The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-13
A Newsbov's Version of Julius Cee
sar."



"Fellers," said the learned newsboy, as he
gathered a group of his comrades about him in
Independence Square. Ibid We ever hear about
Brutus an how he put up job ter do Caesar?''
Nav" replied the fat boy.
well. of yer dom min I'll tell yer about
il''Is dat de blokey wot was in de teayter
when deY played Julius Ceesar'Y" asked
Freckes.
Oats de one. Dis Brutus was regular hum
mer, he was. He wasn't ez much of a scrap
per ez Caesar, nor he wasn't stuck playin'
tag an runnin' races Ike Marc Antony, but be
was corker fer all dat. He was quiet sort O.
blokey wot didn't say much but KEEP up hull
lot o. tinkin', an when he fought dat Caesar
wasn't dom de square ting by de fellers he JUS
lays low fer a show to dump him SeeY Caesar
wanted ter be boss O de hull business, but
Brutus wouldn't let him have it dat way
Brutus was dead on to his racket an him an
Cassils an Casca an Tulus an q lot other
feliers wot hung out wild BrutIIs put up Job to
orOak julius in de senate"
wy didn't dey get Julius shoved?' asked
Freckes.
der wasn't not no coppers in dem days an
even if der was, Cesar had de bulge on de hull
business, an Brutus couldn't had him showed
anyhow. Brutus fought lot O. Caesar, and
Caesar wouldn't do Brutus dirt
Den der was CaSsius, wat wos skinny
blokey, wild long head hike dem lawyer fell
lows, wot collars de oyster o. dispute and gives
yer de shell. Cassilfs was dead sore on Caesar,
an was alters tellin' Bratus dat he ought ter
do him, SO dat Rome would be free CassilIs
didn't care for de freedom o. Rome so much as
he wanted to do Cesar nasty; but Brutus, he
was good Blokey, eff he didn't go ter church
on Sunday, cause there wasn't none, an didn't
want to do Cesar eZ much eZ he wanted ter
free Rome and his feller-citizens, like George
Washington did in dc United States.'
Was Caesar one o dem English blokeys wot
we licked?' asked Swipsey
Eyer de ignorantest kid wot ever see.
Swipsey, but den yer didn't have no ad-
vant'ges. Caesar wasn't no Englishman. Der
wa M EnUliShn1an riff
but dey didn't amount to nothin' dem
30 on wild the story" put in Freckles.
Don't min Swipsey. He don't know nav
thin"
faced guy" retorted Swipsey.
Dat ii do now, i" interrupted the learned one.
Don't let's have no scrapin'. Ez l was sayin',
Brutus an Cassius an de udder biokeys got
Caesar inter de Senate. Caesar wasn't dead
stuck comm, eZ de sacrifices to de gods didn't
pan out, but when dey toll him dat eff he didn't
come he'd queer de business in de Senate, he
come an de conspirators get aroun' him, an
Tullius yanked his nightgown off, an Casca,
wot was tough citizen, gave him one in the
shoulder wild his toothpick Den de gang dey
dug holes IN him, an when Caesar seen Brutus
gettin in his work wild de rest he weakened an
dey done him up proper"
An was Rome free, den?h asked the fat boy
making heroic struggles to keep awake.
No cause Brutus wasn't fly enough to play
de game right when he had got de bes' trump
outer de way. Antony was a pal o. Caesar s.
an when he wanted ter chin at Caesar's wake
Brutus was chump enough ter let him Der
was not no flies on Marc. When he got de gang
at de wake, he guv en- SIGH corkn speech an
sed about how Cesar was sch a square blokey
dat de gang was wild him an agin Brutus. Dat
busted de freedom racket, an Octavius
an Antony an Brutus an Cassius had a set-to
on de plains o Phillpi an Brutus an Ca sius
got licked an"
A citizen calling for paper, ended the lesson
abruptly. The learned one made the sale.