The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1901-01-05

dollar. vhas proud of her, und
my wife says dot peesness vhill shump
ahead like kangaroo. Dot door vhas
oop half an hour when a man comes
in my shop und says:
'Cobbler, see you haf some screen
door. What you put him oop for?'
ITO keep der flies oudt"
"But Why shall you keep der flies
oudt? Dis vhas a free country. 1t
vhas free for men und free for flies.
Don't you know about Lexington und
Bunker Hill? We lay down our lives
dot America shall be free. Der fly also
lay down his life. Do you belief it
vhas right to shut him oudt"
''But a fly don't haf some feelings" !"
says.
'You vhas mistooken. A fly can feel
glad or feel bad, shust like a person.
If you let him In your shop. he vhas
your frendt; II you keep him oudt, he
vhas full of sorrow. Cobbler, do your
duty by some flies. Take dot door
AWAY und glf him a fair show"
l don't like to do 1t, und dot man
goes avhay mad. He says he has ten
shildren, but he vhill ,gif me. no work.
He goes aroundt der corner, und fat
womans comes along. She has a book
und pencil in her hand, und she looks
at dot screen door und looks at me und
says:
'Cobbler, vhas going to ask you to
subscribe TO our Sunday school picnic
for crippled children, but see 1t vhas
no use. A man who vhill put oop
screen door vhas a murderer at heart"
"But l don't vhant some files In my
shop" says.
mo, of course not. You yhant to
keep der flies oudt in der sun und rain
und kill him off. You vhas shust der
sort of man to hit crippled shild
NIT crowbar or to stab parrot NIT
clothes prop. Maybe you can do some
peesness here, but don't you belief you
can get any cobbling from me. When
you vhas on your deathbed und no
frendt to gif you glass of water,
maybe you vhill remember What hard
hearted VILLAIN you vhas."
l can't make oudt how 1t vhas aboudt
dies. l go oafer to see dot plumber,
but he vhas oudt, und when goes
back to my shop a man comes In und
says:
"Vhell, cobbler, come to congratu-
late you. goes aroundt der world dree
times, und l pledge you my word l
neffer see screen door like dot before
She vhas beautiful; she yhas shenteel;
she vhas modest; she vhas sooch q
door ash maype vhas put oop in der
palace of an emperor. Let me shake
you by your hands und wish you some
lucks."
l feel pleased init dot, but In two
minutes dot man says:
"Vhell, how aboudt dot beerY
(Which beerf"
Don't you ask me to go oudt und
haf some beer NIT you because of dot
door?"
"Of course not"
"Vhell, den, you vhas some frauds
und liars, und / can knock you by der
middle of next week in two minutes!
1t vhas shust like belief before come
In here. You vhas a bad. selfish man.
If you find some grasshopper NIT his
eoen pAohC, yOu fOuiu Oh MIN
init both feet. l tell eaferypody
sboudt you, und in two weeks you
vhas In bankruptcy"
Und he shakes his fist under my
nose und kicks dot screen door open
und goes oudt. My wife says it yhas
better dot we let some flies in und eat
up der stock und bite der baby. but
hold on leetle, und an old man init a
cane und a lame leg comes in. He
looks kind und shentle. und he sits
down und wipes avhay some tears be.
fore he says:
"Cobbler, l vhas come to appeal to
your humanity. You yhas a man.
You haf some wifes und baby. II
dot baby die Of measles. your soul vhas
Jared"
"Vhell, how vhas it?" | says.
'It vhas dot screen door. If you
like to put him oop, dere vhas no law
to stop you, but vhas here to ask you
In der name Of common humanity to