The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-11-26

about foot, an he wuz just a shakin
out of thet rattle of his'n the most bu.
tyfullest muzic you ever hearn. Now
es soon es he's fnishud, Sweet Maree
starts up little ways off, an l looks
an sees anyuther snek, an then comes
the or Odkin Buckit and the Swanny
River, an he's the hull of the repur-
tOir located. | wuZ not unduIy dunn
founded with establishment, but wuz
alluTmed at sich dOin's in a civiliZud
country; but when they starts up the
fifth time, they wuz within a few feet
, of the rest of the party asleep on the
ground. An all of a suddint it occurs
to me about how Adam au' Eve got in-
ter trouble thru snek givin' EN- d
nice talk, SO just as suddint is my mind
made up an grabs my Ottermatic an
cut loose TT them Garden of Eden
wreckers. an three of 'em bites the
dust, but the or Oakin Buckit soloist
starts off OH regulur muzurky glide
to mex his escape. Well, of course my
rapid fireworks brings all the other
fellers to thur feet, but l wuz so ex-
hOrsted from pain an eggsitement,
thet all l could do wuz to point in the
direckshun the or Oakin Buckit he'd
gone
Now when 1 comes to my feet looks
ct the graduyate an he seems to hev
tainted, but 1 sees his justyurs, an l
grabs my Ottermatick an signuls my
attendants to foller, which they all
promptly duz. We gets about half
mile from the camp, when we all hears
what sounds like bugul blowin' the
cavulry charge far the regulur L. S.
sojers. But sojers don't stop Ari-
zonny investygashun committy when
ON clue. So we goes over q little
hill, kinder suddint like, an almost
runs over little runty specy mum of
humanity. He stands thur shlvver-
in, an falls on his knees when we
points er guns ct him, which we duz to
scare him when he pun tends he can't
talk Inglish; when all Of suddint up
cralls a big rattlesnek an glides right
inter baskut settin' at the runt's feet,
an which We hedh't purtick uIuly hut
tised afOre. The snek is no sooner in
the baskut when up comes the cavulry
charge agin right outen of thet baskut.
Right then somethin' seems to happen
us all, fur we makes seeve outen of
thet bdskut in about two seckunds, an
We hes rope aroun' thet ruuts neck
an draggln' him back to a mp. Now
when the wuIded graduyaLe tells me
of the purfurmence what happens
when he wuz asleep, an l TAX es good
look at the iizzyhogamy Of tlet runt,
an reckeIlecks a few things what l
hes red; right then the lights er OH, an
l walks up TO thet runt an gives him
swipe in the face, an says, looky
here you East lnjun rubber-buund VOL
yum of She-hole, you tell me about
them sneks, er I'll turu your frazzled
sOuld inter a Chinese Josh, (which is
wuD Of the wurstest things what can
happen to East Injun). Now when
he hears me pronounce this t,lrribul
mallydickshun on him, he wits an
confesses up the hull thing.
He says es how he wuz an East In
jun snek charmur OH his way to Mex
leo whur he expected to make big
pile by wOrkin' on the superstishuns of
the natives; an es how he landed III
Frisco, an while settin' in the waitin'
room at the ferry house waitin' fur
balloon to take him to the top of telly-
graft hill he Turns them four tunes
from the foney CRATER what wuz in
the waltin' room to invagul the un.
wary emmygrants, an' he says es how
he lurnt them bugul calls whilst pass
in over the Presiddyho, in the balloon,
an he says es how he wuz pinchede
when he gets out of the balloon OH
telygraft hill, fur breakin' some Of the
glass insulaturs on the wireless telly-
graft line between Frisco an Honga-
lulu; an then he says es how he made
his escape by thrown q charm inter
the sea lions, what the nativ sons hes
to guard the prissun gates on the Bar
bury coast, an es how he wuz in pris.
sun when the yearthquake comes, an
the shock breaks his glass eye; an then
he says es how he wuz kicked off frum