Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles, of Shorty McCabe

Excerpt from Odd Numbers Being Further Chronicles, of Shorty McCabe
One of my highbrow reg'lars at the Physical Culture Studio, a gent that mixes up in charity works, like organizin' debatin' societies in the deaf and dumb asylums, was tellin' me awhile back of a great scheme of his to help out the stranger in our fair village. He wants to open public information bureaus, where a jay might go and find out anything he wanted to know, from how to locate a New Thought church, to the nearest place where he could buy a fresh celluloid collar.
"Get the idea?" says he. "A public bureau where strangers in New York would be given courteous attention, friendly advice, and that sort of thing."
"What's the use?" says I." Ain't I here?"
Course, I was just gettin' over a josh. But say, it ain't all a funny dream, either. Don't a lot of 'em come my way?
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