San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-03-31
a WOMAN'S WINNING WAYS.
MAGRUDER STARTS OUT TO COL
.LECT $40, AND CARRIES
HOME a BOTTLE OF
CATSUP.

CATSUP.
"Say, boys, am sOft?" said Tom
my Magruder, as he sat down in Sew
ems engine house on Tuesday night
"Well, there amt anybody around
these corners that would dare to tel
you SO, Tommy said the driver
"Why, what's eatin' you now? You
look as if you wasn't feeling bit hap
py, but you don't look soft"
well, / was beginnin' to think
was gettin' soft, and you'll say l am,
after tell you about my trip today.
I've been collecting, or tryin, to col
lect, today, and L don't think I'm any
good at the business. John Stinsop
borrowed $40 of me two years ago, and
I've been gettin' it back in promises
ever since. He pays installments OF
wind every month or two, and that
all 1 get. Now, Johns a pretty good
fellow, but lately have been gettin'
| leetle sore on him about them scads,
and the more 1 thought of it the mad
der 1 got. On Monday night |
went to bed mad about it.,
and swore I'd go up to his
house and nail him for the
amount in the morning. /
was afraid wouldn't stay
mad enough over night if / slept in
good bed, so I kept my clothes on and
slept on a hair cloth lounge, and got
up madden than l was when | went
to bed. 1 went without my coffee to
keep mad and left my tobacco at home.
l was afraid to go up on the train for
fear of losing my mad, so [ walked
out to his place, two miles over the
first mountain, and [ didn't take
single nip on the way. Oh! L was
bound to stay mad clean through and
l was billing when / reached his farm
and knocked at his door. Mrs. Stin-
son came to the door, and the moment
she opened it she begun to smile,and,
putin out both her hands, she said:
why, Mr.. Gruder! Well, this is a
surprise, and pleasant one. You're
quite the stranger. | am glad to see
yOuW
"'Where's your old man" says as
grutf as l could, seein's I was talkin'
to a lady.
"'Oh, John she says. He's gone
down to the store and will be back
soon. Why don't you come in? You
surely amt goin' away without
comm in
"Well, T felt my mad goin' then:
but / woulden't let it 90, and | ans
wered her savagelike. 4 come up to
talk turkey to John says |, and
that's as far as got when she pull
ed me in and slammed the door. Now
see here, Tommy she says with her
sweetest smile, 4 ain'r gOin' to let |
you 90 back till after dinner. The |
idea of coming up here and not
COmH Z into the house. You ought I
t!rh ASHAMED Of yOurself;' and then !
y re talked about the folks and acted |
so sweet and pleasant that forgot |
all about being mad until l saw John |
coming through the gate. Then | |
got glum again, but, LOrdy, 1t wasn't |
any good, for he was just as hearty |
as she was, and they piled it on so
thick that [ didn't get chance to |
say what | came up to say. They |
were 80 blamed glad to see me, and
so pressin that L didn't have the |
heart to kick, and the consequence |
was l sat down to dinner.
They had country sausages, and |
| couldn't help saying that they was
good. With that Mrs. StinsOn said: |
'Oh, do you like them? Well, I've
just made lot, and l will give you |
some to take home with you. Don't |
say no. You've got 10 take them.
No, you amt robbing me; made too |
many of them, and l want you to |
take bottle of my catsup, too and |
blamed if that woman didn't wheedle |
me into taking big package of sau-
sage and bottle of catsup, and 60
ing out of the house without asking
for that money. couldn't do it, you
know, after them being so good, and |
as l was going away they walked to
the gate with me and gave me good |
send-Otf, telling me to be sure and |
come up again soon. l walked down |
the street about half mile, gettin'
at every step, and looked at /!
the package of sausages and catsup.
" Forty dollars, says to the pack
age, and then / chucked it as far as | |
could, and heard the bottle smash |
against rock in the field. That's |
how mad L was at myself then, and l
amt got over it yet. 1 don't care
what you fellows say, but | am soft,
and there's no wiping it out"
SOME strong prOtectiOnsts favor
knocking the duty off hides, pre-.