Evening journal., 1900-11-17
"Won / wuz in Germlnny.'

AAt EiNs
mo, Germinny is mi home, Bill.
Hits a much niser phase than the
ioonited Stats. but / seen as how
the country wuzn't bein' run rite, and
| jest en- moevr TO sit things straltened
out fer vile. to all lntents an per-
pusses I'm a Germ frum Germany. /
still fele a paternal interest in the
Yoonited Stats. an wen ! see things
goin' rong in mi absence. I CANT re-
sist the temptashun of takln a run
over an giving the Amerlkln peepil a
iarrin' up fer takin' advantage OF me
bein' away. But hits mitey trim to
have to run a big country like this on
a Ion distena aerket.'
felt fer the man. Mary Anal did.
ier fackt, an / sed;
The peepil seen as how things WIZ
soin' TO the dogs. an wuz wundern
ef yu wuznt never comm back. but
now that you're we're yu kin take yore
own timo an rest up, fer the know
ledge OF yOre presens Is enuf % keep
things strate fer little vile. Bi the
way Watsin', wot du yu expect to git
outten this yere sudden change OF hart
Of yorn?"
Well, l jes' wisht yu cud a-saw him,
Mary Ann. He jumped up outten his
chare, his eyes ilashin Are, an his hrest
hoevin' up an down like the bellers in
Sam Melvn's blacksmith shop. an
pacin' up an down the fore he flung
his arms up over his he'd an sed
"Nuthin'!"
An ! scz.
"Watsin, Of yu hain't goin' to git
nuthin' Outten this yere thing I wudnt
werk so hard Yull brake down yore
ccnstitushun an git innammashun IN
seckshun 2 of yer bi-laws. Let the
iellors wots goin' to git sumthin do
the werk. am yu talk hit easy fer
vile.
He sez:
Hoo allowed as how wuz goin' to
git sumthin'?"
sez:
Il liain't got time to give names, but
ef you've got a sitty dlrecktery handy
yu KIN git there names outten hit with
out maxim emmy mistaik. Sum allows
as how Mister Addlx has promised to
give yu a sentership. Ef he has don't
know how you're goin' to git hit. fer
he's promised nine alreddy an there
hain't but two to give out an he
wants one Of them fer hisself. Wen
ever Mister Addix wants a Regler rite
bad he jest asts him how he'd like to
De seniter fer the long term, an hit
beets tanglefoot fer catchin' flies"
He sez:
"Bill. tho man hoo allows as how
I've bin Promised a senltership bl
Mister Addix is a liar. an don't yu fer
get hit. I'm acktin' in this matter
frum a high sense Of dooty, an hain't
saw a sole but Seniter Higgins an
Washington Hastings, an yu no as
how they haint fellers hoo wud asst a
feller to do ennyhing rong."
/ sez:
An there's sum uther peepil hoo
allows as how you're hankerin' to be
envoy extraordinary an minister
plenipotenshiarry to the Kort of the
Kyser"
He sez:
Bill, I hope I may drop ded ef I
ever asst fer ennything OF the kind.
altho there hahn no denyin' as how
hit wud give me considerabel standin'
in deer ole Germinny."
sez:
Well Watsin, ef you're jest doin'
TINS for yore sole's salvashun. you're
ths terst man as ever dun sumthin' fer
Mister Addix fer nuthin, an / think
yu oughter be recognized. Now. tell
me, jest as a friend, how wud yu like
TO be Yoonited Stats seniter fer the
long term?"
He side once more an sed:
That's outten the question. B.ll, fer
Misses AddiX wants Mister Hilles an
Mister Addix wants Miter Higgins. an
there hain't no val1insy. Now. Bill. I !
want yu to tell me onestly-du WI
think Mister Hilles an Mister Higgins
has emmy Observation-Disclosures fer tho
place? Now, jest think a minnit. an
give me a strate anser."
sez:
They cum out fer Mister Addix fer
the short term before yu did, an that
makes sum difference"
He sez:
Il wunder ef Misses Addix noes as
how | TUX a quick boat an got we're lest
as soon as I cud?"
/ sez:
Hit mitabin polisy fer yu TO have
aeklaIed yer intenshuns bi wire, an |
then Mister Hilles an Mister Higgins
wudn't a-got the bulge on yu this
away"
He studded fer a minnlt, an then
sed
We'll. Bill. ef Mister Addix is goln
to name hisself fer the short term. an
Misses Addix is goin' to name Mister
Hilles fer the long term, I don't see no
use OF holdin' emmy seshun Of the Leg
islature"
That's Jest hit" I sez. me an
Mister Addix wuz talkin' about that
very thing this mOrnin', an he sed /
that, vile hit wuzn't strickly neses-
sery, he thot there'd better be a seshun
held fer ratihkashun perpusses."
Mister Spurry paced up an down the
fore fer a bit. an sed:
Hit wudnt be constitushenel. Me
an Anhony has lookt hit up, an he
sez that under the constitushen no
woman hain't got no rite 10 vote fer
. ~ oil !