Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-06-21

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wuz foreman fer Clancy, tn con-
th"acter-an' greatly wuz he set up
by it. An, ez say, he wuz a-tellin'
Maggy great sthories about cuttin' off
wheels.
''Ye don't know fwhat that is? Well,
shud explain to We, thin, that it is
tn ambishun iv young driver to Gu.
wheel off Nv wagon wild his own
machine. TIL way tbs done is this:
| Win he's runnin' down a good, easy
sthreet, answerin' a call, an sees a
wagon on ahead Nv 'im-most gin'rally
an ovid dray er some ither rickety
thing wild tn wheels ready to fall Of
he steers In behind it an swings out
j1sr In time to ketch tn hind wheel.
His horses bein' on tn run whin he
strikes tn wheel, it goes to flinders,
tn wagon drops down in tn sthreet,
an tn newspapers puts in a piece
about tn carelessness Nv teemsters an
| tn great danger to tn brave fire.
men-an' fer a month that particular
driver hez head swe}led to tn size
Nv a barr'l.
Il sthood 1t fer bit, an thin says:
'Ye're somethin' Nv driver yerself, /
understand, Mr.. Nolan
~ kin drive he says, lookin' at me
~ If he'd like some wan to idintify
me. ! kin drive. Ye're right there
know a thing er two about drivin'
I'd like to find few min in tn day.
partmint to match me- he says.
AN this cuttin' off iv wheels We
WIZ tellin' iv. s'pose ye're up to
that?'
Dye mean to say I can't do it,
says he, gettin' little warm 'Wud
We like to bet me anythin' I can't do
it?'
That's jist fwhat wud,' says l.,
gettin' up an comm over to i'm. TIL
bet We twhat We will We can't do it.,
an niver can, whats more
I'm take ye,' says he in a mint
'Fwhat'll it beg
81 see me chanst, an I turned to
Maecy. Will we sthand by it, Maggy?'
says |.
1T rists wild you entirely says she,
still a-laughin'. I hev nothin' to do
wild it,
But We will decide tn winner?'
says l. 'Ye will chuse wan iv us?'
Il looked at 'er straight, an she
i've me a laugh an a quick bit iv Il
.oo}l out iv 'er eye that made me heart
Jump like thruck horse, an she says:
Wis Mjobaal I'I1 ob,,co
An wild that I come away, contint
to lave 'er wild Nolan afther SEEM that
,ook in 'er eye.
We'll, Nolan waited an waited fer
a chanst to git a wheel, an his chanst
come. 1t WIZ about four o'clock wan
afthernoon whin a call come in from
box sivinty-six.
'Wh1n we turned into Fox sthreet
an Nolan let 'em out fer tn straight
run, | see a single runabout wagon on
ahead iv us, goln' our way an we'll
over to III right iv tn sthreet. He'll
niyer try that says l to mesilf But
Nolan wuz more iv a fool than I give
him credit fer bein', an in he turns
behind tn rig. 'Howly Mother,' says
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 tn rig an come into it on tn
run. l heard crash like two box
cars comm together, an telegraph
pole an tn side iv house sailed past
me an l landed like sack j. meal.
well, ez l say, landed easy, an
ez soon ez l cud git togither sinse
enough to know wher l wuz, ] looked
around to see tn amount iv tn day.
sthrucshun. An Their certainly wuz an
abunjunce Nv it. Our two ingine
horses wuz lynn on tn ground wild tn
pole brOke-wan iv em had 4 strained
shoulder an niver ran agin-ther wuz
a 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 a
broken leg an his head cut open
But tn worst iv it wuz that wan iv
ia WV AAACA III Ill luudDOuL WdSOu udV
his shoulder broke.
costello wuz before tn board, an
Nolan wuz before tn board whin he
got out iv tn hospittle-which was not
soon;-an' tn rest iv us wuz up to tell
fwhat we knew about it. An iv &C. lrse
tn blame all come onto Nolan. Their
is no DOUBT he wud've been fired in a
howly mil4jt but fer tn pull he had
His uncle Vein foreman fer Clancy,
tn contractor, stood by i'm, Clancy
bein strong wild tn city hall people ir
thin days. An that's all that i've:
savel Nolan.
An Maggy? Oh, come near fer
gittin' tn most important part. TIL
next day, seein' how ivrythin' had
come me way, L begun to feel sorry
fer poor Nolan an wuz minded to sec
it cud do somethin' to aise i'm down,
So | whit to Costello an sthroked his
fur, an he purred around an finally
stint me to tn hospittle to see If Their
wuz anythin' we cud do fer Nolan.
Nv all tn curyus things, ez l think
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