Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-03-18
CHIMMIE FADDEN.
Search for Green Things Results in a
Singer Being Stung.
WRITTEN FOR TIE EVENING BY EDWARD W. TOWNSEND.
Copyright. by W.

We are living in town now, and Duchess,
she sees piece in de paper where de re-
porter says dat signs of spring was but
ting into de landscape out in de country
where de landscape grows. 1t makes me
want to see a bit of It, for de only land
scape we sees from de back window of our
house was de back windows of de row of
houses in de next street.
dis is our afternoon out" says Duchess,
$50 let us put on our gardening close and
go to de park and see has any of does signs
of spring come over de ferries and gone
into business in Manhattan"
Sure" / says, ''let US stroll up de avenoo
and pipe off de lads on de boxes and see has
dey any signs of spring about dem, and
woik up to de park and take in de buds and
tings dis reporter says can be found If you
has your glasses wit you"
Well, de little old avenoo was all right,
but de only signs of spring seen dere
was under de carriages. But when we gets
into de park we rubbers hard and p-chee!
we did find a bud or two. and We goes
rubbering so hard to see could We find some
of de odder tings de reporter says was out
on top of de landscape dat a mug was pip
ing off he says to me was we from de
country, and homesick for de springtime
comes gentle Annie.
l was so mad at foist at being mistook
for a farmer dat l was going to give him
jolt, but den / remembers de togs we wore,
so l gives wink to Duchess, and says TO
de mug dat was dat homesick for de
country where we comes from dat we. was
going to buy load of hay and take 1t to
our hotel to stuff a bed wit.
OF course Duchess tumbles den dat we
was up against a sure ting gent, ana she
plays de game wit all her heart-and she
can play any game of de kind when she
gets a steer dat dere is fun or funds in
sight.
Well say, de way dat mug snuggles UP to
us made me almost sorry for him-but only
almost He SAYS he was from de country,
too; and was out in de park just as like
ives, to refresh himself wit de fo:st peek
at anything dat looks like it could grow
out of doors. Duchess, she turns up her
eyes, and gives a sigh and says dat de
gent was almost as good as dc
country itself; for If one couldn't see ue
real COW pastures, de next best ting was TO
meet a gent dat loved EN- as we did. My,
my! how dat sure ting gent did smile. He
goes on to tell us dat he had just had a DIT
of good luck dat made his stay IN de
wicked and CRASHES city not so hard to
bear.
At dat good start at de same old story.
1 had to toin away from Duchess so dat
wouldn't grin me stupid head off, and
seen dat it was hard even for dat fly goll
TO keep a straight mug on her.
Yes" says me fren, II has just hold
dat 1 has win a tousand dollars in lot
terry and am going around to collect me
money, but l had to take peep at desc
dear buds foist."
Duchess she nearly weeps wit sympathy
for de sentiment of de good man, and
says 1 was glad to hear he had such good
luck, for all de money / had in de woild
was about two hundred dollars, and anod-
der tousand would give me chance to buy
a stock of goods for me hotel in Cohose,
and dat was what we was in town for.
Well at dat, l sees de gent gives a sig
nal for anodder gent of de same kind
who was looking for good tings, too, and
de new gent comes up in hurry and he
gives our good fren a telegram telling him