The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-09-02
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said the girl with the exuberant rat
but I'd have looked around a lttl
afore I'd picked him Honest, Name
do you think he's got any style 4
| him?"
Maybe he amt. ACCORDING to you
flea, said the young woman with
| The coral beads, But he looks goot
TO me Stars you pickin' him on
| goeswell, | amt sayin' nothin'. bu
| guess he'd have somethin' to sa,
about it..
"You don't need TO get mad, sale
the girl with the rat u said he might
be all right, didn't T.
Sure, know all about that He
don't wear his hair combed down over
his forehead or sport a neaf-diamond
stud in his shirt. He dol't talk smart
either. but that's all right. He don't
give me no near-diamond ring but
could have a real one ii wanted It,
You wait until you see our HAT.
"How long will have TO wait
Its TO be along in September,
guess. I've got plenty to do to get
my clo'es all fixed by then, He wants
me to quit the restaurant right now.
Not much
Why mott"
Well | CUES not In the first place,
| wouldn't quit an leave EN- till they
got girl that suited EN- an then
well. until we get 10 housekeepin' for
ourselves ii seems kind o natural tl
have him come in for his meals right
where We first got acquainted. II II
hadn't been for the RESTRAINT wouldnt
never have met him. An If he'd hap
peaed to go over to lulia's side |
guess ia never paid any attention TO
him. But you see when man eats
three times a day where you're a.
waitin on table you're goin to pay
some attention to him, amt yoH,
when he comes year an half
steady? You win if you've got any
sense--an' 1t don't take you long 10
size him up If you've got any sense.
The first time he came in he sat down
at the end table, but one next to the
wall, an he hasn't sat anywhere else
since"
What of it," asked the girl with
the rat
What Of it? Well, it showed he
wasn't one of these fellers who amt
never happy unless they're a-changin
around. He knows when he's suited
an he's satisfied with that. Most OF
EN- amt. | noticed he was right on
time. too. an that's good sign. II
a woman gets husband that comes
home regular TO his meals she's in
luck. | tell you. Another thing-he
always had a good appetite"
What's that sign Of
ITS sign he's workin hard, for
one thing. When man sets down an
cleans up his plate three times day
he hasn't been loafin'. Nor he hasn't
been drinkin. never knew Billy fail
to get outside of square meal in all
these Is months
Maybe he'll lose his appetite when
you get to cookin' for him" +
Don't you believe it. | don't say
as I'm any fancy cook, but | know
that there won't be any kick on
what's set afore him. How do | know
It? Because I've tried him. ! got
aggravated with him once or twice
an was just mean enough to bring
him in the worst we'd got in the
kitchen However, I'd have kicked If
anybody had asked me to eat food
like that, but if he cared he had the
sense to keep his mouth closed.
Il believe that"
Because he hasn't got much to
say? Well, that suits me. can talk
for both OF us. I'm good an sick of
these boys that have always got some
thing fresh to say. That's one thing
/ like about him. He acted like
gentleman 1t was six months afore
lie ever spoke to me unless | spoke to
him first, an then he never got gay.
Then ii any of the other fellers got to
loshin' me he didn't get to actin up,
After we'd got pretty well acquainted
| tried to- get him jealous just for the
fun of it, but ii wasn't funny. He
stood ii about as long as he could an
then one evenin' he says: Myrtle. If
you're tryin' to make me feel bad l
can tell you that you're dom 1t all
right, but If YOU keep on tryin' you
amt the girl | think you are an
amt the man to stand for 1t. There
amt no reason. is there|
- had a notion TO tell him there
was at first, just to be contrary, but |
had to look at him an | took tumble
to myself right then. No. Billy an
me amt goin to have no trouble. I've
watched him eatin too long not to
know"
We'll" said the girl with the ex-
1berant rat, Il don't know but what
you've done all right TO take him. but
The most of us amt got your chance
What am | a-goin to do workin' in a
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