The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-17
MAH! AB|0luI. I0WIn!!.

An ex-newspaper man who Is visit
ing In the city was wearing "a rather
woe-begone look the other night as
the Man dropped into the hotel lobby
for chat, and when questioned close
ly he finally gave up the facts that
& certain young lady 1--WE think she
| was from Crookston) had informed
him that she would never marry a
newspaper man-no, never This,
| following some Of his anecdotes Of
days when he was one of the pro
fesh," was rather pointed to his
mind. and his spirits were at zero in
consequence. Now there IL a very
strong bond of sympathy existing be-
tween members of the "prOfesh,"
probably because we receive SO much
"cussing" from the world at large
generally, and misery likes company,
you know. The Man, all sympathy,
inquired whether or not our old
friend had serious Intentions" in the
case. No" he hesitated, but fell
low doesn't like to be headed OFF SO
abruptly, you see," and despite our
efforts to cheer him up he Continued
in the dumps.
The young lady was undoubtedly
thoughtless Tor, possibly, thoughtful)
in her actions, but she gave our old
friend good, a very good reason.
She gave as her reasons for being
wary of newspaper men that they
were inclined to have too good
time"-whatever that may be.
Probably the one short weeks
vacation he gets yearly, where,
far from the maddening crowd, he
may angle for the little fishes in the
brook. bathe his manly limbs in the
limped waters of the lake and for a.
brief interval forget the nightmare of
some efticious foreman calling, copy.
Yes, great times those we have and
so often, they come. The girl was
right.
"That is a pretty sight, said an
EASTERN travelling u,an to the writer
Of this column as we stood at the ice
rink last evening and watched the
skaters glide by, several of the ladies
leaning, gracefully upon the arm of
their gentlemem escorts, their pretty
faces aglow with health and ANNA
ton undoubtedly inspiring the re-
mark fully as much as the swarm of
men and boys who were likewise en-
joying the sport There is a certain
independence about your western
girls, dash, a vim coupled with
mighty good looks that takes fell
lows eye,"s he continued and the Man
About Town, like the good district
school fathers Carlton wrote of, bowed
In acquiescence with a them aires
my sentiments. tew," nod for he too
believes in the west and-well, we
deviate.
Why is it that when two people col
Tide on a slippery walk and some one
or possibly two drop" both are bound
to get angry? The Man inadvertently
bumped into an;elderly gentleman last
evening and the law of gravitation
was Immediately demonstrated much
to the dissatisfaction of the Man and
the elderly gentleman. Efforts to-
apologize were of no avail and in a
beautiful demonstration of the use of
descriptive adjectives we were told
that you're no gentleman but-well.
something else. This is unealled for
and unpleasant and we long for. spring
to come, old Sol to smile off the ice
and tone down the dispositions of some
OF these grouchy old chaps who wear
cloth shoes, and a., sour face most of
| the year around.
"A yellow dog is a yellow dog" said
some one but we saw one making a
trip down Third street today that
rather tooksth premium. In fact, the
person who could tell the color of that
dog in the, brief interval of his light
ming passage is not; color blind by any
means. A,cam had become attached to
doggiesp tail in some unknown? man
ner, and. he was making time, oh,
such time. Just a streak. that was
all as he few by in a blaze of glory
and-cans. "Those terrible boys!"
thought Ttee Man..
Some, one, tells The Man that two
society Young men of the city ex-
changed trousers the other night, by
mistake. and that in delving into the
pockets of one pair. the wearer dis
covered a, certain, memento he had
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