Evening journal., 1899-03-28
BILL JONES IN HIDING
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things TO go there on a good dele leEs
money" lie sez, 'But l wliz SO shore
OF hit aI the time; an to he lhn-wed
down ahisaway rs nigh about as much
as / kin hear" / sez. ''FaT.ow. an
King. an Ozark dnp There dootyl" He
sez, yes. an / caint Ges.y .magine
how They cum to vote fer me gees
hit must a-bin pune patriotism see
by the papers as how there's s1m as sea
pade EN- BE- do hit; but wot maiks
Them say sech Things as that Il ca,T.' 2
understand You know, Bin. THAT I
don't pay nobody Ter wurkin' an vot-
in' fer me. wlpdn't thInk OF sech a
thang Ef there's one thing on Garth
l believe in hits keepin' the bai.fuM
infooense OF money outten po1.yulcks.
Now, you've bin wlrluin fer me fer
r,sh onto three months an you
know as how halnit pade you nnth-
in." l sez. NC; I've bin waltin' a
good while" He SEE. SHit's the eleck-
sun insedsn.tgs as counts mp; hut you
cain't nun campane without havin
insedentels.' l SEE. "Ned. snm OF yore
fnende is go.n' back on you. fer j see
as how Mister Jonathan S. W1lis has
1iGe anuther letter" 1ie sez. Yes. hlts
sertenry serprisin' how thH- fsllsr kin
rite. I gIes he kin jss go ahsd an lite
without thinIln. Hlts a grate faczllty,
an mo mistake" seq. He allows as
how he's tired OF carryln' water on
both shouldeue. seen him up TO the
Staft House oass Nl-nday weak an j
didnft motifs mo buclNts On his ha-k."
He ssz, 81 gess that's wot them litter
airy felens calls a figger OF speech. Why
BIl, ef | had back an the money I
spcrl0 a trgrn' 10 elect that feller TO
CcLeriss ! cud furnish bale fer the
hoe burned Legislature ef phfs yere
investygashun wuz to take "a funny
tlfm fer the wurse. He's snealoin
time-ecrvin', plase-huntin bubble
dsiin', sanktim nyus. hippmkr.t lSal
migrate. an hes held his last ofls dn
the stait. Why. Bin, IN spend. the ae,st
or my kfe am money gunnin' fer that
fellec am Igt git him every time "
That's wot HE sed. Mary Ann, and me
ioolSt as tho he mont INIT. Ned admit
ted DO me as how HE had cum to the
conclccslhnn tlhat he ,udn't be
elected seniter. He has cum
hcldi-vors, hut the Reglers an
Dimmocrats win aEus hav enuf TO
down him. Mister Ewing is aireddy fg
germ on goin' back to Dover but
we're afeerd that ef he's nommynated
Blandywine hunderd will go Dimmo-
cratic Jim Macoom's lined up agn
him. an hits gon' to be hard pull
fer Mister Ewing to git through
] see as how Frank NItchells with
drawed fer street an soor direckter.
CESS he wlthdrawed because he thot
that ef he didn't the mayer wud ap-
point him. HITS mi op.nyun as how
the Wilmington Coal Gas Cumpny had
sumthin TO do with chat AS Mister
Akidix explanes the matter to me them
Wilmington Coal Gas fellers wuz
afeerd as how Frank had Oxy-Hidro-
zen in the he'd an they didn' want no
bOddy who knowed as how Mister Ad-
dix had gas plant a CROWN wild an
goin to seed down there next dore 70
Where Mister Henry C. Morse used tC
draw his salery Henry MackleaI
spent half an hour up yere in the hay.
THlf usffh mo faf rft,f IA
shun, an told him as how Frank wut
do the square thing by the old ga,
cumpny. Jes then Mister Addix cum
in an he seq: Hoo wuz the furs
Original Addix man in the Stait o
Deilaware?' | sez, ''Wi. Frank Mitch
el wuz. He sez. NO ne wuz'nt.
Then hoo wuz hit?" l asst. "Hit wmi
me- he sed, an ! CESS he wuz rite
But ef he wuz furst Frank Mitchell wu
seckind. He ust to be a conduc1ter OF
Pee Wu an Bee trane runnin' be
tween Wilmington an Fllydelfia. Mis-
ter Addix use TO ride on that trane
Them two fellers becum perty we'll ac
Qnalnted an one day Frank sez, Med
You hain't got nuthin' mutch TO do. w
don't You apply fer the job of Yoonite
Staits seniter? Hits bettem loafir
around doing nuthin." An Miste
Addix sez. "Ih go an asst Mister Bo
fer job He dun hit an Mister Bo
told him to Ieve his applykashun al
he'd put hit on ife. Then Frank wen
70 interdoocin peple to Mister Addi
an before he knowed hit he had star
ed the Union Republican party on
passinger trane. Seem the deviltr
he'd kicked up in Delaware, he backe
out an left pore Mister Addlx to hol
the bag. Mister Addix told me a
about this yere thing to-day vile /
wuz settin' on the cross-beme OF Ii
hay-mow with his legs hangfn' owe
He sez. Bin, ef hit hadn't a-bin +,
Frank Mitchell ! wudnt a-bin in tn
yere burned thing an I'd a-bin half
millymn better on. Take my advise a
never let 2 ralerode conduckter sta
yer boom on a trane. fer hits too fas
gated, even fer me"
Fnark Alice an John Abbltt has b
upsyere to see me. an so has Ca
Laten.. They're cast down. Mary An
an, sertenly feie sorry fer the DO
fe1&fs They set on the hav an cri,