The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-18

woid,' he says, you is de dead ringer for
what's -his-name, dat played-hold on: is dis
on de level? Amt you Sandy Bull of
Princeyard? No? Well. Chimmie, I'm de-
lighted Trot out your cigars, but dey is on
me. L might known, dough- he goes on
piping me off close. SANDY is bit toughe.
in his langwudge dan you is, but it is DE-
build dat fooled me. Drink up, and split
anodder bot me. I'd get trun off de
team If coach knowed broke training like
dis: but dere's a lot of nonsense about dose
training rules"
Well, we has gaily-gaiy times for an
hour or two; me taking me new fren
through de Bowery, and showing him some
tings he said was never dreamed of in his
philosophy. meaning, 1 suppose, dat de
dream books at his college was back num-
bers.
Before he says ia ia, me fren, all of a
student, says, II say. old chap" he says.
what de deuce is dat nose protector for,
anyway"
So 1 tells him about kiddie and shows
him de youngsters letter. He was tickled
to deaf wit de letter. and makes a copy
of 1t, to show his college frens. Den he says
dat kiddie writes like de real stuff: and dat
we must see dat he went to his college when
he was old enough; for it was lads dat be-
gan de game when dey was kids dat dey
was looking fer. Den he takes me back
to de store, and p'chee. he blows kiddie off
to whole box of tricks dat is worn in de
game, and has EN- sent TO kiddies School
wit ''De compliments of Buck Senter.''
/ didn't tell Duchess about dat, for many
of de tings Buck buys for de kiddie makes
me wonder if de game wasn't woise dan
being put in a strait-jacket, and diving
bell at de same time. and Duchess might
not like de proposition, and stop de lads
education entirely.
But L writes kiddie about il on de sly
and told him not to tell his modder, but to
write me what kind of hit he made in
his new outfit. 1 gets a letter soon.
Dear Dad" kiddie writes. I'm getting
on fine. the things the CRATE Buck Senter
bot for me has put me at the he'd. 1 am
capten, boss. and president. the biggest boy
in chol give me half of his pie from home
The boy l stuck the nose gard into his eye
is in the inirmry. now. 1 like chol. if l
go to college / will be 1T. yure loven
Emmett. p. $. Tell dear mama boy sed
was a dude for haven so many hankies. he
is now on the eide line"
and he says he is glad de boy is taking so
kindly to education. Desc folks he says
dat writes letter to de papes about over
educating our youth is wandering in de
blackness of darkness. 1 shall tell house.
keeper To send your son two pies. TO en-
courage him i'm his studies; and write 10 de
principal OF de school dat de boys fadder
is a fren Of Buck Senter. Dat will insure
de lad de kind attention from principal and
teachers he seems able 10 insure for himself
from de odder boys Let us rejoice" he
says, dat dough dark clouds may gadder
over de future of state, church and Wall
street, de future OF Joining is I'm safe hands
and shoulders. De side lines will find DER
recruits. now. as always: but de bulwark
of our institutions are safe. while de nose
guard preserves its integrity" he says,
truning in few big woids for full measure
land dc arnlca bottle holes out TO boin. De
future may be a bit shy on washingtons.
and Jeffersons; but while we is producing
Buck Senters de march OF progress cannot
DC stopped until we has conquered de whole