The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-10-27
A MEAN TRICK.

The Pathetic Dilemma of a Man Who Was
Deceived.
He stood a4 she corner Of Woodward and
Michigan avenues the other day when the
wind came down of Lake St Clair with
a cold edge 30 IT He was leaning on :.
little rattan cane until it described a half
circle under the pressure. He had on an
ethereal looking white straw hat and :
light summer suit and his general appear
ance was fairly hit of by a newsboy when
he cried out:
All you fellers come on and see a gum
drop walkin around on his hind legs!''
The gumdrop shivered as he posed It
was fall overcoat weather, and he was clad
for 1870 degrees IN the shade.
Very embarrassing TO be caught up
this way, doncher knawl'' he explained to
the OnlOokers in a weary way .-IU's all
the fault of the signal Office, doncher seer
Predicted q hot wave, be Gawge, and it
failed to msterialize. Came down from
me suburban domicile prepared for a sui
try day, and, bless me heart, If haven'E
nearly persisted with cold, We knawl''
See MIN shiverls' called a gamin.
s.Shivah! OF course shivaht'' replied
the weary man he INDUCED in a shake.
/ am no volcano that I shouldn't shiv-
all under this sudden change Bless me,
but III see the people in the signal Office
and give 'em bit of me mind for thisl
Nevah depended on their predictions be-
fob and never viii again, dOncher knawi5s
Here's your high pressure in the Mis-
sissippi valleyl'' shouted another boy.
That's another point wish to touch
on, ye knaw,'' replied the gumdrop
What do I knaw about high pressure
low pressure, increased cloudiness, storm
centers and all thats / see by the report
that it IS to be warmer, doncher knay-
much EarIner=and accordingly prepare
for the change In the language of the
Greek, am kyfoshed-which means that
7 am left-boxed up-put in hole, dom
cher knawl'
He shivered agatha first class, high
toned shiveF, such as a nabob might be
proud of-and continued:
: When fellah has his colIah and tie
and trousers and hat to look out for his
mind is fully occupied, doncher see? He
cawn't be poking his nose into the news
paper and Increasing his burdens by trying
to understand what the signal officer means
by the Ohio valley, low pressure, high
pressure, humidity and all that Iwouldn't
think of it, you see-no fellah would think
of it. 1t IS all owing TO the ambiguity Of
the signal officer that have been kyfoshed
done up-laid on the shelf, doncher
knaw''
Play us a chune wild yer teethp'
screamed a chunk of bootblack
The ideah of deceiving a fellah like
this!'' continued the victim as the wind
swept down Monroe avenue and raised an
other crop Of goose pinples on his legs.
Il think shall sue for dam ages, doncher
SECs 4 sL1tA4 UO QOuDG Dc Frustrated DY
this exposure, be Gawge. And it a ques-
ton whether any system Will recovah from
the shock. II don't, I may 60 off ia a
week, doncner knawl And if it does
may lingah along fer years, you see-stx-
gah along such a shattered wreck that no
tailor can ever fit me trowsers again We
knawi'
There goes another shiyer.' called two
three boys in chorus as the thin clad
form was again agitated.
Certainly I shivah, y he replied. "A
was waiting here TO see a friend who
might lend me an overcOat, We knavv. but
he's been switched off the same as this
hot wave. Ne play is to proceed home
ward with all possible dispatch and to inn
bible some gin and watah and then write
to the papahs that the signal bureau is q
delusion, doncher knawi Be Gawgei I'll
quite break up the business befoh let 90,
doncher seesfs
And he lifted his little cane off the
ground and f1oated up Woodward avenue
like q man who would never rest until he
had the signal officers scalp at his belt.
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