Evening journal., 1899-02-09

>LuS LtuNA. cain L say as uOW
tlaim him, fur he wares ate dollar
Fa1ts an hits expensive hzness, es-
peshiy wen there hain't no cushens
z the ankshus bench.
Ex-sengter Dan Stewert wuz down
tc-nite. I wen UP 10 him an sed:
Have you emmy excuse fur bein
here" an he sed: met as 1 no Of"
Then" sez, you'd better go home. %
expect that by this time he's back
in Wilmington. Mary Ann. Emmy fell
Ter who cain't give a resemble excuse
fur bein in the Stait House has got to
50 home, even ef l hav to pay his fare.
Shty Solisster Conrad appered on
the sene about noon. asst him how
hit wuz Sitty Counsel dldn' cum down.
He sed as how they wuz expected to
cum down, but he gessed they staid
home aginst the pspIes VIII. Hit wuz
bitter Disappointment, Mary Ann, fur
we wuz expectin' EN-, an yo' no how
hit is wen you're expecGn' pepie an
they don cum. We're all hopin' as
how they'a be here tomorrow or mex
day fur things looks strange without
them.
Mister William S. Hilles, Of Will
minL.on, wus down here to-day. He
cum up to me an sed: "Bill, wOt's my
chanses?" l sed, HITS my opinyun
that wen hit Gums to nc. bein' e,ec.sd
you, an Mister Addlcks, an Generl
Topham Is in the lead" He growel
pale an bit his under lip, an dldn'
say nuthil' f-r a minnit. Then he
graspt mi hand an sed: Mister Jones,
h-w kin J ever repay y-u fur yer
/ frank .ss?" an ! sed: This yere ad-
wise is grarooetus. l don generly
charge nuthin fur brakin' bad news TO
fel,er Wen air you gio.n' homer
He sed "On the mex trane" | sed
"Good-bii" an he cot hol' Of mi hand
and rung hit, an sed: "G3od-bi, ol
man" Hit certenly wus a sorro1ul
partin'. l think hit would be a delly-
kate thing fur Seniters Blaikly an
McFarlin to refund to him the amount
of .postig on them two letters ol
thanks, fur they hahn stickin out ful
him as he expected, an he's entitled
to that p3sttg an liberl allowance ful
the ware an tare on his tiperiter.
never took much stock in this yerl
idea CT reserDrosity until to-nite MARY
/ Ann, an then / saw hits pracktik.
w5rktn's. Frank Wawker. Frank 70
ueIt an a feller naimei Guthrey
three STATESMEN of MEll erik hunderd
wuz sittin' in the House a-talkin' t,
! Representative Dennysin. AS soon a!
I walked in Mister YOuert gct uD aD
sed well, l declare; eff hit hahn Bill
Jones. NV Sandtown." l sez, Thai
wet hit IL. How are ycu, Frank?
| He sez. "Pur.y well, ef you p.ese. Ell
I've get two frens here. They don
stan very high in poIyticks, but
wan you to let me interdoOs them q
you as a speshel faveT to me-" / scd
II hahn maxim the acquaintance c
: everybody now; but ef hGt'll be en1e
! acCcmmclashun to you. or Civ 70
emmy poliukai prestig, I'm wilhn' Z
, make there Acquaintance Tlen h
sez: 'Wawllarl Guthree, Stan up al
take OF yore hatsl Mister Jones, per
D NIT me to interdCCs to you two Of m
= humbll constituents. I bowed ruthe
stiff an sed: "Gentilmen-I'm plese
> 20 mete you. an / hope you'll aNu
obey the orders ov my OF fren, Fran
IOuert, fur he's a boss yOl oughter
o fele glad to hav. l 'spcse yors mishu
q down here IL to oonvinse Mister Der
: nysin as hCw hits his drOty 10 gu
his durEed fooEshness an vote fr
+. Addiclm' This fei,er Wawker spoh
up in a lowd yoise an o-1 Il cui
% down to take care 1v YouaTt an Gut
a rec Then l turned to them fellel
l. an sed: "Wct did YOU cum down fur
r I'VE cum down TO take care ov Way
ker," they sed. Hits Nit Cr,k hui
dsrd ressypvsoly. We allus pract
hit, fur we're afeerd to let cne of ol
p fe.lers git outten site CIV the uthors
n / sez. "Wera's mi Of fren', Fillip Ga
d rott?" we lef' him home to take ca
% Of the fellers who didn' cum down
j, AN who's takin' care Of him?" / Sc
= why, the fe,.ers he's takin care ol
- SD Wawker l tel you, NDary An
'e Jim Biaine's ressyprossity idees W
C. never di vile them Reg'lers swim
& things out in Mill erik.
RI I'm takin' Ittin' lessins, Mary An
~ Me an Rcprescntat.v' Young is TAX
EN- together HES tryin' to teach I
u 20 rite Chandler an I'm tryin' to tea
n him 70 rte AiS-ck5. We've rit oy
to about half ton ov paper an nesh
in ov us kin CD hit yet Ef you Wis
AZ here you'll see my friend Young j
~ film paper with ritin'. an doin'
tes' TO rite Adlicks, but he cain't
80 hit to save his neck. an he's still
e tryin' His persistincy is a thing to
n G'in.-ed even ef hit IL spred over
o. much paper
"a Fc ennybOddy has a seckind ha
- tr.dge as will ft Whites erik, in B
uS tynore hundeIl l hLpe he'll male
ly TO Representative West, fur he wa
rs hit. The pep,e down there's
er swimmin the crlck sence 1888,
Is sumhoddy has tol' them as how
u thing called a bridge has bin invent
HITS nip an tuck between a hrl'
up an two clothes ringers, one fur ei
OF side Of the cr,ck. Peple5 tired
NV swimmin' an then havin' to W
ow there wet clothes the ba.ince OF
&c day. Mary Ann. this is only anut
- demonstrashun regardin' the pen
llu tr9fin' rover of modern Silence II