Evening journal., 1899-02-15
BILL AND THE COLONEL
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Nox wuz a-usin' the tellyrone. l wuz
a-lisssnin' fer all l WIZ wurth. Anu
Their fel,er GUMS in an he sez, 'Nox,
you felens had better be l1eerful or
that feiler AddiN'n be eleclQted to-day.
An that feller Nox termed to THAT fell
Ter, tapped him on his cote an sed
Addix won't be elected to-day nor
emmy other day. Then he went cut.
sad to the luther felers Ell hit hadn
a-bin fer us fe,.ers Nox wouldn't a-bin
eieckted. Then this luther feller bris-
tied UP an sed sum dugned ugly
things to me, an ef hit hadn't a-bin
fur the looks of the thing I'd a-up
with mi fist an moved the prevyuls
question on him fur the purpose Of
shutsin' ,on the deebate There hain't
mo end to the lmpudens OF them Reg
Tiers. T'hems the wurds Charlie sed
ITO me, Mary Ann, an l think that
Teller Nox couldn' a-had much respec'
for his feelns a-tall1in thataway.
/ hay bin redin good dele in the
papers about a feller named RaM de
Soda. Hit seems as how he woudn'
no,her fife ner vote, an yll he's bin
appinted to wurk UP cuEtim fer the
Yoonited Staits in Cuby. Hits rasad
Ia big fuss, an them Wilmington fel-
lers IL fitin' hit out. Ef a feller named
Ben had fot as hard fer Cuby as he's
a ihin' fur Ralf de Soda, Cuby would
a-bin free ten yeres ago, an our coun-
try wou,dn a-had nun Of this yere
trubb,e. 1 don NO nuthin about this
feller De Soda, hut frum wot / kin
lern he didn' fee like ftin'. Eff he
.didn', / don see ais how hits emmy
boddy's blznees. There's lots of fellers
wot talks flte an don't do nun Of hit.
/ gess frum wet l kin here this feller
De Soda wuz a good dele like that lit
tie fist dog belongin' to them Sylvester
boys Hit runs out into the rode,
makes big bark. gifts them two big
dogs a-titin', an then snekes in the
house fur fere ov gittin' hurt. / ex-
pect as how you've notist hit menny
a time, Mary Ann. They say as how
this feller De Soda didn register an
vote. I'm oertenly glad ov that, fer
he wuz a non-votin' Reg'ler. ! Wen
out an called on Kernel DoOpont an
sez: Kernel. did you menshun this
feller De Soda's name to Mckinley" E"
He sez, 81 hain't yit. but I'm a-goin'
to- fur this yere appointment is a.
busin' up my followin I didn't hav
nuthin' to do with hit, an | wan to
no as hoos bin yoosurpin mi preerog-
ativs." I SEE, Kernel. did you SEN
them valentines an skerilus letters to
Miss De Soda?' He sez, Hoo sez as
how ! dun that?" ! SEE, There's fell
Ter naimed Bell as allows sumhoddy
dun hit, an you're the only feller as
hain't bin called on to pruve an ally
bi. He sez. Really, Bill. times has
bin. so hard that / cou.dn' even AFFORD
TO sen a valentine TO Mister Addix, let
alone to Miss De Soda. an as fur them
skurilus letters, Higgins mita dun hit,
but I didn' That feller Bell mus be
l'a-thiakin' with his windpipe.' / sez.
You stay an take tee with me?" l sez.
Il don mind. eff you hain't got nuthin
stronger" So we sat down, an he
sez, bill, wot do you think Of the
situashun at Dover?" / SEE, Kernel, I
hav' jes' about cum to the concloo-
shun as how our feller Addix cain't be
elected. He drapt his he'd in his
arms an sed "Ch. my Godl Is it pos
sybel after an I've dun fur him?" I
sez, "iIlt looks that way, Kernel. f"
"Wot seems to be the trubble?" he sez.
''Nox an them fellers won vote fer
him" I sed. Then he got up. wiped
the grease often his chin an sed: "NOx
an them fellers is actin suspishus.
Have anuther pece ov fride chickin.
Bin, fur this is oertenly surprisin'
Take sum waffel with hit. fur frlde
ohickin an wanel IL good How long
has them fellers bin actin that way2"
! sez, Purity much ever sense they
went down there" He sez. Hits
lSweer; an the las wards 1 sed tc
| Them rellers WIZ. Remember an do
an you kim for pore Mister Addix'.f
| sed, They're a-dOin hit. an no mis-
] rtt'ANf NNN q EN11 NANN A0A LMlnlOu nI
regardin yore menin'" He sez. "Pl
see about this yere tomorrow. My
pore OF fren' Addixl An jes to think
wot he's bin a-sufierin' at mi hands
an me not a-nowin ov hit Bill. OF
/ Trend, wen you see him tell him how
sorry l am, fer this yere nowiedge IL
a hart-ska-d to me-" Then he asst me
20 stay an mite, hut ! toll him as how
me an Charlie Kittinger wuz a-goin'
out to spend the evenin' Wen he
heerd me menshun Charles name his
fase lhened up an he sed: "An' Bill
hcw's dere Charlie?" l sed, Hes rite
peer.' Hits bin an age sense I've
seen him, Bill. He never Gums out to
see me emmy more; an / miss him so
much. He wuz allus sech plus boy
an so re.irin' in his disposishun that
hit droo mi hart cut to him. / burnt
a lite In the winder fer him fer six
munths, an stin he didn' cum. Is he
prospering' / SEE, Hes ether maxim
.cts Of money or else he's get a durn-
ed long line Of lgredit" "Tm so glad
sod the Kernel, "fur | think lots about
Charlie an mi o. friend Adiix." Hit
wuz sertenly pleasin' to here him talk
so, Mary Ann, an Sam Nox an them
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