The Wichita daily eagle., 1894-11-15
BE WAS DECEIVED.
From the Detroi, ETee Pres.

EE WAS DfCElN ED.
From, the Detroit Free Press
He stood at the corner of Woodward
and Michigan avenues the other day
when the wind came down off Lake St
Clair with a cold edge 10 it. He was
leaning on little rattan cane until It
described a half circle under the pres
sure He had on an ethereal-looklng
white straw hat and 4 light summer
suit. and his general appearance was
fairly hit off by a newsboy when he
cried out:
.'Au you fellers come on and see a
gun-drop walkin' around on his hind
legs"
The gum-drop shivered as ne posed.
1t was fall overcoat weather, and he
was clad for 100 degrees in the shade.
Very embarrassing TO be caught up
this way, doncher knaw?' he ex-
planned 10 the onlookers in weary
way Its all the fault of the signal
office, doncher see? Predicted a not
wave, be-Gawge, and it failed to mate
rialize. Came down from me suburban
domicile prepared for sultry day, and
bless me heart if l haven't nearly per.
ished with cold, We knaw."
"See him shiver"' called 4 gamiu.
''Shivah OF course | shivahr' re.
piled the weary man, as he INDUCED IN
a shake. Il am no volcano that
shouldn't shivah under this sudden
change Bless me. but I'll see the peo-
pie in the signal Office and give 'em bit
of me mind for this. Nevah depended
on their predictions befoh, and nevah
will again, Goncher knaw.'
Here's your high pressure in the
Mississippi Valley shouted another
boy.
That's another point | wish TO touch
on. We llnaw," replied the gum-drOp.
What do knaw about high pressure,
low pressure. increased cloudiness,
storm centers and all that? i see by
the report that it is to be warmer,
doncher knaw,-much warmer-and
accordingly / prepare for the change.
in the language of the Greek | am ky
foshed-which means that l am left
boxed up-put in a hole, doncher
knaw.'
He shivered again-a frst-class, high
toned shiver. such as a nabOb might be
proud of, and continued:
When a fellah has his collah and
tie and trousers ana hat TO look out for
his mind is fully occupied, donchcr see?
He cawn't be polling his nose into the
newspaper and increasing mis- burdens
bv trying to understand what the sig
nal officer means by the Ohio valley,
l, II ,f.ft -
and all that | wouldn't think OF II,
you see-no fellah would think OF il.
II is all owing To the ambiguity of the
signal officer that have been kytoshed
done up-laid on the shelf, dOncher
knaw?'
PLAY us n chune wild yer teeth
screamed a chunk OF a bOotblack.
The ideah OF deceiving a fellah like
thisr' continued the victim, as the
wind swept down Monroe avenue and
raised another crop OF goose-pinples
on his legs. Il think l shall sue for
damages, doncher see? shall. no
foubt, be prostrated 10y this exposure,
be-Gawge! and it's a question whether
my system viii recovah from the
shock. If l don't l may go off in a
week. doncher knaw? And If il does l
may iugah along for years. you see
lingah along such a shattered wreck
that no tailor can ever f. me trowsers,
again, ye knaw.'
There goes another shiver," called
two or three boys in chorus as the thin
clad form was again agitated.
Certainly I shivah," he replied. /
was waiting here 10 see a friend who
might lend me All overcoat, ye knaw,
but he's been switched of, the same as
tnis hot wave. Ne play IS 70 proceed
homeward with all possible dispatch
and TO imbibe some GIN and watah,
and then write TO the Papahs that the
signal bureau IS a delusion. doncher
knaw2 Be-Gawge, I'll quite break
ND the business befoh let 20, doncher
see?-
And he lifted MS little cane of the
ground and foated up Woodward av-
euUe ike q man who would never rest
unul he had the signal officers scalp
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