The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-10-25
A MEAN TRICK.
The Pathetic Dilemma of Man who Was
Deceived.

The Pathetic Dilemma of n Man who Was
Deceived.
He stood at the corner of Woodward and
Michigan avenues tho other day when the
wind came down off Lake St. Clair with
q cold odge to it. He was leaning on n
little rattan cane until 1t described half
circle under the pressure. He had on an
ethereal looking white straw hat and a
light summer suit, and his general appear
ance was fairly hit off by newsboy when
he cried out:
IAN you fellers come on and see gum
drop walkin around on his hind lcesv'
The gumdrop shivered as he posed 1t
was fall ovcrcoat weather, and he was clad
for 100 degrees in the shade,
Every embarrassing to be caught up
this way, doncher knawl' he explained to
the onlookers in a wn;s-y way. Its ali
the fault of the signtWotficc, doncher see'
Predicted hot wave, be Gawgc, and 1t
failed to materializc. Came down from
me suburban domicile prepared for a sui
try day, and, bless mo heart, II haven't
nearly persisted with cold, ye knawl"
'See him shiverl" called gamin.
''Shivahl OF course l shivah'' replied
the weary man as he INDUCED in a shake.
II am no volcano that shouldn't shiv-
All under this sudden change Bless me,
but I'll sec the people In the signal office
and give 'em bit OF me mind for thisl
Nevah depended on their predictions be-
fob and never will again, doncher knaw"
"Here's your high pressure in the Mis-
sissippi valley" shouted another boy.
"That's another point wish to touch
on, ye knaw," replied the gumdrop.
what do knaw about high pressure,
low pressure, increased cloudiness, storm
centers and all thata sec by the report
that 1t Ia to be warmer, doncher knaw-
much wArmer-and accordingly prepare
for the change. In the language of the
Greek, am kyfoshed-which means that
am left-boxod up-put In hole, don
cher knawl'
He shivered again--a first class, higl
toned SILVER, such as nabob might BIZ
proud of-and continued:
when n fellah has his oollah and til
and trousers and hat to look out for, hi:
mind is fully occupied doncher sect II,
cawn't BIO poking his nose into the news
paper and increasing his burdens by trying
to understand what the signal officer moan.
by the Ohio valley, low pressure, higi
pressure, humidity and all that. wouldn't
think Of 1t, you see--no fellah would thinl
of it, 1t is all owing to the ambiguity O
the signal officer that havo been kyfoshct
done up-laid on tho shelf, donche
knaw''
"Play us chune wild yer teeth'
screamed chunk of bootblaek.
1.-THE ideah of deceiving a fellah lik
this!' continued the victim as the wine
swept down Monroe avenue and raised an
other crop of goose pimples on his legs
II think shall sue for damages donche
seer ! shall no doubt be Frustrated b.
this exposure be Gawge! And it's ques
ton whether my system will recoyah from
the shock. II don't, may go off in
week, doncher knawl And If 1t does
may lingah along for years, you see-lin
gah along such shattered wreck that n
tailor can ever fit me trowsers again, y
knawi"
There goes another shiver!' called tw
or three boys In chorus as the thin ella
form was again agitated
Certainly / shivah, - he replied. +"
was waiting here to sec friend VIII
might lend me an overcoat, We knaw, bu
he's been switched off, the same as thi
hot wave Me play is to proceed home
ward with all possible dispatch and to in
bibe some gin and watah, and then writ
to the papahs that the signal bureau is
delusion, doncher knawl BE Gawge! l.
quito brenk up the business befoh let &c
doncher seer"
And he lifted his little cane off tn
ground and foated up Woodward avenu
like man who would never rest until Il
had tho signal officers scalp at his bel
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