Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-01-07
tMpEDlMENT IN HIS SPEECH.
It Is Amusing When a Man So Afflicted
Tackles "a Telephone.

It's great fun To be around when q
man with an impediment in his speech
tries TO talk through telephone. AS
rule. he doesn't try it often, but
sometimes he can't help himself Such
was the case with clerk in railroad
Office down south. where | was EN-
pioyed somo years ago. Like many
others similarly afflicted, he stam-
mered most when he tried hardest TO
stop it, says the \. 7. Herald.
The uperintendcnt happened to
drop into the office one morning and
asked him to telephone 10 certain
firm of stock dealers who had been
making inquiries about the matter
that they could ship certain guam
tity of mixed stock In the same car.
provided they ouble-decked the car.
please, SIR" said John that was
the name by which everybody adj
dressed him-"l'm afraid | c-c-ca-ca
-"
whats thatp" queried the superin-
tendent somewhat harshly.
"li's all right. sir" responded John
meekly, convinced of the utter fulfil
ity of trying TO explain to stranger
that he generally got stuck on words
beginning with I'd" worse than on
any other kind.
John succeeded in establishing con-
nections through central" all right.
and then the trouble began.
That stock will 60 all right" he
shouted. "if YOU d-d-d-d-d---"
Then he paused to take fresh start,
and the man ut the other end OF tho
wire evidently said something.
ats all right" began John again.
elf you d-d-d-d---'
His breath gave out and he stopped
to take in fresh supply, while the
other man probably inquired what
sort of an idiot was trying To talk To
him. or something of that sort, for
Johns face grew very red.
"BIame it!' he yelled at the iustru-
ment, put b-b-hulkhead in the carr
But evidently the intending shipper
was not up in nautical terms and must
have implied as much, with the addi-
ton OF sundry reflections concerning
the state of Johns intelligence.
Whatever it Was it made John mad
der than ever.
John was good fellow, though, un-
der strong proyocatiou, slightly dis
posed TO be pugnacious. shall never
forget the last time l saw him. Ii
was In st. Luke's hospital. this city.
The head Of the department OF the
railroad in which he was employed
va, "a suiiii,,i 1iaio ....;. Is,..Saa ain. WORK
great deal Of overtime without any
extra pay. In consequence his health
gave way and he came aorth TO get
well. but got worse and had TO 90 to
the hospital. He was without penny,
aud those who had been his associates
in the railroad Office made up little
purse for him.
found his wife by his bedside when
called to see him. She was san.
guinc little body, and began to talk
about how she intended. when John
got little better, To start little
candy store with the money that had
been subscribed for him. and thus sup
port him until he was able to 90 to
work again.
John listened in silence for time.
and then said sadly:
@Y-y-cs. 1t will do to b-b-b-s
lie was unahic to finish the sentence,
but he made q downward gesture with
his finger and burst into tears. II
was pninfully plain what he meant.
Buried he was few days later, aud
with the money that had been sub
scribed BY his former companions.