Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1888-11-22

was quite q go0o-lOOk1n 1ell0rs tOOs
an a reg'lar swell in his riggin' out;
an he made out that he thort the
world'n' all Nv My Young Lady, wen he
was long nv her. But somehow got
Their notion inter my cocoa-nut that
'twere only hide-deep, an he were
a-fishin' for her Doodle er her face,
without carin' no very great amount
fer the gal herself. heard him cuss
a good deal, too, wen he was out O.
her way; an one evenin' seed HIM
comm a-swaggerin' along out NV a
s'loon down town with a big seegyar
in his mouth, tights a brick, an
swearin' like trooper. But all the
samey, she didn't know nawthin' bout
them performances, nor Their warn't
nobody to tell her; an after bit 1
could see that she was ruther inclinin'
towards him, an givin' Douglas the
col shoulder.
One day it SO happened that this fine
young blood came strollin' along pull
lin at his cig'rette, vile Douglas was
a-havin' his shoes shined up by me;
an ses he, with a grin: ''Heyo, Nor
ton, goin' down along?" noddin' his
head to'ards the place w ere My Young
Lady lived. But Morton (Which was
Douglas, yer know he JUS looked
t'other way. an never paid no 'tention
to him no more'n if he hadn't "a spoke.
Say, Norton ses t'other Teller
ag'in, GRIMM more'n ever, you're
ruther soured on me, amt yer? No
reason for it, man; might just's well
take it easy; an anyway faint my
fault you got left, you know. Yo' amt
bin CALM down there quite so often
lately, sence you tried to give
her that eye-opener bout me, have
yo'? Thought twas yer duty to
let her know what sort Nv teller /
wus, did youp RELY did think you
had huff sense to knows she'd refer it
all to your jealousy, an think more of
me N ever, out O. contrariness: while
twas dead sure ter finish up all your
chances wen she thought you'd taken
to slanderin'. So I'm much obliged
to you fer the assistance you've given
me toward gettin' a fine ketch; though
appreciatin' wat your kind intentions
regardin' me really were.", IA .sa
All this time Morton never sed a
word, an soon's I'd finished blackin',
he tossed me a quarter an turned on
his heel an walked of. Tother teller
pulled his cigarette cut Nv his mouth
an bust out a-laffin' as he watched
him, an stuck out his foot to me fer a
shine.
Bout week later'n this, two err
three NV us fellers, bein' a little flush,
dubbed tergether fer spree, an we
decided ter go down an take in the
Comique. Well, hadn't bin in the
theeyater more'n five minutes, fore
down in one NV Their front seats seed
this ERE same swell rs had cut poor
Douglas out with My Young Lady,
with a gal sittin' 'longside Nv him, an
both NV 'em more'n half full Then
ses ter myself, right square: ''You
amt a-goin' ter git My Young Lady,
nohow; even if hav'ter take ham in
it myself, my fine feller!' An all of a
student big plan come inter my
head, an after a little thinkin', ses to
myself, ses I: ''By Jimmy! I'll do it!''
Yer see, knowed that he had fine
gor watch with his name printed onto
it, cause I'd seed him take q look at it
vile he was gettin' shine onct; an as
I looked at i'm seed Their chain, an
knowed he had it on then, an that's w'ot
made me think o. this ERE plan. So /
KEEP my eye onto the gent, an ven
Their people was all crowdin' out Nv
the door, after the play, managed to
git damned right close up ag'in' him;
an mighty shortly thereafter l were
snugly slowed away in a cornder Nv a
dark alley, havin' fine watch in my
pocket, with the name Thomas G.
Blackwell' stamped onto the inside Nv
the lid. Course it wus q little risky,
an wus considerable ratified, not bein'
used ter such biz. But once bein' out
Nv Their way I knowed I was safe, fer
took his ticker, er know wen he lost
it, an nobody else ketched onto me.
Mex mornin' the fust thing does is
ter git pencil an piece NV paper; an
then I writes a note suthin' like this
ERE:
DEERE MISS: hooked this here watch from
q gent who was down ter the Theeyater Com
ique with q gal yistiddy evenin', both on 'em
skeer'd o. gittin hauled by the cops If keeps
it, an Known that this here gent, Mister
Blackwell, calls at yer house sometimes. ak
yo' ter pleese giv-it ter him fer me. dassent
SEN it ter him myself fer fear he might track
me someway, and nab me arter all.
VERY Respektful,
3D.
Yer see signed "B'' cause my
names Bill; an don't know no other
las one. An if I did, wouldn't "a
cared to stick it onter that there paper
too frisky. as you may p'r'aps imag-
CINE. Tell yer w'ot, though. it cos me
pile er trouble ter jot down them
ERE words SOS she'd be able ter read
'em; an / didn't tempt ter tx up Their
spellia' 'cordin' ter Hoyle, neither.