The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-09
A BLUFF THAT FAILED.
Uncle MingO Tells About Scheme
That Didn't Succeed.

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Has you ebber notice. asked the
waiter of Uncle Mingo how wen two
mems gifts mix up, deere is half de time
oman at de bottom; but wen two
wimmens gifts fightin' its always bout
a man edible timer"
"Cose 1 has" said Uncle Mingo. AN
dat amt all 1 has notice. De good
book say wen de Lord create man, de
Lord say it wasn't good for man to
be alone, but de man he nebber say
nothin.' If de oman had been create
fuss, she would a say right off, wy did
you put me here for if dere amt mo
mens?.'
Oats right" assented the waiter.
IT hear tell once dat one time de
mems an de wimmens was separate by
two tree mile O. water, an it was
only bout a week TO all de wimmens
was drownded.'
Shouldn't be surprise said Uncle
Mingo. IAN dat puts me cen min OBJ a
funny ting wot happen cen a little
country town up cen New York state,
de udder day.
DE young ladies had riz up cen
Indignation gin de awful torbackor
habit, so dey all had a meetin' an or
ganize a club.
After de chair-gal had state de OBJ
1ec of de meetin' a young lady wild
frill hair an pompydo wais' cut bias.
git up an make a speech.
Ladies', she say, de time has come
for we all to take a stan De time
has come for we to rise cen all our
might an power an stomp out dis vile,
dis filthy habit wich is so ruinous to
de young mems an so disgustin' to US.
Il lot xkvn 10
Young ladies of Squashgobbet, do here
by resolve dat from dis time we won't
hab nothin to do wild no young man
wot make use of terbacker, cen any
manner, way, shape, form, kin or de-
scription.
"Den vile de udder gals was clappin'
dejr hans an stompin' on de no, she
sit down, an feel under de aige o de Ia
BILE befo' her. Den she git red cen de
face.
Who dat done take my gum" she
saw an il mos look like a row.
"But de gal long side, she say:
"aDere amt nobody taken your gum;
see IL dere on de fio' Were it fall on
80 she pick it up, an all was serene
.'Weu. dey pass de motion newnani-
nous. an had de whole business nix
up cen great shape.
Mex day, wen de young HeH hSai
bout It. dey had a meetin', too, an
dew PASS a motion dat dey wouldn't
none o. dem bodder de young laies OBJ
Souashgobbit wild DER 'tentions, but
would lavish de same pom de gals OBJ
de surroundin' country. oh witch 1t
pears dere was quite a few mo- or less,
an mighty good lookin' at dat.
$50 day sot to work rushin' de coun-
try gals at a great rate, dribin' 'em cen
town cen stylish turn out, takin EN-
roun' to de drug sto', and BLOWN 'em
off to soda-w water. gum-drops an sich
like. AN all de town gals could do was
to stan cen de front parlor. wild deir
nose hatten 'genst de glass an look
on"
How long did dey stood it?" asked
the waiter.
"Dey didn't stood II very long, said
Uncle Mingo. Zen bout ten days time
dey hol anudder meetin', an had big
pow-wow. Dey broke up de club, an
instruc' de treasurer to inwes' all de
funs on han cen cigarettes. Den dey
make up de form o. notice witch each
gal was to sen TO her bes Teller. It go
like dis:
Dear Tom: takes my pen cen
han TO inform you dat De club has
been resolve, an dat all oh us gals 10
holdln' fort again at de same ole !