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About The Hesperian / (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1899 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 12, 1896)
tl F-' TI1K II BSP.BR I AN As I noticed him, 1 was struck with the quaint picture. 1 must have been gaziug too intently, for immediately his glance fell upon me. As it did so he enquired, "Is this town called L-i-n-e-o-ln?" slowly spoiling it out, with a distinct pause after eaHi letter. And as I responded, "yes sir," he contiuued, "Good, I am not a lost hoy yet." Then, as a thought seemed to strike him, he continued, ''State of X-e-b-r a-s-k-a?" to which I responded "yes." Then I fell back a few paces and walked along with him. As we walked on, he continued, half musing, '"Did you ever kuw what the Indian meaning for Nebraska was."' not receiving an answer he replied, "The country of wide shallow water Ba'k where I was a boy, every thing had an Indian name. An Indian name always means something. Alle gauey, cool vntra; Yokahana, waters running in both directions, that is, zig 'ig; Ohio. lb,, beautiful " Then finding I was losing time, I quickened my pace aiiil siart 1 outvard but was arrested a mnni.iit by Ihe query, "Have you busi iitss!" 1 replied, ;YTes, a class at the ruiversity' Aud as I was fast leaving him behind, came'the words, "Be good, dear boy' Hiey my that in his prime, Kw the pniuiuj: knife of time ."ut iiiui down, " a butter man was found n the crier on hit round Through the town. i now he walk?, the street, And ho Iwiksatall he meets, Sad and wan. Aud he tAiukvs his feeble head, That it $ecius J1S if ,0 eailt They aiv gone ' O C. GiiWHS. Om Swede Doctor. 'I liaf good doctor in dees con n X: leinarked Sinil Swanson to Carl Auaensou. as they jolted over one of we wmmIs that lead to Lincoln, on the la.v of lie Bryan notification. Brail wore a Bryan button and Carl a McKin ley, and, under the subduing influence of stiff collars aud neckties, they were hedging about for common ground of sympathy. "So?" said Carl. "Oh vans, I hat' been to one of dem here. Yow remember when my eye he swell up so like eferyting? Dat doctor I went up to at Lincoln, he yust look at him, very careful, an' put sometings on, an' it didn't hurt uieder." "Dere was one Swede doctor I was to see iud old country. He took off d end of my finger. See? Oat hurt awful." "I should tink so." "He was not careful, dough, like dees doctor. I was scare of him. He say to me 'come here!1 an' I try to run away, 'cause de finger was chopped wid a ax. Mine b rudder chopped it aud it hurt aw ful. Den when I try to come troo de door, de doctor he lock it, an' I was more scare. An he hoi' me, an' I was quite small den, so he take me an" cut me de finger off." Carl poked the white mule thought fully. "Datwa not so bad, dough, as de li aie I run de fish-hook in my tumb." "How did you do dat?" "f went to brush a hair off my coat, aud de hook he stick out of de pocket, an' I didn't know what 1 do, till he was troo my tumb. "Dat doctor look tit it, an' he take de hook an' pull him back an' foit, till I tink I shall fall down. So I tell him io hoP de wrist tight, an den it didn't hurt so much. When de hole got big enough he pull de hook out." "Was dat de same doctor i " "No, dat was auudder." K. M. Melick. French, Latin, C-Serniuu and English dictionaries, Kolf and text Shakesjiear translations oXo at Herpolsheimer & Co. :ii 1 h I i AM " r