The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-30

Rider hat with u long Lavender qasA In
IL SAT tagntlly apan IL. There wsre anazsy
vacant seats Ia the bpats kssa- the elderly
stout woman ia Black axaa ~faSksrei
msge on ber ehtf and earring tag palm
1sxf far sat down In the seat next 10 TIA
young WOMAN. She wss one Of that SORT
% elderly stout women nas TOO common,
who seem burssned with the fear t.fas X
they don't begin 20 talk w.th yoa on the
ears or on the oDaf 81 Ia the stage tbs
moment they settle Dawn yaa viii thin&
taeE sot't want 10 ba agreeable. She
glanced al the positive hair Of the pretty
young woman and al once bad Der aoGotH
az 10 whether IL saa so by nature or by
art. Vigorously aGttatimg the atmosphere
a moment with her fan sae turned 90 the
pretty Young woman and sad. ia ro-
bust voice.
"peSiifsroas lef day.
TIE young woman replied. with a LITTLE
stare At tha snadeHness and rosuDaiEy OF
| the remark. that il was very warm, in-
deed. The sislerly stout woman faaned
harAels again with much emphasis. and
| presently remarked To the girl In the
Rough Rider hat:
"Y0a look To me jest as II you was goin'
IL tae train 20 meet somebody"
The pretty young girl 5lushsd 10 the
eolsr OF her hair and then smiled ana
| said yes she Was. The stout woman did
not pause long.
"Be you Engaged 10 him." she asked.
There was no doubt. from the expression
on the pretty young womaDs face, thas
| the stout woman was mindreaasF-
Thought soI" said she "Bat / hope
he aln't railroad mani Don't never mar
~ "a railroad nafl- fawss They're iante
! to be smashed Gp any time. and then they
have setch ali-pervaiin chances for fiirs-
In hope ne aia't u railroad man
The young woman smiled, and sad &c
wasn't a railroad man The stout, elderly
woman glanced easpseioassy as the young
womans red hair again. She had strong
doubts Of IL. that was plain.
II hope you amt xoia' 10 tell me he's
| q hofea-k keeper" she resumed. Massey on
| Es, don't you do IT., Ny afst husband was
| a hotel-keeper and he fell down the eie-
| yafor. and had forgot 20 have bis life In
sured. IL rifles me yit when think of ths
| forgitfalneSs o. that man, Please don't
| tell me yourn - soin 20 be a hotel
| ksepsrr'
The Young woman relieved the stout wo~
mans mind. He wasn't a hotel-kaeper .
/ Amt "a sager. Is her and the inauisitor
/ seemed anxious Think twice before you
marry s0ger. soger clothes Is deeeiyin',
/ and they draw women like 'lssSes does
/ flies. You better think twice before you
/ 60 and marry sober.
The young woman said she hadn (
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marry . soldier.
Then" said the elderly stout woman
| with a. deprecatory sweep ef her fan. II
! s'posss he = a tfayelin' man. Well, | hope
/ neither one OF you Will be sorry" and
! she glanced again at the girls head and
| shack her own. 'Srrayeiin' men Is away
| fram home lot. cause they have to be-
though some Of 'ern stays away longer
1 than they have To- and | know IT, Mo-
| Body knows what they're up to when
| they're away. either. TFavelin' man. hey ?
| Well. hope neither one o you Won't 81
| sarry."
| THE young woman tossed her iaan.y ha.
| and feather and said he wasn't a travel
tnw man.
Some girls fanc;es steasnaoaters," the
| stout elderly woman resumed, and may
| - yours is Don't marry a steamhaater
| whatever YOU do. Ny second husband VAS
| q sttamhoaser, and the h'iier busted aai
| elewed hjm into moron a thousan' pieces:
| I always feel terrible pat cat when | look
| at hls pictas' hangin' over the mantei-
| piece. sfesmeoateFs ts mighty uncertain,
u4sss. 'TaiGt "a Stsamaaater. hey Well
| now. I'm amaxin' glad Ia hear 81 Hat {
| hes dfy goods man he 0}u't much hes-
/ ter. Smellln' the dyes III the calico Rnd
| fefher things II terrible Injurious and dEy
| 8neas men never I've cat half their day
/ And even II the dyes 3on't kid him he'll
ses. the wonssn that s. shosaslu' all tne
| time and there aims no teliin' where he'll
/ lard I wouldn't marry a dry goods m81
| IL Was yoa,"
| Tne young woman said she didn't in.
| tend "a
| ''Wcli. a grocer II list as bad. and /
| aoat knaw bRf he's worse. cause gracefs
| alwsys has seteh dirty hands" said tba
| elderly stout person NV third husband
| AVS a srocef and ssteh bands "a ~ hadl
| NasSyf Enough 20 make yau wonder he