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Chickens has a roll . '' I wired Johnny as follows : `` If you see a safety pin anywhere around Chickens , that roll belongs to me . '' JOHNNY BLACK 'S GIRL Pittsburg , Pa. , July 1 , 1899 . Dear Jim : I have something to tell you , and it 's not necessary to stand on the courthouse steps at high noon and do the human phonograph act , as it 's strictly under your bonnet . One evening about three years ago , before Johnny and I had moved to our new flat , I had turned in kind of early , as I had been to the Cabinet-Makers ' Ball at Turner 's Hall the night before , and it had been a great success . I was wakened by Johnny beating me and asking me to shake hands . He was dancing around like a crazy man , and as soon as I fairly got my eyes opened I guessed the cause .