With Gun P Rod in Canada 



bodys, he ses you must think your a lot uv peple and tha 

 wus a lot uv bones left over when tha gut ready to make 

 you and i cum rite back at him and tells him that the way 

 his wus rapped up he must be ashamed uv em and made 

 a big hit with the gurls. Everyone wus feeling prety 

 good by now and tha sure did git after the cooks grub 

 i made quite a hit tellin em about that operashun my wife 

 had las fal and about that ingrowin toe nale i pulled off 

 tha gut so intrested that sum furgut to eat there suppers 

 and sum sed tha wus to tired to eat the fat man and me 

 had another run in about hare tonik after supper and he 

 bawled me out and them aktors fur drinkin hare tonik 

 we told him to chase hisself and he thretened to can the 

 hole outfit if tha didnt sober up after supper and i told 

 him that it wus the rite time to do it but wood any time 

 betwene now and mornin do ? we had another rownd 

 and a kupla uv the gurls tried to teach me the chemise 

 (thats the furst word i have had to look up in the dik- 

 shunary) tha pronunced it sumthin like Jimmy but did 

 it better than tha sed it. i run down to the boat hous 

 fur a bot. uv Jamaca Ginger when the ist one started 

 it i thot shure she was getin a dose uv chils and feever 

 it shure shook em rownd like anything and made em look 

 like tha wus havin argue, i explaned to em that a man 

 wusnt bilt rite to shake hisself that way but we had a cow 

 that could do it and then done a step dance fur em and 

 we had a kupla more and then sumthin i eat fur supper 

 must hev disagrede with me and i had to leve i gess the 

 cook'll hev to lern to make grub so it will mix with hare 

 tonik if he feeds this bunch fur long, long bout 10 oclock 

 i wus layin in the grass jus in the shadder uv the boat hous 

 and long cums Mister fat rrian with one uv the young 

 fellers he stans nere me and tells the young feller to shoot 

 up the whole blamed outfit when he sez the word and to 

 be shure to cover all the akshun and not to miss that 



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