Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-08-06

A Dutch Yarn.
'Wegates, Mr.. shon; how You does dis
morning?' 80
.Burty much peter; how does you do
yoursell?' ~
.Goot! very goot? Vat is de news you
got?'
oh. nothing: no hears de news any
IN ore.'
Wy ish dous? Wy is dous? w you
no hear de news?'
Veil. den. don't run nit me FIRE ma
eheen no more.
Mine himmell Vat for you give him
up?'
Il dells YOU You know Shake Skiffers
un Willy Rennet un Polly Hickens. un ali
lie wire poys, used to come down in my
saloon after de wire was out, and trink lag
or, un smoke segars. and play tominoes.'
.Yaw, l peleve does know apout all
dat
Vel. Won day Snake speaked to me-
'Shon, Wy don't You psloRg init der wire
company
Wy for says. 1T makes you potter
pizness, says he. s - 4t+s
I'm SO it dood.'
'Nein, nein, be darn yon it dotd.'
Howl
Veil, / COED one efenine NIT Shale
down to ter machinegine house, M after
dere was a needing he proposed me as 10
vas a goot Teller, and keeps so peter la
ger. and l gifts drust. I'm day takes a
tote. Shake he says dem dat do BIZ in va
vor Of my company to say YES. un all dat
don. be in vavos Of my company, un
wants DER heads poked to say NO.
Veil, nopoty don't say no; SO Shake he
dell me vas elected; den | ak him yot |
,hall do nit myself, un he says, dreat de
company. So dreats der company. I'M
den | gets der slate I'm | marks down nit
drust an extra trlnk to dem all, uu two to
Shake. Veil, after We trink sometime, dey
goes ter home, an vas viremau.'
Diet night goes ter pet, un l dhrcams
all night pout houses on wire, I'm dought
| vas breaking ter vinders. and smashing
ter tngs un satin everybody. Tn in &c
mornin' ven get up find myself laying
ON ter flour we're falls off ter ladder in
mine shleep. De next day ven Shake
cooms into my saloon he dells me vas
vine fifty cents, for don't been out of my
house. SO after little he splained to me
vot it vos dat must bay fifty cents for; SO
pays it, and makes up my mind dat
don't miss de wires no more
Well, de night before last dare was a
wire in the Bowery, un COED up NIT de
machine un we gets to work, un de ma
chineginc plays on de fire SO den de fore
man oil lie company cooms to me un says:
'Shon, dare's woman in re upper story,
you go up ter ladder un help her OUT
So OF course got in de vinder, but dare
vas no woman dere. looks around un
gals for der woman but she don't come,
den drinks peter go out so soon as L
can. / goes to der vinder un--meiR Gott
in Himmel, de ladder was gone. | put
out mins head to call somepoty to pring
him pack, put shust den s;hream OF va
ter from de hose CINE coomed right in my
vaee un drown me right on mine pack.
'Dunder and blizten!'
De water keep comm in un de smoke
was burty nigh drown ME too. l couldn't
speak. for ven | opened my mouth ter va
ter villed it up. Wrist vas mad, den i
shweared, I'm den gets skeert, IN | brayed
un at last feels burty bad mineself. un |
thinks vas dead. Shust den somepoty
shumpt right in de middle ov de vloor, un
it vas Shake; he baked me up to ak me vat
| vas doing dare, so feels sbamed, I'm
l dells him vos looking rount to see
somepoty, un he says you tam fool, gone
along and save YOURSELF So follered
him ont IN dare was de ladder. he put hi,
legs around it IN shlided down; den
dried to 20 de same. but ven cooms down
half de way. mine legs coched Won in de
oder, un down dumbled. right pom top
de heads of about tozen wire fellers.
pyoke mine pack up SO far as mine boots
1 var ever so plack un plus as plooc color
ever since, uni don't run no more NIT d.
machineginc.'
'Daus is pesser.'
'Yaw. Now. Shon. guess we go nnt
daks some lager, and let de machinogine
60 to der tyvel. le rssf