Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-07-30

Shl G n':: s as''"s
carried on most
awful. She and the minister they be-
lieved that there warn't no chance of
play actors goin' to heaven. How
ever. the rest of the family sort oftelt
that, SEEM, there weren 'tmuch chance
before for Jackson Jefferson, if folks
conduct has anything to do with it.,
there was no need of bein' too des-
pairin'. Mrs. Bingham could 60 on
hevin' prayers put up for him jest as
she always had, and if he should send
free tickets, some of the folks thought
they'd go and see him.
They hadn't none Of them never
been into theavter and they felt
they'd like to see what it was like eff
it didn't cost nothing. The young
folks was all on that side, and cur'u
enough, Grandper Whitaker he was
with 'em.
GIVE led pious life," grandper
said, fur nigh about seventy-fve
year. l guess Pm fixed all right in
the other world, and if I don't hurry
I won't never have no fun here.''
So when Jeff did send the tickets,
grandper and Eben and Hammer and
Jane they all started down to town
and Jane she took a bag Of crullers,
and Eben he took a handkerchief of
apples, and Hannah she tooka bottle
lemonade, for there was nothtin' OF
grandper liked so much as hevin' a
good time, and there's no telling
what you get in those New York
restaurants besides flies, and when
Cousin Phineas had dinner there
once he saw a waiter rub up the
sugar basin with his pockit an
kurchuff.
Well, we felt real pleased to see
grandper so clipper. Did l tell you
Twas goin' along tn? I'm Belinder;
and we Jest cut up awful And as we
wus a-goin' through the village to
the station grandper held up his
head like he was on parade, and
when anybody stopped to say
"Why, how dye do? Where be you
goin', Grandper Whitaker" he ups
and hollers right out, "I'm a-goin' tn
take the boys and gals up tn town
tn the theayter, fur TIL see my grand
son, Jackson Jefferson, perform"
You see, grandper was IL perfesser,
and he'd walked upright all his life,
and knowed he wus Jest about as
good as any of 'em, eff not considera-
bull better.
Every now and then grandper
would turn his -grandper had
a real talent fur turnin his head clear
around, so it looked as eff it growed
backward-and say:
'"Tell you, folks see we air on a
spree, and | reckon they wish they
could go along!'
So We went ahead, lookin' fur the
tents. Grandper said theayters al
ways played in tents. But we didn't
see none, nor no place fur none; but
all OF sudden we came to a great,
splendid house with the name of the
theayter we wanted to see up all over
it, and great pictures at the door,
and a policeman standin' by the
lamp posts.
Grandper looks around ag'in, and
SEE he:
"Eben, I reckon things is got more
.fixy sence was boy and vent to
the circus, and got whacked Tor doin'
it when got home. They've got their
theayter into a house," and sure
enough, the policeman said the tick
cts wuz fur that place, and we went
in.
A young gentleman, all fixed up
like he wuz goin' to get married.
showed us some seats. Grandper he
sot down on the outside one.
"Goldarned eff it don't look like
meetin'p' seq he. .sBut there's a
band, any way" and pretty soon it
began to play; but we didn't see
nothin', only little boy standin' on
some steps jest as eff he WIZ goin' to
come down but telt skeered, until all
of a sudden up he went in the air! ]
wuz. so started / shrnck right out;
but Jane she said she thought first
off it wuz big shade with a. boy
Painted onto it. And then we could see
straight into somebody's front par
Tor, and there was the help a-talkin'