The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-09-19
TAKEN IN SEVERAL TIMES.
But He is Rapidly Learning the Ways
of the Country.
From The Detroit Free Press.

or the country.
From the Detroit Free Press.
"Vhell, sergeant" saluted Mr.. Dunder in
lively way as he entered the Central sta
ton yesterday to pay his respects to Ser
geant Bendal
ooh it's you"
Eyes, she vhas me. 1 like to hat some
talk nit YOU"
Anything wrongp
No, sir. Everything vhas all o. j., ash
der Yankee says"
20. X: you mean. Been away"
81 vhas in Cleveland. Yes, sir, go down
to Cleveland and come back alone"
And didn't get swindled! Well, de-
clare!"
Sergeant, vhas as green as grasss Was
| some idiots! Was | crazy2 Was | der
greenest Dutchmans in all Amerikap
I've sometimes thought SO, Dunder."
"Vhell, MAYBE | yhas green some time
ago, but dot vhas all gone. haf to learn
der country und der peoples, you l5nowl
Maybe ] vhaS not some razors, but know
how to take care of myself shust like
yaukee-hat ha! hal"
you feel pretty jolly"
''VheIl, dots sol Maybe vhas sharper
ash a Yankee. Heys"
"Tell me all about it"
"Vhell, before l goes AWAY eferypody
tells ME to look oudt for some confidence
man. keep dot in mind. When | vhas in
Toledo a man comes by me und says, She
vhas a VERY hot day. shpot him for
confidence man so qvick ash dot. und tells
him. IF you doan fly AWAY I'll knock you
oafer' to last week. He goes. He finds
oudt dot | vhas no hay stack"
THAT was good"
''Vhen l goes by der train from Toledo a
shentleman takes seat beside me. He vhas
an awful nice man, but he hat some bad
luck. Somepody robs him of $500 in a
sleeping car. Dot makes him dead broke
und maybe he doan get out of Cleveland,
Well, dot vhas too badt unc poorly soon he
says he shall pawn his diamond pin"
1.-THE one you have on?"
dot vhas her. He buys her 10 Califor-
MIA for only $500, but if somebody lend him
$50 he can hold it two weeks. If he doan'
come init der money dot pin vhas mine"
81 see. It's very old"
cold? Was dot diamond old? 1t makes
no difference how old he vhas."
"Wells'
"Vhell, dot secures me and I vhas all
right If hold $500 he will come and pay
me 800 1t vhas singular dot he trust me
so, but be says he can read my face like
some books. u
$50 can L Did you tell him you lived in
Detroitp
"I-I-maype said TOledo!" stammered
Mr.. Dunder.
81 presume so. You wanted that pin for
$780,"
"Vhel, if he doan' come, of course. Poorly
soou he go oudt to shpeak mid der engineer
about running SO fast, and some uoder man
comes in. He vhas shentlemans, too. He
knows me right away. He says; 'Vhell
vhell! but how vhas you, Mr.. Dunder, und
did you see my fadder lately? His fad
der was Mr.. Hurdlebacker, who owns the
First National Bauk."
ooh! he does! Go on"
"Vhell, his ladder sends him $4,000 by
express, but he doan' get her. He owes q
party on der train $40, und if like to take
check for $50 and lend HIM $40 he was sc
much obliged dot he can't keep still"
land you didm
"Doan' like to make ten dollar? Do
you believe that nopody but a yankee
likes money! | makes ten dollar by dot
| check and more ash $500 on dot diamond
| Greenhorns, Ell? Hayseed, Ell? Maybe | can
come in when she rains-ha ha! hap
1t took the sergeant a quarter of an hour
| to convince Mr.. Dunder that he had set
| go" again, and when he fully realized it he
| said:
Sergeant, gaze by my eyes! You vhas
| right. Ivhas so green dot somepody steals
off my eye-winkers. / doan' know so much
! as cabbages. In der morning"
WHAT"
please see dot der papers says dot | vhas
an eminent citizen, great patriot und a
friend of humanity, and dot | died happy.
Farewell, sergeant! | go henceW