The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-17


! lest come 'Ome.
| went out Of the room in course, aud thinks
| as I'D 20 over and stop that old Wilby from
| comm. So slips on my gownd, and tho far
| from well, goes over to where they was a-takin'
| tea, and there was that old wagabone still at
us tea, a-tuekin' into am like one o'clock. So
| ] jest took cup and set down near i'm, and
begun a-talkin' to him, lynn old beast, as
begun humbuggin' about lis dear wife bein'
that delicate as she was forced to 90 TO bed. l
didn't say nothink, but when he'd took lis tea,
and said as he was a-goin', l says, claw, won't
you ave and at cribbage with me, Mr..
Wilby~ For we'd played one evenin' afore.
and he'd won sixpence. on me, as | see he were
regular greedy arter.
AT first he sed he wouldn't, but then give
way, and we set down to play, and he KEEP on
a-chucklin' over me a-losin'.
Afore ever ] come in, / asked the lady of
the 'Ouse if she'd send some tea over to that
poor young woman, as promised she'd do it as
soon as possible.
KEEP lettin' that old feller win till he'd got
a shillin' out of me, and then he wanted to
leave off. But says, No, give me a chance
of winnin' some of it back, as he was obli-
gated to give in to, thro' others a-sayin' it
were fair.
Brown, he come into the ROOM as 'ad been
doin' a pipe, and says, "Hallo, Martha, /
thought you'd gone to bed"
Jest then the waiter come in and says tome,
''The lady amt there, for I've took over the
tea myself, and the rooms empty"
Says old Wilby, "What lady Y'
/ says, ooh, nobody you knows; friend Of
mine."
So the waiter says, ''Then you don't mean
the tea for this gentleman's wife 20
| room; follers i'm, and got up to the room as
quick as he did, and sure enough it was dark
and empty.
He turns on me, and says, "This is your
andy work, you old cockatrice."
says, "YOu call me sich names, and I'll
tear your eyes out"
He says, "Where's my wife?" and rushes
into my room.
says, "Come out of there, and don't make
fool of yourself" I'd got light, and on
| the table there was letter for i'm, as he
ketched up and read, and then says, 'Its all
a plot, and you're in it."
! / says, 81 knows nothink about it," but |
says, 81 do know one thing, and that is, as
you treated 'er shameful; and if she's gone to
her brother, it only serves you right"
He says, "Er brother, indeedl"
says, ''You don't mean to say as that sea-
farm party as left 'er here along with isn't
| Ter brOtherf'
He says, ''You must be a fool to believe sich
tale" and was a-rushin' out.
"Now," says, you'll escuse me, but"
says, 'don't you go and make yourself a
larfn stock to every one in the 'ouse but
keep quiet; if she's a bad woman, let FER 60
and you're well rid of FER, and be sure it'll
come 'ome to 'er.'
He begun a-cussin' of 'er, so / says, "Don't
do that, for remember as cusses is like chick
ems, they comes 'ome to roost;" so l says
'let 'er go, and you take yourself off on the
quiet"
"Well," he says, "youre no fool, tho no
body wouldn't believe it was in you to look a
you"
says, 'Don't the letter say where's she's
gone ?"
"Oh," he says, 81 don't care, leave M
alone, that's ALL" and so / did, and whe1
Brown come over l told i'm, and he says, g
do believe as you'll be a-goin' into the Toole
rees and a-interferin' with the Hempire 'issel
next"
"Ah," says l, 81 could tell i'm bit of M
mind as would do i'm good, and Pm sure
could manage that poor little Prince In
, perial better as l see lookin' very past
a-walkin in the gardings, as wants feediI
, up and not to be allowed for to set abor
a-drinkin' wine with a lot of little boys as
dressed up like sojers, and his father a-lookiI
on as l see the pictur on myself"
r We card old Wilby a-fdgetin' about
) good deal, and KEEP a-dreamin' and a-thinl
in about that poor young woman, and didn
get no sleep, but jest as dropped off if the
didn't come and thump at the door and sa
! as it was time for me to get up as it had gon
: | five.
l says, sect up at this hour, what for ?"
t The man says, YOU'RE a-goin' by the fu
{ train"
/ says, 81 ain't.''
0 ooh" he says, ''then it's the next room,
l as sure enough it was old Wilby a-goin' OF
| and go he did, and good riddance; and, say
t to Brown, che must ave done very bad by e
for to make 'er run away like that"
"Oh," he says, "she's only a-actin' all
, mode de Parry, and has caught up the
t ways"
t isays, Rubbish, there's good and bad, 1
, doubt, 'ere like everywheres else;" but
t couldn't go TO sleep no more, and lay thel
Y a-thinkin' over all manner, and what 'eai
S about their French ways of putin all IL
+ children out to nuss, as dies by the thousan
S and is a bad way for to 60 on jest to save thei
?, selves the trouble; but, law, it don't do for
= think over the way as children is treated
If England, as is bad enough, goodness knows.
IS Brown, he got up in reg lar bad tempe
r, that short, as there weren't no speakin' to In
B. and was that rude to me over breakfast thr
10 a-sidin' agin me when | said as I'd see Bon
,e party a-layin' in state in Baker street, C
le parties said they was a-goin' to see lis tom
e, as I've seen myself but wanted for to 60 in
le Paris to do little bit of shoppin' with MI
~ Ditcher, as knows is as good as French
le 90 shoppin' with, and wouldn't ave thoug
y, of goin' alone, for no sooner do they fiji
out as you're English, than they sticks
| ON pretty thick, | can tell you, everyWhe