Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1904-02-25
DIFFERENT MACHINE.
The One Used by the Writer Was Not
the kind That Did Fine
stitching.


:, machine for the purpose, had an odd Q,
! perience the other morning, relates tn
Evening Star.
/, A couple Of days before his wife ha
: engaged new maid servant, who was q
most as dense as she was black, which
: saying a great deal. In busting aroun
the writing mans work room the ne,
maid servant had watched HIS manipu
lation Of the typewriting machine wit
} great curiosity, and on the second da
Of her employment she inquired Of he
mistress:
Lady. what 10 yo' husband dul
a-mekkin'?"
The writing mans wife didn't exactl.
penetrate the meaning of the question
and so she returned some evasive reply
! On the following morning, after tn
mistress had gone of to do the market
ing, and while the writing man was tear
ing of language on the typewriter fol
dear life, there was q ring at the from
door. The maid servant answered tn,
ring. The writing man paused at hi
work to listen to the colloquy at thu
door, and he heard a mans voice say
something about "a machine The maid
servant made reply to this by saying:
"Yeseuh, dey got machine In dis
house--de gemman o. de house dun uses
/ It,"
SThat so?" the writing man heard the
male voice down at the front door say In
tone Of some surprise. fuses the ma
chine himself Ell? Is he In now"
"Yessuh he's In" the servant an
swered, and then she clomped up the
stairs to the writing mans den and said
to the busy occupant of it:
"Dey's gemman at de do whut wants
Z see yo' all bout machine, subj"
The writing man hustled down the
stairs and found good looking and de-
cidedly talkative young man standing
in the vestibule. There was wagon
out in front Of the house.
Good morning, SIR" said the young
man in the vestibule. "Your servant
tells me that you use machine-use 1t
yourself"
Sure thing" replied the writing man,
trying to frsme up words to dismiss the
visitor on the score of pressure of work.
"Yep, I use machine, but I'm perfectly
satisfied with the one I've got"
rs 1t up to date?" inquired the young
man in the vestibule, with a business
like chirkening up.
well, it's as up to date as heed"
replied the writing man, in a hurried
tone, as he thought Of the unfinished
STORY" In his den upstairs. "And it's
about as up to date as I'm going to have
for some time to come, considering that
I only got through paying for it the 9th.
er day" MI
"Bobbinless7" inquired the young man
In the vestibule, disregarding the writing
mans expressed determination to stick |
to the machine" he had.
The writing man look puzzled.
"Bobbinless?" he said. well, don't |
know what you mean by that; but It has
most Of the new attachments, and I |
guess II fits all right with 'bobbinless.
Got tucking and Telling and quilting |
attachments to IT." pleasantly asked the
7oung man In the vestibule.
Again the writing man looked both
red by the technical nature Of the
ueries.
"Oh. IT'S bully manifolder. sure" he
eplied, and then the young man in the
estibule looked bit surprised. But he
rent ahead:
HAS It got the embroidering attach
nent?"
"Oh, for the tabulating stunts-sure.
has all Of those marks" said the writ
ng man. 1T does any old thing that I
eed to do on II, anyway"
Excuse me for asking the question"
I'D the young man then, but is your
life fond Of your machine?"
"0h, she doesn't use It at ALL" replied
he writing man. I'm the only one IN
he house that touches II. She never
armed how to operate II. Wish she
ould. It 'ud save me . lot Of work."
The young man looked somewhat baf-
ID.
WELL" he said, after d pause, i've
zen selling machines now for nearly ten
ears, all over the country, and, dye 9
low. sir, that you are the first man
'er met up with that makes his wife's
othesf"
The writing man came 50 close to fall Z
6 down right there In the hall that G
ere was no fun In II.
He pulled himself together, however, a
It'll colossal effort, and after about q
ur minutes he succeeded in straighten- q
g the thing out.
The young man engaged In selling e
wing machines had. naturally enough, Z
ken the black maid servants word for 4
and the black maid servant. TO whom
e typevriting machine was something :
tirely new. had told him that de y
mman O. Dc house spen' nearly all be a
Re time sewing on . machine" .
GOSH I'm glad tagged that" en- 9
lined the writing man to himself AFT U
Al