The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-12-12


| You're a fool asst her why an She
sed we he'd about as much use fer
New York as q dog hes fer a Side peck.
ct. Tibet made me mad an | tole her
t so I thunder an I'd go-an' | did
What did she say to you when you
got back"
She sed | wuz a burned sight big
goI fool than | wuz before left--but
hen y know she was mad because
dida't take her. Waal. putting nine
hundred in tn bank / TUX hundred
an 4 few dollars Mandy had layn'
round loose, telln her { draw ten, if
she needed it whilst wuz gone, and
took III train. An | wuz a-goin
thought 70 so right, 80 | takes pull
lem sleeper. Tibet is, they calls Il a
leeper hpt what for I'm burned il
know.
, When showed my ticket t the
man al tn gate he sized up iii new
suit case an kind o grinned, but he
didn't say nuthin, so went ahead
aIookln fer car siS. couldn't find no
car six | wa ked up an down. an
all | could see wuz some higafalutin
names, jaWbrc3kefs wols'n the Skis
thet hes th ducks cut my way Finally
walks up t a swell coon with gold
braid on his cap an ses Please, mis-
ter. lin v tell me where III thuade
car six tsp
hight in hyar sir, right in hyar,
SEES ne, smiliu ana perlite, Ii mad
ms swell all up with pleasure. an
went into a dark hole Of hallway
an didn't know but what til Gus
he'd gc, me into the wrong pew Tier
wa eou.e men bas.ild me, an one fe
lei Eilgs out We!', so In or come out
| don't give d--m which. Thet didn
sound so all fred peilite. bat what
could understand II 50 made be |
line Though d diape thet hung ur. All
found myself in aice box with leath
er-coyered seats.
Finally lot o swe,ls came in an |
set down. They locks at me as if
he'd no right there, an il made m
feel gol durn mad Then along come,
tn conductor al lakes my ticket a
tn sleepin car tao, giyin me lit
pink slip.
Here consaFn IT, yelled. cir
me my ticket | hain't got L Ne
York Tn conductor told me t kea
my shirt on. and tn crowd of swell
hollered an laughed lowed hedn
begun t so t bed yet, and tole h
brass-bound gent not { git sassy. II,
seed / meant business and kind
cooled down bit, tellin me I'd Git m
ticket in tn morniu
Upper 10, sar SEES IN darke,
you berth is all ready, sar.
"Wa-all sir, thet coon takes m
back through tn center aisles betwee,
i lot o Grapes that was a floppin
round my shins { where there wuz
stepladder. Tie pinted & it an
an there was, sure 'nough.
bed made up on a shelf looked /
over an it looked good t me, but
climbs down an huntin up tn coon
who then he'd on a white coat. as
hiD where | could hang my clothes
He sed he'd show me- | could see h
wuz tryin' powerful hard not T. laugl
He pointed 10 = hammock made quite.
ish netting swingln over tn bed.
old him thet wouldn't do as my ne,
iuit would git all creased up tn wron
way
Seem nuthin' else t do. climb.
~, an sittin on tn side of tibet two
tory bed. takes of my boots an
lrops EN- on tn floor. They ceftainl,
lid make a noise. IN a galoot sticks
lis head outen tn drapes up-a-ways
n wants { know what thell. / grins
{ him an tells him & keep his, night.
hirt on. He WIZ thet mad tibet he
hook his fist at me. Seem no pegs.
rolls m coat MP an puts il in tn
shnet, an crawls in between tn !
heets with the rest Of my clothes on.
y thet time J wuz real dozv. lest
g | WIZ fallin' t sleep there comes a
bump an I thought I wuz bein !
riven through tn front en- Of tn car n
sticks my head ont an asst tn COON 1
hat the matter wuz. lie ses We wuz q
My sioDpin' az a station. sed il tibet a
az III way II WIZ done | 'sposed II [,
az al right, an tried l. sleep. but tn o
ind come whistlin' through some n
here tell you them pullems orter
cauiked. took my bumps tin
o1nin. an then made up my mind
day coach wuz good enough fer =,
.. I would Al least know where I =
as ar
Gosh, he exclaimed. looking at =,
s watch. I'll be late fer dinner. an :.
ANDY toie me Z bring her some cof- 7,
E. Yer don't know Mandy or you'd !,
.ow what tibet means. III see yer =
in in few days an tell yer bout y
rest Of tn trip" u