The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1896-02-02
Pasadena News

said suthin' bout rose l wuz sure it
wuZ lot of nursery men.
"Bnt when dey got to talkin' bout
roster (of de names O. de spring chick
ems, J. spose) an den drifted off to
talkin' bout some mills, l was mysti-
fed. 1 thought from de way dey
talked it mus be powder mills, au'
somebody wuz goin' to git blowed up
shure, and jist as wuz fallin' asleep
| heered 'em speak OF Arthur some
, body like as if he wuz one O. de big
guns. an talkin' bout whedder dey
could git a charter, an l fell aslee o
dreamin' O King Arthur an b 8
knights O. de Rouu' Table, some way
MKT up wild King John an de Magma
Charta, wich L yust t. read about wen
| was in college, an somebody wus a
repeatin' scriptur', sayin': DE mills
O. de gods grindsslow, but dey grinds
'em down to powder
BILL" remarked the other, "wid all
respects to your college experience Il
member it well-how you went in at
the front door, and wuz kicked outen
de back door, an widout underwaluin'
yur talints fer gittip' things mkt, an
without eggs addlin' at tall, dew say
yu aire de big1es' fule in the profes.
sion. Wen yu git to mixen up in yur
mind de very men wot's runnin' dis
yere proud city wild idees % spring
chickens. youse must be pretty far
gone. Now let me 'lusidate de pint
Dem thirty men wot went up dem
stairs wuz some O. de leadin' cityzens
O. dis yere city an dey wpz a meetin'
t orgienize new loge O. de A. p. A.,
hsvin' ben coaled all over in de old
one. till de black balls run out, as
Blinker Murphy told us about in
the Examiner. But 1 understan' dey
amt got no charter yet-"Aye, dere's
de rub" as George Washington eaid.
Dey thinks eff dey gets chatter it's
good bye to de Prohibs in de spring
'lecshun."
ats goodbye to 'em, anyway. Dey
don't cut no fggur at all. Ell you kin
show me de rock-pile de joshers set up
Tin de papers) fer scarecrow to US I'll
believe de Prohibs will capture de lee
shun.'
So saying dreamy Bill" turned
lazily around and. seeing knothole in
the fence, looked through to see what
was inside. He gsZed for an instant
with close attention, then jumped no
and ran as il shot out of gun, saying
as he started, There it is; an man
with star, too.'
Dusky Pete's bump of curiosity was
large enough to cause him to linger
while he gazed through the knothole
at pile of rock with divers and aun-
dry stone-breakers' tools lying al It.
rusted and half buried in the dust
of long accumulation, and as he quietly
slid past the gateway, unobserved, he
heard one man say to the other, "rhe
priest says we're such jolly crowd hs
thinks he'll join the new A. P. A., too"
PIcKwICKIAN WHIST
The following scores were made last
night at the second round of the Pick
wick clubs whist tournament:
P. Orban and Pierce, 80: Col. Law.
son and H. r. Hertel, 50; Captain
Simpson and Carter, 80; f. r. Harris
and E J. Pyle, 80; D. Permar aud I. n
Todd, 30; @. B. Thomas and s. r. Lin.
pincott, 30; Fl. Newly and J. s. Glass.
cock, 80; Herbert Holt and Tarbett, o.
The entire score now stands: Lawson
and Hertel, II; Orban and Pierce. 66:
Harris and Pyle. 65; Simpson and Car
ter 81; Permar and Todd, 60; Thomas
and Llpplncott. 81, Newly and Glass
cock, 81; Holt and Turbett. "a.
A. Wicklaine of Ell Monte had a mar.
row escape from being killed by an
electric car this afternoon at about S
o'clock. He was driving in road cart
down Fair Oaks when car No. 49, ap-
proaching s-Jm the rear, struck the
csrt, demolishing it and bruising Mr..
Wicklsine on the chest and leg. The