Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1892-05-12
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The mer T~hrsatsned 20 Make the
Test Eatirely Too sioeessfsl.
A traveller for q New York dry-goods
house was In the smoking = OF .
train on an Ohio railroad. says M.
Quad in tho New York Evening World
when a horny-handed young farmer
came in for a smoke and sat down be-
side him. The young man felt and
looked happy, and pretty soon he re-
marked:
Il heard some n saying you was
from New York"
Yes
Drummer. amt your"
Yes"
BIN around a good deal. i 'sposeP"
We'll I've been travelling for nf-
teen years"
Shoe! You must have seen a heap.
Say! I've got q sort OF favor 10 ask OF
you"
..Well?"
I'm engaged to a gal in the next
car. I'm going with her down to
| Medina She's the all-frsdest purtiest
gal in four counties. and l know she
loves me but"
but whatp"
You know a Teller Is allus sort o
uneasy about his gal till no marries
her. She purtends that size wouldn't
even look at tho president of the
United States II he vas a single a
but l dun no. You can't be sure Of
these women"
No. you can't"
May be ~purtendin' to love you like
O house afire. and yet be ~plannin' TO drop
you for the first better-lookin' felier
who comes along. She's in the next
car and I'd kinder like to try her. I'm
purity sure shes all right but I'd like
to know Jest how she'd act II you
went In and sat down beside her, i
know it's asking n big favor Of YOU
but"
oh, I'm perfectly willing to c
commodate you" interrupted the
traveller. but you must promise to
abide by the consequences"
'.How?"
Why, II she seems to take to me
you mustn't get mad and raise a row.
/ am only trying to accommodate you,
you know"
Dye think she'll take you"
Why, ! can't say. She's sitting in
a seat alone. I'll take my grip and
walk into the al and sit right down
beside her"
Yes"
Then I'll speak about the weather
the scenery-ask where she is 60
ing. and SO on, and the chances are
that IN about ten minutes wen be
talking away like two old friends"
''Humph! 1t took IN three months
afore / dared ask il her ma was well!'
Then I'll gradually lead up to the
subject Of my being a widower," con-
tinued the traveller. in remark how
lonely j am. and how | am thinking
of marrying again, and how my sec
ond wife will have u scalskin sacquo.
diamond earrings, and 4 horse and
carriage. II you come in and find me
holding her hand you mustn't get mad
and pi en- INTO me"
''Goin 10 talk sealskin sacque TO
her. EN-
Yes"
And diamond earriags3"
Yes"
And tell her she can have regular
Brussels carpet stuffed chairs, and a
hired gal?"
Certainly"
You wait a miunit!."
He got up and left the car. Just
then the whistle blew for a station and
the train soon stopped. The traveller
looked out Of the window and saw the
young man and his girl getting Oh
with as much alacrtty as II there had
been a collision expected. He put out
his head and called:
This isn't Medina; what are you
getting off here for?'
Il know it hain't Medina" replied
the young man as he anne forward
few steps, but We will stop of here
and take the next train
but l thought you wanted me Il
do YOU a favor"
Il do. You jest keep right on thai
train and git out OF the state Of Ohio
as o on as ever you can and If l eve
ketch you within fifty miles Of my
home after FIN married I'll thump yol
all over the county.