Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1906-06-07

~ Young man." said he to me one
day, civ all tn curyus things in the
world, there's nothin' so dunn cnry,ls
ez Womun. l thought SO thin an
think so now, an l know heap more
about 'em now than liver did thin.
1T come about like this Nolan az
me wuz both down to tn ovid Kelsey
sthreet chimical-though 'twuz not
ovid in thin days. Captin Costello
had it thin, an dishagreeable man
he WIZ to be under. An t. begin wid,
Nolan an me didn't hitch. Their wuz
really nothin' butween US at furst but
only jist fwhat ye might call standin'
difference iv opinyun. Bat where
menre shut up togither day an night
in little brick coop wild work. enough
for half Their time, little Difference
Nv opinyun grows. Their isn't no ither
way to do.
But Nolan an me didn't need no
ingine house quarrel. We found wan
outside, an Maggy Hogan started it..
l didn't know which saw 'er furst, tho
Nolan claimed wuz thryin to curt In.
out Whin furst l begun to go ther'.
Howiver that may be, go Their I aid,
an it wud l. took more than Nolan to
keep me away.
"'You an Misther Nolan don't seem
to love each ither,' says sils waa
evenin' whin, it bein' my day Off,
WIZ there ez usyul.
'Ther is only wan person on top
l. tn universe that / love- says /. an
We know well enough who that is.
An looked at tn person wild me two
eyes, stiddy.
'Misther Nolan Is viry nice man,
says she, not lookin' up from tn 'bpara
where she wuz ironin' He wuz ftere
only last night. We WIZ falkin' about
you. An says it wuz a pity YOU an
i'm didn't like each ither befher, both
" we oein' frinds i mine, SO t say
So that's it, says I, startin' Up
An Nolan is tn man, is he? Viry
well, Misther Nolan, you an me Will
sittle this affair butWeen u.s. Am /
started fer tIl' door.
"'Oh, fWhat re We goin' to do2' says
she an I see by til look in 'er face SHE
WIZ fuslied.
"'Do?' says l. I'm goin' to do fes
Nolan
AN at that she caught me By tn
arm. DON'T she says, wild scared
kind iv a pleadin' In 'er voice Oh,
Michael, don't do it. Don't Wan
wan i yell be KILT she says.
Are We pleadin' fer him. says l.,
pushin' 'er away, wild me eyes gittia'
hard.
Fer him? Fwhat a foolish boy
1t is, she says, I wuz thlnkin' i you
An wild that she hid er face in uae
coat, an cud only kiss tn top iv CT
head. Ye may guess I wasted no time
j. loO}1in' fer Misther Nolan that night
But the next Afternoon, whin th'
boys WIZ sittin' round in tn dumps,
ez they mostly wuz under Costello,
says to Nolan: 'Wud We like to pct
on the gloves wild nae, Misther Nolan?'
WED a set iv boxin' gloves in tn
bunk room, an tn boys used TO work.
out wild 'em oceashun'l!y, tho Nolan
an me had niver come togither.
I'm not pertic'lar about tn gloves,
says Nolan.
"'Are We fraid?' says l, mistakin
his meanin'. If We be. may say that
it'll assist tn decision iv a.. frind iv
ours. 1t seems to me, SIGH bein' tn
case, that We might
I've needn't sthop fer tn gloves
says Nolan, pullin' off his coat.
"'Good fer ye,' says i, ssein' me mis-
thake. 'Ye're a bether man than
mistook We fer An l pulled a Goa;
mesilf.
We'll, iv course, we h.,d to use til,
gloves to cover it wild; Costello wua
j. had us On tn books fer tishtin' in
quarters, else, an tn boys WIZ not
really onto tn game fer tn furst few
rounds.
well, that wuz tn furst an la.;-
time we liver fought The reason fer
which was this: Nolan, bein semc-
thin proud iv his looks, waited TIL
pay day to sittle fer tn two stor"
teeth he put into his mouth. But ]
havin' no compuneshuns ez to me ap-
pearance, wuz over to see Maggy tn
furst chanst l got. Whin she see tn
ripe lookin' plum that me eye wuz, she
says: 'Fwhativer hev We been doin'.
Michael, to git such a lookin' eyer
~ run agin a slight obsthrueshun,
says l.
1T wuE niver done at a fire. She
says.
81 niver said it wuz.'
Thin ye've been fightin',' she cries,
an wild Peter Nolan, too. Ye must
not do it, she says. 'Ye must not co
it, Michael l shan't allow it. Do We
understand me?'
I've towled us to sittle it, says l,
an sittled it will be-
"I'll niver hev it sittled like that
she says. Wan iv yen be KILT, an
I'll not hev it. Promise me- she says,
promise me, Michael. yell not fight
agin.'
"Well, she begun to cry ez she says
it, so ther wuz nothin' to do but make
tn best iv it an promise 'ef, an mebbe
give 'er kiss er tive in tn way iv
cheerin' or up. So done it, an ther