Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-12-07
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81 don't see how man could help maxim
mistakes with that school teachers umbrella
whanging away at his knowledge box, but /
wasn't gOin' to let ON. she amt no Jew, nuther.
says /, and she's your daughter, too; you
needn't try to play no tricks on me. Pay me
my money and take her away quick as you
can, that's my advice, or before you know it
you'll be nabbed.' PAY yer he yelled; do
you think I'd pay you anything for that little
JewY She's just as much Christian as you
are, says L. Amt you Christian, little gal?
and isn't this gentleman your father2 and amt
you surprised that he wants to give you back
to be put in the bag?' 1 said this hopin' she
have sense enough to say he was her father SOS
to get rid of me.
The wretched gal had been clean dunn
founded when she was took out of the bag, and
hadn't donSnothin' so far but blubber and cry
and try to get away. which she couldn't, De-
Cause held her frock, but now she ups and
screams he wasn't her father and she'd never
seen him before, and then he storms and
swears and tells me to take her back where /
got her, and tell him I'll see him hanged first,
and what / want is my money; she screams,
and he swears he'll not pay me a cent. and 1
i II
his skin and then he calls in his coachman. and
they both make at me. and backs out the door
70 get my cabby to stand by me and found
that he'd cut out, havin' most likely got fright
ened, afraid of bein' mixed up in trouble.
Then seed on the high road. some half a mile
away, some men comm gallOpin', and the gent
he looked out and seed 'em too and then saws
he to me, you'll jist take that little gal
back where you got her from; she's no use to
me; I'm goln. and at that l hollered for nv
money and made grab at him. but the coach
man he tripped Inc over backward and before
could GIT up agIn they was both OFF with the
horses on a run.
Il was so mad couldn't speak, but there
wasn't no time for foolin', and / hadn't made
mp my mind which door i should cut out Of
when the fellows on horseback went ridin' past
as hard as they could go. They must have
seed the carriage driyin' away and thought for
sure II had the gal in it and they was after it.
ickety-split.
when they was clean gone / looked round
for the little gal, but couldn't see her, but all
a,sudden she came out of the fire place. where
shed been hldin. She'd got over her erwin
and over her scare, too, judgIn' from her looks.
I'm glad he gone says she. and I'm mighty
glad, TOO, that MIR. Haskins and them other men
didn't see me- Who's they?' SAYS l. 'They's
nelghbors, says she; If they knew was here
says |, isn't that what you want?' No saws She,
i dldn want to go with that man. Cor l don't
know him and | hate him. but don't want to
go back TO that school. hate it worse than
anything in the whole world. You haven't no
idea what a horrid place it is. They juss work
you to death and don't give you half enough
to eat My constitution wont stand it, I've
told pop that and he thinks SO too. but marm,'
she don't believe in it. and my stayin' here is
all her doin'. I've been vantin' to get away
Tor ever so long, but 1 didn't want to be took
on IN bag, but now that I'm cut of that horrid
hole don't want to go back and if YOU II take
me home to pop / know he won't let me 90
back, and he'll pay you real handsome besides.