Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 158, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1920 — Peamit Pietro [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Peamit Pietro

By KAYEM GRIER

LASA week one my frien come inova deesa town from other place. He gotta da same wife he hava ten year ago een da olda country and one leetle keed he getta seence been een Unlteda States. Da olda man and bees wife been born longa time, but da keed he no show up till bouta seexa year ago. My frien nd gotta mooch acquaint weeth somebody een deesa town and he aska me where can getta place for keepa house. I say I dunno, but we go geeva look. We veesit plepta place and every one we flnda trouble. Mosta one gotta da sign “No Children,” and my frien say he no Ilka dat. He wanta leeve een da place where hees keed can play weeth other ones. Een tree days walk all over town my frien getta deesgust. He teila pie he no lika to do, but mebbe he gotta go een one dat place wot no gotta leetle keeds yet. We veesit one house wot gotta “No Children- sign. My frien teila guy wot owna da place he sorry because he no gotta leetle keed, too. But dat guy no care for my frien feels sorry. He say he no gotta da keed and he no have one eef could getta one. He teila my frien eef he no hava da keed he can renta da homfe. But so longa he gotta da baby he say my frien no can leeve een dat place. । Now how you feela for son-of-a-gun Ilka dat? Mebbe he wanta my frien ktela bees keed before can renta dat place. Eef everybody queeta hava da keed bouta twenta year ago howtell we could wfh dat war wot jusa queeta fight? Nobody can be greata beega man unless he ees bom. Everybody gotta be da baby somatime. Da life ees jusa lika da new job—you gotta starta on do bottom and worka up. Eef some dat guys wot no gotta use for da keeds meeta da kaiser somaday I betta you seexa bits Bill no speak to ’em. Wot you tlnk? O—