The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-06-04
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George Washington an aged Irish SETTER
sat painting in the hot Virginia sun,
while Thomas Jefferson, the house cat
was sleeping soundly by his side. Betty
Carter, a young lady of twenty and mis-
tress of all she surveyed, leaned back
in her much cushioned Madeira chair and
watched from the broad verandah a lone
Ivy detected looking horseman coming up
the avenue.
"Billy! Oh, Billy' called Betty, do come
out here and do your studying, for that
terrible Professor Carlton is coming, and
l simply won't again be left alone with
him. Now, run, Billy, that's dear, good
fellow
DOG gone it,sis!' said boyish voice
from the hall, II wouldn't be worried with
such long coat-tailed prissy trash as that;
no, not even If he were the President,
mush less the Professor and a St. An
dreW's Brother, and all such stuff as THAI.
Now, why don't you say Damn raise
the devil generally, and to such an extent
that he will abandon you as hopeless?'
Then in whitening sarcastic tones he con-
tinued But. shucks! that's the way with
you girls You don't care whether a
mans coat tails are short long, his
mind broad or narrow, as long as he
wears breeches. Flirt, hirt, f1irt-you do
that as unconsciously as you sleep; and
then when the consequences are disagree
to help you out"
"Flirt? Why of course" said Betty,
serenely "for to be womanly that's a
most necessary Ingredient; and you would
not have me anything else, I know
Then turning she said pathetically "but
you will stand by me this time, anyway,
| won't you, old boy? And after tea
promise to help you with your Cicero"
By this time the Professor was within
Il orr 1$rs. p1%Ax ~ ~11vx on
down the broad stone steps and said in
hospitable tones, Nov this Is a pleasurs,
my dear Professor, and you are just III
| time for tea. I am expecting the Pages
in few moments, SO we can have jolly
little time of it under the trees; for it's
cooler out there, I think. Now, Billy, tell
Dingo to take the Professors horse, and
! then you come straight back to me, for
with wink-"you have been studying toe
| hard recently, and simply will not have
your health sacrificed to Latin, Greek and
| mathematics. Now hurry back DEAR
I had hoped we might have been alone
at least few minutes said Professor
Carlton, casting a reproachful glance al
| the sacrificed but at the same time pat
| ieutly obedient Billy. Then with effemi.
nate pathos. he continued, II have ridden
| twenty miles to ask you to reconsider my
proposal"
ooh, there come the Pages!' cried Betty
| in a voice Of i'll disguised relief. Their
! realizing that her self-evident gratitude
! amounted to little less than rudeness
! she smiled in way that would have cor.
| rupted an archbishop, and said sweetly
What a pity they came so soon, other
wise we might have talked matters over
and your eloquence is so convincing
This subtle fattery had the effect Of
making the professor rub the palms
of his hands with diguifled satisfaction
and as the neighbors drove up he re-
marked, '"Then, my little one may again
try to convince you of my lover
ooh, yes; but not this evening, anc
please don't again look at me In thai
tender way, because our friends might