"HE SAY I DALG ABOUD HIS VOAGS."

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 748, 3 April 1877, Page 3

"HE SAY I DALG ABOUD HIS VOAGS."

BY W. T. JAY.

The other day an excited Dutchman rushed up to a policeman on Fulton street and inquired : _ ' Gan I do some dings aboud dot)' ' About whatf asked the police' man.

* Loog ouf dot eye vonsd j id vas a bade eye, dond id V

' Yes, it's a pretty bad eye \ who gave it to you ?' ' Dats vat I wand dv dole you: abond. I vas valkin' ub Voshingdon. shtreed und Hans Shtinkuffer valk oof me und schmack me ouf der eye one, dv, dree dimes.'

' What made him do that ? What did you do to him?'

« Noddings, only he say I dalg aboud his voags,* und I dond doit; no, sir, Ido dot. Do I loog like a vellers vat vould dalg about vqags 1 No, sir, I dond. Loog ouf me vonsd ; dond I loog like.a.beaceful cidizen ? Yes, sir, I vag, und 1 dond dalg aboud nobody's voags. How id vas gome dv bass if a man dond gould valg along der shtreeds vidoat ged din' his nose broke, oder his leg dishlogaded, oder a schinack ouf der eye, oder somed ings like dot?'

" Are you sure that you never said anything about his people ?' ' Yes, I vas shure, only von dime I dold Jacob Krantz dat Hans' mudder doog oudVashing, und he sade dad vas der reason dad Hans gould schmoke fife cent cigars und year a dollar schtore on his shirt, und anoder dime I dole Miss Kroutdot Hans' fodder vos hung m Shermany— und he say I dalg aboud his voages. Anoder time I say dod his sister ged his biggest feet m der vorld, und his brndder vas a loafers— und he say I dalg aboud his voags. Und von dime I say his aunb vas arrested forpigamy, und his ungle vas a dief—uud he say I dalg aboud his voagg. Vonsd 1 say his grandfodder vas a fools und hi 3 vife vas anoder— und he say I dalg about his voags — shust a liddle dings like dot, he got made und say I dalg aboud his voags ; gan I spmed ings aboud dod?'

No, I guess not. You had better let hirj alone. He would have a pretty clear case against you m court.'

' By ehimminys if I dond gould

'god him arreSfetl'doi^^du vat I gan do., > LgedrOn/der, <bolices some dime I break his het mit <a glub, bygrashiousl Hesayldalg 7 abond his voags. Dander and blit-? Zen ! :'I ged schquaVe iiait Jhim, 1 1 Igill ,him, I chew his ear, 1 gQ,y»ge^ his ;ey-e pud. Shimminy, ! heisay, X.dalg-; aboud.his voags und he sohmack me' louf der nose^ vonsd.' ' : ■-■''.' ; i '■'■'■ \ ] ; "Arid, he left/ even Jhore excited than he was when! he approached the policeman. — * IJanbury l^fews."