Evening journal., 1900-07-26


min with the Boy Orryter of the Plat.
Things is kinder lonesum here fer
Kernel Townsend an Kale Laten. They
have lost a good dele OF that there
boyansy Of speerit that karackterised
there ackshuns up at the rillydelhaI
Convenshun. They jcs set around on
the beach an sift sand all day long,
/ went up to lSale an sez "Wot's the
use of gittin' down I'm the mouth this
away am doin nuthin' ali day but
siftin' sand? Mister AddiX CANT afford
to paw yu 81 500 a yere fer siften sand
fwen day laberers Is cryin fer wurk.
Yu fellers has got to stop siftin' sand
lam cit TO wurk or Mister AddiXll dock
VA fer lost time This yere siftin' sand
/ bizness is about played out lie sez,
"Bil, / CANT help hit. Them Reglers
/ is gOin to hold their cOnvenshun ferst
lam beat me an Mister Addix; an Dock
/ ter Marshall and Walter Hays. Hits
lenuf TO make a feller sift sand / al
lowed as how hit wnz diskuregin fer a
feiler who wuz hankerin' fer Oiiis, but
tCle him that maybe they cud git To-
lgether by givin the Reglers the guvner,
two YOOnited Stalls seniters, the con-
gressman, the atterney-general an the
lstait tresherer lie quit siitin' sand fer
a mint and sed. Bill. yu talk like a
fool No, ser: this yere things got TO
be fought out with me, an Addx an
lMarshen and Hayes on the ticlSit. Ef
we're licked. we're licked. Hit won't
! he the furst time. but we'll have the
conc1lashun Of lickin' the Reglers vile
They're licltin' us" An then he went
: to slftin' sand agin' an the waves kept
rOlliu' in ies' the same as yoosyal
CESS he menes bisness. Mary Ann. One
/, thing that apperes to wurry him is that
: Sheren Taller won't have time to deliver
them registrashun books 10 the Reglers
=, in time fer the primeries on August
: 90 ! told him to let Sheren Taller dc
the wurryin' about that fer Mister Laten
= has got enuf rite in Sussix county tt
> wurry the life Outten him without
bc,herin' about the affares OF Moo Kas
sci and Kent.
see by the papers as how Ton
~ Backster has bin appointed prinsipel o
the publick skOOls in Newerk by the
. Bord of Edukashun OF wich Mister
{, Handy is president. ] wunder wOt ef
feck this appointment will have on th'
Dimokratic primeries in West Dove
, hundeId. were Mister Backsters folk
lives Them Backsters Is mitey CRATE
/ ful pepil Wen hit SCOTS 'em to help ;
feller hoo helps them. BY the way
/, MARY Ann. / wisht yu cud have saw
~ Mister Handy las mite. He wuz warm
one of them Fillypeeno hats wich hl
n bruther-in-law. Rollin' Bell had fetch
/, ed home frum Vanilla in the Fillypeel
. Hands. He sertenly looked Mise. Iii
i wuz a brod-brimmed FeedOra-look
4 thing with a wite-an' black poker do
4 sash raped around hit. In fackt hi
"a wuz cOmpromisin' peece G warm ap
!, parel fer an out-an-Jut aunty-expan
- shunist like him. He wuz down yer
q lookin' after the fenses of his father
4 in-law. Willyam NJ. Bell in the tow
eleckshun. but hit was no use, fe
= Mister Bell wuz nocked out
y With his yoosyal politikal sagaslty
Doclxter Hirum r.. BertOn wuz on bot
ticlyits an had no trubble gittin eleck
4. tied. Ian Laten, a bruthe
!. OF Kale's, also won out an
p us Addix fellers fCles pretty good, fo
Y Kale allows as howe every little help
y in stirrin' times like these.
Mister Handy sez that the feller no
allows as how he wanted to be nashene
!. committeeman at the kansis City Con
y venshun lies Outten the hole cloth. Hi
I sole mlshun in that there fife wuz t
= beet Mister Kenney He offered IN
s plase to Ned Hern, XII Harringtun an
mos everybody but Mister Kenney an
y they all allowed as how they wudn'
n have hit. Then he drawed hisself M
! an sed. Air we to understand frun
Il the delxlinin' attytood of yu feller
that hits a case Of Kenney, or no
L boldly" Ki Harrington spoke up an
! sed: That's wot hit menes." "Thei
= I'll show yu Kenney fellers that us fel
e lers is better DimmOkrats than yu Eel
Y lers. We're willin' to strain a poin
!. an admit as how Kenney's bettern no
l. body. Seem as how we can't beet hin
y yu go ahed and nommynate him, az
y we'll swing in an make the think 700
q dImanymus" An they dun hit. The
Z Mister Handy terms to John Gee Gra
II an sez, 'JOhn, git outten the room fe
q a spell" Mister Gray lookt kinder ser
T. prised, but ohayed his orders like
is little man. Then Mister Handy terne
to Mister Kenney an sed. Roll, youv
D, bin playin the hOggin' ack rite alOn
" an now / want you 20 lay down yor
l. brissels in faver Of John Gray. II
al haint got mutch outten this trip an
r I think hit wuld be a grashus ackt e
\ yu wuz to call him in an resine tn
IT chairmanship Of this yere dellygashu
Is in his faver.' So Mister Kenney wen
srl to the dore an sed. John. cum in yer
.Ol a minnit. There hain't much homer o
oI glory in bein' chareman of this yer
D. dellygashun an I'm about tired OF th
At job. Ef yu want the plase yu kin hav
IS bit fer hit don't cut much figger no
S how an I don't want hit no longer Ye
Il, friend Mister Handy, has interseade
err in yore behalf. but / want you to dis
m tinkly understand as how there's bet
at ter men than YOU rite here in tn
I'd dellygashun but you're entitled {
m sumthin' an yu'd better take hit will
or yu've got the chance. But don't fergi
IS as how hit is Mister Kenney an no
at Mister Handy hoo got yu the plase
n Mister Gray eXpresst his appreshlashui
re Of wot Mister Kenney had dun fer him
~ an TUX his sete / nOtis sence then a
m how Mister Kenney an Mister Hand
rs hain't on blackberry cordial relashun
er sence that time. In fack. they jes hav
n a bare speakin' ackwainteng. | gaz 4