Daily Kennebec journal., 1894-11-29
TAKING HIS UNCLE AROUND.
A Kindly Nephew Is Bothered by the Old
Man In Store.

Man In II store.
TIc,, are some old men living who have
not socl all the sights of the city. Now
a,h then one comes i'm who is a counter
l..lt oa i ,siiua WI itconb. Such one
,vu, hove :ast week lie has lived nearly
20 y,a 5 let faT from II Wisconsin town
which ! within two hours ride of Chica-
ro H. hes a nephew here who took him
arJ&nG for two days, and the nephew is
enjoying himself relating some of the an
tics of his Badger uncle.
I'VE tall, an elevator" said the nephew,
Sin On, Of the retail dry goods houses,
and Wiilo ihe man in charge was waiting
for others 10 get in my uncle said to him:
Hurry &p now. If you're going to wait
for !; ID, Wen get out and walk just
as the car started he said to the man:
DON'T let go the rope. reckon l could
Jump out and beat it down, but I'd like
to EMO; the full ride if it's the same to
you' V'c reached the third floor, and the
man called out: Third floor. Ladies' cor
sets. underwear, silk skirts hosiery and
patterns Stop 'er, called out my uncle,
and turning to me he said: Come on,
jim. This is where / want to land, and
AS we were leaving the car he said to the
man in charge Jest hold your horses
here for few minutes till we come back.
Now, don't run away cause want to go
down to the roof when get on again.
1--WE were soon in the midst of the
young salcsladies of the department. My
uncle after looking about for moment,
remarked in a perfectly honest way: i
guess you are all orphans or widders may
he, seeing that you are all dressed in black
! guess the concern here is pretty good to
give you jobs. I'm awfully sorry for the
lot of you, and if you ever get away Sun
Lays and can come out to - I'll meet
you and take you out to the farm and give
you tho best we got. My ole woman
would be powerful glad to have you. Jim,
here, is my nephew; lives here in Chicago.
Reckon you all know Jim, hey, Jim"
THE situation was embarrassing, and
pulled him away. The young women
were blushing and laughing. As we pass
ed ont he saw one of those ugly Chinese
gods in the tea department Before
could stop my uncle he had hit the idol in
the face with his slouch hat, kicked at 1t
and then said to me- Say, Jim, if your
Aunt Betsy had that out to the farm,
she'd use it for bee gum. ! wonder
what they'll let it go for?' l tugged ct his
elbow until l got him away. We were
then in sight of descending elevator.
He broke from my clutch, and making Il
dash for tho car he called back to me,
Come on, Jim. I'll hold her till you get
abe ard and when l reached the car he
mad q hold like Il wise on the cable, while
the conductor was crowded back in the
corner. Keep back, or III brain you, my
uncle was saying to the conductor, Il
know what I'm doing. Say. Jim, grab
the rope minute till | spit on my hands,
and then III run her to the cellar.
by the time he released tho rope had
him in the corner where held him until
we reached the first floor. l got him ont
of the car and finally got him TO his train,
and while l enjoyed his antics l was tic
kled when | knew he was gone, for didn't
know while he was here what minute he
would break away and cause me trouble.
He IL one Of the best old men that over
lived, but liable to go off half cooked at
anything that is novel. Chicago Herald.