The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-03-18
OUR Anaperlis Letter.

AAS LII lOn - AuS dOuN CdpoiluH
VIII send SIGH a thrill NV joy and
satisfaction thru yure sole az yu hav
NOT ielt this winter. am shure yu
VIII capitalize, ur at least italicize the
"Ourn
1t hez not bin mi gud fortune tn
see much NV yure wurthy cotempo-
rary the Dimnaycrat this winter, but
whensOever l hav bin so blest, OBJ
served that it ristled all over with
CRATE he'd lines, announcin letters
from Anaperlis. Sum had bin written.
it liz true. with "repugnence" or other
sast NV contrarety, but whatever
they wur not, wun thing wuz serten.
tina wur at least letters from Anar-
erlis, and that liz why 1 ann here.
When last saw yu, mi friend, /
cud not blu, remark how chang'd yu
scanned. Ylre feeturs look't wan
a heap wann9r than usual, an 1 OBJ
serbed that You scanned to regard me
with far-awa, beseachin sort ofgaze.
Yure locks had perseptably thinned,
an bore the marks of havin bin ex-
tracted bi the method popularity be-
leeved tn be in voge when men ar in
despair, viz: yanked out bi the little
eend. l realized to wunst that yure
mentle apparatus wuz endoorin
feert1e strane, an az sumo az left the
grosery whar yu wuz 1 went tn SOL
win the problem as tn what yure
trubbel wuz. an yu no when 1 bring
mi intelleck to bear on a subjeck-
when l kun down on it fiat footed eff
mi fut don't slip, eff a trace don't
brake. or eff nuthen don't Civ wa its
got tn kun. So sed to miself what
liz the matter with our editer, IL hiz
trubbel furren ur domestic liz it
tinanshel ur perliticle; duz mi arrears
NY subscription have ennything tu
du with TITAN az ! pondered over
it the INSPIRATION begun tn git holt
Nv me an aWl tn wunst a CRATE fud
Nv lite busted luse on to it, an saw
the hull thing az clear az MONDAY.
Yu had not had letter frum Anap-
erlis. / saw tn wunst the hull situa-
ton an that stud in the focus uvi it.
L realized mi responsibility, an am
not the man tn desert a post ur sacri-
fise friend when the yoise of dooty
calls.
Irushed tn the stable whar ole seal
Wuz munchin hiz otes an thru miself
bestride him, and tn encourage him
tn beat his fastest rekord l wore out
II switches on him goin home
seezed my travlin bag an shuved in
a lot NV noozepapers to give it the
properrotundity, an amung the luther
rubbish 1 hove in shurt, not notisin
in mi haste that it belonged to Mrs.
Mex, an in less time than it takes
tn rite it 1 wuz on mi wa to the an
shent sitty.
tuck mite trane fur the good
book seq linen luv darkness ruther
than lite becos-tha don't want to
anser questions. TUX stock trane
becos had but little NV the reddy,
an 1 alters liked katie. / will not
truble yu with the insidence of the
jurny. but tina wur various an noomer-
Gus, suffise 1t tn sa it tuck days of
smart skri.nagin tn accomplished it,
an at the end NV that time / landed
safe in the sitty NV Anaperlis. 1 tuck
logins at poplar bordin house" an
slep the slepe NV the innersent.
This mornin az l intended inter-
vuin hiz excellency, together with
luther shinnin lites. an az had bin
browsin round, amung the cole hop
pers and kattel kars the last days,
it waz imperative that / shud be
properly attired. Thar il nothin that
sets orr fine lookin gentleman like
miself to better advantage than
immaculate shirt buzzum with
cupple NV dimun studs skrude in at
the proper angle. So 1 proceeded to
don mi clene shirt in. which l tuck
CRATE deal of pride, it bein mi cheef,
elaine tn respectfully az mi luther
close wuz only about average. 1
opened the carpet-bag an the first
thing to excite feelin NV vague I'M
sertainty and alarm wuz the ruffel
round the tale. which happened to
KUN up foremost. An rite here per-
NIT me to observe bi wa Nv digres-
sion that 1 hav bin on the frunt in
the picket line expozed to the enc
my's sharp shutters, 1 hav stud in the
shock Nv battel an war, in frunt NV
the kanon's mouth and / hay bin ex-
posed tn death frum storm and fiud,
but in awl mi life / wuz never so
kumpletely dumfuzzIed as 1 wuz this
mOrnin bitthat feemail shurt ruffel.
The sleeves wuz cut orr at about half
mast, the Roller ditto, an thar wuz
no buzzum tn speke Nv, and wurst