The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-01-19
DER GERMAN COBBLER.
Mr.. voglestein Drops in to Relate
More of His Woes.

More OF his W oes.
Der odder day. when I vhas fixing
oop der heels of some shoes for an I'M
dertaker, so dot he can WALK init slow
und solemn steps, Mr.. NOgiestein
comes in und sits down ind don't say
nottings. 1 don't say nOttings, too, Und
it vhas ten minutes before he calls
calls out:
Hans, vhas 1 some horses or oxen,
dot you don't spoke to me2"
but you don't spoke to me-" I says.
dot vhas deterrent / vhas abused
all der time. II vhas so dot can't
vhalk around mitOut sOmepOdy comes
some tricks on me. Do you know What
happened to me yesterday2'
Il can't tell, onless you run oafer a
street car
Mr.. Kleinfeldt about some cabbages.
While I waits I lean oop against der
wall. By und by a policeman comes
along und yells at me.
g" Don't you see dot sign of Paint"
oop dere?'
' ] do says.
" Den how vhas you sooch a fool ash
to lean COP against der wall2 Your
back vhas all oafer paint. If you can't
read you ought to SMELL
" But see here I says to dot police
man, gife 4 man a chance. Dot sign
says Paint Was it green, white or
black paint2 Was 1t paint on der wall
or on der roof If 1t vhas paint on der
sign dot tells me so. / shall sue him
for SO damages to my coat.
Dot officer looks at me two min
utes," says Mr.. NOglestein, 'und den
he says I should go home und sande
paper my head. How vhas it. Hans
Why should I rub my hair off init
sandpaper2 Does dot take der paint
off my coat2 Speak OOp und tell me,
und don't sit here like some cabbage
heads"
Il can't tell how he vhas." I says.
'Vhell YOU vhas some shackass. 7
guess. Two DAYS ago 1 take a walk IN
der park to smoke my pipe und think
1 I walk where I please, und pOoty soon d
policeman comes along und yells at me.
Keep off der grass Don't you see
dot sign2'
8 But I don't be on der grass 1 says,
I vhas on der snow
d" 'VheH, keep off der snow
But where vhas der sign2'
" Tt Vhas here, he says. Und he takes
me Dy der collar ind throws me tel
feet AWAY und SAYS I don't know ash
Was dot good society to fling me
around ike dot2 If don't see no sign
Of Keep off der snow can't WALK or
him2 BY dunder. 1 vhas mad und il
you don't answer me queek L shall
smash out der windows OF dis shop"
why you WALK in dot park2' I says
because I like to smoke und think
Why don't you sit on der fence?"
because 7 won't do it."
Den 7 don't say nOttings ind &c
myself in some law suit"
Mr. Nogelstein Keeps quiet for fif
minutes While he shakes his head unG
scowls at der wall. und den he says
Maybe Z sue a man for $4,000 dam
ages. I vhas going oQp Green avenue
der odder da-7 when I comes to an auc
ton place. I drop in to see how sh'
vhas. und dot auctioneer vhas holding
/ COP a gold watch to sell. ] don't know
him, but I guess he knows me for h
mods his head to me und says ten dol
lar. I nod my head to him, und he say
it vhas 'leven dollar He mods und
nod, und so it goes for fife minutes, unC
den he says dot watch vhas sold to M
for nineteen dollar. 7 saws it can't be
und he says it can. und finally he tell
/ a man to put me out und keep m
AWAY. All der peoples laugh und clal
der hands. und 7 vhas so ashamed ash
neffer vhas. Hans. can't J. sue dot man
Can't I make him pay big damages2 1
he don't know me should he nod HI
head to me2 SpeclD oop ind tell me do
pefore do some damages"
You don't know some beans" I says
You vhas a liar!"
We don't speak again for long time
If 7 look at Mr.. Voglestein his hal
stand oOp; if he looks at me vhas re-