Old Rounder Finds That Times ‘Ain’t What They Used to Be’mlBy DAMON RUNYON.By Interna tkin.i,I Xr-ws ServtreNY. W 1' 113; K. 0 w ■1T? m c = ain ' twhat thev rsed to be around tbo till I bright isle,* ‘ sighed the. r . f ■ i “ 1 Wl.-S irt ThU'iS-ri;lt;• :•! H.-t? ’ !■ hnk- tdguirp arti lc* ofngrocmrut for a lwank round routs betw-.jj I’teii im Wi-ish. the lightweight . Uamjiion, cud ‘-'barley White el 1 T-. i;a„n,*aoii it watj such a joke affair that ir P}iat-' me feci sad. h came oil up ,11■ -1 is -1 • l i I wandered lit lie -v menvall out d j- rn. expecting to hoc the boys dk v hung with the r«M grape. hilt all J found writ. a Irt of old hard boiled tie- loimiug around a^uinsl the wood-Work. The hard boiled egir are the lad**I bat ri»*■» ■ ■ • i uri. n ore tllliu t W« ‘ bucks ’ Jin them at n time and they wear Lhcm two h T ” Slt;« ’ In!-:, to their hodir-rt that *,'Ou couldn't get a knitting needle in between with a maul.’• Dte hunl-b'«k'd eggs have come up nround here in ;he lust tYvt yea: andth-* ax*1 ruining a good town. They make it bard for a right, pu to get by. M There was two or throe burton dor?1in tb*tri'-icli*'s, but1nuti**'1 1 flintthe*. lulu't} * ■1 *ii10 hr*I*d, i itjf , pi rrun!Tiny .lidti1*Imvc 1ili*1 nlrl rllthll-'i; i ■ 1 •-■ \% jj ■“■» '11 d-goingtoIn* I hi - time !luiyt - X j i l‘ 1* •1ilfUa 11 lillittir1m'.. Theyju«1luc4*1 ' tIxirv*!,And1H(d l» i'.| thatthe rfliUtidfIiri2«‘ J•■.j, halt * orl.o d, -noundum oupthe 1H ‘4?f l£In-i = fg. \vh*’«OV«r n^uy aiuokxd in a; tbo bar. If thatbajidn 't been enough to tip me* off on til- party, there wr»- the attitude oi bigAin:, tbo *. her at the lunch counter.Guards Free Lunch.* * Bip Ale-' war hCttin bark looking the U*.r ever, but then- --va* nothing lt;'h’ o-:inasy a bout lit* thruhop The k •: i1! bo.lv 1 egg .h ivei'o e row dec! r|cse up ui huji -ili i:to puuBee upon the tuun, :n:-(j tug Me* was aetiDg mighty ro-lu.'kit:’—n-:gh‘y reluctant Hs knew no libu. had a living chance against thatmot*, fie was acting in tha boss’s in-tcr.--.pj, A good man, big Alec•* V wav in the hack part at the placo. Harry lkdlok. Welsh s manager, andMuncy Btumenthal, who representedWl'iie. w.-re seatild nt a table with npile i.f Think wrilin' [ aper in front of 'ui. There was enough paper there to write .* novel on. I ncy only needed two piece*?, as it turned out. aid mnvbe the could have dune with one in a pi in h. or U.-,. t o-.rneTndN '$ ruff, but lh*yhad enough to three sheet the town.' People commenced to come in pretty soon and the place pot filled with smokeand con vernation* but he.rt*nder*5 opt saving shoe leather and elbow• '.ol.nriv .parr- the *'ft?h register a' i - : IT- 1 iY ..*• b-ir- n**-u*d myself, buti \ ■ i ■ ?n..i\ i ;., -, - .■ -o.-,| | i _111 at b ijpf,1 it. * ' ha- cliauf;rd on Broadway.•» in w -i-- p- 1 sk‘« i i'iiii- in end got *■ , ojr, p.... ;..| a?'lt;1 Blumeathnl, and Fk h;ioIrd out a fountain p-ea and(Continued on FoLlxrwing Page.)