Evening journal., 1899-01-11


you say ,hat asln TT chcke the liverL
lights outten yoh Ef yo' wan TO stay
IN here you've got to whoOp il up fun
Clark. or keep your mouth shetl /
turned to another fel.er an asst: who
is THAI feiler-4s he the govner? He
lafed an said No. thats Phil
ChuIthman Tnen tnat feller pointed
out to me all the celebrities. saw
Hugh c. Browne. He locks good
deal like OF sam Perkins bench-leggeo
beagle. Flos. after she's been housed
an weA fed fur a month or two-ali
body an no legs. Then there WAS Bach
He's as ciean-cug as yO' make 'em. He
puts a feiler In mind Of a hungry gray
hound, an when l mentioned the fac
I to Miff Wilson he tOF me thai Bach
WASH no Rayhoun', buS that he was
powerful hungry fur somethdn.' There
was a felier walkin' aroun' an rubbin
mis- hands as though he expected some-
thing 10 happen. He was smooth
faced and his mouth was c.ear-cut on
what M.f Wilson called the horizontal
scale. He seems to be awful happy.
seq. He's smitn an the time Mn
Wilson sez That's WiHiAm NHchaei
Byrne A man may smi,e. an smile
an ssill be a vilhgn.' Dr. lay
ton, one Of cur fellers WIS
busy man. He w0s runnin
the chair wouldn't a-wanted his
load Of responsibility, but ne didn'I
seem to minh-in fact he sorter hunt
ed far It, We'll, | held. up Tharp'sI
fences fur six days an then the
Reg lars an Democrats rushed up to-
gether and down they went. Clark
was elected speaker an the res Of the
slate wen through with him. toll
Min Wilson that he'd better put up in
visible barhed wire fences fur the
senatorial fight an not depend en-
white pine boards. He said he guess
ed wus about right
Mary Anrs yo' oughter seen our
man Thnrp vosin' fur hiseelf ia be
durned ef he didn't stand up like a
mnn an vote fur hiSself ninety-one
ballots straight-an' ] didn't once see
anybody have to tell him how to vote
There wasnt onee durin the whc-eI
fght that our felCe1s felt uneasy con
cernin the way he was goin 10 vote
on the mex ballot Somebody wanted
70 50 over an tel him net to give
Clark a complimentary, but Milf WI.
con said as how 70 was wholly unaee-
occary. ten you, 1harp's a wonder.
an Min Wi,n-n ase me ef / would
help TO send him to the Slate Senate
ft.f long term next time. or course
| soid / would, fur / admire the way
he votes. A mnn who will stan cut
so1d fur hisae.f fur nineey-one bal
lots is a consistent statesmnn. an
ouehter be encouraged
Don't expect me home before next
Tuesday evening week. Send my clean
clothes over to Zeke Fleming an he|
send EN- up by Tharpe. Next Monday
| night Wen caucus fur United Statce
senator ! don't know whether the
Reg1arG will or not They're such
| durned cantanNerous critters that YOU
can't depend on them. Milf says that
II have no objection we'll nominate
Addicks. tell him TO go ahead an
A back him up. He Says the Reg'lars
wall nominate Co.onel DUPONT ef Hugh
c. Browne an William Michael Burne
don't lose their grip. But thar ef Bach
KIN have his way, which. most likely
he olnf. itgl be Higgins or Willis
Man saye ef we can't eject Addicks to
get even an defeat the DUPONT gang
Dy swlnsin' in With the Democrats an
electin' Gray. rs a big rrob-em an.
i I've got to stay here an work IL out.
When You sell the butter an eggs
send me up twenty-five cents fur. NOV
in in the society am. a feller's eof
to have considerable spendin' money
Let me know when the brindle beferI
drops her calf. an pray every chance
You get for me an Addicks.
Your lovin' husband.
"Bil Jones "