Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 287, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1913 — Game to the End. [ARTICLE]

Game to the End.

The late Timothy D. Sullivan had a great fondness for the Bowery boy, and used to tell a story to illustrate the Bowery boy’s gameness. "A newsboy”—so he would begin—“lay bedridden In the hospital. A friend of.hlß, a bootblack, called: ‘“How be ye, Jimmyf’ asked the visitor. “ ‘l’m mighty sick,’ groaned the newsboy. ‘‘Mighty sick, I tell ye; I got to lay flat on me back. The doc says if I turn over on me side I’ll kick the bucket.’ “‘Oh, rats!’ > “ ‘That’s wot he says. If I turn on me side I’ll kick the bucket straight off.’- " ’ “ ‘l’ll bet ye $2 ye won't. Try It and see.’ “ ‘l’ll take that bet,’ groaned the sick newsboy. “Wincing, he turned upon his side., and, sure enough, it killed him instantly. “His friend, the bootblack, laid $2 on the small corpse's chest and departed solemnly on tiptoe."