Picture Play Magazine (Oct-Nov 1915)

4 PICTURE-PLAY WEEKLY shot out on the dimund and come rushing at the empire. He had seen me act like I was going to soak O'Loughlin and when he seen me geting into what he thot was a fite he started to help me out. I give him credit for that mutch but still that dont square him for what he has done to me as I am going to tell you. The fans in the stand give a howl of joy when thay seen the dog go for Silk. Befoar he could tern a round to see what was doing Jack had caut a hold of him by the sete of the pants with one of them deth grips of his. O'Loughlin tride to shaike him off but he couldent do it. He run acrost the feeld with Jack hanging onto him all the way to the club howse. The fans was throwing a fit laffing and both our temes and the Braves was roleing on the grownd but there was one uther person beside O'Loughlin that dident see nuthing funny in it. And that one was Fanny. She called me ovir to her and commensed to give me a bawling out. She sez I put the dog up to nab the empire on purpose. When I told her that I dident she wouldent beleeve me. She sez I mite have killed Silk by seting the dog onto him becaws peepul had been biten by dogs and dide of hide rofobyer many times befoar. I sez I would be glad if O'Loughlin got that whatever it is. And then she got up out of her sete and sed I think you are the moast cold blooded persun I ever herd of and I dont never want to see you or to speke to you agen. And so I have lost Fanny Gus and it is all on account of that rotten mutt that I pade twenty dollers of my good munney for. Do you wonder that I sold him to the butcher for half a buck to get rid of him. If aney one ever sez dog to me agen I am going to haw I off and bust them one. I am feeling pretty blew ovir losing Fanny old pal and so this will have to be all for the presunt. Yure pal Bugs. Shecawgo Oct. seth. Frend Gus : Well old pal thare is one satisfackshun aneyhow a bout me not geting Fanny. If I dont get her Persey aint going to neether. She was out to the gaim agen on the day aftir she threw me down on acct. of what my dog had done to the empire. Persey was there two. He had herd from the felloes a bout how I had got rid of the mutt that had cost me Fanny and a 50 doller fine with a 3 day suspenshun besides becaws I had took it onto the feeld with me whare it could grab) a hold of Silk O'Loughlin and chaise him to the club howse befoar all the fans and so Persey wasent afrade to come out on the dimund in his unieform to show off befoar Fanny aney moar. He was talking to her in front of her sete in the stand and I was makeing beleeve warm up with Archer but all the time listening to what thay was saying and tryeing to figger out how I could make a munkey of him in some way so as he would queer himself with her two. I herd Fanny say when are you going to get into a gaim. O sez Persey Bresnahan is not talking no ehancet on me injureing myself at the tale end of the seesun. He is wateing to put me in the reggalar line up next spring when we start out to cop the 1916 pennunt in ernest. Well I would like to see you do sumthing besides pose a round in a unieform she sez to him and I am begining to think that the onely thing thay hired you for aneyway was yure good looks. Then Persey saived me the trubbel of tryeing to think up aneything to do to maik a munkey of him. He sez I will ast Roger to let me get in the gaim this aftirnoon. O that will be fine sez Fanny becaws I am simpely dyeing to see you play. Shure enuff Gus the simp has the nerve to go ovir and ask Roger to let him play in the ferst gaim of the dubbel heder that was billed for that aftirnoon. Roger dident cair whether he win or lose the gaim aneyway. At the end of the seezun and with no ehancet of finishing out of the seckund divishun even if the 4 uther clubs a hed of us was to drop ded all he was doing was tryeing out recrutes. You think you can maik good if I put you in the gaim do you Roger sez to Persey as sobir as if he was thinking of puting him in a worlds seeryous gaim. Ide like to try sir sez Persey the way the hero of the kid books talks to the presidunt of the compeny hes come to work for. All rite sez Roger weel give you a litel bating pracktise to start off with. Saier was jest going up to the plait in our of the third ining of the first gaim. Roger sez to him you was asking me for a day off to go out and see sum frends of yures on the North Side so you can go now if you feel like it. This yung Hans Wagner will bat for you he sez. Now Roger sez to Persey when he come runing back from the bench whare he had gone to grab up a bat if you manige to get to ferst I want you to steel seckund. Persey stopt and stared at him. What do you want me to do that for he sez. The ferst thing yuve got to lern if you want to be a reggalar member of this teme sez Roger in a sharp vois is to Oh bay ordirs. I tell you to steel seckund. Thats enuff for you to know. Go ahead and do it if yure abel. 0 I can do it all rite sez Persey. But I dont see what you want of it. Percey had stole seckund in practice so good the other day that when he laid there an' I yeled out for • fun he hollered that he had ben skined and he had, Gus, all on wun side. Well Gus the dood went up to the plait and Sallee put one ovir for him rite in the gruve. Persey thrue down his bat and ducked to try to get out of the way of it. The ball soaked him in the side and empire told him to taik his bais. Now steel it Roger hollered at him when he hobbeled down to ferst. Persey waived his hands at him like as if he was warning him not to say it so lowd. He watched Sallee till he seen him tern a round to heve in the ball to the next batter. And then Persey dubbels ovir like a Indieyan going out aftir a scalp and starts on his tiptows towerds seckund bais. Winpo held onto the ball and watched Persey like he dident know what he was tryeing to do. And what do you think the boob done Gus. He stuped down over sekund bais when he got thare and unbuckeled the strap and pickt it up off of the dimund and started beteing it for the club howse with the bag tucked undir his arm. Roger had told him to steel the bais and that was what Persey was doing. 1 looked a round and took a slant at Fanny. She looked sick Gus and that is the onely way to describe it. I seen