Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-09-04

Ellen. is your coffee aII'r inquired
!. All ,ehat, ma'am 20
~ svid is it a,tF'
IL Is all right, ard II is all here,v ven-
tured.
~ moan is your cup empty7s
YOU. My cup is half fall"
"Sich a time :" exclaimed Mrs. Zeke--
''sich blessed time as teacher has under
standin plain English Between you an
mo an the rest % you uns, | Think they
farned her too much plagued French, an
she's got the two lang ages mixed up SOS
she can't understand neither OF 'em.
There's Cousin Marthy. she's married to a
frcnchman tgix babies In seven years
Of that ain't rnat-er-mony with wenge-
ance!l an och, you Jess ought TO hear him
talk oncet 1t amt got no sense in it at ALL
Hes been in this here county now fur
more'n three years an even vii he's got
q heap o. trouble understanding body.
why, one day / went over to his house.
an scz, seq j, How do YOU do to-day,
Jacquesf' DO t9hatp sez he. 'Och,' ser
l, i mean how do you find yourself?' Sez
he, i never lose myself Och, Got!' SEE
!, ! mean how do you Joelr Well soz
plagued mad at the id-.ii-ot that I Jess
turned square around an come home. |
can't make no moro out o the talk % them
frenchinens than kin ont o. the CROWN
OF the Wyandotto. It's all one to me. An
why people wants to learn sich an ontlan-
atsh, oneonpentent language as French Is
beyond mo. Read IL? Why can't they
read English9 Fur my part, of I want to
read Jess read the Bible, or Pilgrim's
Progress They does me-"
had seen all along that Martin Luther
was itching for an opportunity to make
such an impression as he felt sure his
brilliant talents would be certain 10 pro.
duce.
"Shahespere's mighty good book,
mother" said lac patronizingly. He made
great pretonsions TO learning. "rd rather
read Shakespere than eat"
Wei, wouldn't" said Mrs. Iekc with
asperity' begun at once, when you
first brung 1t home, an for my part think
us all nohschse Why, you tole mo your
own self that IL WAS wrote 800 wears ago.
an ! guess folks knows more now IAN they
did then, au' kin git up better books, too.
But, u course" she added with q toss OF
her head, everybody dosen't think like
me.h
We'll, uow," began. Martin. leaning
back in his chair, and looking ut his mother
with an air Of superiority, yet OF indulgent
pity for her ignorance, a. used 10 think
that book was nonsense an that they WASH {
nothing in it. But tell you Uot," land he
settled himself into his chair, and look cd
very profoundly, "that was when I'd only
read the frst act. But when l got into the
second act-the second act, mind you'll
] seen something' [very detiantlyl. Every
characters got y point to It cause when
you think they're going to marry some
one, why, they just turns around an mar
ries some clso!'
Nobody wanted anything more, and a
few moments afterwards, at tho invitation
Of Mr. Ivison, was out in the yard watch
ing tho three arrange their tackle for the
days sport,
That night, rs was preparing to retire,
Mrs. Leke came into my room and whis-
pcred In the most mysterious manner
imaginable, g Jess give it az my opinion,
teacher as hos got hankerin' artcr you,
that there Mr. Iyisor-you Jess mark my
wordBW
You are quito mistaken, Mrs. Hogen-
gantz: and, indeed, you must not suppose
such things
ooh, but iac's is stubborn things. ~Cf |
was to take my choice, now" she added In
a calculating tone of voice, "out o. them
three, I'd say, gimme Mr.. Stedmore.
| NcKt to him, I'd say gimme Mr.. Ivison.
| amt got no use at all for that there
| Elliot. He never sits down to the table
but his face gifts as though he'd bust with
| laughiu', an It's my opinion, teacher, as
he's laughiu at yoB-whiCh it's very foolish
fer ! can't see nothin' amusin' about YOU
eXceptin' that pecooliar way you've got o
sayin your words; but, och he talks that.
away his own self. | could think thai
you was all plagued foolish Frenchmen,
still."
tContinuedl