| Show LONGSHOREMAN SURPRISE Into n a corner saloon on Oie upper west ivest side tIme the other night fame a Prom physician and n flik cashier at the bar us they entered was a longshoreman DIrty and un on he swayed to find fro against the tho bar gazIng at the schooner of RIO ale of him The rIme doctor and lawyer to the tho extreme end of time the bar out of the way of the longshoreman Yes said the doctor I hind had a very pleasant evening last night You know I dote on fl Moore almost the tho entire music of thus the night devoted to his There was one man who nand I 1 Stood on the tho a ft Poor Etc lie ot of Erin and of alt all Moores I think that Is the most pathetic Moore never wrote that blurt blurted ed out the longshoreman Campbell The doctor mimi cashier exchanged glances of mingled amusement and commiseration coin ma lactation The lImo longshoreman made no ito further effort to Interrupt and the doctor and cashier resumed their conversation which had taken another trend And so continued the physician I felt ns Shakespeare said He lIe that hath hatha a Just quarrel Is thre times armed armetiS S Thrice is g hi lie that bitt hath his hla quarrel just muttered this longshore longshoreman man ninn Time The doctor flushed For n a man In itt of life you scent to be welt well posted on the poets hp hm remarked al almost most niost angrily Hid me ole discourse and I wll len ion chant thine ear sail said tho th s longshore longshoreman man somewhat thickly but there was nn an Intelligent gleam In imi eyes as ho ha turned and faced time the t o men flog lieg pardon for Interfering In your conversation gentlemen lie sold said but butI I help lieu correcting you as re regards gards the song so commonly attributed to Moore and ns for Shakespeare well when n a man that works hula his Bible he lie like to tir them misquoted Time The doctor and cashier were now in erected In time the specimen of humanity Thie jilted him with question regarding his antecedents birth and arid origin but he evaded any In of or a personal nature Hut But ha Ime off poetry by ity the yard Frag Fragments ments menta front from Longfellow Walt alt Whitman Hums Byron and Ol 01 Oliver iver Wendell Holmes fell from his Imis ups lips ns as glibly as from those of n em nt at claw class recitation TIme Tho doctor anti and cashier tried In vain aIn to corner him on extracts from some semite of the poets peels He lie supplied words which they skipped shipped oro had forgotten corrected their pronunciation elation thereby bringing out alIt the true meaning of the tho poet refreshed time the doe doc doctors tots tors memory on from Ham liani Hamlets lets soliloquy and us as he lie staggered fin finally emily ally to tIme the door he lie paused antI delivered the Seven Ages speech with almost the lire of and r Hl away Into th sight night Quite a genius said the tho doctor as ashe aslie he lie his cocktail A rare specimen the cashier lies Hes a college graduate explained the bartender Comes of an excellent family but has n a roving deposition He lie has ben bean In every country of the world and Ims every opportunity to get well iveli and be respected Somehow he prefers to roam around the world and when ot at at tea semi pitch In and works with longshoremen luther Ruther fond of drink tumid I guess his trouble Gentleman Jim his h cull call him |
