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Updated: April 30, 2025
Joe heard things that had never come within the range of his mind before. "Aw, there 's Skaggsy an' Maudie Maudie 's his girl, y' know, an' he 's a reporter on the N' Yawk Universe. Fine fellow, Skaggsy." Maudie a portly, voluptuous-looking brunette left her escort and went directly to the space by the piano. Here she was soon dancing with one of the coloured girls who had come in.
It 's the only town on the face of the earth. You kin bet your life they ain't no flies on N' Yawk. We git the best shows here, we git the best concerts say, now, what 's the use o' my callin' it all out? we simply git the best of everything." "Great place," said Joe wisely, in what he thought was going to be quite a man-of-the-world manner.
Finally the reporter went his way, and Joe's sponsor explained to him that he was not to take in what Skaggsy said, and that there had n't been a word of truth in it. He ended with, "Everybody knows Maudie, and that coloured girl is Mamie Lacey, and never worked for anybody in her life. Skaggsy 's a good fellah, all right, but he 's the biggest liar in N' Yawk." The boy was distinctly shocked.
My eyes were fixed upon those trousers; and I burst out, boy-like, into the heartiest fit of laughter I ever had. As I laughed his eyes opened wider and wider, and the corners of his mouth began to creep back farther and farther till they nearly disappeared. Then, suddenly, his mouth flew open, showing a wonderfully white set of teeth, and he gave vent to "Yer-her! Yawk, yawk, yawk, yawk!
Paying the fee, the man said, "That was half a dollar easily earned, son." "Sure," said the boy, "but youse mustn't fergit that bank directors is paid high in Noo Yawk." At Any Cost A darky preacher was lost in the happy selection of his text, which he repeated in vigorous accents of pleading. "Oh, bredern, at de las' day dere's gwine to be sheep and dere's gwine to be goats.
But he has a heap to learn. And he generally don't know that. So I took to watching the Judge's Eastern visitors. There was that Mr. Ogden especially, from New Yawk the gentleman that was there the time when I had to sit up all night with the missionary, yu' know. His clothes pleased me best of all. Fit him so well, and nothing flash.
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