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     And   then   ;Tiger's;   eye�察  �discrediting   these   signs�察  �fell   upon   one   that 

bore    a  bud    of  promise。     From    a  bright�察  �new    lithograph     the  head    of 

Capricornus con´ fronted him�察�betokening the forward and heady brew。 

     Mr。 McQuirk entered the saloon and called for his glass of bock。 He 

threw his nickel on the bar�察�raised the glass�察�set it down without tasting it 

and strolled toward the door。 

     ;Wot's the matter�察�Lord Bolinbroke�拭─�inquired the sarcastic bartender�察�

want a chiny vase or a gold´lined epergne to drink it out of  hey�拭─�

     ;Say�察─�said Mr。 McQuirk�察�wheeling and shooting out a horizontal hand 

and a forty´five´degree chin�察 �you know your place only when it comes for 

givin'   titles。   I've   changed   me   mind   about   drinkin      see�拭  �You   got   your 

money�察�ain't you�拭�Wait till you get stung before you get the droop to your 

lip�察�will you�拭─�

     Thus Mr。 Quirk added mutability of desires to the strange humors that 

had taken possession of him。 

     Leaving   the   saloon�察  �he   walked   away   twenty   steps   and   leaned   in   the 

open doorway of Lutz�察�the barber。 He and Lutz were friends�察�masking their 

sentiments behind abuse and bludgeons of repartee。 

     ;Irish   loafer�察─  �roared    Lutz�察   �how    do   you   do�拭  �So�察  �not  yet  haf   der 

bolicemans or der catcher of dogs done deir duty� ─�

     ;Hello�察    �Dutch�察─   �said   Mr。   McQuirk。      ;Can't    get  your    mind    off  of 

frankfurters�察�can you�拭─�

     ;Bah� ─�exclaimed the German�察�coming and lean´ ing in the door。 ;I haf 

a soul above frankfurters to´day。 Dere is springtime in der air。 I can feel it 

coming in ofer der mud of der streets and das ice in der river。 Soon will 

dere be bienics in der islands�察�mit kegs of beer under der trees。; 

     ;Say�察─  �said   Mr。   McQuirk�察  �setting   his   bat   on   one   side�察   �is   everybody 

kiddin' me about gentle Spring�拭�There ain't any more spring in the air than 

there is in a horsehair sofa in a Second Avenue furnished room。 For me the 

winter underwear yet and the buckwheat cakes。; 

     ;You haf no boetry�察─�said Lutz。 True�察�it is yedt cold�察�und in der city we 

haf not many of   der signs�察�but dere are dree kinds of beoble dot   should 

always feel der'approach of spring first  dey are boets�察�lovers and poor 



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vidows。; 

     Mr。    McQuirk      went     on   his  way�察   �still  possessed     by   the   strange 

perturbation   that   he   did   not   understand。   Something   was   lacking   to   his 

comfort�察�and it made him half angry because be did not know what it was。 

Two blocks away he came upon a foe�察�one Conover�察�whom he was bound 

in honor to engage in combat。 

     Mr。 McQuirk made the attack with the charac´ teristic suddenness and 

fierceness that had gained for him the endearing sobriquet of ;Tiger。; The 

de´ fence of Mr。 Conover was so prompt and admirable that the conflict 

was   protracted until the   onlookers un´ selfishly  gave the   warning   cry  of 

;Cheese it  the cop� ─�The principals escaped easily by running through 

the nearest open doors into the communi´ cating backyards at the rear of 

the houses。 

     Mr。 McQuirk emerged into another street。 He stood by a lamp´post for 

a few minutes engaged in thought and then he turned and plunged into a 

small   notion   and   news   shop。   A   red´haired   young   woman�察  �eating   gum´ 

drops�察�came and looked freezingly at him across the ice´bound steppes of 

the counter。 

     ;Say�察�lady�察─�he said�察 �have you got a song book with this in it。 Let's see 

bow it leads off  

       ;When the springtime comes well wander in the dale�察�love�察�

       And whisper of those days of yore  ; 

       ;I'm having a friend�察─�explained Mr。 McQuirk�察 �laid up with a broken 

leg�察�and he sent me after it。 He's a devil for songs and poetry when he can't 

get out to drink。; 

     ;We     have    not�察─  �replied    the   young    woman�察     �with    un´   concealed 

contempt。 ;But there is a new song out that begins this way�此�



       ;'Let us sit together in the old armchair�察�

       And while the firelight flickers we'll be comfortable there。'; 

       There will be no profit in following Mr。 ;Tiger; McQuirk through his 

further vagaries of that day until he comes to stand knocking at the door of 

Annie Maria Doyle。 The goddess Eastre�察�it seems�察�had guided his footsteps 

aright at last。 



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     ;Is   that   you   now�察  �Jimmy   McQuirk�拭─  �she   cried�察  �smiling   through   the 

opened       door   ��Annie     Maria     had    never    accepted     the   ;Tiger;��。    ;Well�察�

whatever� ─ �Come out in the ball�察─�said Mr。 McQuirk。 ;I want to ask yer 

opinion of the weather ´ on the level。; 

     ;Are you crazy�察�sure�拭─�said Annie Maria。 

     ;I   am�察─  �said   the   ;Tiger。;   ;They've   been telling   me   all   day  there   was 

spring in the air。 Were they liars�拭�Or am I�拭─�

     ;Dear me� ─�said Annie Maria  ;haven't you no´ ticed it�拭�I can almost 

smell the violets。 And the green grass。 Of course�察�there ain't any yet  it's 

just a kind of feeling�察�you know。; 

     ;That's   what   I'm   getting   at�察─  �said   Mr。   McQuirk。   I've   had   it。   I   didn't 

recognize it at first。 I thought maybe it was en´wee�察�contracted the other 

day  when   I   stepped   above   Fourteenth   Street。   But   the   katzenjammer   I've 

got don't spell violets。 It spells yer own name�察�Annie Maria�察�and it's you I 

want。 I go to work next Monday�察�and I make four dollars a day。 Spiel up�察�

old girl  do we make a team�拭─�

     ;Jimmy�察─�sighed Annie Maria�察�suddenly disap´ pearing in his overcoat�察�

;don't you see that spring is all over the world right this minute�拭─�

     But   you   yourself   remember   how   that   day   ended。   Beginning   with   so 

fine a promise of vernal things�察�late in the afternoon the air chilled and an 

inch of snow fell  even so late in March。 On Fifth Ave´ nue the ladies 

drew   their   winter   furs   close   about   them。   Only   in   the   florists'   windows 

could     be   per´   ceived    any   signs   of   the  morning      smile   of   the  coming 

goddess Eastre。 

     At   six   o'clock   Herr   Lutz   began   to   close   his   shop。   He   beard   a   well´ 

known shout�此 �Hello�察�Dutch� ─�

     ;Tiger; McQuirk�察�in his shirt´sleeves�察�with his hat on the back of his 

bead�察�stood outside in the whirling snow�察�puffing at a black cigar。 

     ;Donnerwetter� ─  �shouted   Lutz�察   �der   vinter�察  �he   has   gome   back   again 

yet� ─�

     ;Yer a liar�察�Dutch�察─�called back Mr。 McQuirk�察�with friendly geniality�察�

it's springtime�察�by the watch。; 



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                      THE FOOL´KILLER 



       Down      South     whenever      any    one    perpetrates     some    particularly 

monumental        piece    of  foolishness     every´    body    says�此   �Send    for  Jesse 

Holmes。; 

     Jesse   Holmes   is   the   Fool´Killer。   Of   course   he   is   a   myth�察  �like   Santa 

Claus     and   Jack   Frost    and   General    Prosperity     and   all  those   concrete 

conceptions that are supposed to represent an idea that Nature has failed to 

embody。 The wisest of the Southrons can´ not tell you whence comes the 

Fool´Killer's   name�察  �but   few  and happy  are   the   households   from  the   Ro´ 

anoke to the Rio Grande in which the name of Jesse Holmes has not been 

pronounced or invoked。 Always with a smile�察�and often with a tear�察�is he 

summoned to his official duty。 A busy man is Jesse Holmes。 

     I remember the clear picture of him tha

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