Evening journal., 1899-03-07
HIS GAME OF SOLITAIRE
Mr.. Knox Has Played 1t Too
Long To Be Popular.
TIE LAUREL WATER WORKS FIGHT
BILL JONES TELLS HOW 1T WAS
WON. AND ALSO HOW THE
PYLE WAITER BnlL WAS VIC
ToRDOUs i'm THE SENATE.
DIVER March

D-ver. March 8.
Nj Dere Mary Ann;
Hts bin "A bard week On Seniter
Nox. an the pore fei9er has ceiIteniy
had mi simpethy. But he brung bit all
on hisseH bi furgntin his constituents
an remembern' his persenef trends, an
there hain't being no teres shed on
his account as I have saw felt the
caipit in the Senit chamber to-day, an
nit haint even damp exceptin back in
his corner, where he dun his own
weepin Hit WIZ sertenly Knox
r1ast While HIT WIZ goin on l feh
fer Uhesi.k-stockln' Representatives. fnIm
the FNirst Deestrict of Wilmington hun,
dred. fur seen as how he wuz but
tin his he'd up agin a stone wall wen
he mite jts' as we'll a took nit ezy.
Ri he intended to tel the trooth wen
he set out he certen.y forgot his in
tenshuns. fer never seen a feller sit
down en- a big pile OF hggers an sIide
offen the r-ck of veraseity in sech a
quick time. Hit iwuz reckerd-break-
irs trip, Mary Ann, an wen the eeni-
ters seen him a-nounderin' in the shall
lers Of fekshun they certenly did look
sad. But notist as how nun OF them
thrcwed him a rcpe. In the furst p;ase
Mary Ann, Mister Nox didn' have no
rcppylarity to stand on. There haint
nun OF these yere members, not even
The Reglers, hangin aroun' HIS neck
am w.sptrin in his within ere how
much they mvs him. lie hahn get no
fe..en He's bin playin' a game Of sob
tare so long that he cain't get emmy
body TO play with him. They won't
,ot him slide dow there seller dores or
authin He naint fratiernise with his
colleagues without pullin' up the legs
OF his trowsers an showin' his silk
,toel1ins That kind OF thing won't go
tn these roorel members Ef a man
cain't ware 1914 sent cottin stockins
with one or two ho.es in 'em he hain't
g-t no standin' up yere. He kin be a
RcpfbAkin in his he'd. but hes got to
hav serten amount OF Dimocrasy
atout his fete TO be a successful stats
man. Ssik stoclSins is wurse than
warm a monnykel. To begin with the
.agler rcols OF the Senit didn't SCOT
seniter lNox He sed as how the thot
me New SentHy Club roofs wud be
better Sum Of the members didn't hav
no dress scots an they kicked. Sense
then things has bin gittin' wider and
wider apart until now Mister Nox has
TO talk TO the members over that there
thing they can the long-distante telle-
fone He acts in a patronizin' sort OF
way towards everyb, ddy, an even the
Teg7ers don think no more OF him
than they have too They don want to
re pasronized by feller ike that.
They know as how they're maey mere
as good as he liz an hits surprisin'
as how fesicr who peIfesses TO have
good sense lshhd aot thataway. Wen
thar there Pile Water bin wlk called
up him an Mister Pile advanced TO the
senker OF the ring an shuk hands Both
OF them feilens begun loolTin' fer an
openin'. Mister Pile rhrcwed a lot OF
hggers at Mister Noxs so,er plecksus
an Mister Nox throwed back a bunch
OF iiggels w.ch struck Mister Pile in
the he'd an made him git red in the
fase. He got mad an saesed Mister
Nox fer not qookin' after the humble
home of his constituents. Mister No1
allowed as how he had a home OF his
own TO look after, an wen he'd canried
up the cole. hauled the ashes out tC
the kerb. spit the kndlin' an tended
to biznees he didn' hav no time to dc
hit fer uther pepse. even ef they wus
his constituents. Ef he had stopt rit,
there hit wudn't aIbin so bad. but h,
allowed as how. ef the Senit passeS
that bill a mob wud cum down yer,
frim Wilmington an throw them SEN
tiers outten the seckind STORY winders
Mister Hart g-t up an looked down L
see fer hisseN how FAR hit wuz, an
conc,ooded as how he'd better not vot
ether way on tbs question. Miste
Shakespere an Mister SlaRte
alpowed as h1w they wuz gittin' too oil
to take a lyin' lepe Of that kind, al
desaded to vote again the bill an sur
port the mob. President Sammon
sed: 4 hope as how the gentlema
frum M Cassil will excuse me fer in
terrrptin his rev5Iushenerry arrang,
ments Sargent, male down them wir
ders an git out them guns. fer sum
Mister Nox's constituents is a-comsn
down yere. AM we cainf AFFORD to tai
no risks. Tell stait Libraryan Jeffe
son ITO 81 ropes hung to each winde
an to see as how there's plenty
nots in EN-. Then ast him to stnetS
strong nets abouot fore feet frum Il
ground fer US water biz feIlers to jun
into wen this yere deaegashun GUMS
THIN he red a letter frum PreHsydel