Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1899-09-16
Over the Phone.

George-''Is that You Harry"
Harry-"This is Your own little School
Commissioner.
George-"Blam the luck, but don't
you know some of them air doggoned
fellers has gone done Somethin' to that
there school house lock We went up
there tother day and pulled ont the key
with reglar flourish. likes as if to say
PreSfo' OPEN >sSmc.' as | read i'll the Ar
abiaran Nights, and dod blast my buttons
if that there key didn't turn ROM and
rom i'll the lock without maxim marry
click. | got down OH my knees. which
is very strainsome job since | got to
Politician, and peeped in. | squinted
through the cracks of the door and the
other fellers did the same"
Harry didn't you try the shut
ters.'
George-"Try the shutters" We did
We banged on EN-, and seems to me
every time | ratified EN-. somethin'
echoed back. "school opens 18th. You
boys is too soonr'
Harry That's funny
George Funny, is it That amt
nothin' long side that door lock! They
say somebody's put time lock ON it
what opens September IS" Well Har-
ry, don't never tell it, but felt sick. for
jist throwd myself when went down
Al. I
CULLEN fellers was a'watchin'. | was
feelin' like rs if the earth were mine and
the fullness thereof. you know" an |
hated, Harry, when that there key
wouldn't work. know'd them fellers
laughed and thought to myself. I'm
fooled agin; by GOSH
Harry" We'll. I'll see You down TO
Snow Hill next Tuesday. the l2th. and
we will talk it over
George-"No you don't! | amt goin
to no Snow Hill next Tuesday. I'm
goin' to take a rest, and you'll have to
pilot yourself around there next Tues
Tuesday There seems to be some OBJ
jections To me by some of them old Re
publicans They say I've done them
more harm than anything else and Well
ington he's tryin' TO patch this trouble
up"
Harry-''What trouble
George-"Great Gosh, man. Don't
you know what row this thing has
raised: Don't You sposc Lowndcs and
Wellington reads the papers and knows
about Ironshire and Ocean City"
| Well You are bloomer fer certain. If
my foresight was us good as my hind
sight. things would be different and I'd
let the doggoned schools alone"
Harry-"Well, | remember readin
in the Baltimore Herold where you said
you d run this end of the County, and
that the turnin' of CULLEN out would
bring us lots of votes
George-"Oh, that was only bluff.
and we must keep ON workin it.
told them fellers in Salisbury the same
thing. Rolly Moore thinks I'm great,
and so do the other fellers over there.
This is my last chance for gettin job
and I'm working it, You know how
the Republicans kept me up TO Annapo-
lis one whole winter looliin' for some
thin, and no one would pay any atten-
ton to me; Well, | got Ned and Al. to
go with me this time TO LowndcS and
we fixed CULLEN. | hear that Lowndes
is sorry now he did it, He Thought
Liable would be easy enough TO squelch
and that was worth more to him than
all the rest of the Republicans up here,
but things AIM turned out rs we thought.
and there's the devil to pay up here.
and I've got orders TO lay low. and make
myself less conspicuous. We had il
meetin down to the store last night and
it was blue time. 1t seems as if the
doggoned foolish people are tumblin' on
Us and every one of them is Disguised
with this business. | hear we are
loosin votes now ever day"
Harry-"You ought not to talk so
muchn'
George ''Sce here, young Teller. who
made YOU"