Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-02-08
Mazeppy.

| last night, and / thort L would 20 down
to see the show, and / want to tell my
experience to severil of my fellow citi-
zens in Crittenden county; and as they
all take the LEDGER over there, thor.
'twould be the best way of reaching
over there. So, with your permishin,
here goes.
went to see Leo Hudson play
Mazeppy Thursday night, and ! hev
been in brown study ever sense, to de-
termine in mi own mind whether Leo is q
maskuline or fcmynine noun. First of,
the kurtin riz, shown the outside sf a
kastuil, and Teller or q gall couldn't
make out which by the klose-Q thort
twas a Teller, cause be wore sword
and belt, but there warnt nothin' between
the belt and chin that looked like Teller
not much). He or she begun hollerin
for sumbody to cum to the winder-and
there did cum an almity nice gal, with
her klose all trimmed with blak
and white kstfur; then / thort
twas Teller, cos the gal colled him her
Kassimeer; and in spite of Lucy Stun,
etc, Kassimeer haint got to be much of
q femynine artikle yit; and ! kslkerlate
when gal talks about her Kassimeer,
she meens pare of kassimeer trousers
and their kontents. Ksssimeer run on
as how he loved the gal muchly, and she
allowed as how she was sufferin' with the
same complaint-but if Kassimeer would
take her advise, he'd git out of them dig
gins afore the old man got up and cotched
him hangin' round them premises afore
daylite. Then Kassimeer made himself
scarse and the gal turned on the gas
and said twas dsylite, and she would 20
out and take the air. Then she cum down
into the yard with her nuss and lot Of
other gals, an she let on to the nuss and
the rest on EN- as how she was ded in luv
with Ksssimeer, but her ole dad was
goin' to make her marry Kount. Then
the ole man cum in and told her as how
the Kount was cumin thar that very day;
and sure nuff, when they was talkin' sum
one blew horn, and sed as how the Kount
was lest in site. Then sum Teller bro't him
in on a stretcher with skeeter net over
him. q suppose that is the way Kounts
travel in Poland, but thort the skeeter
net was a superiority in those latitude
Well, the gal neeled down afore him and
a Teller brot in her waterfall on server
and she put it on (she must hev been
kareless critter to forgit it when she
first dressed her), and the Kount cum
out from under the skeeter net, and sed
be liked her stile and wud marry her.
All this time her Kassimeer was o lookin'
on an a gettin' up his dander, and sayin'
10 himself as how he would white the
Kount up into so many pieces that you
couldn't kount EN-. Then thar was a
ginral trainin, which wound up in sham
fite, and Kassimeer licked out the hull
crowd, Kount an all, an the gal crouned
him big rooster, and the ole man said as
how he was glad to see the young un was
trump.
But he didn't look very glad, an thort
be lied when he sed it, an / belesv it yit.
That mite, after the Kount was in his
room, & jest going to bed, in cum a fell
low with big waterproof cloak onto
him, which covered him all up, and dared
him to fte, but the Koun. allowed as how
the Teller warnt much, an he wouldn't
fite him but the Teller with the cloak
sassed the Kount so much that he
couldn't stand it no longer, an they
pitched in, an the Kount got the worst
of it, an the Teller threw off his cloak,
an, by hockey, twas the gals Kassimeer.
Then all hands rushed in, an the ole
man rared and kussed, an swore he'd
strip the kassimeers rite off of him, an
tie him to a wild colt. an send him to the
devil hyin'-an' Tn blowed if they
didn't strip him rite there afore the hull
crowd Ian between you an me the more
they stripped him the less resemblance
he bore to felIer,) Then they bro't in
a horse, an il took four fellers to hold
him, an they couldn't keep him from
rsvin an pitchin like fax brake with
the pin out, but finally they got the ami
NAL cooled down, an tied the victim on,
an the mini. they ie. &C the holt the dis
lance between him aud his klose became
less at an alarming rate. / don't know
the exact amount Of English miles it is
from Poland to Tartary across the noun
tain by the route that boss took, but he
made it, aud inside Of ten minits. |
made up my mind | shouldn't never be
afraid of catching Tartar after that ex
hibishun Of thar speed. Such gait IA
terally took away the feller's breth as
we'll as the horses, and it took three or
four horns out Of shepperdess's cap
teen to bring him to, and when be did
ketch his breth onst more the
King of Tsrtary was q standin over him,
aud just rsviu as how be was bis dad
an bis real name was Mazeppy. Then
they put more klose onto him and made
him King Of Tdrtary, but he told EN-
as how he wouldn't give a cuss to be King
without his gal from Poland. So the
ole msn an the soger fellers swore be
would have the gel if it took thar last
red. And they ell started back across
the mountains and got TO Poland Jest in
time to shet down on the wedden between
the gel and the Kouni, and the gals
Ksssimeer cum Hyin in, and SCI be, I'm
Mazeppy and ths; gals mine, and I'll
have her or tare down your hull shanty"
But the Kount allowed she was hissen,
and he'd have her or bust; and Mszeppy
said 81 right, he'd accommodate him, so
he pitched in and busted him, and there
was a ginersl scrimmage, and Mszeppy's
crowd cleaned out the Polauder's crowd,
aud Mszeppy got the gal, and the show
was out
=. S.-Tbe more / mediate on Kas-
Sinners general makeup the more I'm
konviaeed that wsrn't no Teller as PLAYED
Mazeppy Thursday night