"CHERRY AND BLACK" 



"I could n't help it," pleaded the jockey. 



"Cud n't help it? Shure, an' ye 're not well enough 

 eddicated t' be ridin' wud t' loikes o' t' aristocrats down 

 here. Yez be well enough fur t' Beach. An' ye think ye 

 know 't all. Was n't Oi after givin' ye instructchuns? 

 Did n't Oi tell ye t' git off wud Lorylard's jock an' do 

 'im up t' th' Quane's taste? An' insthead o' that ye sit 

 sthill wud yer oyes as big as me chew fists, an' let 'em 

 bate ye t' th' devil an' gone, bad scran to you !" 



"What 's the trouble, Bill; left again?" chimed in 

 Sam Bryant. 



"Lift, is it? An' it 's not th' furst toime. Was n't 

 Pink Cuss [Pincus] afther lavin' Red Fox a Chuse- 

 day? Shure, a poor man has no show. There 's alter- 

 gither tew much Fifth Avenoo an' Murray's Hill here, 

 an* it 's got fur t' be reggerlated." 



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