The sun., 1902-03-09
JUST TIE DE4CON'S WAY,
Toycd With Feminine Creduiity ana Go
No. u and No. ~ Fighting

The usual calm of the beanery was rudely
disturbed tho other night by the repre-
hensible joke of a person known 20 Print
ing House Square as the Deacon. He
IL called the Deacon because he Is further
removed from piety than any other one
particular person south OF Fourteenth
street
The Deacon sat at table in the beam
cry presided over by No. 0. The person
answering 10 this number is short and
stout, and brunette. She has snappy
black eyes As she rushed at the Deacon
with "Watcherwanttonights and a
| mop, the Deacon glanced up at her and
said:
Did you wait on me last night7-
mo, / didn't" snapped No. O.
"Oh. I thought yer did, said the Deacon
unabashed,
The Deacons quick eye had discov-
cred already that No. and the tall blonde
with II on her German silver badge were
not friends. Twice they had met at the
milk can and hadn't exchanged word,
, and once when they came together at the
filtered water machine, No. Q stepped back
so that the starched ends of her apron
strings wouldn't touch the side of No
lTs skirt.
Il guess it was that pretty girl over
there said the Deacon, continuing the
conversation and pointing at No. IL
An you took me for that grip said
No 0, ossing her head.
We'll, | didn't know, said the Deacon
and then went on: But don't YOU like
herr
'Oh, well, said No Q. "of course II she's
a friend of yours | don't want 20 say any
thing against her. but
Well. l don't blame you, said the Dea-
con, digging into his Drowned heats,
after what she said about you
What's that? what's thatS' demanded
No. O, giving the table a vicious wipe with
her napkin. did she say anything about
me?"
"Oh. IL wasn't anything very bad
well. what was it?- demanded No. @.
shooting n fearful look over at No. H.
whose nose was away up in the air.
well, If It's going 20 make trouble"
began the Deacon. but the little brunette
interrupted
80, IF she, said anything about me I'll
Tll---well Id like TO know. that's an-Td
just like 70 know. that's all.
Well, If thought il was going TO make
trouble, began the Deacon, ! wouldn,.
wasn't 20 terrible. Still wouldn't like
20 have il said about friend of mine
No. was called away, and az she passed
No. II, she gave her a look that certainly
ought 90 have shrivelled her up. But No
H. took il like veteran and sent back
one that was corker
The Deacon chucked. The action had
begun, just as quick as No Q could hurl
a bunch Of fshballs at customer. she
was back nj the Deacon's side
"Of course" she began, "there min,
nothing that she could say that would hurt
me. Still amt going 20 let her saw THINGS
about me TO my friends without know wha.
they are and nail them"
Lets don't talk about it, said the Dea
con 1T was such a small thing that I
wouldn't bother about IL Maybe She
didn't mean il, after all She's nice sort
Of girl, anyway"
oh do you think so?" said No. @. loftilv
Well, ! think she isn't. just 10 and tell
her ] said so. She'll talk about me. will
she?"
Ha, hal" cried the Deacon, with n hollow
laugh. Why, what she said about Won
wasn't half as bad as that. She said you
were the Queen of Chinatown"
The Deacon lammed the last piece of his
slab OF apple pie down his throat Then
ne got ont. No was hvid and her eve.
we're sending contagrations toward No II
Iherell be something doing by and by T"
huinmcd the Deacon az he went out into
the street
and there was. Information concern-
ing II comes second hand, Of course. I'm,
II is related that when No. o and No n
retired 10 the dressing room after \ o'clucL
they went INTO action without any m
necessary guibhinC and filed the air with
language
Badges q aud II are now being worn bv
two nice young girls who are the best ~
friends. So far Gs the beanery il con
ccrned the old No 0 and the old No ~
have passed out oi existence.