Evening journal., 1916-05-11

scZ: "bill, you no Hhci u"hA f"'
SCI: "Yes.n lie scz: Look me strate in
the eve. Do look like feller hoo wud
hold back at sech a timer ! SCI: mo,
WI don't; but Pve red over the reckcrd
an don't see as how yu dun emmy
thing Wot did yu doy' lie sez: "bilh
INV iips is sceled. Nu'll have to git II
frum sumboddy else; but yu kin as
shure Mary Ann that / dun my dooty
as Ter as / WIZ permitted TO do hit l
sez. DO yu meen to say that yu tried
to do sumthin' an that obstikils wuz
put in yore pathg" lie sen: CAS- told
va before. mi lips is seclcd. vi the reel,
inside story OF this yere smallpox eppy-
demmick is ever TO be rit, hit must be
rit frum informashum kummin' frum
uther sorses, fer mi lips is seeledl'
left Awstin. Mary Ann, am went on
down the street where / met a member
Of the Bord Of Ilelth sez; "Awstm
Ellvsn is in bad way lie sez;
"Mhys' sen: Hits thsaway. lie
sez his lips is scclcd as to wot hc dun
IN rclashm 20 this ycrc smallpox out
brake. Hit nks suspishus.' lie sez;
"Bill vou're DOM Awstin an injustice.
I no Ter a fact that the Bord Of llelth
asst him 10 help make a hows 'to-hows
inspeckshun in scrtcn dccstricts am lo-
cate an isolate all suspishus kases. lie
scd be Wuz willin 10 do hit ct hit WIZ
agrccihl 10 Ike lioWers. But hit wzn't
agrecibl To Ike. hoo seemed to think
Awstiu wuz tryin' 10 put sunlthin' over
on him, an told him so an so Awstn
withdruo to watch his own vak,inashn
-hab an loc,e the sitty TO hits rate
I scr; "l- that liksm en- facty lie sen;
"Fact an nov yu kin see why Avs
tins lips Is scclcd llo don't want to do
uuthin' 20 inkrccs the prcsint cmharis,-
mont OF Mister Bowers
walked up 10 the Hotel doc Punt
10 rite note Of APOLOGIZE 10 Kaptn
Ellysun. bckaws kud git everything
wanted there for nuthin' cNscpt the
postigc stamp. wen hoo shmd 7 mcet in
the ko1idor hul John JAY Raskob
trcshcrer of the doc l'ont kumpuy. Wen
he seen me. his face lighted up an he
scr. eNtcndm his hand: "llcllo, Bill.'
I SCI. "llcllo. Iolnl" Tie scz: How
The foxes down in Sandtowng' scz;
'llos,e~. kow-, pigs, chickens an Mary
Ann is all gittin' along an rite. The ole
she's pcrkin' up an rite now. llow''
bizuess y" lle sez: "fair 10 middlin'
We're managin' to cit along an make
both ends meet, with an okashmucl lar
over
I SCI. "Lookce here. John. nm.
dcrstand sum Of wore frcnd- iy
spcudn' their spare time an money
givin' away kollidges. liberries, Wyenl.
SEGA hldins Wyduhhlcyuseea hldins
an things of that kind. nj VA git a
fare chance where va kin do hit without
arrow sin -uspishun'. ! wisht yoo'd ~
mind them lellers that Sandtowu haint
got nun Of them things that the mort
qidge ON mi hows Is still hangin', an
that were waitn' To be put on the
map"
lie sez; "Hit must be doc 10 ~
oversize no there Wuz no intenshuI
10 Site WI or Sandtowu." ! ser; "Nou'v
bin in hizncss long cnui 20 no that
feller kant pay sandtown interest wit
Wilmington oversize. Hit hain't legl
tender down there Jest yit.' He sez
~ no hit, Bill: an I'll see ef | can
git cort house. liberry, a kollidgC
sum luther hildin's an a sunkin' gardin
fer va fellcrs." "All of wich." | So
"hain't half as imnortant 10 me as th
mortgidgc on mi hows. In this kon
ueclshm. as the fellcl that now hsi
charge OF the smallpox situashun M
we're. I want 10 thank yu, ia the nam'
Of the pcepil Of Wilmington. fer yor'
kind offer 10 put all of yorc kumpnyi
resorscs back of this ftc agiust small
poN. Hit wuz a magnificent hut reck
liss thing fer WI TO du. fer ef | hadn'
cum along an TUX often Ike Bowers
hands the eppydemmick yoro kunpn,
mite a-bin bankrupt an in a rcseever'
hands by this time the way that small
I pox was spredin' in the puhlick mag
/ mashun." He sez; "Bll. you're the rit
man in the rite plase, am ef Jim Prize
don't give yu the frcodim of the slit!
hitll be a seeryus oversize"
An now, Mary Ann. must klose, fe
I've got 20 git back to werk. III tina
waller hen shows disposishn TO wan
der on with them yung chickens. ankle
her with n brick. Send me a Glen
shert an koller by parsil post, an be
leevc me TO be.
Yore lovin' husbind.
BILL JONES.