Evening journal., 1899-01-30
GUESTS OF TANTALUS
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CANT git nm l'lr take nobody
ihcm's my sentiments" I SCI. "Tnen
cries Of ourn about cawcus an major
itv rule won 20 this time fTo sss
"whs won they go7 They're GOO
principles TO stan on" ] sez. They
won go on account NV the way Newal
Ball, Charley Moore, Bob Handy an
John Robbins acted four years ag -
He sez, GLOW dii they act? seq
"They kept outten cawcus an wouldn
vote fur Dupont on the las Zap OF ths
home stretch lie looked "a, M
sinder surprised Nike Mary Ann an
sed Bill you don't meme 10 tel m.
them fel!srs dun that i've hearn
tell as how they dun hit" sed
We'll he SEE, hits certenly news to
me. fur tho las words ] sed 10 them
fellots wuz to vote fur DUPONT every
chance they got. an now I find as how
they've queered me with my dere
friend, Colonel DUPONT I'll see Henry
an stratin' this thing up. Ef them
fcllers dun that hit wuz certing.y
without my knoNln H. an 1'l as.
them to plese cum up an exspiain
there objectionable conduc sed.
Ned, don you think you'd better
make a dele with the Reg'lers." Not
a burned hit NJ sez "They CANT
be trusted I won dele with nobody.
We've got sum tayters in our own
camp Gale Layton. George Marshall
Jonathan Willis an Hiram Burton is
all hopin fur vacancy this time,
hopin to have a chance fur one Of
the PAGES two yeres from new But
they won git hit ef me an Higgins
no cur hiznegs BILL wot want to
know iz. woi's the Union RepwDIcan
party without me? AS Levi Bird sed
about B'gCs, I'm the inside the out
side. the top n-,tni, an the alto-
gether Of the aggregashun when
quit the hole burned thingW QUIT. Hits
nnnin on the lite ov my countenance.
an wen turn my face hit1 sop
Layton an them teEers nam't foolin
me little bit I'm usin' EN- an
they'll know wen ! haint got no more
use fur EN-. haint had a square dee
sence I've bin in the political bizness.
Bin These fellers hav bin milhn'
me an I've paid on more MORTGAGES
ar OF Judgments an noaIin' dets than
] know ennwhing about. Fisn Peerce
made a site draft on me fur five or
six thousand dollam an then voted
ued agcnst me am wen 10 Massey.
John NJ c. Moore didn't play the ,lte
draft racket on me, but he voted agin
me jes' the same after I'd spent good
money to git nm Nils eleckshun. Charlie
Moore owes few dollars resttushun
money an there nam no end NV the
confidence games as has bin played on
me. Now. BIZ, befor 7 leve this mat
;er ] wan TO Whisper samethin' IN yore
ere You no that felltr Wash Hast
inee wot led the bolt agin' us al the
Dover convenshun? Well, he's N the
Bord Of Water Commissioners of the
city Of Wilmington. There's a hill
down there az Dover to make MIN an
The other fellers do woes right to-
wards the water consumers. The duty
OF our fellers is plane. They mus vote
again Wash Hastings fum one end
o. the seshun TO the other. fur I'm af-
ter his scalp. TEL Hayes. an Alice an,
tae hole kit an caboodle 10 do
eennything they kin agins. Wash Hast
...ss an theyA be doin' me a favor %
mary ann, our feller Addicks iz Il
hter An in conclushun. Bill he
sea i consider you the onlyest frne
lren 1 hav' left, an you hain't askin'
FUR cent Here's fftv shares cf pay
Seale Has' EH YOU ever here tell OF II
sun up sen out, AT the mex annual
meetin' OF the company I'll hay' You
elected a directer. You think there
haint no way Of electln' me seniter9"
nere's only one way that / kin see %
/ sea. we could hold cawcuss an
post our fellers. an ies' before the sec.
ind ballit is takin l could stand ont
side the dore an holler fire A feller
could slip up TO Salmons and Kennev
an tell EN- as how hit wuz false
aiarm, Our fellers could SIT still an
let the Reg.ers an Dimicrats run out
an, then our fellers could go on votin'
an Salmons would hav TO declare YOU
elected Mr.. Addicks seq: "Biu
you've got the he'd of a statesman. TRY
nit an ef hit succeeds IN make Won
my private secretary. But be shore
an post our fellers. BY the way. Bin
youll be around to the dinner thi,
evenin'?" he sez. Mos certenlv."
SEE. Where's hit to be at?" "At
broad and Walnut-you can't mis-,
nit, he sed, an then ! lef an wen
Out an took a look at the city. Every
Dcdy seemed TO take me fur sum felel
named Rube. ! expect I WIZ spoke &,
fur him fifty or sixty times. an T.,
Ike 10 meet the feller. fur he mus b.
mieiy poplar I hung aroun ten TN,
I0r the dinner, an then I run acros
MIN Wilsin. Frank Alice Tom Nor,
an a Tot Ct uther felers. They Sc,