River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1906-11-29
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whin tn capt'in tells me FIR to dhrop
up here an tell we he wants to see We.
Nv coorse she won't says the capt'in.
but tbs only fair to thry wanst more
1e see, tn capt'in an me knows wom-
en-
"Oh, you do, do your" was the sar-
castle comment of the woman.
~ coorse we do, none betther," an
sWered Policeman Flynn. livery
ma-an knows woman; It's only women
that doesn't. SO we got to ta-aikin' iv
1t in tn station, an livery ma-an
there says We won't come. TITS fool
ish.' they says, 'f'r to sind afther her
aS'in whin theirs Is or 20 iv us here
that knows women like a book all
sayin' that she won't GOMEZ"
"Well, of all the conceit!" broke in
the woman, holly. 'Know women like
a book, do you? Why, you don't know
anything at all about her"
Sure we do" said Policeman Flynn,
confidently.
''The absurdity of it," exclaimed the
woman.
"Ye're not comm, are ye?" demand
ed Policeman Flynn.
mo, I'm not"
"There, We ha-ave tn proof iv IT,"
asserted Policeman Flynn, triumphant
ly. "'Tis what we said. Ohio! we're
wise lot iv la'ads"
"I'm not afraid to come" insisted
the woman. II know what your cap
tain wants, and it doesn't bother me
bit, only don't want to come
Nv coorse not" acquiesced Police
man Flynn. "but we're not comm. /
knew we w'u'dn't"
"Then why did you come for me?"
asked the woman.
"Oho! l didn't tell we iv it, did I?''
returned Policeman Flynn, leaning
comfortably against the post at the
foot of the stairs. Twas all along
Nv me wife. At tn station we'd give
UP sindin' FIR we agin, an l was laugh
in at tn idee iv annywan thinkin' ye'd
come whin she up an says: Barney.
she says, how d. We know she'll not
colle?' 4 know women says I. 'Ye're
fool, says She"
"She's right" interrupted the
"Eow can We say that" demanded
Policeman Flynn, "whin ye're provin'
she's wr-rong?"
what else did she say" asked the
woman.
"'Twouldn't inth'rist ye,' asserted
Policeman Flynn. "Shes like all tn
r-rest iv tn women-she thinks she
knows-an' she r-roasts me FIR thinl1in'
know. ''Tis like a ma-an,' she says.
'f'r to think he knows what WON
anil do an to be br-raggin' iv it
But I'm right / says. 'Ye're not
says she; if yere polite to her an act
til gintleman, she says, she'll come
With that we ha-ave some words, tn
foolish woman thinkin' she knows tn
sex betther than me that's married to
fine sample iv it, an in TIN ind she
lays bet iv new shawl agin pair
IL whittier gloves that yell come If
/ ta-alk polite to We an don't thry f'r
to bluff We. So here / am, an ] win"
ooh, you do, do your" retorted the
woman.
CIV coorse l do" said Policeman
FLYNN. 81 ha-ave tn gloves all picked
out. Ohio! tits great joke ! ha-ave
On her, she thinkin' l didn't know
anything iv women. Twill be les
son FIR her"
Il don't believe you," she said at
last.
"'Tis all tn same to me-" returned
Policeman Flynn, $50 long as we don't
come with me-"
81 believe you think I'm afraid tn
face the captain and answer his ques.
tons"
'Niver," insisted Policeman Flynn.
"'Tis only tn woman mkt door thinks
that Ye see, l whit there be mis-
ta-ake," he went on, as he saw her
/ flush angrily, "an' whin / told her
what ! was afther she di-ricts me here,
an says: But she won't go with we.
though, FIR she's afraid iv the po-lis.'"
"Did she say that?" demanded the
woman.
"She seemed to know ye," said Po-
liceman Flynn, blandly. "'Tis
shtrange thing, too, whin We think iv
wan woman KNOWN another. II mo
wife had as much sense she'd be havin'
new shawl instid iv buyin me pair
iv gloves with fur on thin. That
woman mkt door do be havin thu
sinse av ma-an."
"Just about as much" returned tina
woman. 'I'm afraid, all /? And I'm
read like book by lot of lazy men
loafing about police station, am I?
Well you just wait here minute"
'Where We goin'?' asked Policeman
Flynn.
"I'm going to get my hat" was the
answer. II always did despise that
woman next door anyway"
"'Tis what / thought" chuckled Po-
liceman Flynn to himself. "Ye're al
ways safe in figurin' on that with tn
woman mkt door"
"How did you do it, Barney?" asked
one Of them.
Thereupon Policeman Flynn looked
owlishly wise for minute, and then
contributed this bit of philosophy to
the store Of human wisdom
"'Tis easy to ma-ake a woman do
what we warrant If We can keep her
from KNOWN what it is"
Nevertheless, to ease his conscience,
he bought his wife a shawl, much to
her surprise.
Copyright 1906, by Joseph p. Bowles)
Copyright. by the Century Coz
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