Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-01-16
MISSY NASH.
"Why didn't yer trun her down.

WY 0Auh yCE run uoI OOWus
"Sposin' l didn't get . chance?"
''~ell. then yer ought to quit
squealin'r'
but, yer see. she breaks away be-
fore gets chance to give tn mar
bic heart; an l Was"
''Oh. my boy, yer not on to tn
way of dealin' wit tn fairies; that's
all what's tn matter wit you. Yer
hearts too near tn right pace"
maybe that's 80; but knows Q
few of tn fellers what's in tn same
fix"
don't get personal, Or"
You're not tn only flower in tn
garden, are your"
Just then B,inky Peters waltsed
in with . can Of hop extract, and put
. stop to the discussion between
Nibsy Nash and Slim Jones. whom
the rest of the push were expecting
to clinch most any moment. missy
had just admitted that woman wields
q certain influence over the sterner
sex. lie thought she was all right
in her place. but expressed himself
as believing that she 10 wandering
daily farther away from the path
which was set apart for her especial
benefit.
The fairy what 1 used to pilot
around was q sumner" resumed
missy after Slim Jones had put him.
self outside Of q pint of refresh
ments. But she soon fell on to tn
ways of tn ones what has christened
themselves tn new womens. She gets
a bike an then you couldn't touch
her wit ten-foot pole. Now, I'm
not knockin' on tn sex, understand
me, fer there is just as good ones in
tn rank today as there wus when
Chris came over the big stream, but
gin kickin' against tn mannish ideas
they are gettin into. They're fakin',
that's all you can call it, an l think
it's about time that tn geezers what
has been wearin' tn pants in tn
past be gettin' . move on themselves
an see what can be done about this
matter, or some fine warm dav
they'll open their blinkers an find
that tn women are the whole thing.
I'll tell you it's comm to be o pretty
serious matter. Look at what they're
doin' now putin their oars in
most everything what's goin' on, an
it's gettin' go tn men fellers can't
get word in edge ways. Of course
they never can when women are
around, but they used to be a little
modest. But holy smoke think Of
it in 1896. Tn men might Just as
well hand 'em over tn medal.
"a man has got to be up to snuff
to play even wit fairy now. No
matter how square you play, you're
liable to get tn hooks truu into
you any old time. This is what l wus
tryin' Ito pound into Sims thick
cocoa, but he says that you've got
cobwebs in yer second story il you
allows 'em to dump you witout first
given 'em q close play for their
money. When was rushin' Mag
you remember her, the girl what
used her hair fer ear NUTS in tn
summer time, an shook her left
listner when she winked-I kind or
thought wus tn whole lake. But
I've changed my mind. She was all
right until tn folks moved up on tn
next avenue. There she gets &C.
quainted wit some fairy what she
gives me q knock. down TO as Liz
just Liz-who l have since heard
this is on the dead quiet-used to
throw switches for tn Milwaukee at
Savanna before tn family moved
here. She has corns on her mitts
yet. Well, the fairy had q bike, an
OF course nothin' would do but Mag
had to have one. too. Iput in every
night for six weeks holdin' up the
bloomin' machine while she wus
learnin' to ride. Finally she
got SO she could spin along
a block witout fallin'. In another
week she braved Second avenue.
One night goes down to tn house
an Mag was sittin' out on tn porch
with pair of them short necked
coffee sacks on. l could see right
away that she was gettin' swelled on
herself. "Where'd you get tn
togs?" said l. SAT tn store;
where'd you s'poss; an what OF it?'
Oh, course it's none of my business, ,
says l, but l don't think that it looks
very nice fer q girl to wear such
rights. WE'LL she SAYS. If you
don't like my gate, yer needn't
swing on it, an then she gives me
Tn frosty stare. A big lump comes
up in me throat at first, but man
aged to swaller it. its all over
then. is 1t Mag? says 1. i guess
that's what yer calls it, saws She,
and she shifted her chunk Of tutti
frutti iand turned her frozen MUG on
me. got little Drawer then. An, I
says, Ia, t.. me fairy: I s,pose
you'll be playin' foot bali in tn fsll. ;
Now che sails up an down tn ave.
nue. on her bike. She is q chestnnt
An We haven't spoken since"
"Just as l told you-they,n do
you every turn OF the Wheel" broke
in Slim Jones. III you don't keen
yer glimmers peeled"
'But that Mag she's got q neck
sure enough" spoke up So eak Muir
ply.
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