The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1876-08-15
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Mr.. Nasty waits ,daooI.,riT..IIe re
Of Tildei ~ n iis,' .o M Hascom...
Ills finai ln'' Wp"Ins \
COEFEDRiT y h3Aps, ,,,,,,
Wen IS IN THE 9F"t ,,, nv III. 1875.
August "a" 800
There wuz wunst doctor. wich he'd o
- wicb wood either physic or puke,
'U. S.% e, he s.ript of the tree up OF
HoF b. 10 hi. doctor is Tilden and Hen
~ Reed Ither letter up and they are
S Ss,N' money phySic-reed EN- down ant
I ,,.~ arC soft money yomick.
wy Tbs dsy cot back from the St. Looi
convenshun, I commenst preparin for .
.,"mnin toor for our gallant standard
h ," | borrowed an extra shirt, 81
T,t Good hey one, borrowed valiS'
70 To-, n' IN y;ye me standing at SIGH hotels, CT
' A. C ~ didn't become responsible
in' NU hoard and Bascom completed my
, ,v' =. on,Tt Inv contributin a quart bot
% Va nv The newest, 10 be kerrled in the
y,lise TO be yooSed in localities wheEe
,t "'' recess,ries Of life WIZ hard to come
wv ''"''s' " '
]" r., coo,lept 20 out instructor nv the
rsnn,e iii / knowd wat my candydates
Eic6ved in / decided to wait ~ got
,5sir letters nv acceptance: Did that
Gkser stay in tho Talise? SDtany, ~
" no, ali gone the fust day, and l went to
p H. with the empty bottle the next
,nornin.
'AT @Fill il M, q. W." sed l. u cant go
IN bey seen them letters"
.WhenII they Gomez askt he.
To-day or tomorrow" sed l.
700 shood hev kept wat 700 he'd till
the letters come, sed he' No.,
"Ba.com," WIZ the response, "likker
like yourn cant DO kept"
And then sccin trouble ahead contin-
wood.
0Promise me tibet yOo9l keep this bottle
dlled till them letters comes. 1t will be
hut little while, and remember, Bascom,
700 got the four hundred dollars thet
Tilden, the ReIormer, paid lilF my vote at
81 Loois."
N PROMISE" hegroand.
"And likewize, until ! hev red em and
understood 'em, so tibet | shell not go out
and spout falls DjmoCrisy."
II promise" he groand agin.
Day after day passed, but no letters
came But promptly every mornln l wuz
al Bascoms with the bottle, which he
vroaningIy filled. On the thirtieth day
he reloosed pint blank.
"G. W." sed sternly, remember your
promise. | may be called any mint.
Il WIZ the foolish virgins wat he'd no lie
in their lamps. | am no foolish virgin.
Fill up the lamp for | may be called to-
mite
But every mornin he wood lift up his
voice eE come in, and howl, "Grashns
Aeyena amt them letters never comm 10
relieve me oy this incubus?"
At last one mornin the letterS come, in
the Louisville papers, and Bascom come
oyer to me happy, ez though graft wait
al,l bin lifted oil him.
II ill the bottle for the last time" sed
h, glily, "ior lol here be the letters"
took the papers and red the letters,
and the next mornin WIZ promptly at
hit bar with the bottle.
Fill it," remarked calmly.
Not any" said he, WOO have the let
tny ,r,,.,., M .,,,,
NeoFse Ma'hIns'o" nl reLl!eI,
"!yoCr promise WIZ 70 Keep .his no..le
allied not only uh'll n;u re" 'ne h le.'e III
but until ! unuefStoou eH: he' pih
a NY y i E trnm ,hcm Ictters whether
I' W, - % ,nII, Hard money mr. Soft Imme.
a"t v w %" Or pernetooal postnone.
I,e ,'1 %"Ts nsySr n be PostmasierS
"'e"'' NV"
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