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Updated: June 4, 2025
"I t'ought you'd see de p'int w'en I got it out right," said The Croak. "How you do somedings like dot?" "Dat aint fer me to say," The Croak diffidently remarked. "But dey do tell me dat dat McCafferty has a grudge agin Boozy, an if you wants me ter ask him ter drop in yere an hev a talk wid ye, I'll do it." Mr. Bockerheisen did not fail to express the satisfaction he would have in seeing Mr.
"Deir ballots don't hev his tickets in 'em " "Yah!" said Bockerheisen quickly. "But has yourn instead " "Yah-ah!" said Bockerheisen, rubbing his hands. "Den an' in dat case who does dey count fer?" Mr. Bockerheisen leaned his head upon his hand, which was supported by the bar against which they were standing, slowly closed one eye, and murmured, "Yah-ah-ah."
"Dey's two coveys runnin' fer Alderman over on de Eas' Side. One of 'em's Boozy you knows Boozy. He keeps a place in de Bowery. De udder's a Dutchman, name er Bockerheisen. Boozy's de County Democracy man, Bockerheisen's de Tammany. Less git up a 'sociashun. You'll be president an' do de talkin. I'll be treasurer an' hol' de cash."
And, on the other hand, as Colonel Boozy heard the drums and fifes of the Bockerheisen Club, and saw its transparency glowing in the street, he would summon all his friends to the bar to take a drink with him.
It is said that even before election day, however, the relations between Dennie and the Colonel on the one hand, and between The Croak and Bockerheisen, on the other, became painfully strained.
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