St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-04-05
He Undoubtedly Was.

/ essay, meester, hat you Chermar
detectif mans in dis stationp''
The above question was asked last
night of the station keeper at the ar
m0ry. Backus looked up and saw before
| him q round-faced, rolly-polly little
German, whose "make-up' would secure
for him instantaneous success on the
variety stage. A bushy shock of hai1
was surmounted by little, round,
crowned hat, and the general tout en-.
Se3nbIe, in fact, struck the lookers-on as
that of successful speciality star, whose
line was Dutch song and dance.
"What do you want of q German de-
tective?'
s'Yell, vas a ChermaD, myself
n1ebbe you noticed dot already-und l
vas dinkin dot mebbe l could told it
better to q Cherman, because l speak
me not pooty much English. l haf got
me some tings to tell you aboud.''
$50 on, | guess we can understand
you well enough.'
s'VeIl, it's like dis: I keep me a
pakery-shop by Forsy-seventh und
Shtate shtreet. Dis mornings comes a
Sheeny man by nay shop ind says to
me, Il vas good Jew, un' wants you
to make me some cakes nit putter, I'M
use no lard [ said: sAll right I'M
would haf der cakes ready dis efening.
Ply und by comes anodder man by my
shop. He vas q Danisher man, und
speaks no English und no German. l
send up shtairs we're lives Danisher,
und he tells me der man wants to find a
friendt named Christian Anderson.
know not such man, und told him
so. He said: 4 vas very sorry,
for / go me back to Denmark tonight,
sund hare present dot | want to gif to
my friendt. Here it is, und he opened
a package und showed some knifes und
forks. Shust apout dot dime comes
pack der Sheeny man, und he
sees der knifes und forks. He
said: 'Oh, vat beautiful cut
leries dem vas, amt it?' Der Dan
Usher mans said he bought dem knifes
und forks on Sheffield for his friendt
Anderson. i gif you fifty tollar for
dose, mine friendt' said der Chew.
sNein, sell dem not, said der Dan
isher, 4 gif dem to mine friendt. He
vent out of nv shtore un der Chew SAYS
to me: 'Holy Abraham, but I would like
to puy me dose cutleries. I would give
me one hundred tollars for dem. Dey
vas simply mak-nif .icent! Say, if dot
man comes pack again, you gif him one
hundred tollars for dem und will buy
'em of you Sure enough comes der
Danisher back. He says: Il can not find
me my friendt Anderson. My shkip sails
Won Baltimore tomorrow night, und |
must leave der city tonight. Of could
found der Sheeny man dot wanted to
puy der knifes and forks for $50 would
sell EN- Il puy dem of You,' l says.
Of course / am a paker, but / drinks |
sees a shance to make some money out
of der Sheeny by selling der goods to
him. So puys dem knifes and forks
undl gives der Danisher $50, und he
goes away. / waited, den,, for der Chew
to gone for his cakes und to puy der
cutieries of nae, Put he gone not any
more, und / looked on dem knifes und
forks again, and don't believe dey vas
wort any more as seventy-ive cents for
der lot. Dem men vas '
!. Whatever appellation the old man
was about to use to designate the men
who had swindled him was drowned in
an outburst of laughter, in which the
victim was compelled to join. 1t was
not a spontaneous outburst of merriment |
on his part, however, for he soon walked |
out of the station sadly murmuring:
81 guess vas tool sucker. CHI
cGdo Times.