Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-04-08

ong and earnestly at each other, each
me seeming to doubt the ability of the
,ther to keep up his part. Duffy broke
he silence by saying:
Now, me fine brother, is de time to
rawsum up your little fiddle and play
second to de original curtain-raiser."
Second de devil! plays first horn
In dis little parade or bust de drum"
1.-THE Count" rejoined: "You's allus
got big holdout fer de one spot. and
thinks you'se de whole show"
Come off de guard, now; dat's all
skimbo wild you. We'se gotter play de
duet dis time by note in de key Of Dave
and Tom. Now you'se back on de rails
wild your headlight on; Dave and Tom,
nephews to his nibs, and de rest OF de
little lesson to be learned from de ole
lady, our aunt"
Oats de larn; you'se Dave and I'll
do de standin fer Tom. You see, all de
Dawes is long and skinny-Westing
house de rush! You know dey's mach.
ally take you fer Dave; I'm too short"
Oats de pattern; Dave and Tom,
Uncle Jonathan and Aunt Suwanee.
river wild little Cousin zeb de side o.
we'se de secret service guys, we Is
We'se gotter lay dead, let de old fosset
leak. keep our cans in de drip and de
ways clear"
Yes, and keep the brake on till de
Grade slows up and de sand box load.
cd"
Choke IT, Dere's de old"
81 jes na'chally know Zebbey's the
torndownest boy in creashun. Here
he's been gone half tn eveniu' an no
tellin' whar he's at. lie jest wearies
the very life outen men his paw. Yes,
boys air boys, shore 'nulf, an tn most
ov 'em air mighty bad u'ns. Why,
only tother day Zebby and Miz Thorn.
asses Charley went over to town to see
a King what's come over to this coun.
try. leastwise ! hearn 'em atalkin
about II tn next mornin', an law! II
Jest makes me trimble when | think
how ongenerous an ondignifed the
people air gittin' They had some kind
of TODD over there to town an tray
NV dimonds was stole, but the Teller
what tuck II got ketched. Zebby Glow
ed as how he had II hid in his sleeve
! s'spose II as littler tray than a
bread tray, err he couldernter got 1t In
his sleeves. lessn he as wea wearin
one o. them bloomer shirts. Then an
other Teller hilt.up a Queen and throw
ed down King. Jonathan allowed as
sspose he wus, fer they'd hung him
er somethin' fer sich crime. / told
'em that so fer as the THROWN down
NV tn King as concerned didn't think
that much outen tn way, considerin
that so many NV tn boys air sict
wrastlers an so full O. Indebtedness;
but to hold-up that Queen was wrong
an tn one what done 1t orter be del
with. Thar was another Teller thar
so tn boys said, tibet had three bob
tail jacks an got 'em beat with clubs
Jest think, one O. them mean, low
down Jacksonses a.beatin' NV then
poor little ole mules with clubs. Then
besides, Zebby allowed as how he SEED
him pinch his aunty, an to my certain
knowledge the pore ole critter Is mos
past goin'. Then not bein satisfied, h
ups an sends ten dollars a.buyin' o
chips an his paw a-runnin a wood
yard right thar in town. | s'spose h
as tryin' to cook somethin', but Zel
hn ~ ,Tit N
She now stopped for breath, LOOKED
around at the boys and saw them shali
ing in such a manner that she jumped
up and began to search for the cam
phor bottle. Duffy told her that sucl
business as she had described shocke'
his weak nerves and the Count
pleaded an attack of "de st. Vituse
Jig" Duffy threw out hint as 4
the probable fullness Of Aunt Zach
ariah's" cupboard. and she was pro
fuse with apologies for not havinl
asked them II they he'd "et."
After another go wild de tools" the.
went back into the room. Duffy foun'
a "clay John" pipe and filling 1t will
plug cut" laid his feet up In the win
dow and blew a cloud Of smoke III
into the face Of crayon portrait o
Grandpa Whizzleberry." After he hat
finished his smoke he went to the to
bacco box, filled one of his pockets, pu
the pipe in another, looked at tn
Count" and said: "While de old chrO
mo is clearin' de wreck. let's go on
to de barn and recite little verse.
So together they went to the barn
climbed up into the loft and after eS
changing a few thoughts on the situa
ton fell asleep. They were awakene,
about dark by loud and excited tall
at the house. They're out in tn
barn." they heard some one say, an
peeping through crack they behel
the Deacon, his son, Zeb, and two biz
rawbOned. freckle-faced giants wear
ing widebrimmed straw hats and high
heeled boots. The old man carried
big black shotgun about seven fee
long, his son Zeb garden rake and tn
other two who were the true Tom an