Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 August 1915 — HOW IT WAS. [ARTICLE]

HOW IT WAS.

“Well, tell your story.” directed Squire PeaveL “Yassah, and t’anky, sah, for de pubmission!” replied Brother Clapper. “De gen’leman come to muh boose - and dilliflled me scan’lous and world without end, mighty nigh. He—” “What do you mean by ‘dilllfled’?” “Why, sah, he called me all de bogus nameß be could lay his tongue to, and stayed right dar, and —” “Oh, you mean *vilifled,’ or, possibly, ‘dillydallied’—” “Yassah! Yassah! He done bofe —bemeaned me like a houn’ dog, and done took bis time ’bout it, too!” — Puck.