Evening journal., 1916-05-09
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tary engineer. He looked so skeerC
hit mooved my hart sed IKE, wo
yu fellers need IS an expert He sez
Il no hit. but whore arc We goin tC
git one?' J seq: How wud I dog
He sez: Are yu an expertg' ] sez.
Il sortonly am. Wen Miss Carrie
Jones's ole dominick hen got the kol
era. pulled her through. Sam Har
bosons lea-hit mare is a livin' exam.
.pil of wot ! Kin do with hoss kolick
Wen Sarry Jacobs chickins WIZ all
dyin with the gaps. I hoss- haired an
keroscned them an by so doin'
reduced the mouallyty one numbered
pcrsent All ] have fo do to kure a
kase of hoof am mouth disease is 10
look at k0w"
Bi the time had sed an that Mary
Ann. teers WIZ lowin down the
cheeks of Mister Bowers an his chist
wuz konyulsed with sobs. He sez;
Bill. you're a friend in need, an a
friend indeed Kun up to the llelth
Department an take charge / seq;
"Al rite"
Yu see. Mary Ann. I wanted TO help
Dokter Frederick an his foller mem-
bcrs Of the Bord OF Helth outten the
hole inter wich Ike Bowers. out Of the
goodness OF his hart an desire TO
pleose. had dropped them in deferense
TO the wishes of sertin' peepil So
me an Ike went up 10 the Department
OF Helth Ike mohlized his staff an
SCI. "Follcrs. this is Bill Jones' of
Sandtown. sanitary engineer an
smallpox expert. He is 10 be- the boss
OF this yere department frum now un-
til the last skab has dropped often
the last pashent out at Farnhorst"
seq 10 the assembled multitood
"Fellers -Wot you need i'm this yerc
hio is more yallor on the flags an
less yaller up an down yorc backs
Don't let the smallpox see that you
are skeored Of IT, ~ yu do. hit'll git
you fer shore. Yu are now dismissed
while Ike an me diskuss the situ-
alton. with the absent on the kuss.
Wen the follers had gone out
termed to Ike an sez IKE. wot have
yu got? Lay yorc hand on the tablet
lie sez. ~ hold a bob-taled smallpox
lush with a yarryloid kickerl' | sez
Hits a losin hand. Now let's gii
down to bizncss. WOt have va dun
by way OF deelin' with this yerC
monasin' situashun" He scz. "lSIosec
everything exsept the stbres an skeer-
ed the peepil away fum them! >
Everything? asst "Everythingi
be sez 81 won't even let ennybods
open an oyster that haint bin soaked
"a. Il .f. kwF
hen' served. Churches. Sunday
skools day skools theeaters. movvin
pickshur houses, publick liberty, base
bah games. dog shows serknesses-
all &losed up tite.' I sez: 'Wo
about the saloons?" He sez: CIV,
lot them opin up" sez ION wo
groundg He SCI. "On the croun,
that a feller kin ketch up on a los
sermon. a lost lossin or a lost play
but be KANT never ketch up on a Jos
drink. Anuther idee wuz that ef
cud have the smallpox germs die o
inebryashun hit wud make the wurl
1f the department that much easier an
perfect the kommunity An hesIdes
I'm opposed TO yaller-flag religion an
theatriczls" "Wuz onnv presshui
brought to bare on yu to opin ND IN,
saloonst / asst. He soz. chill. q
Won cud a-bin with me down on thl
kost ar seen them pore fellors wallSin
aroun with red eyes. rcd noses
parched lips and with black unE.
hangin out yu wudnt ask thai
kuestyun. They wuz suherin' wur'
Irum thersi than they wud a-sufere,
frum smallpox. an SO I Eez. 'OpeI
npi an they dun H. Hit took ihi
pore feilcrs minds often ihe eppydom
'ck an smallpox cocktails. varryloi,
Wlfkcy sours. Farnhirsi hihalls an
faksinaenin gin rickcyF hekum M
morf poplar drinks ~ the dav.r
ffz Ike. yu haven't BIN as diskroo
es Fu mite have bin. but 7 kin So
knne nlainiy that yu have bee
runnin fhIs department with yor
hart an not with yore brain HiC
az io me io put this we're rifnashul
IN proper foUtn' Wat Kind of
kNanenieen have ru bin havinfn n
SCI Frunt dOre shet. back dor
onin- fez wat kind ~ vale
Tags an Mary Ann. be showed m
nc purtiesf little flags yn ever seei
There wuz rnthin ~ an alarmit
nature about them A near-sirhte
feller cud walk into smallpox cas-
without ever secin flag. 7 neve
seen fech konsIderatc treatment {
smallpox in az my life.
Just then ! herd = big knmmoshu
outside ike's Office dore an folle
with base voice yelled. "show m
The nok-need. pin-tOcd. frekle-fase,
ring-boned. bubble jinted. pot-bellie
sun-of-a-gun who isshued them procl
iamashuns an ied me into gittin' yai
slnated an dekoratin' misef with
skab as big as a silver dolier an a
painful as soshel chat between Wi
lerd Salsberry an L. Erwin Handy.
Ike kowered back in his cheer while
went TO the door an opined II. tn
nan, an staroway. an street wuz glio
with peepii who had bin vaksinate
an every few seckinds sum TELLER wn
say Fer Gods sake. don't hit m