The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1911-07-08
JACQUES PISTACHE. !,
BIT HARRY STUART sAUcIER.

teece, Jacques, mai I'm doggone ee
day ain got plenty fella wat bin ron II
hoffeece dis time, hien ?" exclaimed
jacques bosom friend Coco, as they sa
on the beach rail the other evening.
"Yas," drawled Jacques, slowly roll
ing brown-paper cigarette. "Das wal
day call one candidates, mon cher Coco
an yo got ma parol d'honeur yo kin gt
no place widhout yo ron into one dem
candidateI Doggone. Coco, days fonny
kline hanimal dem candidate dem, yasl
Day try TO be two ting all de same time;
good TO de good peep an toff TO de tof
peepi De odder day me was hout by
de depot wen de tren she was make de
harrive, an 1 tell yo de trute, | come
close fo laff till make buss ma bouton
at one dem candidate, heem! Coco, I'm
nevaire see one fellas git 'roun so fass
an do 80 many ting like das candidates,
heem, nonl Day got one lady wat have
tree BAN box, two tree bundle, one grips
an tree lii kid-all TO git on de tren-
abien, yo hought see M'sieu Candidates,
Coco; frs he ron buy teeket by M'sieu
Green, den he try hees bess TO carry all
dem bundle, dem kid an dem grip an
make assiste de madam on bode de tren
all de same time already! Sonamagon,
| Coco, das de leemit! ak one fellas wat
stan by me who's dat fellas heem, an
he say: Mai, M'sieu Jacques, doan yo
know heem? Das M'sieu Jean wat make
ron TO one hoffeece, an le madam her
she de lady wat got nine brudder an
beeznees, yo p"
SHOW yo like dat TO candidate ?
Abien, das TO de good peep; apresan 70
de toff peep: Jess halter de tren she
go das same fellas he was talk wild one
mans, un' me l hear heem say: Pierre,
les go by Lafontaine an git one bottles;
me know one fellas wat got de mo bes
weeskie in dis town"
"Yas, Coco, yo ain goin git he'd dem
fella, nonl Yo know, cher, day all got
day pockeet full day beeznees card;
abien, I'm goin tell yo fonnie ting wat
happen wild one fellas de odder day on
de strit-yo know every time yo meet
one candidates he ham yo she's card,
heem. Abien, one ladies she tell one
fellas (wat come from de Sout') dat she
doan got nobody fo make de escote her
by de hall ware de hactor peep was play
one teatre show, an she make de feila
haccepte one twobits TO buy lie teeket-
abien haftare vile he buy lie tekeet, an
day was soin down de strit wen das lady
shes escote he come long, den she go
wild heem, an dat Sout' man he say:
| Hey dare, hole on, lemme give yo de
teeket!' Sout' he ron an give de mad
am shes teeket, an wen day was git by
de teatre show an ham de do-man de
teeket, she fine hout dat was one dem
candidate she's card-das good joke on
"Sout''', hien, Coco?-an' yo know
das good ting Sout' she doan ware no
hovercote her fo hole plentie card,
hien ?"
"Mai, Jacques" exclaimed Coco, "I
always was hear dat candidate was SOM
teen good fo eat, mel"
SOY, yo talk bout dem ting. wat day
buss ope, take hout de seed an fill heem
hup wild candie," corrected Jacques,
much amused. "Abien-yas, day eat
dem nodder candidate, too, mai onlie on
de mite wen day make count de vote, o.
wen day try TO eat one nodder hup wen
day make one speeches. Doggone,
Coco, one dem fella kin fine hout mo
bad ting bout de nodder fellas in one
mite den yo could tink bout in one mont,
yo! An yo cant git one dem fella mad, /,
non! Non, sir, candidates, heem, ain
got no use TO temper, ah, non! One fell
las, he git hup am branbolay de odder
fella hup an down, an all de same time
dat same fella he wait on de outside TO
take one drinks wild heem.
"Abien, so long day doan take dat
gasoleen stove wat Sout' shes got, das
all right, hien?"
CANDIDATES AND CELEBRATIONS.
"Jacques, asked Coco sheepishly,
"wat want yo TO tell me is wat lie dia-
ole de 'Merican peep make so much
zambara bout every time de Fort You
| Lie she come, hien Yo know I'm been
hear dat all ma life, me, an I'm nevare
been AK befo wat she mean, herl"
"Abien, Coco" broke out Jacques,
''yo sho got one good names, 70! Dog
gone me! mai yo sho one "Coco", yas!
Yo bin make de vote TO Hugo Hofnans
/ TO de las seexty-five year an yo want
/ tell it to me dat 20 doan know how come
yo one 'Merican citoyen! I'm goin tell
yo one ting, mon tres belle Coco, das
/ doggone good ting yo was born 'roun
j wild one mans like me, o. day wood sho
have yo in de Bastile TO one fools, yo!
"Abien, eef got TO be de mans watts
got TO learn yo, alrite! Yo see, das dis
way: Bout tWo-tree-oh! das long
time pass!-le Generate Georges Wash
/ ingtone, she make battle avec les Eng
hshmans way on de odder side Mobile,
an heem an lie Generate Lafayette day
geeye das Englishmans Generale I'm
bleeve she's name Corn -somteen nod
/ der0 one black eyes, an das make all
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