The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-27
..JUANA..
BY TRUMAN ROBERTS ANDREWS.

Copyright. 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles)
John Edgely Osborne came to Pasadena
from Boston. The Girl from Texas came
plains of Texas.
Johns first experience of The Girl was
on the incline coming down Mount Lowe
lie hoped at the time it might be his last
,'of all the Barbarians." thought, John
said The Girl to anybody and everybody.
There was an elderly man with her.
Six foot. chin whiskers. broad felt hat
Tho elderly man REMARKED, Peculiarly:
Ant Ain,t ,yoh scaihed You'll fall off an git
I'd d, smash bad. I'm brittle as a clancy
And about as mucn sense" thought
John.
still he watched her. There was some
curs which interested him,
incline comb shaken from Its noorings
by the restless, tossing head, fell almost
at his feet. He picked it up and handed
oh thanks awfully.' said The Girl
'Theyah. pizen fob gettln loose"
ouch. thought John but she made
back and appraised arms, as she replaced
the comb, that he hesitated u moment
ere he should turn away,
weah, amt yoh?'' queried The Girl. eye
az ~ Green? Wheah al The Green
II was suah I'd seen you theah. Weah
soht o. neighbohs, amt we?" she OBJ
served. laughing. so infectiousy that John
had at least smiled before he realized it..
John himself never understood the rest
of it, When they parted it was upon the
paizza of The Green, and then he smoked
a cigar with her father.
That evening, when, he came down to
dinner. he was surprised to find The
she laughed. Il remembahed t theah
change na mo to to- + seem as we'd got to
John was so asstonished that for an
i instant he Vas ali, his wits end for q
TePy but finally finally to
while he calculated the chances plnesa. Of get.
ting away on the, morning train.
II s'pose ! really ought, to stay ovah
fessed He says he gifts all mixed up
laa ,l is; he ,S don't !ke It a al; YSh see
SINCE l can remembah, an we've got 10
gvitb broke into tn way yoh folks do things.
woman is "ss t 1Sh ad fq
Du Pc AMT raht Ct %oFd t%o Is Exclaimed a"
The Girl: IAN yes, it's rough-not bad,
| yoh know; theah amt any fine mammals,
| but those boys II git down on theyali
knees foh woman. A COW punchah aint
| much on bowin' an scrapin', but he's
got mighty big heaht, an a woman IS
| q woman In his eyes"
or. rather, she talked and he listened
John Learned great deal Of The Girls
yenrning for the finer culture which she
felt existed in the wonderful outside
| world; and when they left the table he
| had, temporarily at least. laid aside his
4 timetable calculations and plans for a
| precipitate departure.
| Moreover, as the days came and went
and the dinner table conversations had
been many, they seemed to have placed
accustomed ITO the crude speech and odd
Of The Girl herself lie had discovered
| that she was not ignorant; where she mac
| obtained education he could not guess
hut beneath the superficial defects Of
| speech and manneriSm he found the work.
| ings OF mind not only naturally acute
/ but. to certain degree trained. Also
I the true womanliiress of her character
was forced in upon, him. and he felt more
somewhat neutralized by his dislike OF
"barbarianlsm,"
he observed one night after ''e dinner nai ie
US sit outside for u While upon Tho
4 .Sta bueno," agreed The Girl. ..Reck,1
/ I'd hettah git cape oah jacket. though
| Ensconced in the deep wicker porct
4 chair. which the willy John had SO place.