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Show Making TJp for Lost Time. Two colored friends, meeting on Austin avenue, held the following joint . discussion. discus-sion. "So you has luff Kurnel Yerger, has yer?" "I has luff him, and ef I goes back to him I hope sumpfin may . bust me wide open." "I i'pose he wasn't pleased wid yer?" "No, sah ; he wur satisfied wid me in eb'ry respec', and so was I pleased wid de kurnel in eb'ry respec', 'ceptin' one." "What was dat?" - -'He tol me nebber to 'tossicate myself my-self 'ceptin' when he wus sober, bekaee one ob us onghter be sober 'bought de place. I agreed to dat ar, an' kep' waitin' an' waitin' for my turn to quit bein' sober, an' it hain't come yit, so I tole de kurnel I couldn't stamd dat game no moah. Dat's de same as heads I win, tails you lose, so I luff him, an' now I'se gwinter make up foa lost time." When last seen, Gabe had been so uc-cessful uc-cessful in making up for lost time that he was showing a policeman the way to the lockup. Texas Sif tings. |