Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1892-12-05
GIMME FADDEN IN DEEP WATER
Miss Fannie Gets a Letter from Gentle
man Not in 1.-THE Duchess in Disgrace.

Miss Fannie Gets Letter from a Gentle
man Not in 1.-THE Duchess in Disgrace.
"Say, ye remember me tellin We bout de
duchess-Mss Fannie's French maid-w'ot
turn me down jess as was gittin stuck on
meself? Well, say, she's a chin dandy
and dat goes. See?
"Well, de odder day Miss Fannie she
sent out ter de barn, an says she wants Eel
cart sent roun, an dat was to go wild Ter.
ode cart is little Vaughn wild only two
Wheels an rides up behind wild me back
ter de boss an Miss Fannie she drives.
Say, mebby ye t'ink she can't drive wy
she drives out er sight-up ter de limit, I'm
tellin vel Well, as was a-holdin de hoss
in front of de house out comes Miss Fannie
wild de duchess, an dey gifts in de front
seat an l jumps up behind Say, was
tickled ter deaf, fer we was a-goin out tel
a 'ospital beyond de park, an t'aut I'd
git er chance ter kiss de duchess wen
Miss Fannie goes inter de 'ospital wild nice
grub fer de kids w'ot 'as queer backs an
crooked legs. Seer
"Well, wen we gifts ter de 'ospital
jumps down ter hold de boss, an Miss Fan
ME she gifts outer de cart an tells de Ouch.
ess ter chase 'erself in wild de grub.
Say, | t'ink Miss Fannie was dead ontel
me game ter kiss de duchess, an dat's wy
she chases Ter in der 'ospital. But de duch.
ess she's fly, she is-1y up ter de limit-ap
she leaves one of de bundles of grub in de
cart. Pretty soon she comes chasing out
after de bundle w'ot she left, an she gives
me err wink an says, wild Ter dago talk-de
kind er dago French folks talk wien dey
talks English an she says, says she,
'Cheemie.' she says. yer leetle brute,
she says, like dat. See? Yer leetle
brute
"Say, wen she says dat know'd she was
jess givin me song an dance bout me
bein brute See? know'd from de way
she says it, an | seed dat she foun de bun
die, but wasn't breakin er neck a-chasin
'erself in wild it. So says, says l, Ouch.
ess, | says, purlite as could be, says |,
Duchess, if dere was no mugs aroun ere
I'd give yer kiss says
"Well, she kinder laughs an says, rMebbe
dere won't be no one roun wen ye brings
in Miss Fannie's rug, wot I'll leave in de
cart wen we'se git 'ome,' says she. Den
she chases 'erself in de 'ospital.
well, jess as she made 'er sneak mug
comes along on hossback, an 'e kinder
pipes off de duchess, an den 'e pipes off me
and den e pipes off de cart, an wild dat e
stops us boss.
"De mug was no dude, | could tell dat,
but e kinder wore close like err dude.
'W'en e stops e says ter me, says e.,
Whose groom is youseT
al amt nobody's groom, says. I was
hired for a footman. OATS wot Miss Fan
ME says, an wot she says goes says.
Say, wen | says dat e kinder looks
queer, an e / des off an den e rides back
| was dead crazy cause couldn't git onto
lis curves. was jiss linking of truning
a rock at lis boss wen e says, 'Ere's some
thing fer yuse,' e says, an e gives me a
PUNK.
Don't yer know wot PUNK Isl wy
it's a case, er dollar. Say, yuse amt as fly
as | taut, sure!
"Well, as was a-telln ye, e gives me a
PUNK, an den e gives me a letter an tells
me ter give it ter Miss Fannie. De letter.
mean.
"Den was worse off Us curves dan be-
fore. but de mug was a gent or Pm farm
err, SO | jiss says, Tanks, boss, an 'e rides
off. See?
well, l taut I'd keep de letter ter give
ter de duchess ter give ter Miss Fannie
Ye see, women is queer folks, an dey allus
is crazy ter be let in on der game, wotever
it is, an taut if I'd give de mugs letter
ter de duchess first it would make me solid
wild her. See?
"Well, wien we gifts home de duchess
leaves de rug in de cart, like she says she
would, an chases in wild it from de barn.
De duchess was waitin fer me an gives er
de letter. Say, she nearly had fit. Surel
She made me tell the whole snap over a
tousan times, an den wot do We tink she
done? She trun her arms aroun me an
gives me hug an a kiss dat nearly done
me. Den she runs away. Say, Pm tellin
ye straight. | was so dead stuck on me-
self dat | began doin dance right dere.
But, holy geel A mug wot links 'e's in it
wen lis duchess jollies i'm fer doin some
Ting she likes, dat mug is dead farmer.
1t amt youse wot's in it, it's wot youse
done wots in it. See?
"In less'n no time de duchess comes chas-
ing back wild er cheeks afire, an weeps in er
eyes, an she gives me a crack in der jaw
wot knocked me silly.
Den she gives me back de letters an
gives me anodder crack.
"'Dat's wot | got she says. How you
like 'im?
Den she tells me de mug is gent wot
Miss Fannie's ladder, lis whiskers, We know,
is dead sore on, but dat Miss Fannie she
was dead stuck on i'm, but lis whiskers
wouldn't have i'm dere. De mug lad been
away in form parts an jess come back. De
duchess taut Miss Fannie would like de
letter, but she was dead sore on de duchess
fer givin it ter Ter, an wouldn't open it ter
read wot'was writ on de inside.
"'Den she's dead sore on me, too, says l.
"Well, wot de yuse tinkP De duchess
said she never give me away ter Miss Fan
ME, sure. Dem women folks AS curves in
der brains mug never can tumble to. An
dat goes. De game is too slick fer Chimmie
Fadden, sure. gets letter from mug
wot Miss Fannie likes, an gives it ter de
duchess. De duchess gives me kiss fer
givin Ter de letter, cause Ter maid allus
stands iii wild de mug wot de ladder is sore
on. Pm on ter dat much. Den Miss Fan
ME she jumps de duchess fer givin Ter
de mugs letter, and de duchess she jumps
me, but she never queered me wild Miss
Fannie by tellin dat | was de mug wot
collars de letter. She does biff me in de
jaw, dough, an OATS wot sets me crazy Seer
Say, Pm tinkin women alters does ting
cause dey don't want ter, or mebbe dey
don't want ter cause dey can. Dere curves
is too much fer farmer like me.
well, so long. Pm goin ter a club down
ERE ter take dat letter back ter de mug.
wonder will e want dat PUNK back. Well,
de PUNK don't go. See"-New York Sun.