The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-01-06
Pinkey 5
Romance
70 kgIY1rLCY
By F. A. Mitchell

look at it Gle right way. Dere ain't no
better way to git chen wild a man
what do yo' ham dan to turn him
sber to aaudder woman. specially when
20 hab de choosin' oh dat udder
woman.
When war gal an didn't hab no
! sense Pete Tucker come cou't tin nae.
Nobody hadn talked lub to me befo',
an war de mos pleased gal yo' cher
! see. jis' felt wanted to laf all de
time. Yah, yah, didn't feel fine!
! 'sPinkey,' said missis, says she, 'yo'
| got to de mos' beautiful time oh yo'
| life, de time Of romance"
Don't know wha' dat is,'' I says,
says L "but It's might' nice to hab
Tcaag man tellin' ye' dat yo' one OBJ
de angels us' dropped out o. heaben."
4 hope y0 an yo' fiancay be berry
happy togedder,s says missis, when
yo' married"
What's fancayg
"Yo' nancay is Pete"
"Oh" says l. Reckon de happiness
Las till de doc OBJ heaben open an
| TAX Rs In
10 mustn't expect dat de romance
las all de time" says missis. Deere
mus be Interruptions"
| De fus' interruption happen befo' de
weddfn'. MisSis glib me a watch for
Christmas. 1t war de prettiest little
watch yo' eber see. De price war
NAKED ON de box 1t come in, an
knowed it cost So. One day when Pete
an I war a-ssttin' so close togedder
dat yo' couldn't git a piece oh tissue
paper between US war wearfn' nah
watch around NAH neck. Pete TUX 1t
in he ham an said dat it war de mos
beautiful watch he cher see He OPEN
ed de case to see de wo'ks an fooled
wild 'em tin de watch didn' go no mo-.
Pete war mighty troubled at stoppin'
me watch an said he TAX it to de jew
eier's to hab It fixed. He war gwfne
to bring it back de next day.
Dat war de las / eber see OBJ ma
watch. An when Pete used up all de
excuses in de dictionary TO- keepin' 1t
didn't see any mo- Of Pete nedder
| Dis war de fus' an de las Interrupt
ton 20 de happiness Oh me an Pete.
I didn' say nothin', an / didn' do
nothm'. Pete got wo'k in anudder
town, an didn see him no mo- TO- a
long time. While Pete war away de
romance mfssus talked about war drib-
blin' ont oh me, an de had sense lax
de shell oh de cocoanut war gettin' in
side. One day Pete come back. He
didn' come near me; he lodged nae
when he sor me comm, takin' anudder
cou'se trough de alleys
Dere war a woman named Liz dat
knowed. She'd been In de calaboose
fo' Shawn de cheek of her husban'
wild razor. went to Liz an says:
sDey say Pete Tucker come back
wild lot OBJ money. He mus a-been
speckerlatin' or somepin. Some gal
oughter hab de spendin' OBJ dat money"
| How she clio dat?" says Liz.
| Marry him, OBJ cose,' I says.
Mex day / meets Pete, an I SAYS:
pete, 20 Reetin' dodge me. / got ober
de romance pat OBJ ma life I dom
want TO marry nobody. Seen Liz
| Brown lately? p,
"No, I hahn sor Liz
'sDey say Liz fader died an Ief' her
| fou' hundred dollars
Dere want no use sayin' any mo-
De fsls' thing | knowed Pete an Liz
war libin' togedder as man and wife,
though hadn' heard ob no divorce be
tween Liz an her fus' husban' I list
| larfed till thought l would hab a fit
/ I'd had de romance; now 1t war Pete's
turn to hab It.
Ma aunt Sue Baker, wash lady,
fbed opposite whar Pete an he new
angel just out OBJ heaben-yah YAH
! war spendin' de honeymoon. | says to
ma aunt: Aunt. yo' got powerful big
wash dis week. Don yo' want me Co
help yo'y Ma aunt said she didn't
want me till I tor her don want no
wages. Den she tux me In. De secon'
day after / come to ma aunts I hearn
de happy couple opposite. yah, yah,
yellin' at each udder, an fust thing ]
/ kuONeO 4HS4aA CTaSls i T0GkON6G
Liz war a-breakin' cheer ober Pete's
head, 70 de do opened, an Pete rush
ed out as If ha'nt war benin him.
followed by Liz wild de back OBJ broke
cheer In her ham. She cotched Pete
by de coat, but he lef' it off, Den she
TUX hold OBJ he shirt, and It war wool
en-, an it held. She jumped on him
wild bofe feet, an he made noise lax
calf carried away from de mudder
! cow
| war peelxin' frou de bins, 70 If
let 'em see me dey would bofe lef' each
udder an jumped on to nae fo' bringin
'em togedder In de romance But
Jes lated an lated till ma close split
| open In de back
~Wha' yo' lafin' atY axed ma aunt
dat nigga co'ted me- an tot me dat
was an angel just stepped out oh
heaben. Den he tux ma watch what
n1issus Glib me for Christmas box.
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