The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-15

couldn't buy ten dollar paste board for
twenty. OATS get noting to do wit what
l was telling you about, only say. Wouldn't
Duchess make a Chin Dandy of boss for
de opray de next time gold brick is to be
flung at dear public? What?
Well. Mrs. Murphy said she could never
go to confession again if she charged de
price Duchess put down, so Duchess to
ease de old ladies' souls, she done de charg-
ing herself. Every time she raised charge
she felt nearer heaven. De checks came in
all right, and orders for more woik, and de
firm had to get an assistant.
Dat was what 1 was going to tell you
about. De goil dey took off de street was
getting strong in de hospital. for modder
used to take her dinky goodies for to eat,
and Mrs. Murphy used 10 jolly her when
she could visit de hospital; and de doctor
says de goil was stronger dan she ever
was, and could go out. Me modder seen
dat nice little cadet man loafing aroun de
hospital, and de goil must knowed he was
dere, for she says she didn't want to go
out no furder dan de edge of de East river,
what is handy for dose like her dat hasn't
any use for no odder part of de city. OATS
what dey calls de "Wharf-route out of
route has a handy mind at joke, now
and den.
Modder and Murphy sees what is bodder-
ing de poor goil and dey says dat dey would
take her pass de young man, so dat he
couldn't harm her, and den she could go
on her way.
de only way has is de wharf-route,"
she says.
Den de old ladies says what was de mat
ter wit dem taking de gol home wit dem,
and giving her a job at de fine laundry
woik? OATS what dey done. De nice little
man followed EN-, and locates where de goil
was; so modder writes me would 1 come
down dere on me next day off, and give dat
young man little attention.
Sure" 1 says, land tank you kindly,
modder, for de chance. I'll be dere.''
Say, we puts up picnic of a job, for
fair. 1t was easy to see dat de young
man was laying for a time when de old
ladies would be far from DER own freside.
He'd felt DER open fists, and was shy of an
encore. We figures it out dat if dey was
piped off by him leaving de place he'd make
a hurry sneak up to de room, and try to
scare de goil away wit him. So goes in
by de back way; de. goil goes into a friend s
room across de hall, and me modder and
Murphy, dey chases out wit DER baskets
on DER arms, like dey were off on a market
ing trip.
1 was telling you de old ladies has two
rooms, now 1 goes into de inside one, and
waits for de nice young man. / hears him
sneak in, and den he tries de door where 1
was, and he says for her, linking she, de
goil, was dere, to open it; or he'd trun it
down and give her extry beating to boot.
1 taught it was time for me to make my
entrance, dey say in de play books. Say,
it was good one. all right. When he seen
dat he'd been talking to me, and not to de
goil, dat nice young man tried TO do a
jump to de fire escape, but nailed him.
Never mind what done to him. It's not
much to brag about, to take proper care of
cattle like dat nice young man, but all de
care he needed 1 give him-wit a little
extry trun in for good measure.
When he had breat enough to say anything,
he says, please, now may / CO." he says.