The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-22
CARL pUNDER.
he l. Rapidly Learning the Ways OF the
Country.

he l. Rapidly Learning the Ways OF the
Country.
"veil, sergcant," saluted Mr. Durder in a
Lively way as lac entered the Central station
yesterday TO pay his respects to Sergt. Ben
dal
"Oh, its your
"Ycs. she Was mo. Ike to haf some tall
NIT You"
Anything wrongf
"No. sir Eycrythings vhas all o. j., ash
der Yankee says"
80 k. you mean Dcen awayr
Il vhas ia Cleveland Yes, sir, 90 down
TO Cleveland und come back alone
"And dida't get swindled, Wen, do
clare"
Sergeant, vhas green as grassl Was
some idiots! Was / crazyl Was l der
grccuost Dutchmaus in all Amerikar
"Tve sometimes thought 50, Mr. Dunder "
"Vhell, rlaypc VIA, green sometime ago,
but dot vhas oil Conc. | hat to learn der
country ind der peoples, you know Maybe
vhas not sOme razors, but | know how 70
take care of myself shust like Yankee-ha!
hal ham
"You feel pretty jolly"
"yhell, dots sol Maybe yhas sharper
ash Yankee Hey
"Tell me all about IT,"
"Yhcll, pcforc goc, a'hay cafcrpody tells
me 20 looS omit for some coniidenc. nan. /
keep dot ~ mind. Nlrl vhas iu Toledo q
man comes - me uud say. sHr tAa3 a
VERY hot day. | shpot him for COM. ence
man so peek ash dot, ind | tells him. II
YOU doau' rs AWAY III knock you Caitg 10
Inst week. He goes He finds oudt dot
vhas no haystack.'
THAT was gool.'
"Yhen goes by der train from Toledo a
shcntlcman taxes a seat beside me lie vhas
an awful nice man, Int be hat some bad
luck Somepody rObs BAN Of $500 in sleep
ing car Dot makes him dead broke, und
may be- Zee doau' get oudt Of Cleveland Vhcl,
dot rbas too badt, una pooty soon be says he
shall pawn his diamond pm
'1he one you have our
Tot Was her lie buys her in California
for $500. but il somepoby lend hin $50 he
can hold 10 two weeks If he dOan' como INIT
der money Got pin yhas mine"
II see rs very old"
"Old. Was dot diamond oldl 1t makes
no dcefcrcuce bow old be yhas"
"WcN~
"Nell. dot secures me, ind | Was all right
LII hold 5000 he Will come ind pay me $50.
1t vhas singular dot be trust me 50, but he
says no can read my face like some books"
$50 can /. Did you tell bin you lived in
Detroit"
"l-l-maype said Toledo" stammered
Mr.. Dunder.
Il presume so. You wanted that pin for
s3Of'
"Vhell, if he doan' come of course Poorly
soon be goes oudt 70 speak nat der engineer
abOudt running so fast, ind some Oudcr man
comes in. lie vhaS shentlemans too. He
knows me right away He says. "Vhelll
vhell bat how vhas you, Mr.. Dunder, und
did You see my fadder latelyi his fadder
vhas Mr Iurdebacker, who owns der First
National hauk.'
"Oh, be doesl Go on"
"VhcH his fadder sends him 5000 by ex-
press, but he doan' get her. He party
on der train $40, und if l like to take a check
for $50 and lend him $40 he was so mooch
obi ged dot De can't keep still
And you did,
"Doan' like to make ten dollarl Do you
pelIcf dot nopoiy bat a Yankee likes money!
| makes ten dollar 10y dot chec, und more ash
800 on dot diamond Greenhorns ell? Hay
seed, ehi Maybe | can come in when she
rains-hal hal hal'
1t took the sergeant quarter of an hour to
convince Mr. Dunder that he had "let 90"
again, and, when he fully realized it, he said.
sergeant, gaze by my eye! You yhas
right. vhas SO green dot somepody shteals
off my eye winkers. doan know so much
Us cabbages. In der morning
"What"
pleas see dot der papers say dot vhaS
an eminent citizen, great patriot ind a
friend Of humanity, und dot | died happy
Farewell, sergeant l 90 hence'-Detroit
Free Press.