Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1897-05-25
SKINNY AT THE SOICuS.
He Carries Water to Camel and Tells
What He Saw.

What He Saw.
did go ter de soicus? Well, say! Did
l ever stay away fun soicus? Nixey,
nit; not never. 1t was like dis. l was
down to de print shop waitin fer me papes
when who blows in but his nobs, de Teller
dat gives de newspaper gang de jolly an
de glad hand. Say! He didn't have nothin
in his pockets but soicus tickets, all l
strikes him fer Il pair
Are you a member Of de pressY he
says.
If it wasn't for de papes sell, dere
wouldn't be no work for de presses,
says.
We'll, cum down to do soicus termor-
ry, he says, IAN I'll see what I kin do fer
you
How about me partnerY' l says
+" Bring him wild you, he says, AN DO
prepared for de wust; may want ter use
you, he says.
"Did he use me? He didn't do a ting
but use me--up Used me fer aqueduck
Don't you know what a aqueduck is9 It's
to carry water. Well, dat's wat done;
carried water, me an me chum, Whitley, to
a camel what amt had a drink since de
year of de big flood never put me lamps
on such boozer fer water as dat cammil
If he ever bruk loose an gifts down to de
lake dey'n have ter put all de ships on
wheels ter git em in to de peer Dat cam
mil is de champeen water tank. When dc
cammil couldn't hold any more, de glad
hand man give me an Whitley two tickets
an we went in.
II can't tell you all seen at de soicus--
M iy,o 7 nj ,ul
story writer, but one of do things dat made
a hit wild me was dem tree peacherina
COILS ON de trolley wire. Dey're IT wild
me. De Japs is good people at de trolley
wire bi'sness, but dem COILS is de best ever.
Dey're de real Molly ON de Trolley every
time.
"Im goin ter make ladder like two of
dem clowns uses, what turns over an
over. I'll git Whitley on de udder end of
it an won't do ting to him but make
him tink he's de human top. 1 never seen
so many COILS in me life. Dere's red
headed one dat can't do ting but ride,
an her hairs SO red dey have to use tree
white horses in de rings. Whitley liked de
loidy on de boss dat danced an picked up
wipe off n de groun an handed it to de
loidy Well, dat made a hit wild me too.
"Next to bosses, like ellyfants. De glad
hand man tole me dey come from India.
Say, dem ellfyants dom t know ting. Dey
couldn't be nuthin but collidge professors.
hope may have fit if dey don't walk
on dere hands-dere front legs, mean
an stand on dere heads an eat at table
jest like de reg lar boardin house push. I
hope may never sell anudder paper if ono
of dem didn't open two small cold bots an
| git a reg lar jag, an de chief of police ely
FAINT run HIM in. Oh, maybe dem ellyfants
is foolish, don't t'ink.
"Say, de!'ye got goil dat t'rows dub
BILE summetset in full even dress-dere's
only one gtil in de woild fer-well, she's
| de only onedat does de bubble summerset.
I fought Whitley would t'row fit when
he saw her He climbed right out of de
seat, but grabbed him.
| " Whereyou goin?' l says.
" 'I'm gdn to steal dat goil, he says.
"'Cum back here, l says, before dey
run de chahut races over yer dead body, I
| says.
!" I wantto learn how to t'row one of
dem dubble, he says
''Tomorr! he'll be tryin it on, I'll
betoher. Dsn I'll have to go an buy dat
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