| Show A Story The late Eugene Field while on tin one of ot his Isis lecturing tours entered ont relt 1 ono one bright spring g after the he city hail endured n II three days There Then waa delay dela at the tho bridge over the Schuylkill river and the hu humorists attention was Wits attracted by tha thu turgid h stream Mowing underneath It reminded me so much of my m own dear dar Chicago river ho he afterward explained He lie placed a 1 de Ite detaining hand band on the arm of ot tho hie colored porter who wits was passing at IL the J anti Inquired In lila his languid tone If It he ho hover wew ver a II resident of ot tho tue Quaker City replied that Important functionary I 1 WItS bon an raised yens ere Dont you people 11 get your our drinking water from this stream queried Field Aint grot got no 10 yuther place to It It frum trum runt th an datH dats da ts des a iii II mo mc soupy dan Is rs It filtered b before fore you OU drink It m No Xo sah not as nt I even eveh head tell of f fI I should think said the humorist that you ou would be afraid to drink such luch water especially as tho the seepage from that cemetery I see on or the tho hilt bill must be drawn directly Into the river to pollute It Dye De mean d dat t roun up unter by de tip tun of ot do ribber In Inquired Inquired the son eon of at Hani I 0 reckon yo ro o all joan doan know vey wy well stoll cab mih aw 1111 know dats Hill cemetery Well what of ot that asked Held l somewhat puzzled at ot this rejoinder Dat doan hut us Philadel Philadelphians none colt sah replied rb the native son lion with an alt air all of pride pr de Wy mos all nil of de tIe thenh aw nw tom loin ounh vey best Ex |
