Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-10-06
SHE ENTERTAINED HIM.

The Way In Which q Pretty Girl Goth
Better of an Annoying Drummer.
AS the drummer settled himseIfbo
fore the window of the hotel lookin,
out in the street pretty girl went Nv
"Whew!" exclaimed on of the bows
there goes handsome GIRL" but thu
drummer paid no attention.
"Why didn't you catch on to that9n
said the speaker.
Don't want any more at present.
replied the drummer, despondently.
whats the matter % was the aston.
ished inquiry.
"I'll have to tell you, I guess" he
said, as if there was story to it, and
the others pulled up to hear.
81 got in here at 2 o'clock this after
noon" he said. "Last night | STAYED
in the worst hotel in the meanest LITTLE
town in Indiana, and all because of q
pretty girl. Yesterday morning | left
Indianapolis to come here and rest over
Sunday. About two hours out rattl.
ing good-looking girl came in my car
and being lonesome | thought I'd have
company. OF course, / knew how n
do that sort of business fairly well, and
it wasn't long until was seated beside
her. Somehow or other l thought that
girl had it in for me some way, but she
was 30 girlish that was ashamed Of
suspecting her, and wnen she asked me
to sit beside her went very Willingly
"'Quite pleasant to-day on the train
isn't it p I said when / was comfortable
fixed.
"'Lovely,' she responded exuber.
antly, perfectly lovely, and it was
lovely last night, perfectly lovely.
went to a party last night and had the \
loveliest time / ever had in my life
Harry Forich was there. You don't know
Harry, suppose-he stands in a store
and l thought you might know him
you sell goods, don't you ?-most drum,
mers do, or try to, though some don't,
I've understanding Harry is an old #
flame of mine, though lately he's been
very devoted to Annie Liske-do YOU
know Annie ?-she has lots of friends
among the drummers, but | never cared
for them-and Annie when she saw me
at the party with Harry so much, got 50
jealous that her bangs stood right
straight up on her head and she went
and told Sadie Courtney that she
didn't think | had any right to come
down there interfering with her priv.
leges, and Sadie came and told me and
Harry, and we almost laughed ourselves
sick about it, and Joe Canary came along
and asked me to dance with him and
Sadie end Harry went OFF and Joe and
sailed right by Annie, and Annie smiled
sweet as molasses at Joe and | nodded
to her, and just then .the music stopped
and Will Ere pch and Tommy Berry and
Mamie Smith and lot more of us went
out to supper, and Annie was sitting
over at the other side of the room with
her mother and another old lady and
had more fun watching her, and when
spilled saucer of ice-cream down Joe
Canary's back it set them all to laughing
and Annie came over and wanted to
know what we we're having so much fun
about, and
"That's only small part of it, said
the drummer, YEARLY, though for an
hour | tried my best to break in on her
and kill her if necessary, but | could
MT, and just in my most desperate mo-
ment the brakeman yelled the name
some place. didn'tknow what-and
begged her pardon for interrupting her
and told her that must get off there
and | hustled after my grips and got of
I bolted out of the far end of the col
and as the train pulled out l watched
a moment thankfully. Then l went 10
to the station and there she stood witt
a good-looking young man.
"'This is my place, too she SAID
very demurely, and this is my broth
er. | hope you enjoyed yourself dur
ing the last hour. | didn't
with that she laughed funny litt1
laugh, bowed politely and lett me then
lamen ting. "-Detroit Free Press.