Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-03-08
CARL DUNDER


Detroit Free Press.
'wenY queried sergt Bondall yosto-.
day, rs Carl Dunder entered the Wood
bridge street station for the FIRST time in
three weeks.
81 vhas gone TO Chicago und back re-
Piled the visitor, with pride in his
tones.
as that possible! Did you take
guardian alongg"
Sergeant vhas some greenhornsin
"The biggest one ! ever saw
'Vhell, maybe dot yhas So When
goes NIT der train young man comes
oafer TO me ind says yhss | Carl Dunder.
yhas. All right. Say, Mr.. Dunder, /
hat a new parlor game like TO show you.
Maybe / make you my agent in Detroit,
und def salary vhas $25 per week. He
dakes three cards oudt Of his pocket ind
thgews 'em around like 80.
exactly. That's the old game Of
three card monte. You bit of course?n
"Vhel he says, he like mo to pick oudt
d. shak OF hearts ind do so. Den he
like me to bet ten dollar | can't do her
again"
And you betf'
yea
And you lost'"
yes
"Served you right"
"Vhell, maybe so, but when | take DOT
young mans by der throat und shoko him
till his tongue comes oudt he makes a
bargain NIT me. He gifts mo twenty
dollar to shtop Off on him"
"He didY"
Cots how it yhas. Maybe l vhas green
like some grass, uud maybe | know how
70 come in when she rains Yhen | goes
so fer as Mice, an oldt mans COMES -
der car ind says yhas | Carl DunderY
vhas. An right. Say, Mr.. Dupder, here
vhas a big telegram from your wife.
Don't be excited Maybe your house
vhas on FIRE, und maybe she likes you to
do some errant in Chicago. Keep cool
und be prepared. Dee shBrge IL yhas
twelf shillings,n
an bet 1t yhas bogus dispatohS"
"Vhcllw
"Aud you got caught"
"Vheii, / tale along some bogus silver
dot Shake takes in from der boys, und /
gif him dree bad half dollar. He yhas IN
a great hurry 90 20 but see him poorly
hObu TX hluF AAh kbAAltH ny hNA AAi hAAARW
ind runs his tongue at me md says he
can lick me in two minutes. Dot dis
patch yhas all blank paper. Maybe |
vhas 10 soft rs pumpkins, ell, serieahtY"
"You did well, anything elsof'
"yhen / goes into Chicago ! meet
very nice gentleman, but don't know
him. He knows me. Was ] Carl Dun
der? / vhas, dot yhas good. He like to
tell me / draw prize in some lot
terry"
"That's the old buuko game, and you
bit Of coursef'
"Yhell, if draws some money like to
get him don't ~
"Of course"
"Und haf 10 go along"
Certainly"
oVhel, We don't 90 no more ash two
blocks before We meet policemaBs, und
/ grab dot barty ind lay him on his back,
md gif him away for some bunko. Der
officer dakes him away md make II hot
for him. Yhss / some cabbage heRdf"
~ guess not. Anything elsef'
"YheIl, When WAS coming home, und
shust before We vhas in Detroit, some
BODY picks my pocket"
81 thought would end that way. How
much did you Josef"
"Loseg dou't lose no'hings. / take
oudt all my mony md write on slip OF
paper. How vhas chestnuts" aud der
man who got him comes aroundt poo.
soon und says if he lives two tousand
years be vhil knock me oudt. yhas only
an oldt Dutchmans, sajeant, ind yhas
40 green de cows bite at me, but maybe !
oes TO Chicago und back urd don't get
lost, ehf'
A great many 0. our Nspoleons OF n
nance adorn Canadian society Just now.
The Dominion authorities must Keep
/, thefr eyes on them or they will clean out
the Bank of Newfoundland