? & Pe By ges ;

. erakkin’ de same joke an’ makin’ beleeve it was his own.) Yew orter see
dem Moorish madens dans, an’ watch’em make dere skirts fli, It seams
sum of de Lady mannyjers began kikkin’ ’cos dey sed de gals in de Egyp-
shun an’ Indyan, an’ Moorish villiges kikked two much. Idon’tno. I
think 1 has as much rite tew kik as anuder, only dese gals luk .better
‘doin’ it. Bill an’ me didn’t kik agen it,—not much we didn’t.

. The place wot attracted de most
doods an’ oder 3 @ gaom kinds ov men ov
awl nashuns, wos Y Ce FOR de BUT Y show.
It wos like. gettin’ mga sy Ss nere a free Tur-.

      
  

key lunsh ter get S| inside thare, an’
the pritty gals wos
ler’s hed rite round
Bill an’ me yused
wink at de wimin in Hai

Zs enuf terturna fel-
ey SY f - on his sholders.
\ eS ter go there an’
: he thare own  langwidge.

Thare was gals iS thare from every nashun
under de sun, an’ é Ey on Bill sed he thort sum_ov
dem kem from hev- ne en. Ididn’t think so. Dey
didn’t luk quiet ° eS ae enuf to be anjels. Dey'
seemed ter draw well, but menny ov ’em painted a gud deel better’n dey
cud draw. Dey had a ruddy, helthy glo on thare cheeks that dey-cud put-
off an’ on as dey liked. We never nu wot ajes dey wos and me and Bill

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