The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1900-02-10
NO SMART GIRL YARNS.
How Proud F},her Wa. Take.
Aback by nm unsympnthetic
Companion.

A man with a characterless mouth
and a sappy expression boarded down
town Fourteenth street car with man
with an iron jaw and lucid eye.
well, sir" said the man with the
uncertain face, as soon as they were
seated, "that little girl of mine is the
greatest"
certainly, ! think we ought TO hang
onto EN-" interrupted the firm jawed
man. ''What did we cough up S20,000,-
900 for 'em for?"
The man with the indeterminate
countenance looked puzzled.
II guess you didn't catch me right"
he said, after pause. II was going to
tell you a funny thing that little girl Of
mine said this"
kll. | don't think it'll make much
die nee whether congress passes an
9th financial bin or not" said the
stISI,faced man, calmly. "Country's
&c along all right as things are
rig ksw. The more they tinker with
thl Fey question the more of mud
dlj Ell be-"
ling Ses; that's So" replied the man
wit he receding chin. But this lit
tie -x-year-old girl o. mine is the
brightest"
ayes, think the prospect for con-
tinuance of good times looks pretty
bright" was the reply. "We won't read
OF half so many cases Of distress during
this winter as we did last winter and
a couple of winters Before"
"Well, when she came down TO the
breakfast table this morning" pursued
the father OF the phenomenal young
one, "she looked at the buckwheat
cakes on the table and"
"Now you hit me where live" said
the square jawed man. Don't think
] could put in the cold season without
buckwheat cakes for breakfast. What
kind do YOU use at home-the old-fash-
toned buckwheat or this new-fangled
self-raising kind?"
Fri don't know what kind my wife
prefers. Anyhow. as soon as my little
girl saw the buckwheats She"
swell, for my part prefer the old
fashioned things. l like any old thing.
Friend OF mine brought me bottle OF
2o-year-old Bourbon from Kentucky the
other day. Finest tang to ii / ever
tasted"
THAT SOP" weakly inquired the par
ent of the extraordinary little girl.
"Well, she looked at those buckwheat
cakes solemnly for minute, and"
81 think Jeffries'll knock the nose Off
OF him-that's my honest opinion"
said the man with the countenance de-
noting strength. Fact is, believe that
California boiler-maker could have put
up a pretty stiff argument with John
L. when John was in his prime"
"-and then she looked first at her
mother and then at me, and then she
pointed at the cakes, and"
"TallSing about pointing, my friend
Jim Pothunter's got the finest pointer
cog that I've seen in a month O Sun
days. It's n foxy bird that gets away
from that dog
look a-hcre," said the man with the
vapid physiognomy, Il wasn't talking
about any"
"Well, here's where ! fall off," com
placently remarked the square-jawed
man, stepping onto the running beard.
"S'long. BE good"
ANY man." growled the firm-jawed
man, in his mustache. as he swung
along toward his Office, "who thinks
he's a-going TO shoot yarns concerning
the corruscating brilliance of his kids
into me while I'm trying TO get some
comfort out o. my after-breakfast cigar
has got TO heave me into subterrane-
Gus donjon, keep and buck and gag me,
and that's no pianissimo pipe-fantasyl"
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