St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-23
Carl Dander.

| Detroit Free Press.
Sergeant" said Carl Dunder, as he
softly slid into the Woodbridge street
| station yesterday, "mebbe like YOU to
| explain something to me-
-! suppose you have been swindled
"Vhell, how can help him? Moth
| ings vhas two times alike in dis cOun-
| try. Yesterday man comes in my
vhas. All right. Say, Mr.. Dunder,
| like you to keep fife dollar for me
| leedle while. IL L play pool nit der
poys go broke. If leaf him nit you
l vhas all right"
''And you took it?''
"Of course. If can oblige SOMEBODY
l like to do him. L put dot bill in my
wallet, und in abOudt two hours der
mans come arOundt some more. Mr..
Dunder. vhaS eafer so moOcb obliged
| to you for your kindness, und | take
my money back. If you could be so
| extremely kind as to gift me fife dollar
in silver always remember you"
And you did?''
''Vhell, | like to oblige somepody,
und gif him silver
And the bill was a bad one, of course,
That game is twenty years Old"
HE was some games, eh?'
''Of course It's a wonder the bows
haven't played it on you before. Any
thing elSe?'
''Vhell, shentlemans comes along
| two or three days ago nit fur Oh his
Oafercoat. VhaS l Carl Dunder? |
vhaS. All right. Mr.. Dunder, you VhaS
known all Oafer Cleveland, und der
shildrenS cry for you. gift ten tousand
dollar if vhas like you, but dere yhas
only one Carl Dunder. Shake, oldt fel-
| low"
"And you shook?'
"Vhell. doan' l feel tickled dot some
| pOdy in Cleveland hears of me? We hat
some peer. und he tells me dot he lose
all his money NIT der depot by tief.
He dOan' like to see his name in der
newspapers. und so he keeps shtiIl.''
''And he wanted to borrow of you, of
| course?''
''Oh, no. If 1 let him hat SO on his
diamond pin he takes him back in two
days. Here vhas dot PIN
'WOrth 25 cents" said the sergeant
after an inspection. THAT diamond is
only glass"
''Und vhas der some deeference be-
tween diamond und glaSS?''
II should remark! That was a rank
Swindle. Anything else?"
''Vhell, dot yhaS curious if l vhas
shwindled, because dot mans almost
cry when he talks to me. Dis morning
some more stranger comes in. He hat
book und pencil. und he says if | leaf
dot package in der express office one
day longer he vhas SOldt for oldt horse.
| doan' get some notice OF dot package,
but he says it yhas look Oafer. IU
vhas dollar to pay und L should so oop
pOOty queek.'
'And you paid?''
''Vheli, if some oXpreSSman saws it
vhas a dollar how shall help it? Can
l tell dot cypress company to go NIT
Texas und keep dot packages"
And so you paid and went to the
Office
''Of course, und dere yhas no package
for me-
Certainly not. He was fraud. Any
thing elSe?"
YES, Sergeant, look on meI''
I'm looking"
Il rhaS going home! [ go pehind my
bar und take off my coat and Shmile In
few minutes Shentleman comes i'm.
VhaS dis Carl Dunder? He vhas. Mr..
Dunder, we hat a leedle poll tax OH your
head, und you dean come Oop NIT der
city hall. Der tax yhas 81, und you"
'And what?'
''He vhaS a corpse nit his neck proke,
und l goes Oafer NIT der patrol box und
sends for der wagon! like you to come
oop nit der poyS. If dere vhas some in
quest you can Shpeak for me dot vhas
oudt of my head nit my troubles. Good
pye, sergeant! Look oudt when dot
bell rings! Some hens vhaS ont"