The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-03
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Duaaar Comea Across ons or mia old
slime Experiences and Gota Legt.
Well well. wellr' exclaimed Ser.
geans Bendall yesterday. as q corpulent
form darkened the doorway OF the
Woodbridge Street Station. aud he
looked up 10 see Carl Dnnder walk in.
1T yhas me. sergeant
Yes, I see. Where on earth have
yon been for the last three monthsPn
Sergeant you know me for long
Yes
II vhas some hasseeds."
You were .
4 vhas SO childlike dot eaferybody
shwindles me-
That's trne."
'Nothings nnd nobody vhas twice
alike IN dis country
No
You advise me to soak my head.
sand-paper my neck, shnmpi In der rifer
or hang myself
Yes did,
sVhell. like TO oblige you. because
you yhas my friendt. but l goes to
Puffalo instead. My bruder vhas in
Ruifalos All. sergeant. dot Puifalo
vhAs great place-a great place.
Sooch sharp peoples you nefer saw.
goes By my bruder und take some
lessons. Dat yhas der place to get
some eye~teeth cut out. Sergeant, look
at mesn
different man from what you did.
You've got foxy look about the eyes.
and nobody would take you for green
horn now
Sergeant vahs more ash one fox
vshs four foxes. Ii ANYBODY can
beat me now | like TO see him try it on.
l doan take ten tousand dollar for what
learned ia PufFalo.-
Well I'm glad OF il. What ails
your iinger?~
She vahs broke-hai ha! ha!''
- joke thenea
Der biggest kind of d shoke. While
vhas in Cleveland der odder dav 4
stranger comes oop TO me und saws
xhill buy some photographs of GAR
fields tomb. | hit him so qneek ash
lightning. und dot finger vhas broken. -
What did you hit him for?"
because he takes me for some hay
seed. Nobody has tomb until he vhas
dead.
But Garfield is dead
Not mooch. Doan' | see aboudt
him in der papers all der time? Doan,
i say dot he shall vetoe dot silver
billsn
That's Harrison. Yon have got the
two mixed npr'
- Yon doan' say sol Was dot posi-
blei Vhas It Ben Harrison who vhas
President instead Of Ben Garfielden
0f course
.xsreat scotsi Und dot feller vhas
all right, und almost killed himl If
Garfield vhas dead | doan' remember
T. Well! Yhelli | make oop for ii.
however,
.How?n
On der train l meet A man who vhas
hard cop- he take me for a sucker
He beliefs he can schwindle me like
seexty. He has watch und wants to
cell him und get moneys to 90 by his
mudder's dying bedside. He ask me
feefty dollar.
And you paid itss'
Not moochi Dot isn't der Puffalo
vhay. / offer him twenty. und he
shed some tears nnd say he shall haf TO
do it.
Got it with you?"
Yes. Here she yhasn
Got tired. see. and stopped.
" heels loose. too. Silver plate on n
nickel case. Worth IS a bushel when
the market isn't glutted. Mr.. Dunder.
It was q swindle."
.sNoapr'
He took you in and made a fool of |
you. What's in that package?''
Some agency for Michigan. / buy
him In Puffalo."
.Fls-screen. ehP Where does the
agency come in? Isn't it like any |
other hy-screeD?n
She was reversible. you see. buy
der whole State agency for $25n
Reversible? HowP''
'.Voy, If you haf dis side out der
flies can't come in. If you haf dis side |
out der bugs und mosquitoes cant /
come i'm
And he made you believe thatn
Belief that Can't | see nit my two
eyesPn
Yes. but look at that screen in the
window. Doesn't one side keep every
thing out? You have been victimized
all around
Sergeant said Mr.. Donder. as he
rose mp, was ! a wictim?"
"Doan' I know more ash a hay
stack en
Not much .
.'Vhas l shust as green ash before l
Sreener. .
dot vhas all. Goodbye! When my
body vhas pulled out of dot rifer shust
'peak NIT dem reporters und say dot l
couldn't help it. | vhas a good man.
but so shild-like dot dis cold und
Keeked world vhas no place for me!"-
Detroit Free Press.