The labor world., 1899-10-28

get up and leave those vaudeville thea
tres any time they want to. I know
Mr.. Mcneil and I got up started home
a few minutes after one night"
Mamma-"Yes, but that was because
the show wasn't any good. 1t isn't
likely that they had that kind of a
show in all the theatres the night last
June that we are talking about
Papa-"This wasn't in June. This
was in the latter part of May. I know
it was just a day or two after I sold
that 50-foot lot to Martin and Martin
left for Europe on the I'd of June"
Mamma-"Well, I don't know any,
think about Mr.. Martin, but do know
that just the very next day after this
happened we got that invitation to
Clara Bingham's wedding and Clara
was married on the 18th day of June,
and I know that they wouldn't be
sending out invitations three weeks
before the wedding was to come off,"
Papa-"When was it had that row
down at the city hall about the water
tax" ,s
Mamma-"That was about the last Of
May, I know, because we commenced
to take ice about the LIST of June and it
was just before that you had the fuss
at the city hail.
Papa-"Well, that's when this thing
happened, because I know went down
there to the station to see this fellow
the next morning and happened to
think about that water-tax business
while + was in the building and so
tended to it right there"
Mamma-"Goodness gracious, pa!
arn't you ever going to tell that story?
Mr.. Sutherland will think you never
had any experience with a footpad at
all If you keep branching off about
lot of things that haven't got anything
at all to do with it."
Papa -"Well. If you and Mabel viii
keep still minute will get this thing
told. You keep breaking in like cou-
pie of cuckoo clocks"
Mamma-"Oh, we'll, you needn't for
get where you are, pa. Don't let you.
temper get away with you and don't
Use abusive language. I'm ashamed
Of you, pa"
Papa-"I wasn't using abusive lang
uage. I was merely protesting in as
mild manner as know how against
started to say that this night last
May, Just as soon as I heard this fell
low running, and saw that a policeman
was chasing him as hard as he could.
stepped over in front or him and held 4
out both arms
Mamma-"Now pa, why don't you
tell it straight? How could you hold
tell it straight? How could you have
held out both arms when you had hold
of my arm with one of your arms? ?
You know very we'll you didn't stir to-
wards the man until I pointed him
out to you and showed you over toward
H. we /. r. Then we both" Of us got
right in the way where he couldn't ru-r
around us without slipping on the
grass ~
Papa-"The fellow pulled out a great
big gun as soon as" ri
Mabel-"Papa, what makes you ex-
aggerate things SO? 1t wasn't gun
at all, Mr.. Sutherland, 1t was COM
mon ordinary pistol, and they found
out next day at the station that, It
wasn't loaded. There was a name ems
graved on it, too. It was the name
of the man that owned the pistol, ana
this man stole it from him in Cincin-
natl" 2s
Mamma-"Columbus, Mabel, Column
but-iot Cincinnati" sF
Papa-'I wish you folks would let uD
little and let me tell Dir. Sutherland
about the way they fixed this fellow
when they found out his history at the
police station. You see, there had
been a whole series Of hold-ups and
robberies in Cleveland the winter be-
FORE
Mamma pa, not Cleve- $
land. What's the use of telling things
things that aren't so, when it's Just
as easy to tell the truth?" s
Just here the door bell rang End a
gentleman was admitted who wished
to see papa about his assessment for
fixing the street and Mr. Sutherland
and Mabel withdrew to the parlor.
"shan't I sing you something, NJ.
Sutherland?" asked Mabel, looking
coyly up at him with her great brown
eyes. .z
I'm sure shall be delighted" re-
piled the young man, and he heaved
a great, soulful sigh as he sunk into
a seat and Mabel began to turn over
the leaves Of her "Album Of Song -
Chicago Record. ~