The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-18

married, und I gif you my word yor
vhas ash happy ash a queen"
"Cobbler,'' says. dot womans, ash she
rose oop init grunt und a, wheeZe und
smiles ash big ash a washboard, "you
hat saved two lives und made two souls
happy. und shall not forget you II
shall be new shoes eafery month or two
und old shoes fixed oop all der time
und I shall pay you back twice over
Keep a leetle quiet for a week und you
shall hat some of der bridal cake"
1t makes me feel dot good / vhas
some advice, und 1 vhas proud over it,
when a man comes in init four old
shoes in a bundle und filings 'em down
und says:
'Umpn, I belief you vhas a fraud.''
''Und Why do you belief dot2" 1 says.
''Vhell, What do you know about adj
wice?''
Il know all about her. state your
case, und if 1 don't advise you 1 take
He don't say nottings for six min
utes. but signs und groans like man
in great trouble. Den he speaks out:
DO you gift me AWAY if 1 talk to
your
s'Of course not. I vhas der greatest
confidence man in America
Den my case vhas like dis 1 vhas
in love NIT a girl who don't answer
me. If she loves me in return 1 can't
say If 1 speak to her of marriage
she laughs ind runs AWAY More ash
feefty times I take her hand und try
to talk to her of love. but she speaks
about der weather und cats und dogs
und drives me most crazy Cobbler,
l gift YOU my solemn word dot L don't
sleep two hours of a night lose my
annette If a man comes along der
street yelling 'strawberriesi' it makes
me so mad und nervous dot l RUN out
und punch his head If dot girl don't
marry Sae in month 1 vhas in some
crazy .Jlace or der river. 1t vhas too
much for me. Now can you tell me
What / shall do2"
II cam 1 SAYS "I belief dot girl
loves you. but she don't vhant to say
you. Dot vhas der vhay nit some
womens. When I court my wife she
vhas laughing at me all der time, und
1 vhas almost dead before she stops
her fooling. / haf seen twenty cases
like yours
'Und What shall do?''
do YOU walk out init her in der
eavenings?"
yes"
do you go by der park und sit
down on bench to tell her of your
Iove?''
Eyes.
"Den it vhas all X. o. You must
hire some man friend of yours to |
come along some night When you vhas |
sitting in der park. He must hat
club in his hand und make out dot
he vhas crazy und Will kill dot girl |
When he raises his club to break her |
head und make a dead girl of her, you |
must spring oop und knock him down.
If you safe dot girls life she Will |
marry you in two weeks. She can't
help it 1t vhas gratitude. But for
you her head would be in two pieces.
Dot vhas der vhay L get my wife"
But my friend don't like to be |
knocked down. he says
But you pay him 50 for it und |
dom strike too hard. 1t vhas sure |
vhay. Don't try something's shust ash |
good. If you can't get nopody else L
Will be der crazy mans myself
He thought it over for few min
ltes and den smiled und said:
"Cobbler, you vhaS a brick. Dot
game Will work hat a friend who
Will let me punch him for nottings,
ind in three nights dot girl vhas mine.
Mend oop dose shoes, und all my
work shall come to you after dis. By
golly but for an old dozer of a shoe
maker you hat a wise head on you!
Mum vhas der word. In der park by
Ter ht-love-romance-
man NIT a club-gallant rescue at der
peril of my life. Here vhas a silver
dollar ash a present. und you vhas my
frendt for life!"
Und one week later he looks into
my shop window und winks unds mods
ind smiles, and 1 know dot my ad-
vice brings him a wife.-(Copyr1ght,
1904 by T. C. McClure.)