Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-05-05
THOSE LEAP YEAR CARDS.

Georgia Sends One to His Ia Which
Falls Into His Mas Hands.
deer editur-du no this is lcpe we're
du no they haiy got wot thay cal lcpC
yere bows
found it out mi sorrcr
saw bill.
an he LATED.
for wy IL lafl, sed.
coss, he sed
coss wy, scd.
coss thay is Icpc yere bows, he said, an
we kin have II lot ov fun with EN-.
the lepe yere bows is a lot of ribuns sodc
on card, an girl sends one . man. the
card SEES:
If 9me yure hart is true send me baik the be
ov blue.
if 2 me yure hart is ded send me baik the be
ov red.
if ov me IL sum times think send me baik the
DO of pink.
if with me IL vii elope send me baik the DO o,
helytroip.
if vii be my feler send me baik DO of vel
Ter.
if Ii think am slow like turtle send me baik
DO Oy purpil.
well i sed, wen bill shode me the card, wat
fun kin we haiv with it,
no, gorgie, You ote 2 ware the DO ov pur
pill, II ded slow like turtle
idident say nothn.
then bill sed,
yure ma is jelis oy yure pa, amt she?
yes, sed.
well we vii send yure pa ov the cards,
onli we viii put it were yurc ma will see it
b yure pa.
no, no, lalIid. seed it al now.
so we got envelope and put pars naim on
it, an tux ov the helytroip DO an then put
the card in the envelope an put it on the
fore in ma and pars room.
by & hi ma cumed in an piked it up au
opind it an red it, then wen she seed the
helytroip DO was gone her faic got red an
she luked orful mad. but she dident say
nothin an put the card in the pokit ov her
dress
that mite wen we wos etin supir ma luked
at pa an sed
josier, did II lose ami thing 9 day.
pa sed he dident lose nothin that he node
oV.
then ma ddent say nothin but hi an bi
she sed,
josier, du u think helytroip Is a putty
color.
pa said he did.
then ma sed don't like send round
helitroip bows.
pa sed no don't say, wat the dooce is
the matter with u. wat r trien get at
ami way.
no, hipecrat sed ma al ov n suddin. Il
haiv got the imperdence set THAR amt Il,
an maik b leve IL don't no wat meme
pa lade down his nife an fork an luked at
ma but dident say word.
then ma sed sum moir. so Il r gone +.
elope, u. but u wont, bi a devine PROXY
Ounce haiv got on 2 yure litel gain. no,
u reich. 2thnk that mi life is linked 2 a
miserabyl creture that +.
womin, r gittin crazy, sed pa.
no, amt gettin crazy. but enuff Q
drive me mad. will get a dyvors from Il.
can prove wos gOn elope with some
womin and haiv got the prof in mi pokit.
pa jumpd his feet. CRATE hevins, he
said, is this sum orful trick or am gone
mad misef womin don't no wat II say
u haiv the profe that am gone . elope!
ma jest TUX out the envelope adressid 2 pa
an tux out the card an held it up b him.
there, she sed is the profe ov wat u wood
du. if with me Il viii elope send me DO
ov helytroip. an u haiv sent the gud for
nothn cretur the helytroip. no, this is 2
moch, moch.
then ma comencid 2 cri an pa sed ami,
so sure like thay is a gawd buy me don't
no nothin abote this. it is sum trik.
ma trode down the envlope on the fore
an went up stairs, vile pa tux hold ov her
an tride 2 maik hisself square hi kissin
her, but ma woodent haiv it an shuk him
Off
no, unfortunate man wat | am, cried pa.
this will drive me mad
then he set down in the corner, an wen
ma was gone he luked at the envelope an
then at me.
! dident like the way pa luked at me, SC
wen he luked at the envelope a game thote
better go up 2 bed, but pa called me bak
gorgie, he sed, du Il no ami thin bote
this.
sed no.
did Il ever see that writin 4, pa askid
sed no.
then pa sed, gorgic, it luks like yurc
ritin.
dident say nothin.
gorgie, sed pa, rite mi naim on this
papir.
haiv got sore finger, sed.
pa got down the strap. rite mi naim on
that paper he sed game.
rited pars name.
then pa luked at it.
then he sed lay acrost mi lap.
then pa dident say nothin else, but acl-
shuns spoke louder than words, an pa lade
down the strap on the place handiest 2
him.
wen went to bed dident think the lepe
yere card wos so funni ami moir, an think
pa had moir fun with me than had with
him.
ma amt gone 2 get no dyvors and pa is
gone 2 talk her to a sundi scool consirt 2
morrer mite, an haiv got stay home.
bill jonson is gone 2 the consrt 2.
the way of sum transgresirs is hard, or
full hard, but bill al ways keeps out ov the
way sum way.-New York Mercury.
Gall.
"Dot Gilhooly has got some gals" re,
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