The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1906-10-11
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II guess you know your own mind"
said the girl with the e%xuberant rat.
but I'd have looked around a little
afore I'd picked him. Honest, Name,
do you think he's got any style to
him?"
Maybe he amt, accordin' to your
idea,' said the young woman with
the coral beads. But he looks good
to me. Stars you pickin' him out
goes-well, / amt sayin' nothin', but
[ guess he'd have somethin' to say
about it,"
You don't need to get mad" said
the girl with the rat. Il 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 near-diamond
stud in his shirt. He don't talk smart,
either, but that's all right. He don't
give me no near-diamond ring, but |
could have a real one il / wanted it.
You wait until you see u fiat"
How long will | have to waltz"
ITS to be along in September, l
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 not?"
well, l CUES not. In the first place,
{ wouldn't quit an leave EN- till they
got a girl that suited 'em an then
well, until we get to housekeepin' for
ourselves it seems kind O. natural to
have him come in for his meals right
where we first got acquainted. If it
hadn't been for the RESTRAINT | wouldn't
never have met him. An if he'd hap
pened to go over to Julia's side l
guess I'd never paid any attention to
him. But you see when a man eats
three times a day where you're "a
waitin' on table you're goin' to pay
some attention to him, amt you,
when he comes a year an a half
steady? You will if you've got any
sense-an' it don't take you long to
size him up if you've got any sense.
The first time he came in he sat down
at the end table, but n next to the
wall, an he hasn't sat anywhere else
since"
What of it?" asked the girl with
the rat.
What of 1t? Well, 1t showed he
wasn't one of these fellers who amt
lever happy unless they're %a-changin'
around. He knows when he's suited
an he's satisfied with that. Most of
EN- amt. I noticed he was right on
time, too, an that's a good sign. If
a woman gets a husband that m
home regular to his meals she's in
luck, | tell you. Another thing-he
always had a good appetite
What's that a sign Of
It's a sign he's workin' hard, for
one thing. When a man sets down an
cleans up his plate three times a day
he hasn't been loafin'. Nor he hasn't
been drinkin'. I eve knew Billy fail
to get outside of a 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 l know
that there won't be any kick on
what's set afore him. How do l know
it? Because I've tried him. l 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. l 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
l like about him. He acted like a
gentleman. 1t was six months afore
he ever spoke to me unless l spoke TO
him first, an then he never got gay.
Then if any of the other fellers got to
joshin' 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 it wasn't funny. He
stood it about as long as he could an
then one eyenin' he says: Myrtle, If
you're tryin' to make me feel bad
can tell you that you're dom it all
right, but If you keep on tryin' you
amt the girl | think you are an l
amt the man TO stand for it. There
amt no reason, is there?'
Il had a notion to tell him there
was at first, just to be contrary, but l
had TO look at him an l took a tumble
TO myself right then. No, Billy an
me amt goin' to have no trouble. I've
watched him eatin' too long not 10
know"
Well" said the girl with the ex-
uberant 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 l a-goin' to do workin' in a
skirt factory?'-Chicago Daily News.