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Those in front were the ones usually hurt in railroad accidents, Alexander Althoff remembered. THOSE IN FRONT WERE THE ONES USUALLY HURT IN RAILROAD ACCIDENTS ALEXANDER OUTCROFT REMEMBERED
iable loafers--and Old Baumgartner. The person he was discoursing about was his son Sephenijah. I am not sure that the name was not the ripe fruit of his father's fancy--with, perhaps, the Scriptural suggestion which is likely to be present in the affairs of a Pennsylvania-German--whether a communicant or not--even if he live in Maryland. "Yas--always last; expecial at funerals and weddings. Except his own--he's sure to be on time at his own funeral. Right out in front! Hah? But sometimes he misses his wedding. Why, I knowed a feller--yous all knowed him, begoshens!--that didn't git there tell another feller'd married her--'bout more'n a year afterward. Wasn't it more'n a year, boys? Yas--Bill Eisenkrout. Or, now, was it his brother--Baltzer Iron-Cabbage? Seems to me now like it was Baltz. Somesing wiss a B at the front end, anyhow." Henry Wasserman diffidently intimated that there was a curious but satisfactory element of safety in being last--a "fastnacht" in their language, in fact. IN THE MORNING OF A SUMMER DAY THE PEOPLE WERE THE AMIABLE LOAFERS AND OLD BAMGARDNER THE PERSON HE WAS DISCOURSING ABOUT WAS HIS SON ZEPHENAYA I AM NOT SURE THAT THAT NAME WAS NOT THE RIPE FRUIT OF HIS FATHER'S FANCY WITH PERHAPS THE SCRIPTURAL SUGGESTION WHICH IS LIKELY TO BE PRESENT IN THE AFFAIRS OF A PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN WHETHER COMMUNICANT OR NOT EVEN IF HE LIVE IN MARYLAND YES ALWAYS LAST ESPECIALLY AT FUN'RALS AND WEDDINS EXCEPT HIS OWN HE'S SURE TO BE ON TIME AT HIS OWN FUN'RAL RIGHT OUT IN FRONT HA BUT SOMETIMES HE MISSES HIS WEDDING WHY I KNOW DE FELLER YOUS ALL KNOWS HIM PEGASHSHUNS THAT DIDN'T GIT THERE TILL ANOTHER FELLA MARRIED HER BOUT A MORN A YEAR AFTERWARD WASN'T IT MORE'N A YEAR BOYS YAS BILL EISENKRAUT OR NO WAS IT HIS BROTHER BOLSER IRON COBBAGE SEEMS TO ME NOW IT WAS FALSE SOME SING WOULD A BEE AT THE FRONT INN ANYHOW HENRY WASSUMMAN DIFFERENTLY INTIMATED THAT THERE WAS A CURIOUS BUT SATISFACTORY ELEMENT OF SAFETY IN BEING LOST A FASHTNOT IN THEIR LANGUAGE IN FACT
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