Evening journal., 1902-01-01
LOVE FOR PARTY
CONQUERED HIM
Did Not Return to His Own
PireSidO
COULDN'T BREAK FROM NED"
Tears Shed in Gas Tank Brings Sand
town Statesman Into Line
Again
COULDN'T BREAK FROM NED"

Headkwarters NV the Delaware Bay
Stait Gass Kumpany, Liebig
Marsh. Wilmington, Moo Kassell
Kounty, Delaware, Janyouairy the
fust. 19 numbered an tew.
Mrs. William Jones, Sandtown, Shoe
Streeng deestrict, Kent KOuny,
Delaware.
Mi deer Mary Ann: Hit wuz eempos-
seeble fer me tew tare mi self away
frum the fellers an Mister Addix, an
spect yeou think am a liam onery
skunk. but hit KANT be helped, fer
kuddent kome home fer Krissmass.
Jest es sune ez / told hit thet wuz
goin tew give up the job and KUN
back tew Sandtown thare wuz an orful
rumpus
Thay hilt a meetin in the tank an
hit sertinls wuz a touchin site. Mister
Addix. Frank Bradlee. Ferriss Jiles,
Walter H. Haze an Kurnell Bernard
wuz thare.
Mister Addix throde his arms aroun
mi neck an kried like a baibee.
He sez: Bill. you haint sertinly
goin tew dessert me air you?"
sez: Yes, Ned. i am agoin tew
give up this kurrupshun an am goin
back home tew live descent"
Don't leeve me. Bill, fer yeou air
the onlee trew friend / ever had" sez
he. IAN hit haint no time fer me tew
be lOozin trends fer need yeou, Bill,
an if you'll stay will send yeou tew
or three Nv them all wool boss blan-
kits frum Marifoorees."
Hit wuz orful temptashun, Mary
Ann bltf uora pf1ip bucho,I ,,,os,,oJ
firm.
Frank Bradlee sez: "Bill, eff yeou go
wont never laff agin an hit will
brake mi hart"
Ferris Jiles sed he wud newer tell
|anuther joke, an wud kwit talkin eff
left. Kernell Bernard looked sad an
sez: "Bill. eff yeou go an 1eeve us hit
will be a hard blow tew me, fer hey
looked tew yeOu so long fer konsola-
ton hit will bring mi gray hair in sor-
row tew the grave"
Walter II. Haze,s wat in the devel
dew you want tew run off home now.
fer don't you see hit is Jest a little
more than we kin dew tew keep our
fellers Outen the wurkhouse. Yeou
ort tew hev more sense then tew kwit
MS now.
Wen he konkluded, Mary Ann, thare
wuz big drops NV teers fallin out NV
his blew ize, and then we all wept. Hit
wuz the most tuchinist site thet yeOu
ever seed. Them fellers an me Jest
kried an sObbed an they hugged an
kissed an begged me not tew leeve EN-
so, Mary Ann, i jest give up the fite
an tole them i wud rekonsidder my de-
sizzion. Thare wuz a kwick change
an all the lryin stopped. We heerd
some hevvy sobbin kummin from the
Off side NV the tank an hit wuz the
| kullered feller wat hez been teechin
me tew play the gittar, an hit took us
good vile tew fetch him arOun. The
meeetin then ojorned am Mister Addix
give me ten sents tew get a moo gittar
streeng.
hope yeou dident kill no turkees an
make no big Kussmass dinned specktin
me, fer kuddent git away frum the
fellers. Wen Mister Addix sends me
them hoss blankits / will kut wun NV
them in tew an send yeou haff NV hit
tew mail1 a shawl out NV
Evrything is upside down in Moo
Kasse,l kOunty, an hit looks es if every
boldly wuz gOin tew put everybody
else in jale. Thay air accuzsin the
Levy Kort fellers NV steelin money and
the Sitty Kounsill is accuzsin the water
department NV bein extravaganza, an
the water people say that the kounsill
wants THAR mummy tew spend hitself
The reform assosyashun is after the
street and sewer fellers ted maik them
give up thare bonds. The grand juree
is gOin tew maik Dave Dangel tare
down the new sma9lpoeks Hospital at
F'awenhurst and the City assessors
sez thet shaddus is fOllerin them day
an mite. Our fellers don't feel none
tew saif. Your Risin' Husband,
William Jones