White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-04-21
The Dutch Fireman.

The Dutch Fireman.
Weegates, Mr.. Shon; how you does
dis morning?"
Putty besscr; how are you. yourself?"
"Goot. Vat is de news %
"Nix goot any more, all de vile.'
"Yy is daus 90
"YelI, / don't runs NIT de wire ma
cheen no morel"
"Mein himmel! Wy for you gif up?"
81 dells you. You know Shake Shift
fers, unit Willy Bennett, unit Polly Hick-
ems, unit AL de wire poys, used to come
down inter mein shaloon after de wires,
unit drink segars unit lager, unit blay at
tominoes 90
"Yaw."
"yell, Won day Shake shpeaked to
me. 'ShOn, Wy yon don't pelOng NIT de
wires? IVY for?' l dell him. 1T makes
you so besser biziness.'
$50 it dood."
"Nein, nein; l pc darned vOt it dOOd!"
"How?"
"Vell, 1 coed Won efenin' NIT Shake
down to de macheengine house. unit after
dere vas q meetin', propozeled me as to
pc member. Shake he dell dem dat l
vas goot feller, unit l keeps so besser
lager. unit | gifts drust. Int dey dakes a
fote. Shake he says dem all you do pc
in fafor of mein company vas to say
yes, mt all dat don't been in fafor of
mein company, unit wants der heads polk
ed, shust to say mo-"
"Daus is recht."
"Vell, nopody don't say no; so Shake
he dells me | vas 'lected; den | ak him
vot shall do init meinself. mt he say.
'Dreat de company So l dreats de
company, mt den l gifts dc shlate mt
marks down nit der drust a nextra drink
to dem all, mt swei to Shake. Veil,
after We drink sometime, dey goes home,
unit / vas vireman.
dat night l COED TO ped, und treams
all night 'pout houses on wire, unit | dott
l vas breaking de vinders, mt smashin'
dc tings, mt safn' eferypody; unit in de
morning ven gifts up, vints meinself
lying on de vloor, we're | falls off de lad
der in mein sheep. De next day ven
Shake comes into mein saloon, he dells
me | vas fiaed fifty cents, for don't been
out of mein house. So after leetle he
'splain to me vat it vas. dat must pay
fifty cents, so l pays it, unit | makes up
mein mind dat don't miss de wires any
no more"
"Daus vas besser.''
"Vell, de night before last dere vas a
wire in de Powery. unit l COED up nit
mein macheengine to plays on de wire !;
so den de vireman of de company be
comes to me mt says, 'Shon, dere's a
woman l de upper shtory; you go up de
ladder unit hand her out So of l goes,
unit l gifts in de vinder; but dere vas no
woman dere. 1 looks all rount, unit l
calls for de woman, but she don't come !;
So l drinks besser go out so soon as l
can. So I goes to de vinder, unt-mein
Colt in Himmel! de ladder vas gone.
puts out mein head, unit calls somepody
to pring him pack; but shust den a
shtream of water from de hosegine coined
recht in mein face, unit drowned me recht
on mein pack"
"Dunder unit bitten! -
"De water keeped comm, unit de
shmoke vas putty nigh drowned me too.
l could not shpeak, for ven l open mein
mout de water filled it up. Wrist / vas
mad, den / sheevared, unit den 1 gifted
skeert, unit brayed, unit at last l feels
putty pad NIT meinself, unit drinks vas
dead. Shust den somepody shumped
recht in de middle of de vloor, unit it vas
Shake. He baked me up to ak me vat
| vas dom dere; so / feeIed 'shamed, unit
dells him l vas lookin' rount for to safe
somepody, unit he say, You tam fool,
gone along unit safe YOURSELF So / fol.
Tered him out, unit dere vas de ladder: he
put his legs arount it, unit shlided down.
Den dried to do de same; bat ven l
coined down half de way, mein legs cotch
Won in de oder, unit down 1 dumbled,
recht pom top de heads as apout dozen
wire vellers. l proxies mein pack up SO
far as mein poots. Twas all Offer SO plack
unit plue as plood color, efer since, unit
don't run no more nit de macheengiue!"