The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1905-11-30
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From the washington star.

Inc ssa3ouADio uiAiokuo
has been reported by the teeny little
fllilloo bird with tho eavesdropping
and rubbering habit:
Her-And you figuring that I'll need
n new coat this Year, 1 dom believe
you havc given the matter n thought.
And this In just the time TO buy furs.
They're just giving them away ut this
aso h afternoon ] saw the cut
est seal jacket. with high collar and
big reveres. and IL was only SITS. And
Him--Gittout. In that so? Well. on
my way home this evening I saw the
~loveliest melton cloth -waisted
split-taii autumn o~vercoat. and the
price tagged TO Il showed that they
were just chucking II away. II was
only ss5. However. i tagged u.
Her-That's Il: try TO turn every
thing I ask you int what you consider
n joke. Now. didn't you Just as much
ms tell me. when you bought me that
common old coat for 337 last winter.
that you'd be sure to get me a seal
Jacket this year?
Him-weii, I may have been smok-
Ing n little last year. Mt that. l prom
Used myself a hull lot OF things at the
same time, but they still look 10 be
about rs far AVA rs one-sixtieth OF
a grain OF s~trychnine on the White
Lot gaxed ut with the naked eye from
the top OF the Washington monument.
Her-Now. wait n minute. Look mt
me. You don't expect me To wear that
common old ss7 coat again this win
ter. do your
Him. haven't got any expects COM
Ing. except that 1 sure expect to Ink
up h a old ulster OF mine again and
wash around In IL when the raw
weather drifts along.
Her-Mrs. kergrab. whose husband
gets only sixteen hundred. Is going TO
have a seal jacket this year She's
got Il all picked out. and she's brag-
ging about IL to me something awful.
Him-Uh-huh. Mrs. Kergrab meets
Kergrab In the disburxing office on pay
days. knocks him down and out with
n gnarlcd club. takes his pay envelope
from him. and when Kergrab wants to
get his shoes half soled he has To beg
her for the 65 cents for "A Heek.
Her-weli. I think she does perfect
~ right. the miserable. drinking thing
h has for a husband. and
Him-She hasn't left Kergrab the
price OF n hooter OF Swampoodle gin
for six months. To my dead sure knowl-
edge.
Her-weli. It's a good thing she has
mt. so there. now! Look ut the good
use she puts the money that she saves
to-she's going To- have n sealskin
Jacket
Him-Yep. and Kergrab will be
| ElOutnlnk anu tllnhl1k uoNn NHF OtCh
streets la a bum Paisley shawl. as like
as not.
Her-And N you weren't 40 selfish
as To spend every penny that you can
rake and scrapc ON cigars and
Him-Stogics. six for i've.
Her-And clothes
Him-Last suit, made to measure In
April. Ss.9S.
Her-And drinks
Him-One beer for lunch. one ON my
way home from office. ten skents.
Her-And poker
HIm-why. fury and shucks: didn't
I win 65 cents the last time i played.
four months ago?
Her-And betting or nasty old race
horses In handbooks-
Him-Hayen't mad n bet In three
months. then IL Was one ace. n !
came near winning at that. Horse only
got beat four days and three hours.
Her--And thinking Of nobody bu,
yourself
Him-Tm thinking Of having my rus
set low shoes dyed black SOS I can get
the winter out OF EN-.
Her-And here "a will soon be chilly
weather, and I only need n few It'll,
things-that seal Jacket. that's JUS
dirt cheap for SITS. u n winter pole
hat-I saw "A perfect lear yesterday
for s3O-and | have been wanting O n
OF those gold chatelaine bags-Mrs
Kergrab has had one Tor ever so long
and they're only SIS now-and l saw
an imitation diamond swan the othel
day n was only s2T. and you couldn'
tell IL from genuine To save your soul
and what In the wide world I'm goinl
to do for a new tailor suit I don't know
ind
HIm-Hey. hold up! You've forgo
to mention that Panhard devil-wRgon
only sis.50O. that you need 80 bad.
Her-And you get eighteen hundre,
"A year now, and that's plenty for IN
10 dress nice on. and
Him-Just about.
Her-But you don't want to get IN,
n single. solitary thing. 80 ! can DOL
decent and hold my head up and no
hay. the life shamed out OF me ever,
time I put my foot ou OF the hous
Z aud meet my friends. and-boo- hoo
why didn't ! marry n man that wa
| somebody. as ! had so many chance
to. instead OF an unambitiouS g-g-g
: government c-c-clerk who doesn't
Him tclapping on hat)-weli. Their
she goesl Twenty-three for mine
[ skiddoo!
D Good Conoressmen.
From Harpers weekly.
representative la congress from th