Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-10-05

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.,s mx.ie~s- And Mr.. Heade.~cc vas
. r,< Young EaE. tos- He sose thai
evening . hff.e strsu hal with . baby
hlue bxna. . eut-ss.y co~f, . pair 81
light, siae TArt.loons. . white vest. q
l.rrtonhoie boa4p~t. and fifte~n CENTS
Tie evening v~s very warm. and a.
,h~v xzik.4i ti.e~e Young T--otsle talked
.i.sui The lA~e-tail match. the xe4fl.er.
All .un s,roAes. BY and by one Of the
vogng ladies' gave o deiic@.e little
~lrs~k.
.-oo-oo, What fGnny si<h,-
-Wherss Wh.r-s Which one, e.
frl,l4.- ask.d the other Young LADY
.zc~Fiy.
~Hs-ye AID Mr.. Hensier~on, in
,r5ai.ls~i tsns .. Iooking crafty ani r-sO-
lui.ls a. the wrong side q the stresf.
There. exclaimed ElfTisla. sril.sSly
POINTING =, she -poke. Hos funny II
!, sg.~ll,si: see. Ethel
Why. aid Ethel. ''i;'s SPELLED cur
r-ily. Isn't it. Mr. Hrbderson:~
Has - ~hy-sv-xhy-yes. YES "a
l.. sur. s.id Mr.. Henderson. very
huskiiy. staring a. hard a. he could a,
a ~In.io~ full 81 house plants
why, Mr.. Henderson,, sail Elfriia.
~ tones IL amazement, hos can Won
>Ay 81? just see. nc =. lee, or loubl.
. m, creein, that's not the way TO spell
GRAIN.
"Oh, Elfrida," cried her companion,
Won must he nearsighted. That Ism I
all g. il is an n. Isn't it, Mr.. Hender-
Cn:"
And Mr.. Henderson, who vas pray
ing harder than he ever prayed before
that an earthquake might come along
and swallow up either himself or all
the ice cream saloons in the United
States, he didn't much care which,
looked up at the chimney of the house
and said:
THAT? Oh, yes, yes; Of course, why
certainly, How very much cooler it
has grown within the past few minutes, {"
the young man suddenly added. with a
kind of inspiration, surely that cool
wave the Signal service dispatches an
nounced as having entered the country
from Manitoba must be nearing us at
once"
And he took ont o handkerchief and
swabbed face that looked as though it
had never heard of q cold wave, nor
even looked into the face Of man who
had heard Of one. He knew when he
talked of its being cooler, that his face
would scorch an iceberg brown in ten
minutes.
BY this time they turned corner,
and the appalling sign was out Of sight.
Mr.. Henderson breathed like O free
man.
II always like to stroll along Jeffer-
son street in the evening"" said Ethel.
cts so lively. My, just look at that
crowd Of people going in that door.
What is going on there Mr.. Henier.
son?"
Mr.. Henderson looked across to the
other side of the street, as usual. and
said,
A"Oh, yes: that was clothing house"
S"Why, no, Mr.. Henderson," ex.
claimed Elfrida, "that's IN ice cream
saloon"
Ethel laughed merrily. "Do you
know" she said, II wondered what
so many young ladies could want in
gentleman's clothing house?"
Mr.. Henderson said, "Ha, ha, to be
sure" And oh, the feeble, CHASTITY
tincture of mirth there was in his ner.
vous cha, ha." It sounded as though
boy with the earache should essay to
laugh.
us it true, Mr.. Henderson" asked
Ethel, "that soda fountains sometimes
explode?"
Mr.. Henderson, gasping for breath,
eagerly assured her that they did, very
frequently, and that in every instance
they scattered death and destruction
around. In many Of the Eastern cities,
he said, they had been abolished by the
law, and the same thing should be done
here. In New York, the young man
went on, all the soda fountains have
been removed far outside the city
limits, and we're located far in the lone
ly meadows, side by side with the pow
der houses.
81 am not afraid of them," said the
daring Ethel. II don't believe they
are bit dangerous"
"Nor l." echoed Elfrida. II would
not be afraid to walk up to one and
stand by it all day. Why are you so
afraid Of them, Mr.. Henderson,"
Mr.. Henderson CRASHED his teeth and
secretly pulled out q great sheaf of hair
from his head in nervous agony. Then
he said he once had fair young sister
blown to pieces by one of those terrible
engines of distinctions while she was
drinking at it, and he had never since
been able to look at soda fountain
without growing faint.
"How sad" said both young ladies,
and then Ethel said:
"How do they make soda water, Mr..
Henderson,"
And while tho young man was get
ting ready to recite . recipe composed
mainly Of dirt and poison, Elfrida read
aloud four ice cream signs. and Ethel
read on a Transparency, Lemon ices.
cooling. refreshing, and healthful,"
and Elfrida read, Ladies and gentle
mems ice cream parlors." twice, and
Ethel looked at the door and said: ''Oh.
don't they look nice ssd cool in there?
How comfortable and happy they do
look!" And Elfrida then said, Yes.
indeed. it makes this dusty street and
scorching sidewalk seem like an oven,
jass to look at them even;" and then
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