Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-19
,cow., saws. and don't raik'n that

scow,' I says, and don't raik'n that
I'm gwine to pay you the wuth O.
three muskrats to git over, do you?
Ono says the ferryman, that
wouldn't be business, neither. But 1
CANT change yer COON says he, and l
hain't never KEEP no books yit, and l
don't raikn to open none now says
he.
81 see that he was right smart
sort of business man, but SO was i,
and I didn't raik'n to give him coon
for somethin' that warn't with only
muskrat, so I says to him:
Amt thar no other place to git
across this river but right yere? l
says.
"oh, yes.' he says. You kin take
the ford he says.
"AThank you for lettin' me-" says.
Which way is the ford?' says l.
"Down the river says the ferry
man. Fifty mile says be.
"This fellow was a business man,
and no mistake, I begun to see, and
I was on the pint O. standin' and de-
liverin' my coon fer what was only
with a muskrat, when he says:
"'Now,' he says you don't want to
give up and not git yer moneys wuth,'
says he, and I don't want to git yer
money and not give yer the with of
it. It's with muskrat fer to git over
this ferry says he I can't change
yer coon. and yer coon is with three
muskrats Now says he, gimme yer
coon. I'll tote yer across and back
agin, and then over another time,
says he. 'That'll be three crossin's,'
says he, and you've had the w,lth of
yer money, and you're over, and I've
had the with of my totin'.' says he.
II couldn't see how anything could
be fairer deal than that, and hand
ed over my coon and rid in on the
scow. The Teller ferried me over 10th
err side, and see him lookin' my coon
hide over like he was criticizing Of it,
just before we made the landin' on the
back trip. When he made the landin'
he comes to me with the coon in his
hands and he says:
don't rak'in you knowed it, says
he, but this circulatin' mejum has got
hole in it, says he.
Sure as gum stumps, the coon had
a hole in it bigger'n a tome p'summon!
Wouldn't call for more than four
bits on demand, a coon with a hole in
it like that un, would it?' says the fell
Ter.
Thar warn't no use in my sayin'
it would, for it wouldn't. Four bits
d been a top ratin' for that COON
"'Yas,' says the Teller. Two musk
rats. And cose CANT give you the
with o. three muskrats for a two
nluskrat coon,' says he. 'Bein' bus
mess man yourself says he, I don't
raik'n you'd 'spect me to. I've give
you two muskrat totin,' says he, an
you orto be more keerful,' says he.
about talkin' circulating mejum with
a hole in it, says he.
Goose I'd had the with o. my mon
ey, and couldn't find no fault, SO rid
off o. the scow ag'in and fifty mile
down the river to the ford, jest be-
cause"
Just because you didn't have an
airship," exclaimed Promoter Dicken-
sheets, Il see more than ever the i'm
portance of one! There's no telling
what time a fellow may run shy of a
circulating medium, and just see how
an airship might come to his rescue!
I'll build mine right away"
"And make it hot-air ship, Dick, /"
said Colonel Jim Furlong, letting an
other streak of fire shoot thru his
wliskers from his diamond. Then
you'll always have your own fuel with
you, and it won't cost you a cent"
But the secretary manager, director,
promoter and scheme producer had the
nice clean looking old man in tow, and
was headed toward the highbau re-
fectOry.