The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-14

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"Iemme tell you. De oddor day de Duchess
says & me. says she. Chances she says. I
has T. have de dentiss nx me toot says She
Make q sneak wild me- she says in dat daRo
| what can't talk: make a sneak wild me t. de
city cause wose is down in de country yet
what l was tellin you OF. Den says e her
| What & ell p says l. What's lie matter wild
| tellin' Miss Fannie dat de dentiss mug has { fix
| your toot| sHye.
Say what d'you tiuk dat Duchess says
She says dat II she tells Miss Fannie what
she's goln for. Miss Fannie'll tink she's lyin'.
but IL she lies { her, Miss FsDpiell tInk shos
| teln' lie trut. OATS right. Dems de very
song an dance de Duchess gives me- OATS de
way wild most folks and all form women.
| We'll. told Mr. Burton would he give me
a day or e go { de city { see bout = bull pup
| Mr.. Paul was wantin' { buy: an de Duchess.
she told Miss Fannie she wanted { chase long
| wild me. so I wouldn't get in no trouble-dats
| what dat girl says-an' so we chases up here
| 4 de city togedder.
when We gets { Fift' avenue and Forty
second street l says t de Duchess Where's
laugh an, says did tink she was, going I have
her foot nAed, an ! SAYS what telr SAYS
rvR Mss FANNIE aSodder se. dew ws
Dote crooked as dogs HIND leg. widont no
| chin handles I don't tink.
Den ! says T. de Duchess dat had = see
bout de bull pup anyway. what was in a stable
| on Twenty:sevent street an she saws what
an eivin' de town treat, seem az how doy
didn't see much more OF US NOWADAYS dan dey
Say. next t. lie Bow'ry / tinl lie avenues do
sliceest ting In town. ] was sinGin' dat kind
ola songt do Duchess on one side OF me. an
| riaGes on de odder side OF me. an feelin Ikea
| tree time winner wild no one { divvy wild,
your brown, stone fonts saws, he. twas me
what Nr0' va. i.Ifa you SS $oas Don'i
no says. Give US a knock down t de Ioidy,'
saws he bein perlite; hut | was tipkin, de
know where / was at. as de mug said at wash
ington, cause de Duchess she ietehes bow
has ds honor. Hsin' dem dude words. nas dc
honor OF dc gents 'quaintance at de ball |
sshsd d her to ds Ds' ssess
!! de Duchess was sore on him long via do row
dey had at de- hall dat time.
Duchess gives me iriend "a invite { float down
do avenue wild us didn't tumble dat de Duch-
an he's de biggest tsf outer de Tombs.
wort; an den we foaied long till We come
clean down { de end OF de avenue whore deere
inston ~ what di-eovsrsd View New York. bats
right. Den II was de. duchess SAYS all OF a
Just found it out, says she: Why. Chames,
she inys hIw innRY say. !, she Ike dat, S.ei
knowed she had some game. Why, she says
lookin' round Ike she was wakin, up. here
ms friend DE- Sa p
what: o. matter, says he. wild our soin over
tink it's always de mug what amt de
loidy's husband what links OF tings like dat
HA IA Iaa m ~ Al al
Den de Duchess says, smood ms silS: It's
Just as Chames says says she. giyin' me arm
We went osr %aaS f de
White Pup. an soon as we got in de restaurant
iIortense,, she says, cause OATS do Duchess
name. why. hortense was fraid you wasn't
Den ! knowd I'd been. a farmer. a dead
iams t1r iesR den sts q. & nai Ss
down down de city Tor racket. ' =" '"' was '0''
say dem girls was teEr9rs. Sure. When
friend De sarE H Afo de- od dsTn sr Who IS
lOdy's maid, like de Duchess, me friend de |
5nrkesp sets 10 dc lunch like de real gent dat |
goin' T. de mstinte at do vaudeville. De girls |
was Iollyin' me friend de harkeep so dat hs |
DAT dc elevated Is PRETTY good 10 muddy Wed.
DER, causeyou don't have ttnrn up your pants
near helm ds deaf OF me Lemms tell 20!
ders was a nice looGin' little N uG standin' near
de front door kinder looEin' round like he'd
Was ia6Ssrin DAT Torn french taxi when we we
was Goln' hy de mug up I de ticket onee, ie
NaItzes up her an lifts his deer an says:
Beg pardon. but Is dis Madam Hortenss;
ss sst r Eois me 'S G n Sd
muck ns an sa{7 2gi she s"y I S SI an gives
what said in letters bout a milo high "a whole
lot o. ii9g9 what Was all bout MaGam Hor;
DAT SaSdsyio icsaisr d de 81 next %seE """'0 At
say I'm giEin Il to you straight; dat mug
sifsr Vine an near broke bis neck ssSiS' how
pretty soon chssss himself out after de waiter
what must had de spring halt. he was 80 slow
Don de Duchess tells us all. quick. T. Jolly
de game; dat dc little mug Was de manager.
from frasce what she j read do OF IA an dat Wei
own de house In minute II de real HoTtenss
dian { come an queer de game
saw, you never seed nOthtn' ike n! De ]
manager lie come wild lie waiter an wine an
dudes came wid flowers de acters on top otds
shook hands. an ds dudes orders wine an all
do time de Duchess let on she eopldn't say
she was saTin'.' ia died sure only ne friend
de barksep an dat odder glrl helps long 10
could carry, an de whole gang had bout all de-
wine deg could carry, when dc manager got a
alvled him; Hs looked at de card, den he
look cd at 10 duchess; den he said, ike de
lOidys name Hortense FouTstte ? he says.
Den | Iumps up an saws Dis lUidy's |
name SAYS |. IL Hortenss ERdden.' | saws. |
say. taut for a minute dat mug was gOin' |
/ have a III. Hs looked at dc Duchess an la I
looked at de card. an den he give me dc wink |
L come wild him out in de hall When | ehRses |
out Wild him he SAYS Z me deere was a mistake. !
au' asks me who de Duchess was Den | says |
She me wife. Madam HortenSo de IhlmInis |
fadden,' an what was do matter Wid DAT |
says lie looks kinder sick, an says dat IL de
owner knoWed he'd been blOWin' on wine on !
Dc wrong star he'd got IL where de giraffe got
DO sore trOst-ln lie neck. ben | made or |
Jlun bout hein' too proud 4 buneO De house !
on no confidence game an said ia tell de |
owner al '0out IT, Hully chse!' says do
mug. don't do dat he SAYS. an slips me I
Il er. an i winks ~ him an he Winks at me !
an rhAses hisself OF 4 see de real star.
zen ! goes back In Gs box an flashes do
liver AZ lie Duchess. say do you know what |
dat gi.l douct she makes me frenc de uaT- I
sap TACK out all dose roses for de Odder girl. |
an when We WAS 10 da street she says ust az /
soft as Kid. 'IhamSs. give me de hysr. No /