Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1894-06-06
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Chicago Man.
Say. no~. femme tell You some.
thing Sfid the drummer who'd been
hooking Sp his pocket dictionary for
the las; tenA minutes to find the word
respiratory" over which there was n
dispute.
Everybody was willing he should tell
all he lncys, and he closed the bool,
and continued:
1T was) simply n coincidence. In
other words. l resemble Chicago man
so closely That the young woman made
4 mistaken
And ptHccipitated herself and vel
coined yo}i home, OF course" yrowled
the old ma N with the Queen Ann chin.
Not tpat evening. old mani She
was Young woman who was looking
to preeipitate row, and | may add
that Shef was successful. Don't all
speak att once. but I'm the unknown
man who got horSewhipped ON State
street, Chicago, in July, 1899. II may
have Slipped your memory, but
haven't forgotten any of the par,icu.
lars yet"'
"HorseShipped by young woman.
eh?' querit'd the metallic paint agent
as he put oIn knowing look.
say. NOW, femme tell you how IL
was. IL WAS one ON me. of course. hut
Z all came about through my being 50
stylish anti good-lool<ing, YOU know.
Cashier of IA bank made love 10 "A beau
tiful girl and won her heart Her
father faiyed in biz and the cashier
threw herr over. Her love turned to
hate and she ycarned for revenge. She
heard he w rs shining up To another girl,
and she dbtcrmiued To take him down
peg or two. The evening | arrived in
Chicago tvas the date She had set for
the little affair. l put up at the Ire
mont, and after supper took "A walk
This iheart-broken, revengeful girl
expected To find the recreant cashier
With lady, Of courGe," cacllled the
paint man.
"Of course, and l was with y lady
my wife, you know. Yes, my wife
used to- travel with me then We were
talSing(n little stroll and the street was
pretty clear of pedestrians, when IA
young woman overlook us. / hadn't
cnughF sight OF her vet when She out
with u rawhidc and began To dust my
jacket. j don't deny that il was n real
I
by ~ Texas steer, but the surprise
WASH Z equal to this occasion"
bid she say anything?" asked the
man with the Queen Anne chin.
SHY. now. femme tell you that she
did! lShe had an exclamation for every
cut. tShe called me "A 'heartless villain,
a peraidious wretch and a dozen other
things which didn't hit my character
and conduct, and that rawhide kept
after ute like n swarm of humble bees
chasing, farmers hired man. | got
one licAx on the neck which lasted over
month. Oh, she meant business, she
didri
And the lady with you?"
"Thc1 lady with me. Saw. now. lemme
tell YOU that my wife ran into door
way ahd yelled murder" and that's
what brought the police to my rescue.
| was that surprised | couldn't even
hollcr.i Just about the time cop
grabbed the girl she discovered that
she had made "A great mistake, and she
felt SO .cut mp about it that / really pit
led hcf. OF course had To accept her
apologies, and say il was all right, but
| couldn't keep my feet still while do
| ing it.1
! AND, OF course, your wife accepted
her apPlogies?' queried the glue fac.
tory drummer, who had been holding
his breath.
'Sayl now, femme tell you that she
iidnt.f replied the victim. That's
where such mistakes do a power o.
harm 1t was all perfectly proper and
As (ght as "a string, and yet my wife
wouldn't speak 10 me for "A month. and
is holding the coincidence over my
head yet"
DO we understand" said the paint
man, after two minutes of silence. do
we understand that the mistaken
youngi woman also apologized TO your
wife?3
say, now. lemme tell you some
thing.' petulantly exclaimed the CO.
Incidence chap as he got up TO leave
the smoker.
IAN right, go ahead"
ut has just occurred TO me that she
lidn't apologize, but I'm not going TO
-aise any row about it. and If you fell
ers think yourselves so awfully smart
Just go ahead and swap lies and get off
tale jokes, and pat each other ON the
pack for Smart Alexis Say. now.
eDme tell I've got through, and the
Shole gang of you can go TO grass and
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