The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-05-07
CARL DUNDER.
He Thought He Had, But =.

uooo gracious. ouo Is this W
exclaimed Sergt. Bendall In. - -
morning as Carl Dunder ents,.s ~
Woodbridge street station with
vistage.
at vas me, sergeant"
"Where on earth have you bs..,.
Sergeant, ven I vhas down -
tree months ago wash l tells you,"
"That you were going bach Ia :.
many"
'Vhy? Because noddings VIA,
times alike in dis country. Ivb.
der times in trouble. doan' o,,s
on"
"And you went?"
"No, sir. I vhas right in Am...
all der time, but l vhas VERY bu.
"Enlarglng your business?" ''''
'My peesness vhas enlarged all ,;,,,
No, sir; | vhas reading pools y
studying human nature. Dot yhssa
troubles NIT me pefore-I doani luz
at somebody twice, und all der no MY
| read vhas q Sherman paper n rUts
in New York. Sergeant vbas 'T ~
hayseed and grass some more9n
"Um! believe you look sharper a.,
brighter"
"Und dot looks doan' deceive ma
vhas in Chicago four days"
mol Well, it takes a pretty oo,,
man to go to Chicago and stay 1S o'
days and get out all right. Anytbrs
happen to your"
81 should sweetly shmilel Dot'sy,
comes down to see you. like Va,
to know dot der man you calls scs'
hayseeds vhas not so grassy a. /
looks. Sergeant, make $3.50 on A.
train coming home"
"Nol"
"Shust like tallow or grease"
"Well, by George, let's shake ham,
on thatw
"Vhas some flies on me, eh?"
"Not a fly. Did you buy q piece n
land or something?"
Sergeant, when L goes in dot car 4
looks all aroundt me to see der NIL
pies. Dots What is called Observable
If you doan' observe you doan' kno,
nodding. Dot vhas my trobles beiOa
i don't OBSERVE
81 agree with you, Mr.. Dunder."
"Dot makes me happy yhA
poorly soon l see a man who vhas psl
und sorry und hard oop. can ID
dot by his face. make oudt dot i
vhas a poor man who vhas eaten 90,
by der Kansas grasshoppers LID
sorry, but maybe like to make som.
money too. Dot vhas all right, ehl"
Perfectly correct, Mr.. Dunder."
$50, by und by, goes oafer by hiu
und says: My triendt, l see by you
eye dot you wash in some troubls
Shpeak NIT me und doan' be afraid.
THAT was kind of you"
"Und he said he takes me for a
honest man as soon as he comes
dot car. 1t vhas true about do,
grass-hoppers, und he vhas goingt
Canada to die by his mothers arm
He shust hat money enough to get t
Kalamazoo, und den he must walk
"Poor man." sighed the sergeant.
81 feels dot vhay, too, but poot
soon he says he vhas taking home
gold bond to gif to his mother L
doan' belief he can walk from Kal
mazoo, und he likes to borrow $50
dot $500 bond"
"Ahl begin to seel"
"How vhas dot?"
"Never mind-go on.
~ takes dot bond likes dis: "If
sends me SIS in five days mail it
him. Ifnot it vhas my bond. May
vhas haystack, eh?"
go on"
"Vhell, it vhas sefen days tod
und his money doan' come. I
makes me own der bond. Like enor
you could do better-eh?"
"Let me see the bond" dryly
marked the sergeant.
"Here she vhas. 1t vhas fife no
dered in gold"
eyes. Five hundred in sand, m
likely 1t isn't worth five cents!,'
"You doan' shpeakl"
eyes, / do. It's q confidence ma
counterfeit bond. I've seen a dozel
them. You've simply been bea
out of $50"
"Vhas she possible Was she 20
blel Und he doan' send for her?''
"Ofcourse not"
"Und he vhas a sharper?"
certainly. It's q wonder you
back with a dollar. Where are
going?"
Goodbye, sergeant 1t vhas
usel | vhas in this country ten We
but dot makes no deefrence, Nothi
vhas two times alike. like you
come oop tomorrow, after l Vi
dead, und tell Shake to be a good p
und shpeak to my wife dot vhas b
ter off. If you could be in der proc
sion maybe | feels better for it, |
doan' take too much troubles, and
member dot vhas all broke in t
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