The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1892-08-20
CARL DUHDER.

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Mr.. Dunder entered the station house
very softly the other Afternoon and drop
ped into chair without remark, and i
was some time before the fat police Ser.
geant looked up and discovered bis pres
ence and said:
.Weil, you here again. you don't seem
to be a. tickled as you we're the last tins
you came"
Sergeant, ! like some advice" replied
Mr.. Dunder. "I,like some advice about
my son Shake. You know Shake7"
ayes. What's the matter with Jake2'
II belief he vhas two flies, as you call
him, und I like to ask you about him
Der odder day he calls me 'gufner,' and
when l look at him he says: oh, dol
vhas right, you know. Dot vhas like all
der boys in dis country How was dot,
Sereeants Does your boy call you gaf-
nerf'"
"Well, hardlyr'
"Und when he speaks nit his muddel
he calls her, your royal highness.' She
can't make it oudt, and l can't make il
oudt, und Shake says: Dot vhas all right,
we vhas in America now Does your boy
speak like dot to his mudder?''
~ meyer heard that he did"
"Und his mudder finds some red and
blue buttons mitout any eyes in 'em in
Shakes pocket. Here vhas one. She
asks him about 'em und he said it vhas a
new invention for oafercoat buttons.
Did you efer see one bcfo1e2"
Eyes several times. These are poker
chips, Mr.. Dunder."
"Und Shake yhas playing some pokera''
"verJ likely" E
. HIN! Here vhas a ticket we find in
Shakes pocket, too. When ask him
about it he says it vhas good for one ride
NIT . toboggan, eund dot all American
boys vhas built dat vhay."
sake has been playing the race" re-
piled the Sergeant as he examined the
ticket. .sHe got this ticket at poolroem,
and it seems that he play Lone Jack for
first place." 5 ~ =
"H'm! begin to smell some rats. Ser
geant, I like to ask you about a scrap iron
MATCH" r.
ss.scrap iron inatchs never heard Of
such thing" e3N
'"Vhell, Shake goes to his mudderafter
supper to get dollar to go und see der
boys put up DER dukes at scrap iron
match. She gifts him der money, but we
can't make it oudt. =
'sQh, see! He meant ascrap r box !
ing contest.n
"Und he goes nit prize fight, eha".s
"Very likely" %3z Ssaa9} 15s3F
"H'm! More rats! Sergeant, how much
vhas dog licensca" "
1.-TWO dollars year."
"Only two dollars! Why, l sends Shake
oafer NIT seven dollar der odder day und
he only brings back one. He SAID it vhas
six dollar for big dog NIT stub tail.
Here vhas telegram from my brudder-in-
law in Chicago, und l hat to pay two dol
lar on him. Shake paid der boy und I
paid Shake. All he says in dot telegram
is, 'Vhas dis hot enough for you2' l
can't make it oudt."
~ think can" replied the Sergeant,
after reading the message. "Jake wrote
this himself and beat you out of 49,"
sVhas dat possible! Sergeant, vhas
Shake doing shust like all American
boys2" s ~
"No"
"Dot vhas de vhay be tells me, you
know. If l spheak to him he says: we
vhas in America now, and if we doan't do
like odder folks we vhas made fun Of
HIM! ! see! Well, l am going home"
eyes,"
"Dis eafening Shake Will start out NIT
his hat on his ear, und yhen ask where
he vhas going be Will say, 'Guvner,
vhas shust like an American boy now,
und l go oud to see some elephants
"Yes."
"Und ! Will take dot young mans by
der collar und say, My son, vhas shust
like an American fadder now, und /
vhas onto you like a housel' Und den
his heels will hit oop by der ceilings, und
be Will smash in der walls and doors,
und when let go of him he Will be like
some rags on clothes line"
II wouldn't he too severe"
"Oh, no. doan' kill him, but vhas
shust severe enough to shange him back
from an American boy t. Sherman, und
to make him so tired of dot races und to-
boggan und scrap iron und elephant dot
he meier goes any more. Dot vhas all,
Sergeant. l can't make her oudt before,
but I.see him now. Shake. yl,as shust
like an American boy-I vhas shust like
an American fadder! Keep quiet and see
me later! n. QEAD