The Bad Boy at Home, and His Experiences in Trying to Become an Editor: 1885 — John Shaqi
The Bad Boy at Home, and His Experiences in Trying to Become an Editor: 1885Victor, Metta Victoria Fuller
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The Bad Boy at Home, and His Experiences in Trying to Become an Editor: 1885
Victor, Metta Victoria Fuller
American wit and humor; Diary fiction; Newspapers -- Fiction
By this time I was feelin purty bad, but I maneged to keep up and make
blieve I was feerful in love with her, and got her to promis never to
go with Georgie agin. I had a bottel of perfume in my pocket, and jest
'fore we left the restyrant, I put sum on the gals handkercheefs, then I
hawled off my false mustash, and soon Maria seen, I was her Georgie, and
begun a cryin lik her hart wuld brak. I felt sorry for her, but I told
her to dry up her eyes. I guess I must giv them the perfume out of the
assyfitity bottel, cos, soon as she rubbed her face you never smelt such
a overpourin smell in all your life, we had to keep em at arms length,
all the way hum, and if we'd ben the Zar of Russher, and Queen Victoria,
combined, the peeple wouldnt hav givin us more room on the side walk. I
felt sorry for them, cos they cryed, and felt so bad, all the way home,
and, if I coulder got close enuf to Maria, without bein smuthered
I'd kissed and made it all up. Its a blessin that her ma and pa's got
catarrh orful bad, or there mite be war in her house.
I'm goin to send her the follerin note in the morning, and next time I
go to see her I'll fix up a littel, cos a fellow can't blame a girl for
goin back on him if he don't think enuff of her to dress up neet:
Dear Maria: I was orful greeved by your conduct, but seein
that you're sorry I'll forgive you for all. I'll call round
in a week, wot'll give you time enuf to smell swete agin, if
you're careful to wash often, give yourself lots of air, and
keep plenty of carbollick acid and cloride of lime scattered
round were you are.
Beleeve me your ever lovin
Georgie.
CHAPTER XXV.
ADVERTISES A ARTICKEL WOT WAS FOUND.--WIMMIN'S WAYS.--
CLAMED.--IN DURANSE VILE FOR STEELIN A SHALL.--HAPPY
EXPLERNASHUN AND INTERESTIN TABLOW.
“The lady wot dropped a artickel of warin appairel in the Post Offis,
last even-in, can have them by callin on the Devil at this offis and
provin property.”
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