The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-07-21

Copyright, 1903. by Robert Howard
RusselID
Heddo, Boss. Long time I don't see
you. Well, We has only come back from
our wedding joiney to form parts, and
has been busy rubbering little old New
YORK.
No not Duchess and my wedding
oinev; Miss Fannie's and Mr. Paurs
Sure, Wasn't 1 telling you dat just as
loon as Mr.. Burton-wnat was Mss
Fannfe's fofst husband-had solved two
wears in heaven. dat NJ. Paul made
a running jump at de proposition, and
married Miss Fannie before she could
get her guard up? 1t was de foist time
in mis- life dat Mr.. Paul ever got a move
on. and l puts it UP dat Miss tanhle
was afraid dat if she didn't sign ar
ticIes. and get into d. ring Wit him, ne q
die of compressed cOmmOtIOn. WHAT'S
da+o Emotion? We'll, let it lay at dat.
She took him. so Duchess says, TO keep
him out Of mischief; bat Willy Wildly
isn'r married, and dere is no speCks IN
her glad eye. Anyway, Miss Fannie
took Mir. Paul, and me- and Duchess
took bote Of 'em on a wedding jOiney 20
de form part where folks speaks de same
kind of dago Iangwudge Duchess
speaks.
Listen: [ tumbles soon after We
landed over dere, and before Id located
de Bowery of Paris, dat bOte Miss Fan
ME and Mr.. Paul meant to go to a
bunch Of odder places besides France
but Duchess fim-fammed de game
Duchess was one, two, tree in Paris
from lie drop of de flag; but l was only
also ran. until I struck dose Sidewalk
book Joints on 81 boulevard of desc lt-i-
ians.
Nov dat We is in a Christian land.
Chances says Duchess. "let US stop
here. if We has de wit for to do 80 wit
out losing our jobs
So whatever is de Battery and de
Bronx, do East and de Mort rivers OF
Paris. does was de limits of de wedding
joiney-
Chances" says Mr. Paul to me one
day. having seen here forty two miles
of pictures We is going for to take a lit
tie run into de mountain, for me soul,
he says. longs for a feast of de beautl-
full" he says. Resolve US places on de
train for Lucerne.'
Sure" 1 says I'm a minute" I says.
But l wasn't wise wedder Lucerne was
in de Cherry Hill, or de Murray Hill
district of France, so I goes to Duchess
and tells her to get me in line.
"Luoerne? BAH" says Duchess. "Lu-
cerne is of Switzerland. BAH"
Sure" I says. Bah. bah!"
is we not in Paris??" she avs
Oats as near heaven as we'll ever get
without going to de trouble of dying.
Wen stay here. If Paris" she says.
is good enough for US, what has been
married five years, of Il surely 1t Is
good enough for Nam Zelle Fannie and
M'sieu Paul, what has only been mar
ried five weeks, and do not know where
dey is at. yet. Kesky say Lucerne!
Pour quot Lucerne?" she says. "Au
diable Lucernei" she says. i have or
dered by de card postal Of my Sood
friend de wife of de excellent chef Of de
Restaurant of de Miraculous Catch OF
Fish, on de ank of de Seine, a de
sheeny a In f~ourchette, 70 be solved or
de veranda to Mam'zeIie and Mslou,
and to you and me in de cuisine. Oats
where we'll go. Lucerne? \ bas. Lu-
cerne.
An dat's what we done. Lucerne was
to de bah.
Now and den Mr.. Paul sat up anC
took notice dat We was still in Paris
and he'd order me to get EN- ready u
go somewhere else. But Duchess would
have j plant all ready to queer de game
and mostly Mr.. Paul and Miss Fannie
was too happy to know wedder day wa:
on de uptown, or de downtown train
or was taking a Lexington Av'nOo ca
to go up Broadway.
Once Mr.. Paul woke up enough to ash
me why We was not on &c way 10 LII
cerne, and l told him deere was ice OF
de told rail, but we'd be off in de morn
ing if deere was no strike OF de Pullman
porters, and de road was clear. So
chases TO Duchess, ami says. VIVA
T'eu?" 1 says. Que diable?' says 1.
simple CONNIE un verre d'eau-whicl
IS Paris fer Dead easy-she says
And we chases down to de Rue de Rivol
and buys a hotel guide of de SWlS
mountains, and Leaves it in DER rooms
It'll Go dem just as much good a
going dere." says Duchess, and not d
ME near as much harm.
Is Duchess a bold? What. Honest. !
dat goiI ever lost noive jere wouldn'
De enough of her left to speak OF.
Now dat M'sieu Paul is TO be on
new MASTER" says she, we u star
in to train him proper RI de beginning
So as he will never get 10 foolish no
ton dat he has a right 20 90 anythin
muuI but love Mam'zeIle. and a d
bills.
Say. I'm passing it along 20 You o
IL level; dat was de way II was a
de time We was in from parts. But
amt making no holler on dat score.
i wasn't SO for from de BOwery. Par
would De near as easy TO waltz tru as {
Teuderloin. Its cheap 10 BE- happy
Paris. lie amount Of booze dat wOuldn
stop an American linking about h
debts. Will start a Frenchman braggir
about his rich REALTORS. and givir