Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-06-07

tlracter-an greatly WIZ he set up
by it. An, ez I say, he wuz a-teHin'
Maggy great sthories about cuttin' of
wheels. IL,
'Ye don't know fwhat that is? Well,
I shud explain to ye, thin, that it is
tn ambishun iv young driver to cut
wheel off iv wagon wild his own
machine. TIL way It's done is this:
Whin he's runnin' down a good, easy
sthreet, answerin' a cab, an sees a
wagon on ahead iv Utmost gin rally
an ovid dray er some it41er rickety
thing wild tn wheels ready to fall Off
he steers ia behind it an swings out
jist in time to keteh tn hind wheel.
His horses bem' on tn run whin he
strikes tn wheel, it goes to flinders,
tn wagon drops down in tn sthreet,
an tn newspapers puts in piece
about tn carelessness " teenasters an
tn great danger to til brave FIRE
men-an' fer a month that particular
driver hez a head sweEled to tn size
Nv a barr'l
II sthood it fer a bit, an thin says:
'Ye're somethin' iv driver yerseif, I
understand, Mr.. Nolan
"I kin drive he says, lookin' at me
ez if he'd like some wan 10 idintify
me. I kin drive. Ye're right there.
I know thing err two about drkin'
I'd like to find few min in tn day
partmint to match rae he says.
"'An' this outtin' Off " wheels We
wuz tellin' iy, I s'pepe ye're up to
that"
"'D'ye mean to say + cant do it?'
says he, gettin' little warm. :Wud
We like to bet me anydhm' l can't do
IT.?
"'That's jist fwhat w4d,' says I,
gettin' up an comm oyer to i'm. TIL
bet We fwhat We viii We can't do it,
an niver can, fwhat's more
"'1'll take ye,' says he In mint.
'Fwhat'u it beg
ct see me chanst,. an I turned to
Maggy. Will ye sthand by it, Maggy9
says I.
1t rists wild you entirely SAYS she,
still a-laughin'. 7 h et ,nothsns to do
wild it,
But We will decide TIL wlnner?'
says I. 'Ye will cllusa wan " las?'
Il looked at 'er straight. an she
give me a laugh am 4 quick bit iv Il
look out iv eg eya that made me heart
jump like a thruck horse, an she says:
'Yis, Michael, III ehuse wan
An wild that ! come away; eontint
to lave 'er wild Nolan either seem that
look in er eye.
We'll, Nolan waited an waited fer
chanst to git a Wheel, On his e1apst
come. 1t wuz about four O'Clock wan
AFTERNOON whin a call come In from
box sivinty-six.
''Whln we turned into Fox sthreet
an Nolan let 'em out fer tn straight
run, see single runabout wagon On
ahead iv us, goin' our way an we'll
over to tn right iv tn sthreet. He'll
niver try that says to mesiN But
Nolan wuz more ~ fool than I give
him credit fer bein', an in he turns
behind tn rig. 'Howly Mother says l
to mesilf, we're done fer, sure
An tn thought had no more than
got through me head whin tn smash
come. He'd swung over too far be-
hind tt' rig an come into 1t on tn
run. I heard a crash like two box
ears comm together, an a telegraph
pole an tn side iv a house sailed past
me an landed like a sack l. meal.
well, ez l say, I landed easy, an
ez soon ez cud git togither sinse
enough to know wher l wuz, looked
around to see tn amount iv tn day.
sthrucshun. An Their certainly WIZ an
abunjunce Nv it. Our two ingine
horses wuz lyin' on tn ground wild tn
pole broke-wan iv 'em had a strained
shoulder an niver ran agin-ther wuz
pile iv kindlin' wood an scrap iron
where the runabout wagon had been.
an tn half-dozen men prisint WIZ
scattered all over tn sthreet, Nolan
himsilf lynn under tn wagon wild
broken leg an his head cut open
But tn worst iv it WIZ that wan iy
tn two men in tn runabout wagon had
his shoulder broke.
costello wuz before tn board, an
Nolan WIZ before tn board whin he
got out iv tn hOspittle-which was not
soon-an' tn rest iv us wuz up 10 tell
fwhat we knew about it. an 1y co lrsc
tn blame all come onto Nolan. Their
is no douat he wud've been fired in a
howly mint but fer tn pull he had
His uncle eein' foreman fer Clancy,
tn contractor, stood by i'm, Clancy
bein strong wild tn city hall people in
THIN days. An that's all that liver
savel Nolan.
An Maggy? Oh, l come near fer
gittin' tn most important part Th'
next day, SEEM how ivrythm' had
come me way, begun to feel sorry
fer poor Nolan an wuz minded to see
if l cud do somethin' to aise i'm down.
So wint to Costello an sthroked his
fur, an he purred around an finally
stint nae to tn hospittle to see If Their
wuz anythin' we oud do fer Nolan.
Nv all tn curyus things, ez l think
towled We, theirs nothin' so curyus
ez tn ways iv woman. Their lay
Nolan wild his head tied up, an Their,
crouch1n' on tn floor wild wan arm