The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1894-03-10
Carl Err.

AXclHlIlCu CCISOs
morning as Carl Dunder entered the
Woodbridge street station with smiling
vistage.
.sIt vas me, sergeant"
.Where on earth have you been!"
Sergeant, ven I vhas down here
tree months ago wash 1 tells your
THAT you were going back to Ger
many"
..Vhy? Because holdings vhas two
times alike in dis country. 1vhas all
der times in trouble. 1doan' catch.
on"
"And you went?"
"No, sir. 1 vhas right in America
all der time, but l vhas very busy"
"Enlarglng your business?"
"Mv peesness vhas enlarged alright.
No, sir; I vhas reading pooks and
studying human nature. Dot vhasder
troubles nit me pefore-I doan. look
at somebody twice, und all der pooks
read vhas a Sherman paper printed
in New York. Sergeant vhas L like
havseed and grass some more?"
"Um, Ibelieve you look sharper and
brighter"
"Und dot looks doan' deceive me. 1
vhas in Chicago four days.
"No! Well, it takes a pretty good
man to 90 to Chicago and stay tour
DAYS and get out all right. Anything
happen to your"
Il should sweetly shmile! Dots Why
comes down to see you. like you
to know dot der mar you calls some
havseeds vhas not so grassy as ne
looks. Sergeant, l make $3.50 on DER
train coming home!"
"No!" -.
"Shust like tallow or grease
"Well, by George, let's shake hands
on that!"
'Vhas some flies on me, eh?"
"Not a fly. Did you buy a piece OF
land or s~omething?"
Sergeant, when goes in dot a l
looks all aroundt me to see der peo-
pies. Dots What is called observation.
ii YOU doan' observe you doan' know
nodding. Dot vhas my trobles before
Il don't OBSERVE
81 agree with you, Mr.. Dunder."
dot makes me happy! Well,
pootysoon l see a man who vhas pale
und sorry und hard oop. can tell
dot by his face. Imake oudt dot ne
vhas a poor mar who vhas eaten oop
by der Kansas grasshoppers. l feel
sorry, but MAYBE | like to make some
money too. Dot vhas all right, eh?"
'Perfectly correct, Mr.. Dunder."
so, by und by, l goes oafer by him
und says: My triendt, l see by your
eye dot you wash in some troubles.
Shpeak NIT me und doan' be afraid"
THAT was kind of YOU"
"Und he said he takes me for an
honest man as soon as he comes by
dot car. 1t vhas true about dose
grass-hoppers, und he Was going to
Canada to die by his mothers arms.
He shust hat money enough to get to
Kalamazoo, und den he must walk"
Poor man. sighed the sergeant.
81 feels dot vhay, too, but pooty
soon he says he vhas taking home a
gold bond to gif to his mother. He
doan' belief he can walk from kala-
mazoo, und he likes to borrow $50 on
dot $500 bond
"Ah! begin to see!.'
How vhas dot?"
Never mind-go on.
II takes dot bond likes dis: "If he
sends me $75 in five days I mail it to
him. lfnot it vhas my bond. Maybe
| vhas a haystack, eh?"
go on"
"Nhell, it vhas sefen days to-day,
und his money doan' come. Dot
makes me own der bond. Like enough
you could do better-eh?"
Let mt see the bond,' dryly re-
marked the sergeant.
Here she vhas. 1t vhas fife hoon-
dered in gold"
Yes. Five hundred in sand, more
likely! 1t isn't worth five %cents,','
You doan' shpeak"
YES, do. It, a confidence mans
counterfeit bond. I've seen a dozen of
them. You've simply been beaten
out OF $50"
"Ehas she possible Was she posi-
bic! Ind he doan' send for her?6
"OfcOurse not
"Cnd he vhas a sharper"
"Certainly. It's a wonder you got
back with a dollar. Where are you
going?'
"Good-bye, sergeant. 1t vhas no
use: l vhas in this country ten Vars,
out dot makes no deefrence, Nothings
vhas two times alike. | like you to
come oop tomorrow, after | vhas
DEAD und tell Shake to be a goodpoy,
n shpeak tony wife dot | vhas bet
ter on. If you could be in der process
SION MAYBE [ feels better for it, but
doan, take too much troubles, and re-
embe dot | vhas all broke in two
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