Jimmy, the newsboy, as he met The Telegram man today, "dere was certainly action for your money at the fight last night, eh.- "That punch dat Danord handed to Hamp was a lalapaloosa and no mistake. It was like a blow from de mule, Maud, eh? Gee, I Just settles back In me seat and was gettln' ready for a good fight when, nix, and it was all off. I tink dat guy Hamp at dat could put up a good mill If he got started, but de odder guy got to him first. "Say did you notice "any of the people dere? 1 ain t sayin' a ting when it comes down to names but say, de guys dat yelled dn most was some of de guys dat haa been 'knockin' de game cn ae groun' dat its brutal and bloodthirsty. But dey all likes to get in under de tent and see a good "go" at dat. -Are you on? "Say (lis fight was like one dat Fits had with 'Payther Maher, all the time champion cham-pion of Ireland. One punch and the route is over. I bet at dat though dat dat fellow fel-low Hamp feels as sore as though he had gone de full route. Dat punch was one to loosen' all de teet in a guy's face. Right on de point of de Jaw. Wow, but it was a beaut. Me for every fight dis new fight crowd pulls off. Dey delivers de goods. "But say wot I wanted to chin about most was about dis guy Peltier who's Just betn nailed down in Texas somewhere. He was up around the dlggine about a couple of months ago. Did you see where he ex changed a lot of "con talk' for real money here? Said he was a postoffice inspectin' gruy. Dey say de head of the Fire department de-partment hands over forty cases for about half an hour of talk and dat de owner of one of de iilg hotels comes up wid coin and food and wine, for some more of the hot air brand. "Gee, if dis is true you don't have to kok for 'come-ons' any place but right here In town. 'ut out workln' de rall- way station and hike sroun to the men wid coin. . Gee, dey ought to have' guardians guar-dians appointed if dere as easy aa all of dat, eh? "Say I've got a plan to put the crimp into dis game of peddlln' warm talk at a profit. If de folks In dla town is so soft vot would be de matter of havin' m place where he could take de 'gold bricks' dere strong on buyin' and have dem aaaayed first before dey give up de long green? I mean dat dey ought to have a place where de could go and 'teat' de good things' handed out to dem without handin' tip the masooma. I've heard of - Belli n' sawdust for breakfast food and for money and all dat, but dis glvin' up in bunches because a guy says he's workln' for Uncle Sam and showin' no credentials is de limit. "Say I've bsen readin' a lot lately about dis 'platonlc' affection gag. I tink It's a bum steer. From de way I else It up It ain't de real ban' of true love. It ain't ncne of dat hope-to-die, croas-your heart play at all, at all. Why how could It be? Dere ain't no quarrelm' in it, per flghtin', ner worryin'. ner hockln ner drlnkin', ner gettln" arrested for non-support, ner noth-ln' noth-ln' like dat wofs really passionate, now is dere? . "Say I heard a good one down to de market mar-ket today and I'll speel It out to you. A swell dressed dame comes alon' and wants to buy a box of strawberries. Gee, but it was a dinky little box anyway you looked at it. " 'How much? she says. " 'Fifty cents, aays de store guy. . " 'Wot,' eay a she, 'a half a dollar for dat little shrimp of a box? It's exorbitant, exorbi-tant, dat's wot it is, and besides de ber ries are half green at dat,' she hollers. " '1 know ma'am,' says de guy dat was dcln' d sellln' act, 'I know dey're green, but honest dere ain't enough in a box to hurt you.' "Say ain't dat kind of handin It to your face as being a 'rum' mark, eh? "S.iv. 1 sera one of de tullrondw haw (got |