Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1893-10-30
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Bill Puts George Up to a Scheme That w
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Bill Puts George Up to a Scheme That Was
Disastrous.
deer editur--u kant tel wat day vii
bring 4th. day b yesterda was as hapi
as anithing, coss dident have ami enimys
now haiv got to sta in the house an evri is
mad at me.
coss wy.
coss bill jonson is the arch devil, that is wy
Oh monda i met bill an he sez
gorgie, 10 dandi way haiv fun.
how, sed.
play fireman, sed bill
They don't haiv no horses 2 the fire engins
in a toun, coss the men pull the engine, but
wen bill & me wos in moo york. we seed boss
fire engins.
80 sed bill, will we haiy boss engine.
yes, sed bill.
then we went 2 barn en- got out ole mel.
mel is ole boss wat is lain an is blind
from loosin her site. then we hiched up the
boss u painturs wagin with weels on,
wot mister bings usis wen he is workin.
then bill q me put "a big barrul ON the wagin
& filed it with watir it luked gest like
fare fire engin an we he'd a peace of gar
den hose to squirt the watir with
now, sed, were is the fire.
no, sed bill, we kin maik |.
were, l sed.
in yure house, bill sed
pa wood xii us most, sed.
pa won't no we maid it, bill sed. we Good
| lite the fire and wait in the barn till sum
seed it, an then run out with engin an put
! out the fire then we will b heroes an yure
pa mite give us half er 4 savin his house.
dident think ov it that way b 4. bill al
waze maiks me du wat he wants. so sed,
| al rite, bill, thay is no in the kitchen
now, SO u kin start the fire THAR.
| bill an me went in 2 the house and put
sum papir In closit an lifted it. wen it
commenced blaiz we shet the dore and went
baik 2 the barn.
jest wen we got baik ma opinid the kich-
en- dore an Yield,
fire, fire
al hands 2, Yield bill, man the cilinder and
run out the mashine
openid the barn dore an bill jumped up
on the wagin and grabid the line.
get up, said bill.
the ole boss startid out of the barn. !
| jumpid up on the baik ov the wagin. the
watir in the barrel was splashin al over me
an bill. the hull kitchen wos commencin 3
blaiz.
ma wos cryin an ringin her hands an sum
wos ringin the fire bel an pepel wos comm
frum al ovir
don't cry, ma, Yield, the onli fire com
pany is the rescue.
whoa, sed Div. an the ole hos stopid
man the pump, | called, an we put the
hose in the barrel ov watir and turned the
hose at the house.
10 water woodent KUN out ov the hose.
the faims wos comm out ov the windores
an lii and her babi wos standin bi the house
) crien. we thote that the watir wood kun
} out NV the hose without pump, but it
woodent.
in a mint the fire companys frum town
wos THAR an commenced squirt watir on
the fire. thay let some watir 60 on bill and
me an then told us 2 get out ov the way
fire man giver boss hit an it startid off sc
quick bill and me fell off the wagin.
in a litel vile the fire was out. the insur
,, ince man kun and found sum paper in the
: closit an sed pa coodent get no damage anC
sed he orter go in prison setin his house OF
fire. the old blind boss wat bill an me hat
dident stop runin til it went thro a bakir
winder in toun and pa had 2 pay it.
/ coodent make pa b leve me an he wood
ent b leve it wos al bills falt. he wiped mi
] with Il cowhide an haven't been out yet.
thus is the mitey fallen. gorgie.
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