. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. that he tells of thegood old days, and of the mighty deeds of PatseyConroys mob. His protege, Chuck Connors(the Insect), worships him, and there is a little cur-rent of shambling figures that make pilgrimages fromMike Callahans saloon on the Square to the retreatin Doyer Street opposite the Chinese theater, wherethe great Chucks wise words may be listened to,and the sight of Lavelle may inspire them to coura-geous deeds on the Bowery. The Chinese of DoyerStreet give Lavelle a wide berth. Some time agoChuck chased a Chinam
. The American metropolis, from Knickerbocker days to the present time;. that he tells of thegood old days, and of the mighty deeds of PatseyConroys mob. His protege, Chuck Connors(the Insect), worships him, and there is a little cur-rent of shambling figures that make pilgrimages fromMike Callahans saloon on the Square to the retreatin Doyer Street opposite the Chinese theater, wherethe great Chucks wise words may be listened to,and the sight of Lavelle may inspire them to coura-geous deeds on the Bowery. The Chinese of DoyerStreet give Lavelle a wide berth. Some time agoChuck chased a Chinaman into the cellar, and triedto batter down the door behind which the terrifiedOriental had taken refuge. The Chinaman fired apistol bullet through the door, and Chuck—degener-ate Chuck—ran for a policeman and had him ar-rested. The magistrate discharged the Lavelles respectable occupations were thoseof bouncer in the old sailors resort, The Flagof our Union, on James Street, and bartender ina saloon on Baxter Street near the Bowerj, which 389 2 o 3.
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