The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-12-07

The Once Boy Dissrts Upon His Oh.
viOus Faults

vioHs Fauita
He'd be a good man 70 work fer II he
got the right kline q boy said Jimmy.
what be wants Il boy about 90
years old with q has window on him
an a bald head n some old lobster
Ike he !. would come in an take my
scat an stand of the guys he doesn't
want 70 see an run his Grants fer him
he'd y suitcd--nit-n not
lie Jet thinks that he's all right
that's ALL continued Jimmy. III he hal
a dnplerlit Of hissslf around he'd let
cut & boiler you could bear clear out 70
the city limits He comes IN an he says
to me. What are Won a-doin' that fer.
You young limbs You don't never see
me a-doin' that Well I should say not
Ia like TO see him a.balaucin' feather
duster on hi nose an jurglin' a couple
o rubber stamps al The same time. An
whistles lie couldn't carry a tune to
save his dened old red neck.
I've got a pitehcr o myself havin' my
nails manicured BY thai fairy up on fhe
tenth floor an maxim goo goo eyes at
her. The old skate. Why don't you ever
get yuar hands washed blame it, he
SAYS. Look az them finger marks on these
here papers I wante.i. TO say. If /
didn't never have nothfn more to 10
with my hands 'septin' to stroke my
whiskers an sign cheeks mebbe ia keep
my hands clean too. you ola mutt. II
I shook up 20 the tenth floor as muea
as ven derI'd have pretty finger nails.
would II | could. but I can't, cause I'm
married now. doneher seeS' That's what
/ want 70 say 70 him. He doesn't know
that I'm on 20 him, but you bet ! am.
II take message over 70 West
Adams for him mornin' an because
didn't git back with the answer in ten
minutes be throws q ft What'H hlaxos
have vuu been a-doin' with the after
noony he SAYS DID he roast met Well
say. Ia a notion to take him on tae
side Of the head with an ink bottle. I
Hes an old peach to talk about wastiu'
time I don't 90 out 10 my lunch an
say I'll be back ia ten minutes an stay
gone two hours an a half, anyway. An
when | come back from my lunen ny
face amt no reddef nor my talk any
thicker than it was af0re went ont |
he ought 70 get on the wafer wagon.
I've gotter be respeekfnl an attea
tive an perlite an I've gotter use nice |
angwieh ! s'pose he thinks il was nice |
angwich he was usiu' when the book |
agent got in Ia see him the other morn
n. | bet III I talked like that they'd |
send me To the reform school, hut its |
III right Tor MIN. Then he blames it on /
n me an he gives me nice perlite /
roin' over. What did you let him in
ior, voa little idi0tN he saws. What am 1
payin you wages for Do You think I
F0u'ra I'm arnr1nent To the ortiee@ Hi
MONT saw What else he said | says: He 4
lidn't have no hook agent sign on him.
SAYS an | didn't have time 10 teie-
,hone Ter the periire before he broke /
~ SAYS. Il thought &c was frien'
\ yours. the Way hr acted
~Thsn he calls me i few more Pct
lsnacs an' goes back gTrwlin'. He pays 1
lie bic wages he does. He'll bust hisself
,syins me wages. As far as beins an
goes. | pose be thinks he's =
AT ela decoration, with his bottle nose
I'M his handy legS Oh. YES, hes nice
man I'd Nark fer Sure
+tIn'y | csight so ~ enc n these nice
little Kids with frills a. tha end of nv
ants ike them l seen in a book Eny
eacAer give me- wanst Then everybody
gbaf caaae in the oEalce md pet IRE on
av cnriS an slip me a ten SPOT an BIS
Shs aa elvr I'VE an interest in the bus
ress. it, All NV fault Rmt wouldn't
b - scra II re didn't tell me that /
ever seea him aesia' that way AHy
"a tirae that ! do keteh myself aefin'
ikc he docs ! want 70 die.
-sSlra he's 4 nire man. said Jimmy
nth tsitier sarcasm. Hes ana CHI
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