The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-11
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amt writ by me, coz | can't write. Nor
can't read. so if a~nything's took down wronl
it won't be my fault
"a gentleman in one OF our offices says [.
me: You tell me the story of yOur youD
IN, an III take it down and get IL printed
Au' he says TO begin at the very bIginnin
wen l fust sead my young un-a little cha
gOt | foun' arter his father died, an b
hadn't nothin' but a fiddle In the worlo
down to City Hall, and asks him to play, b
the strings, an makes the wust n Use ye eve
heerd IN yer life. He felt SO took down wheI
| laughed hat 1 asked him, serious, TO keeI
at it, till be says, loOkln' up inter my face
drefful disappointed, "rhey's awful n'ises
amt they p says. Wal, no.; I've heerd tn
Cats make ten times wuss ones nor that.
guess it'll come some time If We keep q try
in an it cheered him heaps.
S he Rugged up his fiddle an we startet
down to the corner An | says, Were al
ye goin'?' An be says. Mowers An
says, Don't 9 live now'ers?' An he says
No An | says they wasn't no Use In it. fu
he couldn't no more take keer of hisself thar
a baby ken, an he'd have to live with NE
An he says, Will you take care O. me? An
[ says. Yes. L will An that's the way n.
come to be my yonDg IN.
81 axed him wot was his name, an | cam
tell yer 1T, fur it was one o. them blamed fur
rim names, an couidn' never get it right
so | allus balled him jes Young Un.' An
he axed me wos was my name, an l telIeC
him, Pete an then We kn0ned each other
Were do ye live, Peter he says; an
SEE. Wal, | live Ioun'-jes about roun'-
here, lguess. Ye see, L moved this mornin'.
An he says, Were did yer move ter? An
that vas a sumner. want q newsboy
then, We know; l was on'y a loafer. But |
seed a airy; so I SAYS, Wal, We IL wait till
all the lights is put out down stairs in this
house, an then we'll live here ternight
Bat we u IS go fust IN git our bed afore it's
dark l says. So We walks roun' to a lot
were they was buildin', an he waits vile |
digs out the bed from under a pile o. stones.
Yer see. l had TO bury it ia the mornin's fur
fear o. rag.pickers, cause IT was a VERY
good bed an conf table. specially Ia Aries.
'Wot wasitY 1t vas q Ole piece o carpet
w0t | foun' in trent Nv q house wunst arter
some people moved away from it, an it was
ez. long ez-ez long ez you air,sir, an longer,
too L takes 1t under my arm, an the
young IN hol's on to my other han an we
find the airy ayin. But we has to loaf roun
a good vile fore tbs lights is put out. Wen
i'll all dark we goes down under the steps
an / rolls up the carpet kind e'loose an
tells him ter era wi inside it. Will Their be
fOOu luI tue uuule, tOOl uc Guys, COZl IL
there won't | don't mind, | ken sleep out
side. Pete An he looks so Worried that |
sings out, OF course, Their will Do yer
think I'd leave the fiddle out ter cotch lis
death o cold aa' be laid up an token to
the orspital?' An that makes him laugh,
IN then be crawls in fast, an Icrawls in
last, an then, thser We was. all three of Us,
up comftable togethe.
This was a long time ego, atore | was q
wen 1 was tryin' to sot up a
at the crossin's; but brooms was
aard TO git. We tried all mex day begin,
an oily got two Is, an we was so cold
an hungry that | says to young IN. Let's
again in the mornin', and let's have q
treat 10 night SO We did an We had reg
lar good fan goin' to a shop 70 buy our sup
per, stead of Begin IL. makes him an
the baker woman laugh AKIN her to guv me
the most she can OF anything for two cents ,
An, | tell We wot, she was q jolly woman,
for SIZE guv rs q lot o. bread, an then
she told US to hold on a bit, an she went
INTO another room an bringed Us out
IN her apron a lot o. splendid
tale goodies an some elegant
o. sugar wot was broke off real weddin'
cake She did somethin else, too. When
he young IN looked up at her an says.
You g goodl' aud tux hold Of her eowDd,
,he stopped down student AZ she put her
iwo arms roun' him and kissed him. An
ne dropped his fddle-think o. thati He
his fiddle, wot he never let go of
light or day afore. An be put be put bis
roun' her neck an hid bis face again
her. An she says to me, BE good to him,
or he's litter nor you An be sings ont.