The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1920-08-03
A Short Letter Home
Taylor's Island, Md,

Dere FTendS:--
| wuz down TO the country yister-
day and was settin' on the porrlch
when ups and hOlleTs man by the
name of Mr. Neeld, thet a gang OF
byes frum Church Creek, was a com
ing down right quick. Wal, sir,
jumped like | wuZ shot and looked
down at my third best close and re-
flected on me face and nose and then
farely ran for kiver. l bumped in
to Sallie what cooks, hyar and she
sez Sez she after sum alterations:
You albums set down cause the aint
a cummin hyar," and just about that
time up comes a friend of mine what
| met in the country and hollers:
Wanta go to the ball game?
BI6oomile wa ablooming horse but
she TUX us.
You alums set down cause they amt
about Professional BAH games L
reckon. but l cant go inta no
lengthy description here. The Dia-
mond was only ground instead of a
cut-glass stone to be awarded to the
winners, what l thot it would be.
The players were very funny that l,
becuZ the ranged from the cradtl to
manhood on Wun side, sum one told
me was me own. and on theother:
they was mustly tall and long, and
narrow, eXceptin' him they called
the Empire, because he was the Gin
ter, en- they crowded around him so
much | reckon and he had to be
little more handsummer so they
could recognize he wuz the Empire.
The boys on the visitin' gang. what
they called a nine, surtainly could
talk though. There wuz one time
when I thot l held the record bue
even Mandy Jane would say that
Forrest Stewart, Stewart Parker, and
Elston Stewart, was alone, and male
me sound like a cat alongside of a
graphaphone then thar wuz one by
the name of R. Willis who wuz
afraid what he'd becum Eunburne
end wore his best straw hat the hull
time
Mandy has mine locked up in sash
4 powder except on Sundays and
the fourth of July, what made me
jealous of him; and thet thar chap
they called Ely would holler at him
jest like thet Stewart and say: Hit
it Bye" Oh =! Don't strike at that
one! What's that Mr. Empire, what
is that l say! What's that! !W!h!a!!
is that l say! What's thati What
that! Oh, they wuz terrible in their
talkin' l felt real comfortable Zecuz
if Mandy had been around she wud
have said l wuz deliberately seekin'
an on Christian atmosphere" but l
think a man enjoys sich and l real
ize thet this wuz SO, also, before l
married, but Mandy is a gurl and
gurls are different. There was a
chap by the name of Fred Bramble.
who always wore his glasses, thep
told NE it wuz so he could see the
balls whut Mr.. Jos. Lambdin pitched
because they WuZ so on comm only
good and swift he cud see them with
his two eyes, and Mr.. Willis, and
John Shenton played vurry good
game only eXceIled by their rivals
in size, Mr.. Barn Wiley and Mamil-
ton Horseman There wuz one pore
little fellow who name wuz Dorsey
and he wuz Barnes brother, and
they told me he wuZ only IL years
old but he kin play, byes, he can
play He made them tall boye trim
BILE, l laffed till me old sides aked
at wun on the team, what they told
me wuz Mine" ct a chap named
Mr.. Lee Travers, He wuz so funny
and commical and he talked to them
pore big boys frum Church Greek, SO
much they trimbIed and has to
change pitchers right in the middle
of an inning becuz he scored Mr..
Parker up so bad and then Mr.. ElZey
didn't want to go-but he did becuz
he also was tall and big like Lee"
1t is useless to go into merits of
Mr. Navy, the back catch. Mr.. Aus
tin Barnes and Mr.. Neild we al
ready no much Cd thei brillyunt
career-at leest ma friend say you
do. Mr.. c. Wiley, was a very good
addiXhun to the TEEN they sard.
Now listen me trends don't you never
let Mandy see this here friend by
letter from me to you or i'll have to
label it me last last game" and l
do want so much to see one more be-
fore l die which mite be soon. The
score board saye that Taylor's Is
land won despite the fact that Of
the boys wuz between II and IA
and very small. That means in
runs" however by 10 to 21 and
leaving off the last inning for T. l.
which would been 10 10 80 but
they didn't win in talkin'-and l
lost my champeenship-the onliest
one l hed-but don't Mandy, I'm
going agent"
Yours in friendship,
DJrC