The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-27
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He Thought He Had, Butu
Good graciousI but i. III,
exclaimed Sergt. BendaIl !. ~ y
morning as Carl Dunder ~, sae
Woodbridge street station ~;s.d
vistage. 'n
ut vas me, sergeant"
"Whcre on earth have Won y.
Sergeant, ven I vhas d.
tree months ago wash l tell, v .n
"That you were going bac sv =.
many" 0c
"Vhy? Because noddings vh..
times alike in dis country. ISs '
der times in trouble. Idoo,, 4''
on" "'
"And you went?"
"No, sir. l vhas right in An.
all der time, but I vhas VERY I'
"Enlarglng your businessSas ouq
"My peesness vhas enlaroaa IN
No, sir; | vhas reading poo d',r
studying human nature. Dot W.
troubles nit me pefore-I d d. snss
at somebody twice, und oil do.
| read vhas o Sherman pans NC, I, poc
in New York. Sergeant vbapp 1a \
hayseed and grass some morass
"Uml Ibelieve you look sharus,
brighter" a'p'
"Und dot looks doan' deceive =.
vhas in Chicago four days" nF
"Nol Well, it takes a prAttv
man to go to Chicago and stsr
days and get out all right. Anya'
happen to your" a'i
81 should sweetly shmile! Dor. :,
| comes down to see you. ill.,
to know dot der man you CALI !!
hayseeds vhas not so grassy a. ~
looks. Sergeant, | make Sam ~
train coming homel"
"No!"
"Shust like tallow or grease
"Well, by George, let's shake hs,aJ
on that" D'''a
"Vhas some flies on me, ebm
"Not fly, Did you buy nisss
land or something?" f'
Sergeant, when 1 goes in dotcs, /
looks all aroundt me to sea dor ~.
pies. Dots What is called obsery.tIss|
If you doan' observe you doan' I~s
nodding. Dot vhas my trobles bss']
i don't observe,
81 agree with you, Mr.. Dundern
'Dot makes me happy VII
poorly soon | see a man who vhas nj
und sorry und hard oop. lean h
dot by his face. Imake oudt dol }
vhas q poor man who vhas eaten o.
by der Kansas grasshoppers Il
sorry, but maybe | like to make Sr
money too. Dot vhas all right EMIL
erfectly correct, Mr.. Dunder"
$50, by und by, | goes oafer by hi
und says: My triendt, see byyo,
eye dot you wash in some troubs|
Shpeak NIT me und doan' be afraid !
THAT was kind of you"
"Und he said he takes me for nj
honest man as soon as he CONES N
dot car. 1t vhas true about do
grass-hoppers, und he vhas goixtt
Canada to die by his mothers ann
He shust hat money enough to get ID
Kalamazoo, und den he must walk
"Poor man. sighed the sergeant
al feels dot vhay, too, but pooII
soon he says he vhas taking home
gold bond to gif to his mother. n
doan' belief he can walk from Kss
mazoo, und he likes to borrow S5Oa
dot $500 bond"
"Ah begin to seel"
"How vhas dot?"
"Never mind-go on.
al takes dot bond likes dis; III n
sends me SIS in five days / mail it t
him. Ifnot it vhas my bond. Mayp
| vhas haystack, eh?"
GO on"
"Vhell, it vhas sefen days todil
und his money doan' come. D
makes me own der bond. Like eno9i
you could do better-eh?"
41et me see the bond" dryEr
marked the sergeant.
"Here she vhas. 1t vhas fife hoo
dered in gold"
eyes. Five hundred in sand, mo-
likely 1t isn't worth five centsl,'
"You doan' shpeakl"
eyes, l do. It's O. confidence ma
counterfeit bond. I've seen dom
them. You've simply been beat
out of $50"
"Vhas she possible Was she pos
blel Und he doan' send for herr
"Ofcourse not"
"Und he vhas a sharper?"
Certainly. It's u wonder youg
back with q dollar. Where are y
going?"
Goodbye, sergeantl It vhas
usel | vhas in this country ten va
but dot makes no deefrence, Nothil
vhas two times alike. like you
come oop tomorrow, after / Vi
dead, und tell Shake to be goodp(
und shpeak to my wife dot l vhas b
ter off. If you could be in der proc
sion maybe 1 feels better for it, b
doan' take too much troubles, and
member dot l vhas all broke in Il
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