Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 303, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1920 — Peanut Pietro [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Peanut Pietro

by KAYEM GRIER

ONE frien I gotta hees wife ees pretty hard foola when he wanta go out weeth da boys. He tella me eef he go out late she know every time, ye say one time he comes home late, taka da shoes off, go een da house so quiet he can and hees wife was wait up for heem. She ralsa devil and almosta broka hees head. So be tella me he never try to go out seence dat night. He say would be alia right eef hees wife nd wait up. You know I am preety smarts guy and somatime caif feegure out good idpe. I Ilka see my frien go out some night for leetle fun, so I geeva heem gooda suggest .. He teila me da olda lady was stronga for da airship. Everytime she see one she wanta go for da ride. She tella heem mebbe somaday she gonna buy one dat ting. Rlghta queeck I gotta scheme for getta my frien out. I tella heem buy her da airship So queeck he can. Preety soon she learna how maka da fly and every day she go for da Joy sde. • I tella my frien eef he do dot he no gotta trouble go out every night I say betta seexa bits eef hees wife gotta airship he can go out so moocha he please—she no wait up for heem. I feegure eef she wait up een dat ting soma ting go wrong and she come down een da smash. I tlnk I am preety smarts guy alia right * ' Wot you tlnk?