Bowery (New York, N.Y. : Street) -- History; New York (N.Y.) -- Description and travel; New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs
Well, what do yer t'ink of dat? 'N he wouldn't put up d' toity. What
happened him? Aw, say, forget it. Dere was a collar outside when he
landed. Collar? Say, on d'level, you're stuffed. Collar? Why a collar's
a cop. Well, dere was a collar outside when he landed, 'n I t'ought
he was goin' t' sneeze him. Say, you may be a dead fly mug in de
Tenderloin, but you're a peter here. Sneeze him; what does a cop do when
he nails a mug, but sneeze him. But he didn't. What did he do to him?
Say, forget it. I bet d' chaw ain't sat down since. Say, I thought dey'd
need a rattler to move him. Rattler. You gilly, what do they cart a chaw
off in when a collar gets tru beltin' him, generally? A rattler is a
patrol; dat's what. Well, I thought dey'd need a rattler to take d' chaw
off. D' boss he never turned a hair. He tells us to t'row in wit him, 'n
we t'rowed in, an' he lights d' herrin' d' chaw didn't pay for. Say, d'
boss is d' levelest bloke on de Reservation. Say, he'd stand at a bar 'n
blow his brains out wid yer.
What become of the chaw? Aw, say, what become o' last winter's snow? But
I know about a week after dis big harp goes into a Chinese laundry for
his wash wid anudder harp named Clancy. De Chink dat ust' own de laundry
sold it to another Chink, see. Well, in goes dis big harp. His name was
Dugan. He t'rows down de ticket for de laundry. De Chink wuz ironing,
an' sed:
“No goodie tickie, just now,” and kept on ironing. “Phat's that you
say?”
The Chink after a while said:
“I talk you, tickie no goodie.”
“No good, eh?”
Well you ought to see dem two harps. Dugan looked at Clancy and den at
the Chink and said:
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