Connecticut western news., 1891-03-11

serpul. Ime in the show biznis." The man in black close, I will hear obsarve, seemed to be as fine man as ever was in the world.
 "But," sez he, "you hay feelins into you? You cimpathize with the misfor- tunit, the loly & the hart-sick, don't you?' He bust into teers and axed me eff saw that yung lady in the sect out yender, pintin to as slick a lookn gal as I ever seed.
 Sed 1, ''2 be shure see her-is she mutch sick?" The man in black close was apparently as fine man as ever was in the world ennywhares.
 "Draw closter to me-" sed the man in black close. "Let me git my mowth fernenst yure ear. Hush-sHEsE Oc- ToRooN!"
 Wall. whot upon arth dug she doc it fur?" inquired
 ''She kant help it,'' sed the man in black close. Its the brand of Kane."
 Wall, she'd better stop drinkin Kane's brandy" replide.
 "I sed the brand of Kane was upon her-not brandy. my fren. Yure very obtoose."
 was konsiderbul riled at this. Sez l, My gentle Sir, Ime nonresistanter as ginral thing, & don't want to git up no rows with nobuddy, but kin neverthe les kaye in enny mans he'd that calls me obtoos," with which remarks 1 kom- raenst fur to pull orf my extry gar Lints. Cum on, sez I-"Time! hears the Beniki Boy fur vel" & darnced round like poppit. He rig up in his sect and axed my pardin-sed it was all a mistake-that was good man, etset- tery, & SOW forth, 6 we fxt it all up pleasant must say the man in black close scanned to be as fine man as ever lived in the wurld. He said Octoroon was the 9th of negrow. He likewise statid that the female he was travlin with was formurly slave in Mississip- py: that she'd purchist her freedim & now wantid to purchiss the freedim of her poor old muther. He sed he knowed the mint he gazed onto my klassic & beneverlunt fase that I'd donate ibrully and axed me to go over & see her, which I accordinly did. I sot down beside her and sed "yure Sarvant, Marm! How do yer git along?"
 She bust in teers & said, 70 Sur, I'm SO retchid-Im poor unfortunit Octo- roon."
 ''So larn. Yure rather more Roon than Octo, take it, sed l, fur l never seed puttier gal in the hull endoorin time of my life. l pittid the Octoroon from the inmost recusses of my hart & hawled out 50 dollars ker slap 6 told her to buy her old muther as soon as posser- bull Sez she ''kine sir mutch thanks" She then Jade her he'd over onto my showlder 6 sed was "old rats" Sez l "Marm. I'm trooly sirprized." Sez she, "git out. Yure the nicist old man I've seen yit Give us anuther 50v' Had seleck assortment of the most tre- meniious thunderbolts descended down onto me I couldn't hay bin more takin aback. jumpt up, but she ceased my coat tales 6 in wild voise cride, No, He never desart you-let us fiji together!' Sez 1, mot hutch we wont," and ] made powerful effort to get ava from her. ''This is blade out," I sed, ''where- upon she jerkt me back into the sect. ''Leggo my coat, you scandaluss female. " | roared, when she set up the most un- arthly yellin and hollerin you ever heerd. The passinjers 6 the gentle munly konductur rusht to the spot, & ] don't think ever experiunsed sich a | rumpus in the hull coarse of my natral | dase The man in black close rusht up l to me 6 sed ''How dair yu insult my neece. you horey heded vagabone. You base exhibbitter of low wax fggers-yu woolf in sheep's close" & SOW 4th. Twas konfoozed. The konductor kum l to me & sed the insultid parties wood settle for $50. which immejitly hawled out, 6 agane implored somebuddy to state whare l was prinsipully, 6 if l shood be thare a grate while myself ef things went on as they'd bin goin fu1 sum time back then axed if there was enny more Octoroons present, "becawz,' sez l, 'ef there is, let um cum along, fur Ime in the Octoroon bizniss." I then threw my specterculs out of the winder, smasht my hat wildly down over my Ise, larfed highsterically & fell under a sect. I lay there sum time & fell asleep. dreamt Mrs. Ward & the twins had bin carrid orf by Ryenosserhosses 6 that Baldinsville had bin captered by army ] of Octoroons. When 1 awoked the lamps was a burnin dimly. The on. prinsipuid Octoroon 6 the miserbul man in black close was gone, & all of a sud- dent it flasht ore my b1 ane that lde bin ! on;rdi11