The herald., 1896-02-17

The deputy sAnjero had dined we'll and
later had occupied loge seat at the Or
pheum, where his Tuxedo coat and his
diamond the size of Mansur bullet had
riveted the gaze of opera glasses which
ought in reality to have been leveled at
the two ladies in tissue underskirts, whose
speciality is kicking in the direction of
mirror, which in sheer desperation is COM
pelled to kick back, so as to leave the im-
preston that the last brandy and soda was
in reality at least twenty doses of identi-
cally the same medicine.
.Dere off," remarked the Deputy Zan-
jero, as he squeezed a bit of lemon into his
glass and drained its contents between the
entire 'acts of the play "Dere off an SC
i'm I, an SOS de administration an de so
citation, an all my oder frens. Here I've
BEEN aplanin' an askatin' aroun' fer seven
days in de week ever since was alaid on
de shelf fer repairs cause de season was
70 wet dat it run dry, de cash from which
has abin payin' me my pin money till de
water company could alook me in de face
straight aroun' me nothin', an what does
desc lambs as made big men in de COM
munity, do? Dey trows me down hard, AN
not only dat. but dey sits on my face when
dey gets me in de wind. Dere might have
been some'n in it, may be fer me an may
be fer some of dem geysers in
de hall as is now eatin'
be film der teet on de overcoat orfiin razor
back claims. De ting was all alined up fer
. leetie bit of reciprocity rangement which
would her brought some some of us good
people some golden haired face powder an
some oders of us twould maybe hev got
some silvercolored toot wash. De machine
was out of gear somehow tough, 'an'stead av
pill fer we uns as needs ter feed right sud-
den, de clay'll sun be up by de court house
where every feller g guaranteed ter under
stand all kinds ov lingo, tree star Hennes-
~, which is Irish included. When dem
new High street fellers missed q trick.
dere'll be more water in de river den dere
was when Steve Mate 'scovered de San
'lected to congress succeedin. Hervey
Lindley, Bob Ling or Walter Parker"
'sDese water people is queerer dan any
two words in de 'sociation's secret goat
dictionary. For de long time dey have
been adoin' business in de district between
the police station an de hall, dey knows
less about what's in de stars dan Ed Smith.
which is de assistant fire chief an is my
fren.' Stead of sendin' dere lawyers ring
in de door bells in houses where all good
people goes to sleep early to avoid de rush,
or ahuntin' councilmen as is strictly next.
when dey'r aplayin' freeze out after lunch,
rs all real gentlemen should as kin trow
Ave aces against de world all de time, dey
oughten hev turned de whole job over to
dis cherub, who knows more about get
TIM acquainted wild de real peo-
pie dan all de ex-city 'torneys
dis side San Diego bay put togedder, and
ef it he'd a-been me. dat cut i'll de rates
A-,x -I
'twould hev a-been notin' tall. I'd hev
started dis ting in de last campaign when
de men as is now givIn' to contractors ex
tensions of time was a-freezin in de wet
fer fear de 'sociation wouldn't let 'em ride
in the merry-go-round. Dat was de time
to strike, fer de iron was hot. How kin any
self-respectin' man, wild not one, but may
be two, campaigners sizin' up de top of
his head, take chances now? Munson
might hev stood by us thicker, au' George
Stockwell has proved hisself a govern
ment bond when we 'uns all thought he
was only silver dollar. Snyder! Oh. dat
feller has coalmark to de right of his
in dis world an de mex. De octopus
sometimes whacks kinder slow, but
de bullets keeps acomin' after while
early an often fer years an years
when de ting's been awiped dry often
de slate. Snyder III maybe perhaps run
again dis year t. represent the oil district
an Bellevue avnoo under de clock, or
maybe sometime he'll be aimin' to be de
chairman of one of de corporations COM
mittees up to Sacramento. He might be
a-linin' up to be mayor. or to take up de
reins at Washington where Marion Can
non or Jim McLachlan or maybe de colonel
or RAIDER is to leave off. Den yuse III see
de fur fly. Steve Mott an Broderick Ill
open up keg of gold as would hev made
Carlisle's eyes blink when me an dis dude
Morgan gives to him our ultimatum (dat's
. purity swell word) when we remarked as
If we couldn't have de bonds so as to play
a million dollars a minnit, we'd blow our
good yellow stuff up against Bob Kern. 1t
took us some Time to frappe Refugio del
Vale, who is SO good man dat his size
can't be stacked up aroun' here, but Del
was finally landed up among de clouds
where Mount Lowe now stands, an de So
citation infant was den not yet even weaned.
Del ought to have been in congress an
may be sittin' up in Sacramento when
Markham had de stomach ache because
crowd of penucle players was a-shootin'
lead into de Sacramento river an Mark
bam was afraid one of 'em would land
south of de Tehachapis an spoil de paint
on the roof of his summer house in Pasa-
dena. Dem was tryin' times, an | sheds
tears when l links of Snyder an reads
about 'em,
''Some of de men in de school board is
ehumps an some is trumps. De way dose
pisanos cut dere eye teeth nd make a
councilman vote wrong on anything which
amt strictly 'cordin' to specifications. Dat
crowd come mighty near gettn' its feet in
it awhile ago when dere was a deal on to
have de fire insurance shake loose from de
school buildings, SO as to give fren' oy
mine as is a bright old warrior a show to
unload a lot of fire extingushers. ! looked
into de ting an it was straight enough, so
as to let some of us outen de
winnin' pool box. De button was
a.touched off in time an de cake which
was may be cake before, was dough when
it come to lie eatin' of it. Now anoder fel-
Ter wants to sell to de board a lot of water
filters. I'm ace high when it comes to de
healt' of all children. an filters is purity
good ting when de water spisat amt
a-turned off just right in de Springdale
whisky jug, but what use is I'll ers when de
ting hain't been advertised fer competi-
ton to give all de brands show?-unless
l has In advance o. KID de bil--which is
hard work an cos's some'n more nor less.
"Talkin' about de grand jury, between
you an me an de cowboy preacher, dere
il good money belongn' to me an oder
members of the Citizens league as is heavy
taxpayers goin' to waste. | han't maybe
playin' checkers dis season, but if de re-
port which is a-comin' up dis week don't
show dat Perry Howard has de cleanest set
tom side up wild care. Some tings as is
facts is so, hut some oder tings as is pea
nuts can't be eat for hard-hoiled eggs.''
De openin' of Pitman's church Que week
nRo WAS de event of de season. 1t looked
kLa NJ, 0rsov, ruoofinf Of do tiov, nv,