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Show I i-Gennan Cobbler j""' J Hi iffiffffiffffc' time n mnn comes in my cobbler shop und looks nil vound und ! Mrjjtm:t dou't flnJ (lot ' ,mvo nn' work und says: H' fflr'Bll "Hans, do you belief you vims lu Germany yet?" H.: 11' W 1 "if course not," I says. i" fltttim!ft$i "Vlicll, you net ns If you did." 1ii""i!!ii'iLj "IIow vims dot?" "Vlicll, you watch dor American cobbler. Docs lie sit In his shop und Avail for peoples to come In, or docs ho get out und hustlo hlinsclf?" "How you mean?" I uskn. "Shall I run nrciund tho corner und grab two ' men by the conttalls und drag lilm Into my shop?" H" "No, my freudt; dot would bo absurd, of course. Hut do you go mlt.somo H social club?" l "No." H "All, dot vhas der troubles! You don't haf some frendta who bring delr work to you, but you shall fix dot all right. I belong to n Ocrmnn club dot calls Itself tho Paradlso club. Every winter It gives four or flvo balls. Every H (summer It gives three or four excursions. Dero vhas two hundred of dcra, H und all vhas good boys und lively girls. You shall become n member und know H vcry one, und dcy bring all delr cobbling to you. Vhat do you say. Hans?" H "How mooch will It cost to bo n member?" I testes him. H "It vlins only live small dollars, und maype you vlilll get one tousand back. H It vhas Just der time to send In your 1 name. Der club give n.gicnt ball next fffMjT ;U 4 1 II j ' i I m Wednesday eallnlngs. und you shall bo zflwlk 'x'wi (ly - H lit that ball und bo Introduced bymo 'fi WSwSfef 1 1 ,J (1 .jS H to every member. It vhns free b'ecr 1mi ji L' H und freo dancing." AP-- 111' W(7 Cks 3S Vhcll. dot looked pretty good to me. foXErfS&QX Ivr' I T 99 m und I linnd onfor dot llvo dollars, und 'JfUsX-A JY U-JTL 0$ J M ho says ho vlilll take my name In und '4nfffflj'f 'SxSjPJKi M come to me to go to der bull mlt him. M(3nViuMKi B I tells my wife about It, mid slu kii.vm fv'fBiJTftmyjCjifll M I vhns Homo old fools, but I don't back '"v TwjIfJPfcflF'illftlBssssr'l H Vhcll, Hans comes around In two or St VWjl'lflljlf( H, three days und tells mo I vhas u mem- JfWJTWMsiMM I'l ' m ber of der i'nrudlsc club. I vhas elect- s Ihf ft a&rB& Ml M ed so sleek an never vhas. Ho comes aI u 'Hwnfu'" wi S H nguln to take me to dot ball. I gits -flyKvlirfnkHHi'1 ll Hi Hhaved oop und my hair combed, uud Sry? jSGWSPBIPlWlJi 1' l I haf on my best bult. My wife vhas - -SSp? " Wllfr I !' R mad all der time, uud ns wo go out by iVJCJrr1 'llllllllli ' R der loor Hl.e says to mo: ,.Tako HIm Der Door, T "Watch out, lions, vhen you nro H coming home. Der fool Killer may sliomp out on boiiiu cornel's uud brenk your hendl" M Vlicn wo got to der hall my frendt ho takes my nrm und leads me all nround B und Mijs like dls: B ".Mister Schmidt, nllow mo to Introduce der greatest man In dls city. Ho vhns linns, dor Germnn cobbler." Ho says I shall brnco oop to any womnns I like to, und dot It vlilll bo nil right. So I goes looking about, und I finds a tall, lean licaupolo of n womnns who sits alone by herself, Vhen I asks hci if sho vlilll do me der honor to daiico mlt mo she sweetly smiles uud softly M "Of course I vlilll. I vnlt heie most one hour for you to usk me. Der band vhas playing a vulse. und wo shnll elide over der door like two swaii3." j t I don't know about dot glide und der swans. Rut It vhns too lute. Sue stands oop, und uvhiiy we go. I don't belief she ever wnltzed before. Vh n M wo started off she wnltrcs on my foot, und der next thing I knows I vim waltzing on hers. She cries out mlt der pain, und der next second wo fa Is on der tloor Uko two hnystacks. Der baud stops playing, und der peoples conio running to help us oop, und. as wo nro on our feet again, my partner sho cries H m 1 "What Is that great elephant doing hero! Take him py der door und glf B J hint somo kicks!" B ) 1 I goes back to my frendt, who vhas laughing llko somo big monkey, uud t tio'enys: Kj X "Nearer mind dot, my dear Hans. If you can't wnltz yo i can cobbla Hn T und you get all der work from dls club. You better sit down now und Hjj J drink soinedlng." flut I don't sit down. I goes home, und vhen I coma In der bouso my wlfo sho asks: BH "Didn't dot fool killer shump at you mlt n club? Vhcll. I guess ho i H 2 rhns too busy mlt der odder old fools around him!" 1 H J Do I get nil der work of der 1'nrndlso club? You shall sec. Shust i :ono member comes to my shop und wants a cement patch on his shoe. 1 , Vhen I tell lilm It vlilll be fifteen cents he goes nvhny, saying: t H "I shall haf you put out of der club for n htghwuy robber. You vhas 4 r k ? n fraud und n swindler, und don't you ever coino near our hall again or ' I 5 j ou vlilll git It iu der neck!" M. QUAD. 2 H Vi Copyright, 1010. McClure Newspaper Syndicate. X |