CanÌƒon City record. [volume] (CanÌƒon City, Colo.) 1883-192?, 1903-08-27
a LOVE GAME

WHO uuufT~Vluu uNf allo-h'T pfr-ft =.
Tom Allison Bob Turnlee and my
self. Wear forever eh,,..lng oar an
other. pokin- tnn. ridIcuI,ng. abu-i1g-
In short. doing everything but pals
ing At times Tom and Bob will mite
to hammer me numerically: then II
will be TON and | against Bob or Bob
and against-Tom.
When Lydia first saw US together
she held her breath. expecting TO see
me land blow plumb between Toms
eyes Then she expected TO see Tom
pick up a poker and brain me. But
when the process was repeated be
tween Tom and Bob she began to Won
der what ii all meant. Finally she be
came fascinated with it
I'm going TO try it with Mae" she
said to me.
Better hot. Women won't stand
that sorr of thing" said TO her.
I'D iike5to know why. They can
stand If lust as well as men-that is
II they want TO-"
That's IT exactly: they don't want
to-
II shall explain IT all to Mae: then
we'll begin"
You'll slose your friend. tell you
what you do Begin with a man. Spe-
cialists going in for dangerous ex-
| pertinent FIRST try 1t on a dog. ! will
| be your dog in this instance"
.You don't seem to have a very high
opinion Of yourself"
s"Nerer mind that You wish to be
on What will call abusive terms with
a very dear friend. After you have
proved thai you can stand such treat
ment yourself it will be tine enough
to try II on Mae, When shall we be-
Einf-
Now
'-very. well; now It is. We will play
| 4 rubber Of pingpong. Iwill treat you
exactly as do Tom and Bob. II l
offend you during two games. you give
up your attempt with Mae
She accepted the terms and we went
to the. table She served the ball. At
the drif serve II struck the line be
tween the, courts
Get that squint out of your eye"
remarked. 'and put the ball in the
court
Icouid see the blood mount to her
cheek. but. with a spasmodic effort she
controlled herself and gave me the
! Dext ban properly. ! am very expert
At pin9pong. when returned ii land
ed II in her eye
You did that on purpose" she said
hotly.
"Of course I did and I'll do II again
Thax's not your side OF the table. Stand
on tteS other side"
She darted an angry glance at me.
but bethoueht herself. and. biting her
up. proceeded with the game We had
number of spirited returns. and at
| last she missed the ball and It rolled
under q sofa She waited for me to
get 1t Since ! was playing with
woman and II was only In words that
! I was TO treat her as a man. ! com
Piled But ! gave the usual grumble.
III you can't do any better than that
I'll send a balloon at you
Again she bit her lip. but said moth
ing except to count. making a mistake.
"Fifteen-love."
See here" I said. laying my racket
on the table. III you can't win the
garne,by a fair count, you'd better give
II up
| "I meant ,ove-6fteen: you know
very well l did You're trying to ag.
gavate me. IN aggravate you and
zee how you like It,
She served the ball viciously. and II
fell clear Of the table.
| There you-you horrid thingr'
That's fine repartee. You'd make
geod end man at minstrel show
| By this time her eye shone with sup
| pressed anger. and her cheeks were
eaming. The game had only been be-
gun. and l considered 1t ungenerous to
push her too hard, so l let her alone
| I'LL We stood forty-deuce; then ! began
| q little proddinE. She had very iugu-
! brfous look on her face, partly from
acger and partly from injured inno-
cence.
I "Come. Mrs. Dismal" said ''why
Cont you weep a few tears? They'd
blind your eyes and give me the game"
bly,. never heard you talk this way
before, even to Tom or Bob
"Well. now. like that. This would
be peaches and cream to either OF 'em.
Vantage out!'
She was so fustered that she missed.
4dugh had put the ball in the center
~ her court.
That was foulr' she exclaimed.
'-oh. you plead the baby act. do your
Nothing OF the kind! I say 1t was
q foul ball"
"well. call IL or Wen call 'em all
"a except those that strike your racket
You'd better ram the handle in your
hair and so to sleep. I'll send the ball
against it and do your playing for
you.r