| Show arm fitzsimmons FITZSIMMON SHE THE by WM 11 copyright 1903 by da story pub co send for fitzsimmons commanded the astute attorney for the railroad fitzsimmons came the delicate aro ma ol 01 liquor and tobacco came with him he was in prime condition was fitzs ammons but then he generally was the messenger who was sent tor for him hac hae no trouble to find him fitzsimmons day or night could be found in his private office in fix the cor ner of the bar at stee stele 0 ODon donnell nells s I 1 ain t no hog would say mons jut gamme all I 1 kin eat an drink an chew an I 1 don t ask no more no sir an I 1 cant can t say fairer than that fitzsimmons strode into the actor ney s office with the peculiar air of dignity that was his alone fitz fitzsimmons ammons said the attorney roseall bending his gaze upon the roseate proboscis of that gentleman but wait a minute what am I 1 ing of ofa 9 will you come out and wet Y your whistle 7 fitzsimmons eyed the attorney stif fly go out an stretch my legs he conceded they went out and came back now fitzsimmons went on the lawyer as he closed and locked the door we re in a hole this man jen kinson has sued us for heavy damages and the case comes up next week he 9 the fellow we smashed all to pieces last summer vou le member fitz simmons kept on staring out of the window now said the attorney hes he s goi go us dead to r gats unless we can prove just one thing and that I 1 is s that he was drunk Understand 7 9 now we have information that he was but we ve got no certain proof what we want Is the proof now fitzsimmons simmons he fixed his steady gaze upon mons wandering one youre you re a man about town that s what you are you know a man about town fitzsimmons suddenly screwed his face up into remarkable contortions there s so methin the matter with me legs he complained they need stretching I 1 guess it s the only thing that keeps em straightened out and that s a fact they were duly stretched now finally resumed the attorney t thing happened right in front of ste steve e 0 donnell s at 12 0 clock mid night of the of june under stand 9 well its it s just possible that on the of june at midnight you were looking out of steve 0 donnell s window and saw this thing or that you were standing outside and saw the man and saw that he was drunk with one eye dye fitzsimmons gazed upon the distant landscape with the other tie he steadily regarded the other otha man counselor he exclaimed it Is no doubt at all about it I 1 see the hull thing in me mind minds s eye here s me just standing inside the swinging door on the night of june the seventeenth corrected the actor ney seventeenth it Is went on fitz simmons on the night of tuesday the of june friday interrupted the lawyer so it was continued fitz fri day the of june an me as sober as a judge not having had a drop tor for forty eight hours to say the least bight eight hours would be better L AW aured the lawyer forty e upon my soul insist ed fitzsimmons an what dye i nh nka 9 As I 1 stand there along comes this man peterson drunk as a loid an he not knowin whether he was on his head or his feet or whether he was toot foot or horseback an what dye d ye t ink he does walks into the blame trolley car yer honor and smash smashes s it to bits on my soul he did I 1 saw the man continue continued he shaking his head an I 1 ought to know he was drunk as a lord I 1 im in tellin you me legs remarked fitzsimmons is beelin that weak two hours later fitzsimmons left the room hug ging a twenty dollar bill close to his breast A double eagle for me conscience murmured fitzsimmons to himself an awful dear at that it Is next day he called upon the actor ney for the injured man I 1 got a bit of news tor for you he re marked huskily to jenkinson s lawyer A 0 1 fitzs ammons strode into the attorneys office they re bryin up witnesses on the ether other side what dye t tink ink of thata Jenkin jenkinson sons s attorney leaned over eagerly how do you knowd he asked there s none knows better than me said fitz for they offered me a good twenty dollars to swear your our man was drunk an throw you out of coort that s what they done 4 49 did you take ita asked the law y 0 fitzsimmons sprang to his feet Es 3 fast as his unai ling and enfeebled legs would let him take it bothin he returned i what dye tink I 1 am ama but they ve nailed me all right I 1 ive ag got to go an say I 1 saw him drunk because I 1 saw him an it a the truth it Is I 1 got to tell the truth an he was drunk lord I 1 never see a man so drunk as he was on that there tient seventh seventeenth 0 june I 1 been druna in self sell no no dont dent say that exclaimed the lawyer yes I 1 have insisted fitz I 1 been drunk myself but never like that 1711 71 T 04 they subpoenaed V me he answered an I 1 had to come an tell the truth man that night he ile sighed an to tink t ink he said to t ink I 1 ve got to swear agin your client I 1 hate to do it the lawyer looked at him keenly are you sure he began slowly draw ing his wallet aiom his pocket a wal let that fairly bulged with bills are you sure that he was drunk he slowly opened the wallet inside our out sure he inquired I 1 ain aln t so sure counsellor he said my memory ain aln t good I 1 don t know as I 1 could swear to it after all the lawyer looked one way and extended with his hand five five dollar bills toward fitzsimmons fitz ammons still gazing out of the window met him halt half way he took the bills he s a good sober man that jen kinson counsellor said he I 1 see him that very night he passed me as close as me hand Is afore me face an I 1 never see a man more sober than he was an they cut him down them trolley cars an cut him up tidbit lt s more the shame do you think asked the lawyer that he acted as a careful man should act in crossing the streeta counsellor said fitzsimmons no man could have been more careful than he was he walked as straight upon his legs as me own Is weak he added hastily they needs stretch ing awful bad the Jen jenkinson kincon case came on jen jeri kinson s attorney had the case all his own way but the attorney tor for the road had something up his sleeve that something was fitzsimmons he felt sure he could depend on n ons fitzsimmons was however his only hope without fitzsimmons he was lost the plaintiff rested and the defendant he railroad started in finally they came to fitzsimmons fitzsimmons took the stand his legs well stretched now mr air fitzsimmons said the railroad s counsel on the night of fridy the of june you were standing in 0 donnell s were you nota fitzsimmons Fity simmons looked the counsel squarely in the eye I 1 was not he aid counsel looked abashed but thinking he might not have heard aright went on and you saw raw this plaintiff jenkinson coming down the street I 1 did not said Fitz slin mons and was be he drunk went on the lawyer his questions all were leading but the attorney tor for the plain tiff did not object was he drunk fitzsimmons replied straight from the shoulder I 1 don t know sir he responded exclaimed the at to ney for the railroad in dismay the other attorney jumped to his feet mr fitzsimmons he exclaimed mr jenkinson was entirely sober was he nota fitzsimmons looked at him how the divil w of d I 1 know he replied the spectators laughed the judge rapped for order and glanced severely at fitzsimmons Is there anything you know about this case sira he inquired divil a bit y r honor returned fitzsimmons well what are you doing here then demanded the judge mons ch rugged his shoulders they subpoenaed me be he answered an I 1 had to come an tell the truth that s all an here I 1 am counsel for the railroad again jumped to his feet do you mean to tell me sir he roared that you never saw this happeny mons looked him calmly in the eye what day did it happen counsel lor he asked the judge told him from his notes the seventeenth 0 june mused fitzsimmons your honor ini I 1 m tellin you the truth I 1 was away f or a whole week on the seventeenth 0 june me legs were that bad I 1 had to get cm em stretched I 1 d better go be he added I 1 feel it comin on again he bowed aci keelly to the court and to the he counsel on both sides and his exit ten minutes later he gaii wa regaling hini gelf at the expense ot of oira ot of his five dollar bills steve he explained to that worthy gentleman they can stretch me legs all right all right but III be hanvel if let em stretch me conscience |
