The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-05-08
A CONVERSATION,
Jack Has a Desperate Struggle with the
English Language.

Jack Has a Desperate Struggle with tn,
English Language.
''What did you sayp' asked Mr.
Trusty. turning to look at his nephew,
as Jack stood in the doorway.
IL said l didn't know, uncle" an.
swered the boy.
"Oh. no, Jack; what you said was
'ld'n know and this is the way thai
you often say things. You must re-
member that it is the French words
that 60 skating along in one grand
sweep. We English-speaking nations
walk off our words n step at a time
You mean W ought to, nncle?"
eyes, that is exactly what l mean,"
laughed the other. seriously, Jack,
don't slur and mispronounce your
words. The other day / heard Nat
Williams asking you something, and
you answered him: i don't cab out
it. Now, what you meant by cabling
out you know best yourself"
81 meant l didn't care abou, it, what
ever it was cried the boy.
as it possible9" exclaimed Mr..
Trasty; then why didn't you say SOP"
81 did, or something that meant that.
But wanted to ask you something
very particularthis morning. May go
out camping with some of the fellows
this week?'
when do you want to go?"
"Sat'day.".
81 don't know any such day."
Jack opened his eyes a moment;
then he answered, demurely: '.It's the
last day of the week, you know. And
then he corrected his slovenly way of
saying the word. ''And bimeby some
more fellows are coming" he added.
''When did you say?"
by and by-uncle, you're hard on
mel"
ado you remember, Jack, the day
that We went to inquire for my old
chum, how somebody came to the
door, and we looked at her first and
doubted whether she was a lady or a
servant, she looked so very common,
although she was almost too simply
dressed for the latter? Then she spoke, |
and we knew at once she was a lady, |
not from what she said, because she
only answered IL questions, but from
the way in which she said it; her voice
was trained, and she pronounced her
words so well. DO you remember, as
we went down the steps, I asked You
what you thought of her, and you said
that she was very polite? l could see
that you felt the charm, although you
could not quite tell what it was"
"But it's different returned Jack.
"l'm a boy, you know, and l don't
want the fellars-fellows--to call me
old duffer or a muff."
"Oh, that's it! So, you are obliged
say cab out and 'Sat'day' and
'bimeby,' and things like these:?"
Jack colored, and then he laughed.
II don't believe they'd notice any
he said. "Do | talk much like
"a good deal. And when you come f,
o making a%fter-dinner speeches, you ,
will wish that you hadn't this habit to !
freak up" :
''Aft,r-dinner speechesp" echoed
lack. i.
ut was only last week. pursued !
Trusty, THAT l saw a boy throw h
lown a newspaper with the assertion :
hat some day he was going into public r
:
"Ihat was about election time" cor .
ected the boy. but, uncle, l don't y
ab-care about-that now. ! want to i
now about the camping out" a
"That's week of, and this is f
ow." :"
"Oh, no, nOt'z much "a week of" q
Jack, what is 'zmuch zap" W
IDS much Is ar returned the boy, W
18th a sigh Of despair. m
"Ah. yes; now ! understand. You tn
e IN a hurry to have the week 90 by, IL
I'd so you hurried your words as il you NJ
ould hurry the snnp' m
That's so,' said Jack, laughing; tn
you know ! always talk nicely when M
m not in a hurry" pr
but then you usually are in a WI
"Well, uncle, it's such a busy world. ia
10 thing tumbles on top Of another to-
/. M that the reason, depend upon pu
Z = dill
And then, you see,n returned Mr., tn,
smiling, "you always get on to
much faster in this way--just as you til,
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