"And now, Mr. Breacher, if you will shust exblain two more bassages of Scriptures, I shall be oh, so happy dot I vash here to-night. One of dem ish vere it saish de vicked shall be cast into a lake dat burns mit fire and primstone alwish. Oh, Mr. Breacher, shall I be cast into dat lake if I am vicked, or shust close py or near to--shust near enough to be comfortable? Oh, I hope you tell me I shall be cast only shust py a good vays off, and I will pe so glad I vash here to-night. De oder bassage is dat vich saish, blessed are they who do these commandments, dat dey may have right to de dree of life, and enter in droo de gates of de city, and not shust close py or near to,--shust near enough to see vat I have lost,--and I shall pe so glad I vash here to-night!"
I kin saw you, you shly leedle raskel, A-beekin' ad me drough dot shair! Come here righd away now und kiss me-- You doughd I don't know you vas dere. You all der dime hide from your fader, Und subbose he can't see mit his eyes, You vas goin' to fool me--eh, Fritzey?-- Und gafe me a grade big surprise?
Dot boy vas a rekular monkey-- Dere vas noding so high he don'd glimb; Und his mudder, she says dot his drousers Vants new bosoms in dem all der dime. He vas schmard, dough, dot same leedle feller, Und he sings all der vile like a lark, From vonce he gids up in der mornin' Dill ve drofe him to bed afder dark.
He's der bussiest von in der family, Und I bed you de louder he sings He vas raisin' der dickens mit some von-- He vas up to all manner of dings. He vos beekin' away, dot young raskel, Drough der shair--Moly Hoses! vot's dot? Dot "son-of-gun" mit a sceesors Is cut off der dail of der cat!
Vot a coundry dot is, anyvays! unt vot a peebles! Ye poor Shews don'd got some quietness anyveres. Ve vas been persecooted! dot is vot it is. Yust lisden vonce, vat droubles I haf by mineself.
In the vorst blace my name vos Isaacs--dot is my lasd name: my vrond name vas Solomon, unt I keeps me a nice leedle cloding schtore in de Powery. You oughd to seen it vonce! I got me eferyt'ing in dot schtore. Vell, von day last veek a nice cushdomer, vot liefed in Yarsey, come in, unt I sells him a peautiful coat very sheep. Von he pud id on, id vas a leedle, _yust a leedle_, full preasded in de pack; bud I got dot coat ub in my handt, so he did nod know it vas too pig enough. I dold him dot vas _peautiful_ fid--yusd like it vas made for him!