Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1906-12-06
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UP mere an tell ye ne wants 10 see ye.
" coorse she won't sayr the capt'in,
but it's only fair to thry wanst more
Ye see, tn capt'in an me knows wom-
en-"
'Oh, you do, do you?" was the sar.
castle comment of the woman.
"Iv coorse we do, none betther," an
swered Policeman Flynn. livery
ma-an knows woman; it's only women
that doesn't So we got to ta-alkin' iv
1t in tn station, an livery ma-an
there says ye won't come. 'Tis fool
ish,' they says, Pr to sind afther her
ag'in whin theirs 15 or 20 iv us here
that knows women like a book, all
sayin' that she won't come"
well, of all the conceit!" broke in
the woman, hotly. "Know women like
book. do you? Why, you don't know
anything at all about her.
Sure we do" said Policeman Flynn,
confidently.
"The absurdity Of it," exclaimed the
woman.
"Ye're not comm, are ye?" demand
ed Policeman Flynn.
mo, I'm not"
There, We ha-ave tn proof iv It,
asserted Policeman Flynn, triumphant
ly. "'Tis what we said. Ohio! we're
wise lot iv la'ads."
I'm not afraid to come" insisted
the woman. 81 know what your cap
tain wants, and it doesn't bother me
a bit. only I don't want to come"
"Iv coorse not" acquiesced Police
man Flynn, "but ye're not comm.
knew ye w'u'dn't."
Then why did you come for me?"
asked the woman.
"Oho! | didn't tell we iv it, did II"
returned Policeman Flynn, leaning
comfortably against the post at the
foot of the stairs. "'Twas all along
iv me wife. At tn station we'd give
up sfndin' FIR ye ag'in, an was laugh
in at tn idee iv annywan thinkin' yed
come whin she mp an says: Barney
she says, how d ye know she'll not
Gomez 4 know women says I. 'Ye're
a fool says She"
She's right" interrupted the
woman.
"How can ye say that" demanded
she's wr-rong?"
What else did she say?" asked the
woman.
'Twouldnt inth'r ye," asserted
Policeman Flynn. Shes like all tn
r-rest iv tn women-she thinks she
knows-an' she r-roasts me f'r thinkin'
| know. 'Tis like q ma-an,' she says,
'fr to think he knows what a wom-
anil do an to be. br-raggin iv it.
But I'm right, l says 'Ye're not
says she; If ye're polite to her an act
tn gintleman,' she says, She'll come
With that we ha-aye some worlds, tn
foolish woman thinllin' she knows tn
sex betther than me that's married to
fine sample iv it, an in tn ind she
lays bet iv new shawl ag'in a pair
iv winther gloves that yell come IL
ta-alk polite to We an don't thry FIR
/ to bluff ye. So here am, an win"
"Oh. you do, do you?" retorted the
woman.
CIV coorse I do" said Policeman
Flynn. Il ha-ave TIL gloves all picked
out. Oho it's a gr-reat joke ha-ave
on her, she thinkin' I didn't know
anything iv women Twill be a les
son f'r her"
81 don't believe YOU" she said at
last.
'Tis all tn same to me-" returned
Policeman Flynn. 80 long as ye don't
come with me-"
Il believe you think I'm afraid to
face the captain and answer his ques-
tons"
'NiVer" insisted Policeman Flynn.
'Tis only tn woman mkt door thinks
that. Ye see, I wint there be mis-
ta-ale," he went on, as he saw her
flush angrily, "an' whin I told her
what l was afther she di-ricts me here,
an says: But she won't go with ye,
though, f'r she's afraid iv the po-lis.'"
did she say that?" demanded the
woman.
"She seemed to know ye," said Po-
liceman Flynn, blandly. "'Tis
shtrange thing, too, whin ye think iv
wan woman KNOWN another If me
wife had as much sense she'd be havin'
a new shawl instid iv buyin' me pair
iv gloves with fur on thin. That
"ohldh uiAI uOOT GO DC naV1n tfI
sinse av a ma-an"
Just about as much" returned the
woman. I'm afraid, am I? And Tn
read like book by lot of lazy men
loafing about a police station am I?
Well, you Just wait here minute"
"Where ye goin'?" asked Policeman
Flynn.
I'm going to get my hat" was the
answer. 81 always did despise that
woman next door anyway"
"'Tis what l thought" chuckled Po.
liceman Flynn to himself "Ye're al
ways safe in figurin' on that with TIL
woman mkt door"
'How did you do it, Barney?" asked
ono of them.
Thereupon Policeman Flynn looked
owlishly wise for a minute, and then
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