The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-13
weeks on some vacationsg,

weeks on some vacationsr'
Dot vhas SOL l says.
But how vhas It dot a cobbler can
take some vacations when my husband
must stay homer"
4 cannot tell All I know is dot I
must go by my summer home und play
golf und hat some good times. like
to get AWAY early in der morning"
Vhen, you snan't go! 1 half more
ASH seek pairs of shoes to fix oop, ulld
you must do it. I shall go right home
und get 'em now. If you vhas going
AWAY, you should hat put oop some
signs long ago. Don't say no to me,
because I WAS a determined womans- "
In tan minutes she VhaS back NIT
work enough TO last me two days. un2
i WAS feeling some smiles on my face
wen dot plumber comes in init three
pairs Of shoes in his hand und says.
Hoity toity. but What der tyvul vhas
all dis? You don't mean dot you took
four weeks vacation?''
But how can you afford it?''
From der profits, of course. Der
profits on cobbling vhas 100 per cent. .
''Vhell, l shall be hanged, Der prof
its on plumbing vI4as 200 per cent. but
can't get AWAY und stay four weeks.
If get AWAY Won week, it vhas all
4 vhas sorry for you / says.
Sorry be burned. You don't go AWAY
till you fix oop desc shoes. You vhas
our cobbler. und it vhas your peesness
to do our work. If you can't do it, I
shah speak against you all around
l-n-a''
1t. vhas all right If no more work
comes in, but dot plumber don't go
AWAY ten minutes before an old mans
NIT o cane comes in. He vhas an old
mans who always goes by der dago
sEops and gifts me no work
Dis vhas nice state of affairs" he
says as be strikes ON der floor nit his
What Vu0rfd rOf n
When a cobbler takes four weeks
vacation ind coal mans hat to stay
homo %
"vhelI, I hat to sail around in my
WHAT A cobbIes hat some yachts While
a coal coal, mans don't even haf a canoez
Ind hat to entertain my friends at
my summer house"
''Your summer house, You haf some
summer house, while don't even hat 4
wiswami Dis vhas too much-too muchi
Cobbler dot sign says you go AWAY to-
morrow l like to see You try it oni All
der shoe- in my family vhas to be fixed
COP. ind you shall do it or ] Will make a
row 1t was no good to make excuses.
VhaS a mans nit influence, und you fix
oOp dose shoes if you know What is good
for you"
II. ten minutes he sends me oafer. a bag
of shoes, und my Wife comes in ind Looks
at all der work und says we shall haf
beefstead all winter. 1t makes me sing
and whistle, und l vhas working AWAY
when dot icemans comes running in
"Here-how she vhas?' he yells at ME
as he makes his arms go ground.
DO you mean dot sign%
go away for four weeks und shut oop
your shop"
und ride in my auto und entertain my
friends"
by t'under vhas nadr' he yells. 4
vhas some icemans l gift 80 pounds for
a hundred und make more money ash
Wall street broker. but I can't get AWAY
for four weeks. Do 1 hat some yachts !?
Do I hat some autos? Do RAT some
country home ind a hammock? Not by
IF you work hard und safe your mon
ey, it Will come" 1 says
shut oooi l want no advice from YOU.
1 pellet all der time you vhas only poor
cobbler, und here you vhas millionaire
in DISCUSSES. You vhas a fraud und a de
ceiver, SIR und I can lick yout You say
you shall go AWAY tomorrow. 1 say you
don't. You shah fix COP a bushels of
shoes for me before you go or viii SPEAK
to der police Of your case Don't talk
back to me, for vhas bad mans II L
Dot icemans sends me SHES und der
butcher, der undertaken, der druggist aand
other peoples, und When night comes / hat
four weeks work on hand. Dot little tail
make re feel bad
Hans, how you pellet it vhqs nit me
pants to press und three coats und vests
How you do it?' l asks.
Because I understand der peoples. I
put oop a sign s.Ten Per Cent Off In Hot
Weather, ind people rushed to-etal1e ad-
vantage of it If you only hat some idsa
like dot, you hat work ahead. but you
vhas no mans OF ideas. Why don't you go
back to der old country2'
Maybe L hat some ideas.'ssI says.
.'Ha, ha hal How vhas dot idea?"
1T vhas like dis I says ash I shows
But nopody cornes,'' he says ash he
reads it eafer ind gifts red in der face.
'-Sooch a sign ash dot don't fool der
''Vheii. I haf three dozen pairs of shoes
to fix ooo, ind some more Will come in
tomorrow. Maype YOU vhas der Only
smart mans in America und mebbe not
Hans" says dot little tailor ash he
stands oop und trembles all oafer, Il al
ways oelief you vhas my friends, but I
see now YOU Was not You vhas a de-
ceiver. SRA fraud und 6eceiver und a
had mans. und l vhant nottings more to
do NIT you. Good night, sleek scoundrel,
good night"
IND When he vhas gone avhav I smile
till der tears vles in my eyes--(Copyright
1902 b. C 3 Lewis.)
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