The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-06
THE BUSINESS WAY.

Jack wanted C, but Lady Mary diilll' q
E1d thaes the way It All cane aoc-l--
Jack sEore she was the very da-usi'ss--
sweetest I0VsIisst girl On eGrEh- added @
-res- deal ulOrC Os love EypeE55le- azlc---
entire nous-even scared into pooa-T oeea-
sioullIy, which he read 10 C-zr1zzcp1ar
Columbus. her pet bull terror
But as ChrIzcCpher vFriuEled his u1s8
decideefIv and As his tail did not show tns
least futinariOn Of a WaE JACK tore e Up
the poetry 1 Uean- Of course
The trouble was Jack wanted 70 propose
and couIdnu T. For never did he bring up
the eFeusfu1 subject but Lady Mary you'd
90 OF a. 3 tangent possibly because JACK
was using roundabCut wuFs-
As Jack coufded 60 his eEum fyFh0
shall be ua-neIess for various reasCEsl, -- Do
you know, H. If I speak Of sunsets. she
VIII lurled1atcly have q wILd desire 20
discuss eEL1Olu1-y or Irregular Gree < Fsl-ls-
and Il I should ever nleEri1u loTe-Eg5
.haz ever have. yoz kuo7r-bua f ever
should hang me # don't belieFe saed
ask ne how my liver vas
By which it can readily be seen that
Lady Narv and jack were on The best oE
terms and the very intimacy seemed To
preclude the possibility Of ytniu- more
One afternoon was lying On the Fivsr
bank indus-r51-1sIE fishing while Ia1z
sp-aVTIed upon rhe grass alternately read
ing and scribhlz2E- Then Re locked up
and Observed conIplaceuuiy- -- Now I Hat
ter myself that's rather good Listen Il 3
The weary szn Lzs surk % reese.
And With him fades -l-e lyz1- da-
Con- ElEht cc-ze h5l-r love TIE bes-.
TT time love winning words u say
pretty good ehs-'
saGoode o Lord You want 20 change
those last two lines You should say
ssA1as. SKI lives IoTe struck crank
Who can't say What he wants TO say
you're com pairing day with night
Hang II all H ECu1Esou himself
could not please you Then q long 81
Ienee which h. at LIST broke with say,
do you think she would have me-"
oh take run around the block How
do 7 know There she comes nov and
give you fair warning that II Tou two
stay here and scare al my fish away II
tel about the poetry
Dlv1neIy tail and most dIvineIT fzIr was
Lady May She came tripping sctlaraly
over the sender grass, TIE mountain Flllc-s
kissing = deIicuts peach blossom into her
cheeks Jack- with his customary facility,
rose to his feet and the occasion 70 play
the gallant Neither of 'eu paid the
slightest attention 20 ne was supposed
20 be dad
Jack, - she said svcetIy- 81 want you
20 rov ne up TO the store VII y0us'
o. course Jack acg1Iesced- and the two
Jack IS = finished oarsU-n- &C least he
generally finishes IN about ten unInures-
knew II was To be Interesting 50 I gave
up the fishing and watched them
Mem later Tzev have drif-ed down
the river, both behind Lady Mary s para
soL)
Now IacE being ore Of these fellows
who beIieve IN never losing An oPpor-u-
nIt-- calmly ro7Ted the boat o1-s in tEs
middle Of the river and then as 1 predict
cd shipped t1f cars and opened Els con
verzaeiou-
HoET well we get along together IN q
boat he remarked gazing scEuiIlsu-aiIT
ae the cliffs
les, " abstrac-edlT- 80 but 1 7ElsE you
row uD TO the store don z vTa17 90 waste
the whole afternoon drifting like thiz
No, OF course noe- waking Up SID
denly Two strokes Then II visa We
could always
There sze a los OF new people coming
touIgh-- SIZE broke IN So Mr- Egglas-ou
told ne 50
did he's Hint Then with e brilliant
idea. Are yOu ever interested in other
peoples" he asked IN his most beguIllng
tone
oh yes-no~ shere-s Chriztopher Co
1UmbUs- I'm interested IN him visa
had him here rhis very minute Ia Kiss
his dear little nose
III were only Christopher Colunbus-F -
1nsinuated Jack
I wish you were sometimes she cried
wiekedIy Then I could shUs y01 up
occ1siouaIly, couIlu'1 T.
Nov, what could anybody do with 2
girl Like thzsa TIE end Of it was that Lady
Mary took the o1rs and rUvTed 20 the store
herself
jack came to ne dIsc1usolatsIv-
u wish I was dead he said told
him how Annoying It would 1s 20 l1s u
have him lying around dead He said 7
tsIkes5 Ike fool
---5lek. ny dear boy said paErol-iz-
iEgly CL am two months older than kei-
--rLc next tine you " Cd pop the question
be LL-1sF 4 bottle ct gl1Ecr ale 60 o1 7vill
2 bang and let au the dzzls come after
wur,I
I never zEo1Eht Of that, he answered
though fUUy Il wonder how Ii would
vvorks BY George, H. yo1 re- q trump
III rrT It.
That evening they were both down b
the s1Ei1- and I hid behind . tree 7
dIdn's I-ea- the 6-sr Ears ot 1t, bur I s0s
thsro 5usc in siE5s 60 hear .I1ck slF- 3 Ladv
Mzry, I love yor- VIII you be ny vTifez
with ples-sIru- she answered gaElT-
60 Io1 silly boy Why dId1' you say 50 be-
force
-'.Juss vzhzt Z told him. 30 said I coming
Czaul behind tie trec-
Did yoas Tou dear 5oy. y7u nay klss
me fer 1hzc- Keep ztiII, Jack
And 1 dl---A --latest
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