The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1902-05-09


still talking, she t'rows up bote hands,
and says, ''For heavens sake. me dear
duke" she says, get busy she says,
'Get move On!'
Il cannot leave you-a woman" he
says.
Small oss to leave goil!" she says
But you has fought for me-" says he.
Il has, she says, land made a repu-
tation for YOU" she says. Pm fenccr
from Sword Hollow she says. But les
dat go; get move on. Partez!" she
says:
You are woundedv' he says.
And you are talking" says she. '1Ier
brodder led for me, and l give him lie
coup de contrepointe,' she SAYS.
OATS French for ''knock-out."
De duke asks de countess was de loidy
on hand at. de engagement. She says no,
but dat de cops was.
| done de fighting, got wounded, and was
| telling de man to get busy; but it was
man who done noting but talk Why,
she kept at him till de cops came and
| chased her off de- lot. Dat left de duke
! alone. Instead of making a run for
Paris, he says, Nov dat l has de field
of Wagram all to meself, l will make a
few remarks"
Den had cold feet again. .
Say, on de level he talked so much de
old soldiers got up out Of DER graves
and asks him would he please move on
to de next lot, or hire hall, and leave
EN- in peace. Dat was where dey was
| not wise. If dere is one ting more dan
anodder de duke was looking for, it was
talked back at de G. \. 4. till de colonel
Of de post turned on; some live soldiers
| to make de duke quit.
1t was all over but de picture and de
curtain. Leglong took cold on de base
ball lot and dies in de next act. De only
man who'd done any fighting for him
was a woman; all de sneak woik again
him was done by man, de gazaboo Met
| ternich.
Zone kiss! pleaded the confidential
| clerk =.
''I'd sooner kiss a serpent than you
Kissed the irate typewriter.
well; / saw you kiss. serpent yes
''Yes-the book keeper. He's an adder,
you know. ''-Philadelphia Record.
An 1rishman out of worl: applied to
the boss of large repair shop for u
jon" After CuiZzing him for some
time, the superintendent put him this
question:
do you know anything about carpen-
try?,"
blind?''
II dc that"
Tell me, then, how you'd make We
netian blind"
Sure, I'd poke me finger in his eyev'
-Pittsburg Bulletin.
"There was witty fellow out in
Michigan hospital" said Representative
William Alden Smith yesterday, ''who
had to be fed on daily diet of egg and
sherry. His physician asked him how
he liked it. 1T would be all right, doc
tor he said, if the egg was as new as
the sherry, and the sherry as old as the
egg "-Washington Post.
Ellen Glasgow's little tred-head grip
in The battle-ground" is a charming lit
the youthful Nick Burr i'll 1.-THE Voice
Of the People," she has made many fe-
licitous touches Of humor, pathos and in
sight-being of quiet preludes, in both
cases, to novels of warfare and politics
in Virginia. Once the little lady seeks
out negro witch to conjure her hair
black, and here is the dialogue:
THE child dried her tears and sprang
up. She tied the frogs skin tightly in
her handkerchief and started toward the
door; then she hesitated and looked back
Were you alive at the flood, Aunt Ais
ley?' she politely inquired.
".Des es live es es now, honey"
Then you must have seen Noah and
the ark and all the animals?''
Des es plain es L see you Marse
Noah? Why, Use done wash ell ion
Marse Noah's shuts twel 'rz right stiff
IN de jints. He aim never let nobody
flute his frills fur i'm 'cep'n me. Lawd,
in ter Marse Noah's!
"Betty's eyes grew big. I reckon
you're mighty old, Aunt Ailsey-'most as
old as God, amt your
Aunt Ailsey pondered the question.
1 ain, .sayin' dat, honey she modestly
'"rhen you're certainly as old as the
the little girl.
The old woman wavered. We'll, de
devil, he ain never let on his age she
said at last; but wen fust Law ewes on
I'M ne warn't no mon brat.'''
In the Near Future-The Cook-Oi'm
sorry, mum, but the walkin' diligate ay
tn, syprame Ordher av Cooks how Or
Subbub Nearfully)-Oh; Norah! What
have I done? The Cook-Nawth;n,
mum; but yer foolish husbind got shaved
IN nonunion barber shop tn day before
yisterday.-Brooklyn Life.
A Bostonian returned from travel in
the West complains of the unresponsive
ness and literal mindedness of the people
he ran up against tout there For ex.
ample: "A Mrs. January, who lived in
large Western city: l, went into az
apothecarys to find her address. The
directory stated that she lived on cor
ner of Frost and Winter streets. =
smiled g winning smile at the clerk and
s s1S She must be a cold proposition.'
genial lady. New York Times.
-:O:-- = T.
:. A few years ago little miss gave the.
information to the world: that there can
be nearer family relation than that Of
brother and sister. Accompanied 81
small boy she appeared in the Bryn
Mawr school and the teacher proceeded
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