Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-12-06

What are you going to do here" 81,
said. "set mp housekeeping"
All. no. Ny have got houssee Ms
bling pleasant fu Miss Salah
oh for Miss Sarah tn 90 housekeep
ing,"
Abont this time the two lalies hal recoy
cred them 'elves somewhat. Just then Al
Dan fshed out big live chicken Then
followed n terrible caekIing noise from the
bottom Of the bag.
"What on earth are you going to do
with all these things. Al Dla;" Sarah
cried. We are not married yet Ia need
such stuff
Heap good, eat 'em Miss Silal. h.al
bym bye my sendee moh, heap mah, Ny
hab got plenty money. don't mind bit.
'Morei More whati' gaspel the fright
ened girl and her mother in chorus.
''Moh plesant-Chlisimas soonr'
Miss Sarah tremblei at the mere thoayat
Of it. She aud her folks were good Chris.
tian and well-to-do people Knowing that
the heathenS intention was good one
they did not wish to hurt his feelings BIZ
refusing to receive him and his presents, so
they let him leave his goods thcrc, except
the live ducks and chickens They told
him they We're afraid to have them in the
house, and the servant girl didn't dare to
kill them
The All Dan wanted to kill them right
then and there in the elegant parlors. so
persuaded not to do SO, aud he reluctantly
put them back ii.to his bag.
After eyeing the young lady lovingly
Mr.. Lew All Dan trotted slowly out of the
house aud back to his car He didn't quite
understand why the folks had laughed 50
heartily. Thinking something was wrong
with his brand new toggery, he came home
and asked his partners what was the matter
with his clothes. They looked him over
carefully and told him they thought moth
ing was the matter except with his derby.
which didn't look AS comfortable on his
head as they had seen other hats look
Furthermore, they thought his queue was
the real cause of all his tribulations
All Dan had his queue cut off that very
night and the derby Immediately made u
tumble clean down over his ears.
Ah'Dan now thought he was thorough
American, and that his lone beauty young
lady Salah" couldn't help loving him The
living or inner rooms of his laundry were
now completed, and the walls covered with
pictures of Washington Crossing tho
Delaware, "rhe Rock of AgeS,' aud kin
dred hiSh-colored chromoS which All Dan
thought would remind his beauty Salah"
of the future luxurious and happy home he
could give her. He hired an extra man to
do his work ST. that he might have all his
time for his ''Salah, ana ho kept himself
dressed in style every day waiting for her
to come. But that day never came.
''Salah' had, for some reason unknown to
him, stopped coming to the laundry since
that IN memorable afternoon when All Dan
offered to dress up two live chickens aud
rooster in her mothers parlors.
Somehow Dan began to realize that it
W as tHt uhlh'hl pItScut lidl ulu iilc Dusi-
ness. So, after spending another restless
night, he thought he would go up to the
residence of the young lady ana fiud out
just exactly how his love affair stood.
After ringing the bell for half an hour or
so, in soaking rain, he gave up aud came
back, thinking they were not at home.
They We're, but Miss Sarah thought proba-
bly, more live ROSTERS and cackling ducks
were coming. and she told the servant girl
10 holt the doors
Chinatown aud spent nearly all his ready
cash. Consulting with the leading Chinese
ustrologists i'll town. to find out just what
the matter was with his Beauty Salah'
Their opinions were so conflicting that he
decided Oh bold step and wrote her a nice
letter. Here it is:
"MY ONE BEAUTY YoUSa LADY SALAH:
Wash matter jush now, yo' no mo- come
my londayl Ny waitee, waitee, waitee,
long time waitee; heap sick jush now. Oh.
my beauthy Salah! Ny heap sabby jush
now Yo' heap lovee me, that's all. fo
no care fo' my heap pleasant, befo' my
sondee pleasant, yo come plenty time.
lush now, yo' heap sabby, yo' no likee
pleasant Ny no talkee Ito. Wish Salah
come; soc me or light me one piece lettec
LEW An DAN"
He il waiting for tho letter yet.
WoYa CLuy Foo.