Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1899-12-14

DldnI Win Latln name. What
in the parlor we don't know.
We are watching Morgan examine the
plant. He doesn't know a nettle
from a nasturtium. He is saying:
Darn your untalkable names. I'll
so back to that door if l violate every
sense of honor and glue my eye and
maybe my ear to the keyhole to catch
snapshots. Morgan, you cur"
But he went, and applying his ear,
heard Edith's voice:
Fred. couldn't you see all along
that loved you? And / was SO proud
of you when l heard how you stayed
by poor wounded Jim with such noble
unselfishness. And that scar, it's a
badge Of honor. Let me kiss it,
There was a delicate smack that
made the eavesdropper mutter, "m-m-
m-nectar of the gods! Shoot back, you
unspeakable sphinx, shoot back, or I'll
Hello! that's he" as he heard a sound
as of mule pulling foot out of mud.
Turning to go he remarked:
Il feel sneaky. Darned If I'll ever
twit woman on curiosity again. But
be easy, my conscience, | heard Vim
cent cross the Rubicon."
The unsuspecting couple found him
some minutes later deep in the study
of botany.
Three weeks afterwards Vincent
plunged into Morgans room and found
him in an easy chair smoking. He
paced the room back and forth in a
state of nervous agitation till the oc-
cupant of the chair ordered:
Halt! Right about! Three PAGES to
the front! march,"
Vincent obeyed, cakewalking the
last order Morgan then modestly
enquired:
What in Tophet's the matter?"
"Resuming his beat Fred remarked
disjointedly:
I'm the happiest man alive Edith's
named the day. Didn't know life held
such a treasure for me. Dang it, how
came | to deserve her? Why, man, Pm
just beginning to live. All my past l
was like tree stump. I'm a man
now. Previous to meeting her | was a
a"
Jim (sotto voce)-"He's gone. Clean
gone" (aloud) "a tree stump. Wonder
full the transformation a little chit of
a girl can cause"
Fred.-"You irreverant ruffian. She's
an angel, pure and good. Can't see why
they forgot her wings"
Jim-"Neither can l. Well, you see,
she's young and maybe they're just in
their pinfeather stage"
Predictions comparison. She's
not young. She's mentally, morally
and physically mature. She's not
young"
Jim Changing his course to catch
the wind)-''No. Quite true Positively
ancient. A regular fossil of the pre-
Adamite period. Hope she'll raise you
correctly"
Fred.-"Idiot. It's morally impossible
for you to grasp the magnitude of my
joy. She's the dearest little woman
alive. In fact, the embodiment of
the three graces. The temple of all the
Jim (sotto voce) symptoms of
mental alteration. pronouncedly dis
tinct." (aloud) well, Vinny, if there's
in rule, she's safe. She's
her opposite you know"
Vincent needless of his skit. ran on,
land she has revivified me, simply
me from frigid to torrid."
Jim-"S Strange this getting warmth
from an iceberg, Explain the phenom-
enon."
Fred.-Who's talking about ice
bergs?"
Jim (sotto voce)-"Great snakes.
His memory's gone" (aloud) Nobody"
You're an idiot"
Jim-"To be sure. Go on"
Fred.-"And I'm supremely happy.
Its simply extatic. Im--I'm-Dang it,
can't find a word to express it."
Jim (sotto voce-"O Lord (aloud)
Make one. Try transmogrifbanda
tlality."
Fred.-"Eh? What's that?"
Jim-"Don't know"
Fred.-"You're an irrepressible
idiot"
Jim-"Quite so. Proceed"
Fred-"And, Jimmie. we want you to
act as best man at the-the-obsequie
-the-the show-the parade-the-
confound you, what are you laughing
att"
Jim Choking with laughter)-"N
ing. irresponsible, you know"
Friedman, be serious. | want you
to stand by me in tnis-this scrape-
-mesS-er-ebmarr-- shut your
mouth, you laughing hyena,"
Jim cheating a tattoo with his heels
on the fioor)-"O, Lordy! His nerves
are all gone to fiddle strings. Sos
mine" (aloudl Certainly. In the face
of all odds Think of the ambush,
man; it'll help you to an even keel"
Fred.-"Nonsense. I'm simply over
joyed. But you can't understand it.
Say. how does the--the-you know
what we respond to-how does it
read?"
Jim-"0h, the oath of allegiance.
Well, in the rough, it's this Know
all men by these presents. that this
woman is mine IN have and IN hold for