Evening journal., 1893-07-17


body but the Bicycle Man-Poor Brown
Sold Out too Late.
Eyes, burst forth the indignant Mrs.
James Brown, Of S32 Washington street.
at the breakfast table yesterday morning.
you are wasting all your substance on
that internal wheel"
Her husband was her sole auditor.
But, my dear, Just listen to what I
have to"
"No, won't listen TO a word you have
to say, Jim Brown. / have heard It all
before-many a time. A man who is
born of woman is Of few DAYS and his
head issfull of wheels. That's what the
revised version of the New Testamant
says, Jim Brown, and believe it, Be
fore I'd pay Sl45 for such thing as
that to straddle l would"
Come come Bessie. Please don't
talk that way. Just listen TO me for
/ few seconds"
Il shan'tl Now, then. have listened
and listened until / am tired Now it is
your turn to listen. man who has
wheels in his head has no regard for
virture, veracity or the welfare of his
/ family You don't have to stand of the
| grocer, the coal man and the landlord
/ You 60 off on Kennett pike riding beside
some of those New. Century Club girls.
and treating them to ice cream, cream
soda and all that kind of thing and
/ compel me to stay at home with baby
and run a credit account at the same
drug store for condensed or matted
milk to keep the little thing alive Lots
you think Of her ard me, you"
Bessie, let me talk sense to you
for a few minutes and think / can
con-"
Talk sense Why you haven't made
a sensible remark since you got that
wheel on the installment plan. It's
Mcdaniel this, and Merrihew that, aud
Seeds the other, and Pyle, did this, and
Hick Jackson made a mile in one hour
and so many minutes; and your going
to beat all hands, be damned if you
amt That's all l hear from the minute
you get in the house to the time you 90
out. And here 1 went out in the coal
house this morning and found that you
had used my hand-painted chamoise
banner to brighten up the nickel on your
nasty old machine. 1t was a wedding
present, too; and what will Mamie
James say when she comes around and
sees it2 / didn't think when / married
J you that you could ever be so cruel and
indif-"
Bessie. used that banner by mis-
take l picked it up in the dark"
mo excuses needed, Mr.. Brown-nC
excuses needed. Last week / asked yor
for money to buy a calico wrapper. You
! said you had lost your pocketbook anc
and that very same night you came bacl
home with new bicycle suit that cost
ufu .F IL
YOU did Jim, and you know YOU did
And next night you put that suit on anC
l saw you turn the bureau almost upsid,
down in order to see how your calve
, looked. Suppose / were to do anythinl
of that kind; what would You think Of
it.. Didn't you refuse to let me 90 il
bathing at Cape May, Jim Brown? o
e course you did and you know it, an,
' here you parade around town in knicker
bockers and black ribbed hose"
my darling, I"
S Don't my darling mel I'm not your
. darling. Don't you dare to try to hui
me, jim Brown If you want to hui
anybody or anything 60 out in the Goa
s house and hug your wheel. You stinte
e us to save money, saying you were gc
ing to build a nice little cottage an
what little you put by you paid in ad
vance on this beloved machine Whe
| asked you to get me a $l2 coach 70
baby you said that money was tight o.
Il account of the Sherman bill and yo
didn't think you could afford anythin
costlier than a $125 express wagon
e Ugh You unnatural brute, / hate an
Is des-"
p For Gods sake, Bessie, subsidel tn
neighbOrs will hear you and this thin
will be the talk Of the street."
is "Subsidel Indeed l won't I sha
proclaim my troubles from the houseto
il the trsp-door is big enough to let m
It through. If it isn't l shall bust th
shingles of Do you hear that, Jii
Brown Oh, you do2 Well, mean i
% l heard about your learning to ridi
Went out here in front Of the New
Century Club, fell twenty seven times /
|. twenty-five minutes fell on a ground u
5, bottle and came home and compelled q
i to get trust for half yard Of coul
A. plaster. telling me you had just take
" the third degree in the Red Mems Lodg
d Pretty actions for a married man, arm
theyg'
Bessie you are mistaken"
Mistaken. indeed Well, l guess no
g One Of the New Century Club girls wi
cut my acquaintance when l marri
you had the kindness to tell me abo
it. Here the onions, and lettuce. al
cabbage, and peas, and beans which y
planted in the garden last spring a
being checked to death by weeds, and
Sc on account of that wheel What's ths
by Indeed 1 WON'T No, sir; / won't pull
st weed III die first l also heard abo
OF that milk wagon running over you a
tn of the repairs costing $l4 know 10
as what you have spent and here it is
ey black and white. Just let me read 1t
ISL you:
p Mneel. ss..sssssss $50
so Suit. cap. shoes ...... IA
Pc Five pairs $40 pants .................. 81
Suit or clothes ruined d................... 80
Hat. ditto, ,.......-.. ..-.......-...............
nR Repairs. .....-...s....s.-s... IA
az. Leg guards. .--...-...-............
40 Bell.... ............-. .....ss....-....
~ | Court plaster ...........-s.s. 90. ......-..
tn Car fare. one way............. ......,... 10
Doctors ill........................ Ia
Miscellaneous...... ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IL
Ret Total expense. .............-. S30a
. Is that the fault of the Sherman bi
Jim Brown ? II it is, I'd just like to S
Mr. Sherman. But l don't believe
It's your bill and I'm tired Of living
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