Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-07-03

any question she may put without
shrinkin', and I amt goin' to see no
gal, however beautiful, be she Bohe-
manor be she Dutch"
wen, Bob at that commenced rollin'
round and laughin' and screechin' like
ne had a fit of some kind. [ see i had
made a mistake, and I was slightly
afraid 1 had looked green, which, n
account of the State Of Georey, which
l was a representa-, 1 didn't like to do.
so ! thought round in a rapid way and
fecomembered that l had heard of a
oPery cap, and l sposed my errer was
jest thar, so l said in q strategem way,
tryin' to laugh like Bob did, and so
make him think l had intended a Joke
all the time:
''Well, Bob, I'm glad to see you can
take a joke; faint every man can; but,
Jokin' aside, who is this here Bohemian
gal, and what colored Opery has she
got?"
At that Bob lost his breath laughin',
and the tears fairly rolled down his
cheeks. Then l got mad. which any
man would a done under like c:rcum-
ounces. SEE L:
Bob Tompkins, if you don't stop
skirmishin' round thar like a monkey,
and tell me what under heaven you're
a maxim a fool of yourself about. I'll
up and knock you inter the middle of
next week"
Well. Bob drawed up when he found
my feelins was hurt, and said, while he
was a wipln' his v
''Oh, Jack! you blade of grass, you.
Barnum ought to have you for q Cir
Gus; you'd dror sure. A Opery is a
Play-actin' thing set to music, and the
Bohemian Gal is the name of the Opery,
jest like oh, Susanna and MY Mary
Ann"
''Well, why couldn't you say so at
first" sez ], ''without maxim a fool of
yourself?"
Bob he apologized, and we shook
hands and made up and 1 asked him to
go to the Opery with me and I would
STAND treat; but he said he had a en-
gagement, and I must excuse him.
Then l asked him whar [ wa to go.
He said to the Academy of Music. Sez
1: '.Ef this here show is a school
show. | will not go; Ihave had enough,
in my life, of children exhibitin', and
as l haven't got no New York stock in
that line, neither duty mol pleasure
will draw me-"
Bob like to a bust out larfin agin,
but choked it back with sech power
that he risked a apoplexy.
"Oh, Jack" seq he, cit amt no
school; they is ltalien men and women,
and you won't understand what they
SEE, unless you read a library before
you 60"
THAR it is agin," seq I: "read a IL
brary! Why don't you tell me to build
a house in five minutes? How big is
your libraryp I amt SC much at read
in, anyhow"
Bob choked agin. but didn't say a
word; jest went to a book stall and
bought apamphlet, which it looked like
a tract. about as big as Aliens Alarm
to the Unconverted, and he told me to
take it home and read it, and that was
the story they was goin' to sing at the
Opery. Aud it's well [ did read the
American side of it. for of all the fool
ish gibberish that Italien takes the
lead.
After l had eat nv supper I went of
to the Academy of Music, and thar was
the ticket man settin' up in his stove
box. and he sez, '.You want a ticket,
slrp"
SEE /: '.That's about what I come
for" 1 was very dignitied, cause
had Georgy on my shoulders, and de-
termined to be a honor to my State,
and, above all things, not to look
green. 1 s'pose the ticket man thought
I was pretty stuck up, for he sez, as
im%perdent as you please:
Twill you have a cheer or a box?"