Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1906-03-01

o her for a bit?" he says.
How could they" says Bob, when
she amt orphan?" he says.
Some of the neighbors," says Hen.
cry, as amt blessed with children
o. their own might be plum tickled to
death to have this little ray O. sun
shine in their lives" he says.
Mo- says Bob. mo, Henery," he
says. Nowadays people amt got any
hankerin' to look arter their own
children, let alone other peoples" he
says.
ut amt that | want to part with
Geranium," says Henery. mo, far
from that" he says, ''but it don't seem
right to bring the pore little critter up
without her havin' some female asso-
ciate," he says
This is what Bob is waitin' for. He
| turns an pints his finger at Henery
very solemn.
''Henery," says he, Il got idee,"
says he
'Wot is it?" says Henery, all
worked up an very hopeful.
you got to git married agin," says
Bob; very serious like he says it, too.
Henery looks like the guest o. honor
at hangin.
why" says he, very indignant and
breathin' so hard he seemed in dan
ger o. Dustin, "how dare you, Bob
Barnacle," he says, suggest such a
thing" he says, with my pore wife
just berried?" he says. "Besides," he
says, they amt er one about here as
| knows I'd have" he says.
| But Bob didn't mean to lose that
! moosic box if he could help it, so he
says to Henery, very severe like,
Then how air you goin' to get that
pore little infant brung up?" he says.
Natcherally this wus a poser to
Henery. He turned it over in his
mind, and while he was a'doin' it the
baby footed couple O times. That
settled it with him.
Bob" says he, "who would you
think would make me g. proper wife?"
he says.
When he gave up like that Bob
knOWeu he Hdu lllll eli UcSiho d-aSeih
very coyllke.
"You know I'm your friend, Hen
cry he says, 'but that's a question
| as | don't know | can take the re-
sponsibility O. answerin' he says.
! Marvin bein' more or less o per-
sonal matter" he says, 'an' my
| choice might not be the same as
yourn," he says.
But | amt got no choice" says
Henery, very Respondent like, AN
bein' hitherto a married man, | amt
! been so gay with the gals as you," he
says.
Natcherally this tickled Bob. Amt
any man wot amt tickled when he is
given credit for bein' some conse-
quence with wot Bill Stiggins calls
| the onfair sex. But he KEEP his head.
do | understand, Henery,' he
says that you want me to use my
| influence to get you q wife?"
The Plot Unfolds.
BY this time Henery was all
worked up over the idea. Every
time he heard a squeak he thought
it were the baby signalling it had got
| it's second wind and were ready to
tune up again. Still, bein' a most
modest man, he didn't want to ap
pear too anxious; so he says to Bob
that's something like the idea. You
see, they is so many designin' women
about nowadays an We men is SO
easy for EN-" he says, that you
couldn't better'n love EN-" he says
las everybody knows blind" he
says
Il know just a woman for you,
says Bob. most enthusiastic but
then he stops.
who is she?" asks Henery very
interested Il carnt tell you that,
says Bob. the responsibility bein
too great"
Bob" says Henery GREATNESS
'Ill make it worth your WHILE" he
says.
81 do know that you could dc
that" says Bob, very Indifferent like
though he was fair bubbling ovel
with excitement.
Il could give thirty-four cents,
says Henerv. 'in Mexican money"
II wouldn't do it for less'n moosiC
box" says Bob.
Il couldn't part with that for nc
woman Twin" says Henery very de
cided. That's far too great a price
he says.
II looked like Bob had failed, but
he didn't lose his mead. He KEEP
puffectly cool.
Then it's ali Off" he says. "an
you'll hev to look arter the kid your
self, Henery."
with this he picks up his hat an
starts toward the door. But h
hadn't reached it when Henery call'
him back.
"You amt agoin' like that, are
you, Bob" ne says. pitiful like. il
the hope o. woriin' on his feelin's
some