FAST OLD NEW YORK.
"So you're back from New York, Si?" "Yes, an' tired out." "Fast town, eh?" "Fast ain't no name fcr it. I s°aw banks open all night t' 'commodate them as lose their money early in th evenin', I s'pose; an' lawyers' office: open at three o'clock in th' mornin'— t' fix up them as ore in a hurry Fer divorce an' can't wait till daylight; an' what else d' you think?" "What else? Wall, I wouldn't be s'prised t' luar of anytning." "An' I saw a fun'ral goin' lie kott.v split, with an automobile hearse leadin' the' percession an' settin' th' pace!" "Wall, Si, I s'pose they have t' git th' dead «nes out o' th' way in : hurry t' give th' live ones room, eh? —"Judge."
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Waipa Post, Volume VII, Issue 330, 14 July 1914, Page 6
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