The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-10-21
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When you're playin' de game wild o
square guy" said One Forty-two as he
put his feet into their old familiar spci
IN the waste basket for the first time
since the summer vacation, when
you're playin wild a square guy it's de
proper caper TO stick to de dope boog
an not hit him below lie belt.
did l ever tell you how played
even wild Evans, de shyster lawyer,
when he tried 70 give Tree Twenty
seven de double cross?
Tree Twenty-seven goes over on De
West Side one night on a call When
he comes TO dc G. r, and L. NJ. railroad
crossin' dc gates is up an de tracks H.
clear. Tree Twenty-seyen starts to 60
across, an when he's in de middle OF
de tracks an express comes pi1ih
around de curve. Tree Twenty-seven
secs it comm an makes a quick lump
back to git out Of de way. He lands id
front Of a switch engine an de COW
catcher hits him in de Stats an lands
him over in de ditch.
Z" Poor little man. she says Did Dc
railroad train run over yodg she says
You ought to git big damages from
'em,' she says Here's de card Of law
sharp. she says, what'l soak it to EN-
good an strong an plenty, she says
Give dat card to your fadder. she says.
an let him go an see Mister Evans,
she says.
DE card reads, Angelo Evans, L. L.
B., Attorney an Counselor at Law, an
when Tree Twenty-seven gives it up to
his old man he chases down to de guy /,
offs.
'Dis Evans tells de ole man dat he $
got good ting. Dat it's a sinche he
can soak de G. r. and L. NJ. for nve
hundred bucks anyhow, an mebbe
more, an Tree Twenty-seven's ole man
tells him to go ahead an git busy VIA
'em. Den Evans starts in to play both
ends against de middle. He goes TO de
claim agent an makes his bluff an den
he comes over to Tree Twenty-seven's
house an hands de family a bunch OF
hot air. It's hard case, he says,
cause Tree Twenty-seven was gunty
of contributory negligence, before an
after de fact, he says, both sine die an
vice verse, as aforesaid, But says
Evans, by playin' close to de grass he
may be able to hold EN- uD fer a few
bucks, an II he does he'll expect de
family to split even wild him.
Finally Evans comes around to de
house an says dat he has finally got de
company by de short hair, an dat by
threat'nln to bring suit against EN- de
gustlbus over de fence dat he has made
EN- cough up tree hundred bones.
which is more dan he expected to git,
an dat he'll bring de hundred an fit
what's comm to de old man around in
couple OF days. Dat night screws
over to Tree Twenty-seven's house on
my way home an de old man tells me
Cat Evans is a great law sharp an dat
.es settled de case for tree hundred
oones, an what a hard time he had get
tin the settlement.
About 3 o'clock dat evenin' pixies
over to Evans offs for to have heart
to-heart talk wild him. Dere amt no
body in de offs but kid He says mis-
boss has screwed his nut an he's walt
IN for five thirty before he ducks.
Dere's a twpe-wrltin' machine standln'
on little table an asks de kid where
de daisy is what punches de keys. De
boss amt got no fairy de kid says,
He writes his own letters he says. Is
dat SOP | says, beginniE' to git busy
an walkin' over close to de machine
Den seen dat it had brand new rib
bon on 1t, an l says. Kid, when did
you put dis ribbon on de machine? i
put It on jest about an hour ago, he
says. De old man was tryin' to write
on It, an It wouldn't work, an he
gimme hard call Gown fer not keepin'
on a fresh ribbon An did he write
any letters on it after you put on de
new ribbon, / says. 'on'y one. says dc
kid 'Ht put It in de envellup hisself
an screwed out 10 mail IT,.
Dat may be all right, but It look-
queer, says to myself Here. kid. s
dime l says, I wlsht you'd screw
screw downstairs an buy couple Ct
packs Of pipes, l says, I'm wait for you
here
"When de kid ducks / wainds dat
ribbon clear through de machine an
takes it of. Den ] holds It up to De
light an sees dat dere is only one letter
written on It an dat you kin read il es
plain as printin'. It's addressed to 1e
claim agent OF the c. r. and L. NJ
railroad. an I'm wise dat I'm on a hoi
tip / slips de ribbon in my pocket an
when de Kid comes back wild de Gigs J
makes a quick sneak over to de Honor.
rubI nave Wards law offs know ,