The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-23

and would likely tink I'd be minutes get
ting to him. when I'd be seconds, for a
fact. | worked de horn wit one hand and
steered as far to de right as could wit de
odder hand, but p'chee he was turning to
his left He was a Britsher, see? When
he saw how i was coming he got de rattles
and turned to de left de way dey do at
home. 1 tries to give quick turn to de
left, and more tings Mapped in second
dan you could put in a book. De machine
skided, / kicked lever dat stopped and
revoised and de stop was so student dat
1 went on me way wit a coive in de air
dat landed me glancing on de victoria top.
and from dere L shot off like golf ball
dat hits a rock on de fly, and landed on
top of a load of hay, in de field. and got a
pitchfork of it over me dat de farmer was
trimming up when 1 started.
L must have bumped me coco on a frame
of de carriage top, for / was down and out
| till 1 hears someone say. why, here he
ISL and dey chuck de hay off me, and dere
| was half de folks i'm de country rubbering.
God bless my soul, it's Chamesr' 1
| hears Whiskers say, and l says, Yes. sir,
| was you wanting anything, sir?"
lifts me down, and monkies over me to see
| was L broke and all dat dey could find
was a lump on my coco as big as your fist.
| Willy Wildly was in de carriage wit Whis-
kers. and she getes me something to sniff
dat made me sneeze, so a man in a mobe
pulls out flask and he says, Here, young
man. sniff dat
/ shifts about tree fingers of it. and it
puts me to de good, for fair. Den / looks for
de machine. and it had nit one of dose stone
walls dey raises in our country, and de
| biggest piece we found was de rubber bulb
| of de horn.
Leave it dere,' says Whiskers. land get
up on de box wit driver, and come home"
| he says.
| Did you ever hear a French goil jaw? A
| cabby underpaid and star in a poor
dressing room uses pretty-pretty lam
I gwudge alongside a French goil when she
is doing her best at scolding. When
| Duchess began to plaster up me back,
where de skin was off, she asks did Mr..
Paul know what kind of a. deal I was in
| for. De more L told her dat he didn't, de
more she made up her mind dat he did,
| and if he had heard her opinion of him he
would liquidated himself at bargain-counter
prices "He would rode de machine as
soon as me- l said, IF I'd been shy on
| de proposition"
| But | couldn't square Mr.. Paul wit her.
| She said dat de only way ne could make
her believe dat he didn't put up a job TO
| make her a WILDLY, was to tip me well.
..What do YOU call well?' / asks, and
Duchess says dat noting less dan two dol
! lars would put Mr.. Paul to de good in her
opinion.
When I'd been plastered up and rubbed
| down / goes about me business, and
meets Mr. Paul in de hall, and he asks me
into dc library.
Pm glad you wasn't holt much.
Chances ne says.
Tanks / says. Barring a bump on me
conk and being trifie shy of skin on me
back. I'm as good ever
MIR. Van Notwithstanding whis-
kers-"tells me dat it was de new coach
mans fault, turning to de left" Mr.. Paul
| says.
Dat was lucky for me- 1 says. IF
something hadn't stopped me, i couldn't
stopped meself. and would have landed in
| Boston, and 1 didn't have me Boston guide
book in me pocket No HARM I says.
az spose Hortense feels much hoit?''
''woise dan me- L says, rubbing me
| conk.
I'm sorry it happened, Chames." says
he Perhaps dis will make you feel bet
ter" and he passes me out fiver
Dat was two and half TO one better
dan Duchess had figured on. and / was
| laying out a plan to hold out de balance on
| her, but il was no use. She was laying for
me when l left Mr.. Paul. and she says:
| How much. Chames?
Two bones" / says. Two cases"
cit was more" she says. IF IL was
only two you'd say it was one. Hand over
Cheems 1t is good ting dat you have
a careful wife to keep your money, for you
| might get extravagant and buy a house
and lot on FIT avnoo Pungle. Cheems,"
she says, using good English, SOS would
| understand.
What's de use, / can get trun mile
through de air. and have de luck to land on
/ load of hay, but when il comes TO holding
out on Duchess, why. dat's magic. and
! amt up i'm de part. But de new coachman
! and me had a lovely time dat evening. and
If his wife didn't use more sticking plaster
on him dan Duchess used on me, his wife
didn't 10 her duty.
But / done mine. and dat coachy will turn
TO de right all right. after dis. all right
| sure.