Evening journal., 1899-03-07


Wen his seclxind picked him up, car
ried him to his corner. sponged the
blood often his Ease an brung him
too. he looked up into Seniter Shakes
peres Ease an sed: "Jim, wot belSum
OF that there water bill?" An Seniter
shakespere epoke mp and sed: Sam,
I'm sorry to tell you as how hIlt passed
bi a vote OF therteen to three" AN
Seniter NIX .ade his he'd back on the
piller, termed his Ease to the wall an
sed: '9TIits sad--damsad." Hit wnE
terreble day fer Hhem there Whining
ton corpyuashuns, Mary Ann.
] met a fei,er out in the lobby. l
gess he mustabin a Germ frum Ger
meny. He sez: sAlr yu Mister BIN
Jones, OF Sandtown?" ! allowed as how
/ wuz an ast him hoo he wqz. an
ef he had emmy excuse fer bein' in Do
ver. He sed; mi naim's Dan Dole, an
usteIibe lblldin' inspeckter fer THE sitty
of Wilmington. l sed. You're outten
yer fattytood haint you?' lie sed,
'Wctaway?" / sez, "Ycu hahn Civ no
excuse fer bein' yere." He sez, Tim
a-fitin' that there bin cf Mister Pnels. "
seq, '1Ias them Water Commissioners
promised you job OF are you a pade
lobbyist" He sez, 'TThey mfta prom
lsed me a jcib. hut i haint a pade lob
byist" j sez, ''Are you agin gittin yer
water forty per sent cheoper?" He sez,
INC, certenly not" 'iWell," sez,
'~hat's jes' wot that There Pile bill
drz-hit gives you water forty per sent.
cheopor thhn you're gittln' hit now"
He sez. ''Waoh HASTINGS told me as
how hit wrs a blllto rase the price OF
rmherger cheese am sower-1krout
0ollty per sent. Mi hte agin the Pyle
'bags dun, AM yu kin ten them eenBtesr
as how they kim pass the IbslA Wot
time duz the next trane leve fer VIII
lmingtup" ! told him, an he started
on fer the deepo. Hit only soes to
show, Mary Ann, hcw them Water
Commissioners ls foolin' the peple.
I've heerd sumthia' about Represen-
tativ Hunter witch ! want to TEN ym
Mary Ann, fer know ais how all the
wurld iuvs a luber Mister Hunter
has ,anguishin' brown eyes, an all OF
the gals down in Indian river hundred
likes him. Sunday mite he went cut to
call on sum gals an a feller termed mis-
hoss loose. Hit wuz certenly exasper-
attn an no mistalk. There wuz nuth-
In lett fer Mister Hunter to do but
60 hire anuther hoss to git h1me with.
Wen he got home he found his hoes
standin' lack cf the stable. The
uhrote-iatch wuz broke, an the brich-
band WIZ loose Now he's ,ooldn' fer
the felier wot treted him thataway.
Mary Ann, have you saw John Be
doorman, Of Drawbnidge, hangin'
arOun the house emmy. We haint saw
him up yere, an sum Of us fellers as
is his friends is gittin unezy about him.
OF corse we CANT expect him to travel
mutch, fer that grasnn monopoly
known as the rarerode don trete him
rite. Wen he wants to go ennyware
on The ralercde they make him bi two
Tickets an, even after he's gone an
dun that they wcnit Let him oarry no
baggage | no as how he's a big man
an that after he gifts in n car sete
there hain't no room alongside Of him
hu; hit hant his fauN.an' | don see as
how them ralerode fel.ers shud ham.
per his movements. We certenly miss
him up yere. an we'ne aIongin' to see
his seenyal c0untenance.
Frank Alice an John Sylvester Alb
t.,t mas gone to Washington to see ei
they CANT straten this yere senitorya
bizness up with the admnIstrashun.
motifs as how nun OF Them Reglers
went down there. an hits kind OF dis.
kuregin. We're hopin' as how Bill Nc.
kinley will cum down yere TO Dover
an rede the ryot act 20 Nox an then
fellens Yu kin set hit down as &
Shore thing that our fellers won't vot,
fer nObCddy but Mister Addix. I ges.
yu have notist as how Mister Addi,
haint yisitin' Dover nun this winter
an that he hain't allowin' hissed to b
interviewed bi them literary feIler
like he ust to. That's mi doins. / sed
Ned, keep cutten Dover an dom
shute of yer mouth in the noospa
pers, an he sed. "Agl rite. BILL" an
he's dun wot I toll him. We're wurk
in hard to do sumthin big this las
week, an ef Mister Addix don't lool
out yu kin set yer eyes for seeia' a bil
iite In Nh Cassel county next time
We've dnuv them RegleIs into ther
, conner. an they've got to surrender o
fte.
I wunder wot's keepn' Hu c. Broun
r away frum Dover. Hit may be as no,
r he's get his orders, too. Ef he ha.
! him an Fred Box oughter shake hand
=, an make up.
Us Addicks fellers is a-goin' to eve
ZIP with them Si,rete an Soor Depart
s ment fellers fer the way they trete
n Mister Addix wen he wanted to Iii
= The sitty OF Wilmington with Unio
: Republican gas. Hit takes a two
therds vote fer .hem to pass that theI
loan bin Of therein an we allow a
y how serten oonseshuns has got to I
1 made before hit gets throo.
K / wisht WI cI1 a-b.n down 10 TaWrl