Word: tiernan
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Doorman John Healy comes to work Sunday morning bringing a partly finished bottle of whiskey. He greets his colleague, George Tiernan, nightman, with the suggestion that they "kill the quart" before Mr. Tiernan goes home. They are bosom friends and two hours pass pleasantly while they rehash what has been their favorite conversational topic since the Lihmes left town, namely, the stinginess of "The Old Swede's" (Mr. Lihme's) tips and the indisputable right, the incontrovertible necessity of two fine Irish elevator men to get an increase...
Hadn't the apartment company promised them ? Couldn't the company afford it? Didn't they deserve it? Sure and they did, said Messrs. Healy and Tiernan. They called John Dacey, another elevator man in the building, to come, have a drink and agree with them...
...field Yale showed up in wonderfully good form, running catches by Rustin and Keator being the best features. Greenway caught superbly. Tiernan, Davis and Burke did the bulk of the batting for the New Yorks...