The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1862-06-25

You see, ma, ! was taking breakfast
with friend, this morning, and the I
Princcsses came and rested their elbows
on the window sill and thrust their heads
in, Ike three very ancient and smoky |
portraits trying to get out Of their frame.
They examined the breakfast leisurely,
and criticised it in their own tongue; they
pointed at each article of food, with their
long. skinny fingers, and asked each
others opinion about it; and they kept n
accurate record of each mouthful we toot,
and figured up the total, occasionally =
After awhile the Gentle Wild Cat re-
marked: "May be Witty man no heap
eat um grnss-hopper?' (their principal
article article Of diet, ma, and John re
fp'ied, 'fMay be Witty man no heap like
lum srass- s-hopper-sarry" And thus tie
lark: "May be bimeby. Injun heap
ketch am sage-hen.' "Sage-hen heap
good bully said John. Yous see, these
savages speak bro@cn English, madam,
and you've got toanswer accordingly, be-
cause they cunt understand the unlractur-
acd article, you know. We held further
conversation with them, of the same in
teresting character, after which we closed
the "taIk" by giving them bar Of soap
and cup of coffee for breakfast, and re-
questing them to leave, which they did,
after they had begged few old shirts,
boots, hats, etc. and deck Of cards.
They adjourned to the wood pile, and re-
solved to poker little-for these Indians
4 Al.
dealt and ''antied," threw up their
hands and doubled the pot" and
dealt again. This time the Gentle Wild
Cat event blind to the extent of pair
of boots; the Timid Rat ''saw the blind,
although it took check shir. and Peru
Wan hat to "come In" the Soaring Lark
'~traddled the blind" which created 4
sensation, you know. and seemed to cause
the other ladies great anxiety Of mind. as
to whether the Lark held an SAGE full, !"
or was only "blufing." However, when
an Indian gets to gambling he doesn't
care cent for exp nses, SO they rallied
and "came i'm handsomely. And the
way old clothes were piled up there, when
| the betting had fairly commenced; was
interesting As soon as one Princess
would bet a hat. another would "see tha,
hat and ego apair of socks BETTER un-
Ill the Tmid Rat had staked her darling
necklace, and the Gentle Wild Cats lsst
shirt was on the pile. At this stage O.
the game. great excitement prevailed, and
the Soaring Lark wa. in despair, for she
couldn't come in Presently, aware
that she was the centre of an absorbing
interest, and appreciating the grandeur Of
her position, she grew desperate and GAL
lantly called her opponents, for she
unstrapped the Bottled Thunder, and bet
that mighty Prince against the game. and
all hands said bully for the Lark. The
denouement was thrilling. The Gentle
Wild Cat showed four aces. and thereby
busted the party, madam, because four
aces cant be beaten. you know. Make q
note of that OH the fiy leaf Of your Whole
Duty of Man, for future reference. You
will find it useful. if you ever turn Injun,
for then your dusky compatriots will not
think much OF you if you don't gamble.
Now, if you are acquainted with any
romantic young ladies or gentlemen who
dote on these loves Of Indians, send them
out here before the disease strikes in.
8. L. G.