The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-08


lied about It. Will you kindly lend de
rest Of dose big words to me fur a
week or twoT'
Eyes, sab"
IL want to make an experiment. Us
got pig in de pen dat has lost his ap-
petite. | want to stand befo' him wild
pail of Bwill in one hand and dose
big words In de odder and see IL I
can't bring him back to his feed. 1t
may be dat de pig has got beyond un-
derstandin my plain English, dafs all.
And now word wild Brudder Syntax
Green. He's fast asleep ober dar by dc
stove, and sum OF you wake him up
gently fur Scar he may hev weakness
of de heart" r
The brother was aroused and brought
to the mark, and when he had got his
balance the president said; *.
"Brudder Greens you and me bap-
pened to be at dc butchers at de same
time de odder evenin'. | wanted ba-
con, and you wanted liver. DE butcher
asked us what we thought of de Taft
administrator as fur as It had gone,
and didn't answer him. / left 1t to
you. You was ekal to de emergency.
You replied dat OWN to de circumlo-
cushun of de prcvailin' deciduous con-
sternashun of unqualified Jurisdiction
you was not prepared to answer his
question offhand. Did you notice de
effect your words had ON himr
"No, sah."
you should hev noticed, Brudder
Green. He went red aud white and
den stood and stared at you wild terror
In his eyes. He am inclined TO apo
plexy, and he come wldln a hairs
breadth of hevin' stroke den and dar
| Don't work dat on him any mo- lie
am a man wild n wife and FIVE chlllen
and 1t would be q mournful thing to
cut him down in his prime. II you
want to git dem big words off just
| find a tramp and take him up an alley
and whisper 'em In bis ear. When ht
draps dead you run fur II. You may
now return to your nap. and I vii
hold brief conversashun wild Brud
der Samuel Shin"
Brudder Shin's Turn.
| Brother Shin rose up with shaking
knees and advanced to the chalk mari
on the floor. The president locke,
down on him paternally and said:
"3rudder shin, didn't expect to SCI
you heah tonight. Am you shore dat 4
was safe fur you to cum out?"
81 hain't bin sick, sah," was the re
ply.
mo? Hain't you had spells of rum
blin's In dc head"
"No, sah."
"Hain't had dizzy spells and roarin'i
In your earsr '
"No. sah."
'IIev you had doctor examine yo,
mentally TO see IL your head was bein
unscrewed from your shouldersi"
"Of co'se not. Nuthn' alls me-"
"'Deed. but you take great burder
Off my mind, Brudder Shin. You am |
charter member of dis club, and whel
was feelin powerful sorry about II
So you am feelin' as well as eber?"
"Yes. sah."
"Lemme congratulate you. You wa
in street kyar a Few evenin's since
and / was ridin' on de hind platform
De white man sittln next to you axe,
you IL you thought spring had come
You straightened up, put on de dignit.
Of gunner and answered dat fron
hevin keerfully prognosticated d.
equilibrium of dc prerogatlve you wa
inclined to assimilate de understandin
dat spring was clus at hand. DO yo'
recall de Incident" r
Yes. sab"
| "Was 1t your intenshun to make al
impreshun on dat white manp
IL reckon II was."
"Den let me tell you dat you sue
ceeded. He cum out on de platform
and advised me to open an idiot asy
lum I'm connection wild dis Limekill
club. and ! hcv already consulted Al
architect about new wing, dat's al
and we will now break de meetln' 4
two an go home widout any big word
over II. Jest common words, and jes
go home in de same old way as alius.
M. QUAD.
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