Show A joke on tom sharkey stories on tom sharkey are al ways abundant sais saas an eastern sport I 1 now in Chi chicago cagot and the best of it la Is that they are nearly always true tom Is a rich mine for good stories and never a week passes that he does not do something oil ginal and hilarious tom was living happily at cheeps head bay last summer anait and one pleas ant night was honored by a visit from patsy corrigan one of the most fiend ish practical holers in the east during the evening corrigan looked at toms tome great bulk and massive and then shook his head sorrowfully and what dubats B the matter wit ye patsy demanded tom I 1 why tom said patsy 1 I was feeling blue when I 1 looked at you and realized that you haven t long for this world and why so patsy V replied patsy well tom it a easy to see your lungs are not developed large enough to fill that big chest ot of yours and you are doomed to die of consumption unless you take prompt measures to enlarge your lungs wirra wirra moaned the sailor and how can I 1 enlarge me lungs oh that a a cinch tom get up every morning about 4 0 clock go out in the open air and shout with all your might for halt half an hour just roar ila iia ha uh uh uh as loudly as you can and it will be wonderful to see the way your lungs lunga will grow and at 4 0 clock the next morning the quiet of that peaceful neighborhood was shuttered beyond by a brawny man who taking up a vosia tion right in the middle of a residence block bellowed uh uh ohp uh in 1 a voice like seven lulls ull till the local police force woke up and came tew lug ing after him |