Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-05-07
GIMME FADpeN AND THE ARMY.
A Visit to q Stun Lassics' Meeting Which
Resulted In n Conversiop.

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| Bow'ry ever since I was kid but, p'chee,
| doy Is oil In a scrap what's worse dan dai
| Dunraven fimfam.
Oats right Lot me toll you. Mr.
Paul and Mr.. Burton Is members Of dat
yacht club what give de grand trun down
T. do lord chap, Dunraven, and dey scrap
ped and dey scrapped and dey scrnpped
over dat gamo till Miss Fannie tole 'em
dat II ever dey opened dore mouts any
moro about do dinky yacht race she'd
| break dore faces. Dat wasn't just what
Miss Fannie said, cause she tolks only
heightened langwudgc, but OATS what she
mcaned, all right enough.
"Mr. Burton, he's kinder stuck on do
English lord chip, seep But Mr.. Paul,
he's straight American, dead straight
American, like me, and no says, What
tell he says 'derc can't be but ono mug
oan win n fight or raoo, and IL dc mug
what loses don't stand up to de dough dish
widout hollorin murder, don he amt nc
good, and ouRhter get dc dinky dink.'
well, dat's de way dey jawed till Miss
| Fannie put dc kibash on dcre chinniu, and
de- house was as peaceful as willy boy wild
II cigarette till dis Salvation Army row
camo along, and den dcro was moro trouble
in dc family.
ellis whskers says dot dc English mug
what come over from form parts t. put o
cash register on dc word of de gospel was
person non CRATER, what means dat he
was person not In It,
dat started do game. Mr.. Burton says
dat do boss mug what lives in England
has right to run do machine nccordin t.
do rules and If do rules was broke, den
he had dc right to ask what t'ollP
Don Mr.. Paul no gets hot In do collar,
and no says dat II Mr.. Burton was right
den George Washin'to ton was wrong, which
is do man what discovered dc city of Wash
in'ton, where dcy makes laws for dc law
ycrs and sasses form queens and kings.
Say, nearly unscrows me arm openin
small bottles for em, bavin t. do some
thin t. keep meself in dc room, so as not
t. miss any Of do rounds. Dey was all
talkin to onct and putin up terrible fronts
of KNOWN all about dc game, when Miss
Fannie killed dem all dead wild askin in
dat smood voice of hers, Has any of you
gents ever been to Salvation Army meet
| IMP
"Say, honest, dey all looks as silly rs a
bull pup In bathtub, and dey just t'rows
dor vino In doro faces and coughs and
don't say nothin fer awhile.
well, his whiskcrs says, after he taut
awhile, NO. my dear, no says, Il don't
tink we has ever went
"Den Miss Fannie she says Before yuse
all settle do affairs Of do Salvation Army
sposo you chases yourself to one of der
meetin's and take a tumble to yourselves
, only not dose langwudgo- you knows
dc game.
MIR. Paul, he held out his glass for INT
t. fill, and den no says, solemnlike, desc
was his very words, 1t strikes mo dat oui
spiritual welfare would be improved a'
well as our understanding If we adopts dt
resolution magnanimously.
, 80 dc next evenin his whiskers says {
mo could l take EN- down t. where dor'
( was q Salvation Army meetin, and l snys
In q minute for 1 know'd where som'
loidics dey call slum lassics was preachin
{ "Say, 1t was down near Chatham square
and when we got off dc car his whisker
give ono look and tried t. make n sneak
/ but Mr.. Paul he held him up t. do dough
= dish and makes him stay. For awhile d,
&. crowd was moro curiouser about our ganI
r dan about dc Salyationers, and dey give
8 us u great jolly. Dcre was one old woman
i ulster know down dere, Mrs. Murphy
what was rushin n growler, but when sh
s sees mo she stops and says 'Shure, it
Chimmie Fadden and his foine frinds. In
z trojucc me T. his whiskers, Chimmie dear,
o she says wild a smile you couldn't spot
s wild club
# "Say, taut his whiskers would trow
T. fit right dere but Mr.. Paul says, Certain
o ly, Chances, no says, present your lad.
d friend; / am sure Mr. Van CORTLAND
IS would DO pleased to know her, he says
!. givin mo do wink.
v "Woll, say, had t. do It, II got slug
\ ged for 1t, and give Mrs. Murphy knocl
., tn, tvln 10 nj do
h Mr.. Paul he says T. her, solemn as IA judge
10 says no, Mrs Murphy, we would be pleas
rs cd t. get your views on dc American spill
IS from dc English Salvationers, he says.
d Ills whiskers tells Mr.. Paul not T. b
d ass but Mr.. Paul made u bluff at no
,r hearin him, and was as polite as acto
o t. do old woman.
70 We'll you oughtcr seen her. She kinde
!, hunched herself inside her close like bul
IS pup what's glad t see you, and sho says
D IT ell wild do English! savin your prisencC
k SIR she says t Mr.. Burton, who she tau
was Englishman; Tell wild de Eng
r, lishp
A Can you answer dat logicp' says MI
% Paul to Mr.. Burton. 'Shure he can't
q says Mrs. Murphy ia not have mo SOW
10 saved II ut was depindin on dc Englsl
D. for do savin, she says, and Mr.. Paul says
O. we Americans Stanu toBcuuer, MIS-. null
3, ply
10 II was gettin leary of de game, an
D. wondern how could l chase off de oil
IL woman, when Mr.. Paul sees do lay, an
,t tips her quarter, askin could she use
70 for her healt
10 "'Oi KEN says she, but Oi'll not go t
10 Kclly's for do beer, for owe him do pric
10 and dc tief would take 1t out of dis, one
o. he seen IT.. May do Lord love you, nn
10 not call for you too soon, sho says, an
makes hurry sneak wild her growlcr.
ly "Say his whiskers was dead sore o
10 Mr.. Paul for jollyin Mrs. Murphy, AN
Ut tells him t. pay 'tention T. de army lasse'
TX what had tough gang round ON, bu
Id was keepin en- quiet rs mice wild dore tall
OF We listened and listened, and his whiskel
III kept sayin over de tings what do lassie
was snyin t. dc gang and pipin off do mic
TT way de gang was treatin do lassies, an
d, how do gang stopped usin tough lal
no gwudge and didn't go T. do beer joints
S, Pretty soon Mr.. Burton says t Mr., Pau
r. / guess dere amt no need OF no form Dos
y. tellin desc girls how t. do dis job
"'Not on your life, says Mr.. Pau
'wo'll have apoddor Boston tea party first
-. which was little picnic dey had In Bo'
~ ton t. celebrate do first challenge for
W. America cup, Mr.. Paul told me.
~ ellis whiskers kept kinder slidin olost
no and closer t. dc Salvationers, and do re
ih of us folleyed and what do you tink9 A
as Of a suddint dc lassies began singin an
~ Mr. Paul Joined in--he can sing like
al ,,aoh and On did Mr. RurtOn and so dl