Evening journal., 1900-10-29

up at Ninth an Markit streets
Wensdy mite wen hoo shud cum along
but Gunner Tinnil, an hoo do you
suppose wuz hangin to his arm an
trippin along like a rite yung girl ?I
Why. John Biggs. / sez, Hello. guv-
neri" an he sez, Hello. Bill Jones.
Wotre yu doin' up yere?" I'm sizin'
up the situashun," sez /. But loOkee
yere, guvner. haint yu afeerd Willerd
will git jellus ef he heres as how you
en- John Biggs is out promenadin' on
the side streets at this hour Of the
nite?' The gunner stratened hisself up
an sed. Il CESS the way ] termed Jedge
Ball down an termed Jedge Kokran
up must have convinced Willerd that
hit don't make no differense to me
wether he's jellus or not" An be-
sides" sed Mister Biggs, hits all rite
fer I've got Mister Merry fer a chap
perown!" They sertenly looked happy,
Mary Ann, an no mistaik, an l CESS
yu Wuz rite wen yu sed yu believed the
guvner thot more OF John than he did
OF Willerd. | have about cum to the
ccncloosyen that Jedge Ball made a
mistake In not spendin the summer
uown at the Duglis House in Reho-
both. He left Mister Kokran too much
alono with the gunner, an them sad
see waves has habit Of causin trub-
bic fer peepil hoo haint around wen
they're doin their sighin Them
happy days on the beech ment twelve
yeres Of goOu solid cumfort fer Mister
kokran, an hit wuz time well spent
A feller hoo kin meet Guvner Tunnill
on equal terms by the seeside don't
lose nuthin'. ! wunder ef Jedge Ball
queered hisself with the gunner by
sayin sumthin' dispardgin' about them
Lewis an Rehoboth hundred mus
keeters.
Mister Sawlsberry an Mister Merry
Is oiferin' rewards fer fellers hOos bin
silty OF cOmmittln reglstrashun frauds.
an good menny OF there trends Is
wunderin' wether to pleed guilty or git
outten the staff. The registrashun's s
also had a depressin' effect on Stait
Detective Barney Mackvay, but he
gesses he'll git off all rite ef the glv-
ner don't tern Republican an investi-
gate the matter.
Mister Brlan's bin yere an gone, an
the peoples still gessin' as to ware
he stands. The felers termed out all
rite am give him a good send-off but
frum wot / kin here a good menny OF
the vise-presidents of his meetin' is
goin' to vote fer Mr. Mackinlee.
met mi old friend Jimmy Multi
gin. OF Dellywer City to-day an we
got to talkin pollyticks. He sez, I'm
agln- -expanshun an milltarism." /
sez, rs most OF the uther Dimmo-
krats down that way also agin' milli-
tarismY He sez, "Yes, we're yoonit
on that pint" Then" I sez "wotre
yu fellers ringin' them soldiers at
Fort Dellywer in on the registrashun
books fer, an tryin' to beet us fellers
at the eleckshun?" He sez, "Thate
dinerent-that hain't millytarism-
that's pollytlcks l want to tell WI
Bill. q soldiers all rite In his place
and his plase, akordin' to Dimmo.
kratic docktrine, is emmy place but
kuby, Porty RiklSa, the Fillypeens an
China Things is close in Red Line
hundred. an there hain't nuthin' IN
the Kansas Sitty platform agin doin
wot we dun Mary Ann, hits ser.
tenly serprisin' how little hit takes te
satisfy DinmolTats konshence.
fu remember the way Mister John s
hossell used TO talk to us abont Miafei
BRIAN fore yeres ago. Mary Ann? Well
hes jest skint the cat an now ne,
Dizzy repentin fer his past acts an
promis.n' better things fer The fnture
Fore yeres has sertenly made n bis
dlnerence In the way his ting waps
The way he's goin' on this we're hae
got the peepil to wunderin' wethe,
Mr.. Brian's changed or vether Mis-
ter Rossells changed or wetbe,
they misunderstood wot Mister Rossel
sed IN 1896. Ef yu know ennvbod,
down in the Shoostring deestrict hoo
kin give a rashunel explanashun III
Mister Rossell's posishun wisht vou'f
asst him to cum up an spend an houl
or too with me. Adiootent Genere
Harts anuther feller hoos expeerv.
enced a wunderful change Of hart. He
h2int offered no excuses. but lest tern.
ed his back on hisself fer Mister Ken.
neys benefit / wisht yu cud have saw
him leedin' the Brian parade on Wen.
sdy mite. He lookt fer all the wurld
as tho he hadn't never moved emmy.
boldly but Mister Brian an that PAL
mer an Buckner never run fer preesv.
dent an vice-pressydemt allow rs
how he holds menny a debate with hi.
own conscience wen there hain't mo-
boldly else around.
Well, Mary Ann, I CESS I'll stop ritin
an go over an have a talk with Wal.
ter Hayes an tell him wot want done
to-day am tomorrow, fer our feller,
Is all dependin' on me fer advice. an
hit keeps me bizzy gittin' thing.
stratened out fer November six.
Give mi luv to the children. an re
member me to all the foxes around
Sandtown. Ef Sister Lizzie Gums ovei
to the house tell her not to let tn,
moths git into mi fur drivin' gloves
an believe me to be.
Yore r,sin' husband.
BILL JONES.
Militia to Aid HosnitaI