The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-12-27
He MIXED THE COW
Travelling Man Has a Peculiar
Christmas Experience.
WIS COMEDY OF ERRORS
Drummer Wouldn't be BIufed
So He Turned Chore Boy.

SO0Ho idoy IN the case 10 square things
afterWard. The names of the persons in
terested are withheld, as it might inter
fere with the little affair which is now
on. With the exception of names the
story is literally true.
DR.. Blank and his wife, both persons
of more than local reputation. were com
PEELED to be away Christmas morning and
told their daughter, Miss Blank, to call
up John Jones livery stable early in the
morning and get Mr.. Jones TO milk the
cow.
Miss Blank was obedient and quite
early the next morning called I'D the
place and requested the person answering
the telephone TO tell Mr.. Jones to come
up to DR.. Blanks house.
The party at the telephone said that
MIR. Jones was not up yet but that he
would come in very short time, as he
had been notified that he was wanted at
once.
Not long afterward Miss Blank heard a
knock at the front door. She went to
the door and upon opening it was con-
fronted by neatly dressed young man.
who looked as though he might either be
a business man or a gentleman of leisure.
My name is Jones'" said the young
man. Il believe that Miss Blank wanted
TO see me. Are you Miss Blank?"
why, yes" she returned, in confusion.
She had expected a rather elderly man
OF rough appearance. 1t did not seem
possible that this nice appearing young
man could work about livery stables.
What was desred?" insisted the young
man.
"Er, oh, we'll, I wanted you to milk
the cow" exclaimed the young lady,
rather confusedly.
WHAT" said the young man in re-
turn exhibiting surprise and consterna-
ton in every feature.
ITO milk the cow" said Miss Blank.
desperately, determined that she should
treat this person as she would any sta
BILE boy.
That's queer" calculated Mr. Jones
under his breath. wonder what kind Of
game is being worked on me-"
Turning to Miss Blank he said, Every
well Where do you keep the cow"
1t was her turn to be mystified again.
This man had MIXED the COW before, ac-
cording to a statement of her father. and
yet he did not know where the barn was
located.
Come along" she said, 81 will show
you"
She led the young man to the rear Of
the house and got him the milk pail and
pointed out the barn.
by the way" she said, would you
mind bringing up a couple of buckets of
coal, also?"
"Oh, not at ALL" said the young man
rather sarcastically. "if there is anything
else you want, just mention it,"
The young fellow walked down the
stairs and out to the barn. Miss Blank
sat down with rather mixed feelings.
She could not reconcile herself to the
belief that this was a stable boy. He
seemed to have too much good breeding,
yet the name was the right one and he
did not object to doing what was re-
quested. Clearly there could be no mis-
take.
Il was some time before the young fell
low returned with the bucket Of milk in
one hand and the bucket of coal in the
other.
rs this as much milk as you usually
set?' asked the young man with rather
enigmatical smile. "It is all that 1 could
make the COW give"
Il suppose So" replied the girl. you
can call on my father tomorrow and he
will pay YOU"
Don't mention a little service Ike
cot I,N
could not think of charging for it.
hope you will have pleasant Christmas.
Good day"
Father" said Miss Blank, when her
father returned in the evening. Il
thought you said Mr.. Jones was an old
man"
so he is" her father said, rather irri-
tably.
We'll" exclaimed his daughter. now
ccaripced that there was some horrible
mistake, the young man who came to
milk the cow looked as though he was
just going to make a call"
There IS a mistake somewhere" said
her father. Jones is an old man and
always wears old clothes"
Investigation proved that Jones. the
liveryman had sold his stable and had
moved from town. Jones No was a
travelling man who boarded a few doors
away from the stable. When the tele
phone call came in for Mr. Jones" the
man naturally supposed that it was the
travelling man who was wanted and he
told him that Miss Blank wanted TO see
him"
Mr. Jones. the travelling man. thought
this was peculiar as he did not have the
pleasure OF Miss Blanks acouaintance
When he arrived there and was request
ed to milk the cow, he supposed some
kind 81 a joke was being played upon
him and he would not give in just to give
the persons E:Jilty Of the indiscretion
chance 20 laugh at him.
As a matter of fact the nearest &C
Quaintsnce Mr.. Jones. the travelling man
ever had with a COW was through a dairy
man He did not know even which end
10 approach. He slipped over 10 a near
by house and hired boy 10 milk the cow
and then carried the milk in.
DR.. Blank learned the straight OF the
whole thing and made a handsome apoI-
ogy 10 Mr.. Jones, the travelling man. as
did his daughter. Gossips are predicting
all kinds Of things. as Mr. Jones has
called at Or. Blanks several times since
the memorable day when he played sta
bic boz.
ONE MERCHANT REMEMBERED
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