The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-05-23
The Hop Scotch CId6
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f"st WI " iahlusf JUST HsWu--
u sav that you shan Join any such oTgRniza-
,On as Ion; NJ you are n wife of mine It's Ter.
frrily ridiculous. anyway for n lot of woman like
you and old Mrs. smith 10 start out and try to
get uP llop.Scoich Club Who ever heard OF
i'mHlr pla, ing such game rs that ? II aia't
decent. tell you. IT,. good enough game for
u onc-l"syrl man and Il you choose to have
les sawed OF you can dance round rs much as
YOU yc n mind TO- hut YOU shan, DO It until
YOU ~ cripple, Il You shalt ! m Duichman
"Wilkius you know -
a pretty looking sleclaclc you'll make a.
Yourself standing ON one Of ihose old fourteen
inch f'-i--'
wilkins, III break--"
''Standing on one OF those hoofs kicking around
after an %, .irr-shel. and putting your toe on the
line and getting out, and having TO go back and
pitch Tor YOUR place Whose going TO pay for
the old hoois you scufi out. Ia like To know ? I
want you To understand I amt. I'm not going
to ~ round every week buying shoes 10 cover
those feet, and creating panic IL the leather
market. Not ~ ! know myst' Aint'
'lf you will onl! let me explain, M.
You can hop anyhow Nou couldu Z stand
on one leg 20 sAve your life, sud even II you
could do yoG sgrpesa ! xsn: "a. sise 90 20
walking ronnd through iais hemisphere like a
turkey with sore toe Hop Why. you couldn'
hop any more than n cAmslSopafi could turn
J.
might A. well ~ 80 spi, log 81 wood with
slic' oi ws'ctmrlun As Tor you To endeAvor 10
hep Il ,"u te 81 found OF hopping ri get
Eapisf. aui have lou mashed al. 90 atoms
wish 70 ga ions that could be dobe.
"Ain ,uT ashamed 10 talk in that
"rir mkt thing ! rSieci you ~ Nani 10 hr
sNIn'-fin. around THE iau Of the free nni home
~ ilv brave. patiug match gaines and having
your usinr published IN tie newspaper. az tue
great llufScoich woman aud bring disgrace
and mi.rtt on your family. But it thAn'i be
done with m, c0ns,ui n you go To Tipping
Afouud At AM - ihr.- games hang me u ! don't
&c, the IRE, policeman ! eau ind 10 grab ou Ne
n manis' Anl put yOu ia straight jacket, II
can bul one bs enough 10 fi yOu. it's too
sraudAlous for anything
"Ms. Wilkins. you behave like p~tfrci--
And you re jus, the very kind oi woman to
90 20 work And Try To be At the head OF the busi-
ness and lay Yourself out ,n win the champion .
belt, and 80 W around challenging other feeble
minded woman. aud spreading yourself on match
e. Why its ridiculous Ia like 20 know Ehat
you do with the belt IL you got IL. anyhow
No belt, !ou know. is going TO reach around iha,
waist
Mr.. wilkins ~ha, d. you mean I'LL"
You nigh, just as well try to buckle = skate
strap around u church sieeple yes. you might
You going TO try for the champion belt Well,
that is amusing. And then ! suppose, II you
win Tue Stakes you u come bOme mere ana spend
tie whole of the money on spring bonneis, and
teach your neglected children vanity anil pride
But l."
wilkins. you re silly"
But jus, want you 10 bear in mind that
put up cash for you. won't shell out aHy
money for stakes. In my opinion you'd better
a plagued sight stay home and cook steaks for
your family. When you die ] u drive q stake
into your cold aud silent grave TO hold you
down. That's"
you shant talk in that seandaious-
That's all the stake you get ou; Of me, unless
you carry on your iomfoolery 80 long that I'll
be Obliged 20 drive . stake 10 the backyard, and
tie you to 1t by your Hop-Scoieh leg like some
old hen, 10 keep you from wandering OF And
that's just what its going TO come 10 in my op
inon le, me tell you.
!Yos know never thought Of such A..
And don't want you 10 go prAciieing GU,
here in the street with the boys iE the afternoon,
eiiher--jusi recollect that will you II you mus,
Ilop-Sco,ch, 60 down In the cellar, out Of decent
society. and you can Hop-Scoich, or lrish, or
High Dutch, or any other way you want TO- but
keep ou, Of the street | don'i want this eommuni-
~ To sec an old pulle, like you---''
wilkins, III scraich-'
Like you bouncing around over the pavement
among parcel OF boys, creating frs,.class
earthquake every time you hop, aud very likely
getting the city authorities down on me for loo
and youd a good deal better stamp around some.
where where they want the cobble stones rammei
only you'd very likely drive them half way
through TO China every time you came down on
them with one Of those number mines"
'lf you only give me n chance. Mr.. Watkins.
III tell you that
~ don't want 10 give you chance, or you'll
hop with all the deccncy and Proprieiy in the
family"
That never thought Of such a thing as join
ing llop-Scoich Club-'
What
~ never though, Of such thing in all my
born days
'The mischief yos didn'il Then what did you
mean by having The Constitution and bylaws
for the George Washington IIop-Seo,ch Club In
your bureau drawer, say p
"Breckinridge Augustus pat them there.
"Well, Why In the name Of common sense
didn't you say 80 before. AHd not give me the
trouble aud annoyance I've had -
"Because you wouldn't let me speak"
my gracious. woman your tongue has been
going like q pendulum I haven't had q chance
to &c, word In sdgeways, or any other ways
for q week"
"whs, an awful story l haven't uttered
sentence
better get out Of bed aud say your prayers over
again That's the toughest one you ve told within
an hour. Aud now stop your elaiier I'm tired
Of hearing your eackle."
And wilkins closed up. Hut when ! gaEsd
upou the pondrrous foFm Of Mrs. Wiikias neHi
morning, I thought myself that che would not
have been an ornamental obiect " che e7gactd
In the game Of lioP-Scoteh.
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