Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1888-11-23
OLD FATHER pUNDER.


1 hrickS VI tUc tountTys
"Vhell, Sergeant" saluted Mr.. Dun
der in a lively way as he entered the
Central Station yesterday to pay his
respect to Sergeant Bendal.
"Oh, it's you"
Eyes, she vhas me- l like to haf
some talk nit YOU"
ANY thing wrongPr
"No, sir. Every thing vhas all o. j.,
nsh der Yankee says"
30. k. you mean. Been awayp"
81 vhas in Cleveland. Yes, sir, I
60 down to Cleveland und come back
alone"
"And didn't got swlndlcd! Well, I
declarel''
Sergeant, vhas I green as grassP
Vhas | some idlotsP Vhas l crazyP
Vhas | der grecnest Dutchmans in all
Amerika?"
"1've sometimes thought 30, Mr..
Dunder"
Who'll. maype / vhas green some
time ago, but dot vhas all gono. haf
TO learn der country und der peoples,
you know! May pc i vhas not some
razors, but know how to take care Of
myself shust like u Yankee-ha! ha!
hap
"You feel pretty jolly"
"Vhell. dots sol May pc vha5
sharper ash Yankee. HeyP"
'Tell me all about it.
"Vhell, pefore 1 goes avhay eafery
pody tells me to look oudt for some
confidence man. / keep dot in mind.
When vhas in Toledo man comes
by me und says: She vhas "A very
hot dayr shpot him for confidence
man so queek ash dot, und l tells him:
If you doan fly avhay I'll knock you
oafer TO last weekl He goes. He
finds oudt dot vhas no haystack."
THAT was good"
"Vhen | goes by der train from To-
ledo shentleman takes seat beside
me. He vhas an awful nice man, but
he haf some bad luck. Somepody robs
him of $500 in n sloeping-car. Dot
makes him dead broke, und may pc he
doan' get oudt of Cleveland. Nhell.
dot vhas too badt, und pooty soon he
says he shall pawn his diamond pin. !"
"The one you have onP"
''Dot vhas her. He buvs her in Call
fornia for 5000, but II some pody lend
him $50 he can hold it two weeks. II
he dean como nit der money dot pin
vhas mine" L. 81 NJ
al see. It's very old"
"OldP Vhas dot diamond oldP It
makes no deeference how old no
vhas.n
"WellP"
"Vhell, dot secures me und I vhas all
right. II hold 5000 he vhill como
uad pay me $50. 1t vhas singular dot
he trust me so, but he says hc can read
my face like some books.n
80 can /. Did you tell him you
lived in DetroitP"
'fE-I-may pc said Toledo!" stam-
mered Mr.. Dunder
~ presume so. You wanted that pin
for s30."
"Vhell, II he doan' como, of course.
Pooty soon he goes oudt to shpeak NIT
der engineer aboudt running so fast,
und some oudcr man comes in. He
vhas ashentlemans too. He knows me
right He says: 'Vhell! vhell! but
but how vhas you. Mr.. Dunder, lind
Gid you see my fadder latelyP' His fad
der vhas Mr.. Hurdlebackcr, who owns
der First National Bank"
"Ohi he does! Go on"
"Vhell, his fadder sends him 50, 900
by express, but he doan' get her. He
owes u party on der train $40, und il |
like to tako check for $50 and lend
him $40 he was so mooch Obliged dot
he can't keep STILL"
'And you didpn
"Doan / like to make ten dollarp
Do you pellet dot nopody but Yankee
likes money? makes ten dollar by
dot check und more ash $500 on dot
diamond. Greenhorns, ehP Hayseed,
ehP May pc ! can come in vhen she
rains-ha! ha! hal"
1t took the. sergeant q quarter Of an
hour to convince Mr.. Dunder that he
had "let gon again, and, when he fully
realized it, he said;
Sergeant, gaze by my eyel You
vhas right. vhas SO green dot somo
pody shteals off my eye-winkers. l
doad' know SO much as cabbages. In
der morning"
"WhatP"
"Please see dot der papers say dot I
vhas an eminent citizen, great patriot
und friend OF humanity, und dot |
died happy. Farewell, sergeant! / go
hencel' Free Press.