The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-12
WHEN He FELL DOWN.


most a. my jewelry. OATS where 1 bot
dat diamond necklsce what Az my Nor
side daisy, is maxim such a hit wild. Sure
knows Knapp & Csriips store. Any
thin doin' over dere?
It s ike dis. de manager says. '6ere
IS somebody over dere pinchin' gold rings
ana rocks and sinners al dey cant any
OF 'en git onto de CRATER. Dey ali tink
dat its one Of de clerks an red had tree
flies from Central in de joint fer a week.
but de only ting dey done was tc pinch
a ole daisy on suspicion an now she's
sued en- fer $500 damages.
Ole man Carlip was over here dis
art, says de manager, an he just bout
oug-house he's 50 worried. He says 10
me dat mebbe We kin put a smOod kid
over dere in the store as errant boy fer q
week er two and he might git next 20 de
guy what's eatin' EN- Up. He says dat
he Il hand de kid a hundred if he catches
de CRATER an give him q good job in de
store, too You kin go over an try it on
Il you want to-
Dat looks like easy money to me, an
den il was a good chance 10 DO q little
work ike old Sleut' done, so I screws
home an puts on my plain rags and goes
over 70 kIapp & Carlip's lookin fer a job.
Jes' to make de play strong de ole man
put piece in de pepper. sayin' dat ne
wants a kid an 7 cuts dat out an walks
1
pepper in my nitt an sticks IL under
de nose Of de first guy seen behind de
counter.
Are you de guy what wants de kid
Ike what dis pepper says L says 10 de
clerk, tryin' to talk smoOd an easy so
he'd t'ink I was 3es' in frum St. Louis
er Sout' Haven to make my fortune.
He looked at de pepper an den he
grins an says: No, I don't want no
kid. OATS de ole mans ad, but I dent
think he wants q tough little cuss, like
YOU he says. His offs is right up dem
stairs dere an you kin run up dere an
see him if you want to- he says.
"Ol man Carlip is a-settin' in a little
offs wild a glass door to it an when I
goes in an gives him de distress signal,
Ike him an de manager makes it up, he
looks me over his glass lamps an says:
Boy. kin you write?
Yes I says, I kin write an read
an I got a saddle what's a sinch IN de
afternoon DRAWN tomorrow.
Boy he says. tryin' to hang out a
strong bluff before de stenog, do you
want to learn de jewelry biznessY
know de diff now between a white
one an sinner and I'm stuck on gettin
wise to de hull game. I says. still ta1kin'
like a cream puff so as to give de con-
con to de gang
You kin come aroun' at o'clock to-
mOrruh,' says ole man Carlip, an yure
wages II be three-fift a week he says.
You kin run Grants fer me- ne says,
an help take care of stock, an if you
don't work hard an be polite you won't
last fifteen minutes. Now run down
stairs an If Iwant you III ring, seer
DE next mornin' I'm down early an
while I'm out in de stockroom dere's one
OF De guys makes a sneak out dere an
hits up dc brown bot fer couple Of
fingers. OATS a bad sign when a guy
commences to touch up de red likker so
early in de mornin' and I asks de udder
kid who dat guy is yid de black mus
tash an de blue eyes. De kid says dat
he's ole man Carlip's son aud dat he's
de head salesman an de manager Of de
retail store. Dat night I goes down an
gifts mex to my ole fren Andy, what
ust to deal over to Morgans when de
town was good. I asks Andy where de
bes' game in town was an he puts me
wise. I steers up dere an ders sits de
guy wild de black mustash an de blue
eyes wid de chips piled up higher dan
cats back before him on de table. OATS
enough fer little Willie to see an I screws
out before he gifts his lamps on me. I
says to myself dat de reason ole man
Carlip amt ketchin' de CRATER is because
he amt lookin' close enough to home. But
I amt maxim a spiel to anybody else
1T takes me jes' a week to ketch de ole
mans boy palmin' q spark out in de
stock-room, an 1 follows him dat night
an finds out where he gifts de dough fer
de rocks an udder swag he turns over.
Den it's all set an I'm ready to pull of
dat hundred an take a little trip.
7 goes over an tells de manager dat
I'm gettin' wise TO de game an dat Ia
be ready to cop de dough in a couple
OF days, an he puts de bug in ole man
Carlip's ear dat dereu 30 somethin' doin'
pretty soon.
Den one mornin' dere was a pretty 1T
tie daisy come runnin IN de store. Say,
she was de swellest little peachalorum
what ever come down de pike. She had
on a little white dress, with a blue sash
aroun her waist and a blue ribbon where
de chicken got de ak. She had some
flowers in her mitt an when she seen me
pipin' 'er OF from behind de counter she
thrun me big piece of Hlao flowers and
gimme a grin dat made ne t'fnk I was
struck by a cable train in dc small OF
de back. Den she goes bobbin along
down de store till she comes 10 &c guy
wild de black mustash an de blue eyes.
De daisy t'rows her arms aroun' HIS neck
an hits him a kis son de kisser an says,
Good mornin. Brudder Paul she SAYS.
I've Just been down TO git my gradua-
tion glad rags sch says, an If you send
me flowers, Paul she says, be sure they
are pink
Den she hits him anudder kiss an ]
has a fit. When I comes TO I says.
Yes, youn be buyin pink flowers, you
Will says TO myself loolin' at de black
mustash 'Youu be tryin' 10 git out a.
goin TO de pen, dats what yOun be
doin'.'
Den de mex day de daisy come in
again an she gives Papa Csriip a smack
and hands BIudder Paul annudder and
gives me annudder one OF dem smiles
what she's de oAly one as carries en- IN
stock. An I mikes up nv mind dat II
I put de ole rusa on TO Brudder Psul's
curves dat it'd be all of wid de nttle
daisys hsviR' = good tine De cops u
make de pinch an dsred be piece IN all
de peppers.
IN go an make = spiel 70 Bricder
Psul 7 says 20 myself, an den I'll see
what 7 better 90 next.
Dat night Igoes up 10 Brudder Paul
when him an me IS al deg IS LETT in de
store. an I SAYS Mr.. Csrlip 7 says
I'm dead wise 10 &c hull game. De ole
man hired me 20 kstch dc CRATER what's
pinchin de sparks and tewelry 7 SAYS,
but Of course he amt suspect1' dat his
own sond be doi1' him oirt. ] says
..Yere cranv. vou uttls devil. says
Bru6der Paul .1vobody'd believe such
wild story from q brat Ike yoi- You
couldn't make my father listen % it,
.Tere fa6der wouldn't believe you was
gamblin' over 20 Morgan s, either. Z
guess nit saws. 'er Cat Tou T-zs soalda'
srarks an sinners Ger dere or &c Wss'
SIDE. 70 git coin 70 play Tid Z says.
Ize'd hate 10 ti1k you va Eoia 01r r.
&c stock-rcon every nnor1fn' 20 hit Up
&c brown bet and steady Jour nerrsz.
Tere's 4 Let of tfr=z he wouldn't believe
urIess he cas- to. an 70 Il kit what KIN
make him II you Eit eay Fid re Ks
eli OF uid Br1d5sr Pau 7 says. Bat
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