The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-18


boss an says he: I'm sorry ter keep
yer waitin'. he says. but er little matter
er business detained ne. Now Ia like
ter have yer do me er favor I yer will
Sure, says l. Name it, an I'll do ii
wit pleasure.
I'D like ter have yer go down ter
dis place, says he. handin' me er card,
and git me grip an bring it up ter
der - house, an I'll be dere when
yer gifts back. I'd 60 IA git it mesel',
bat I've got n appointment says he.
''All right; III fetch it, says I, an
started Off; but hadn't got but err step
er two when he called me back, an,
says he, ser nigh. as well be com
Preferable. Jest take me overcoat; |
hain't got fur ter go an won't need it
We'll, | didn't ike ter take his
close, yer know, but he insisted. an |
tell yer what, it did feel good wit dose
midwinter zephyrs dallyin' GROUND
der way dey was dat night.
while l was goin down | was won
derin' how in thunder he come ter let
er n outsider ct he didn't know out
loose wit his overcoat an gripsacll. but
/ set it down ter der fac dat he come
from Chicargo. an let it go at dat.
Der place where he sent me was err
cigar store, an when | asst fer der
grip der Teller inside looked up
kinder queer like an wanted ter know
how dey was ruanin'.'
Slow, says J, an skipped out ct er
gallop fer up town; but | hadn't got
but er rod er two when er Teller laid
his hand onter me sholder an says:
Look er here, nee friend, | wants YER
8 No, yer don't; yer made er mis-
take. It's milk yer wants, says l.
. i shouldn't wonder f twas saws
he, an afore l know'd what he was do
in he had er bracelet onter me rist. an
| tru' up de sponge to onct, fer |
know'd it want no use to kick when
he had der irons onter me.
"'Ier'll be sorry fer dis when yer
gifts sobered up says | ter der fly cop
on der way ter der station house. Say,
yer amt wan er dem Jays" dat dey
calls ''Pinkertons," be yer? F yer be,
yer amt responsible fer nothin' yer do;
none er dem cusses is, 'cept fer givin'
er bad character Yer see I tout he'd
made er mistake, an was 'liddin''
him ell der way down ter der station
when l got dere der sargent went
over me an an ! give it ter him
straight, but he didn't take no stock
into it.
Den er Teller went tru me an took
possession err what's his names grip
an | was er little su 'prised when dey
took er big roll er der long green out
er der insid' pocket err der coat dat |
never know'd was dere.
Den err copper took me err round
an turned me loose into er pen, an
holy gee! Say, I've ben in some purity
queer places, but never struck any
thin dat could hold a candle ter
der lil;' er dat. Der was er howlin
gang err der cEssedest lookin' buns
dat | ever run up erginst, an dere
want one in der whole outfit dat cr
rattlesnake could er bit en- err dark
night widout bein' sick ter his stumak
Il reckon dere's er good many tings
dat I'd lik' ter hav' in der world dat |
amt li'ble ter git, but III give yer err
iolI III pplibSi dl4l loOhlI Ter no
more er dat.
''Nhy, er square inch err der air in
dat place would er supplied er whole
operer company fer er year, f dey used
any kind er Judgment No, sir, yer
can bet yer sweet lie | don't buck up
erginst DAT kind er layout no more.
Der mex mornin' / was up in der
police court an found out dat I'd ben
took fer Jerry Fields, er notorious |
counterfeiter. an wit der grip an der |
overcoat an der money it looked lik' | !
was booked fer bout twenty year, /
but. lucky fer me, I'm sumpn of er pol |
ertitian be spells, an wit der infioo- !
ence of der big guns in der ward got |
der court ter see it der way it was, an |
got er way wit err reprimand an or |
pointer dat L better 90 an git me |
teet filed
Some time alter got out dere was |
er letter come ter me from me friend |
Jerry tanlin' me fer helpin' him ter
git out er der city. He said dey was 50
hot ater him dat he wouldn't or had no |
show f | hadn't helped him.
jest you keep quiet, says he. an |
yer wont loose nothin' by it Dere /
was err fifty dollar note into it. It's !,
all right says he. An yer needn't
be erfraid ter use it But kept 1T
quiet till was purity darncd sure Of it,
I'll tell yer.
After dis begun ter git kilograms
Wit tips en- dey IS alus signed Jerry
We'll, l don't know much erboEt
him. an CT darn sight less erbout his
business, but he's got ct pocket fall Of
inside information from derrace tracks
Eat lays way over the best tout dat
ever chaTred terbacco. an f dey keeps
IN comm Ter der mex tree mont's der
way Deb has fer der las tree, I'll back
NE own bosses afore der end e. der
season
Give Us or couple OF good cigars.
Jimmie. IN don't fe-rit der Eve spo:
ruder der match safe"
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