The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1906-10-21

pocket nine Decent pieces. and placed
a coin beside each razor.
THAT amt 50 bad since a. M" he
unused. BARRIERS may be chumps. but
they was on the trade to-day. Ninety
cents clear profit. and them razors is just
as good as the ones ] started out with
this morning. Made a swap in nearly
every shop and pulled down 10 cents to
boot The professor knows his business,
guess Blast them clippersi There S
81 y worth of dead horse I've carried for
years Nobody wants TO trade for no
secondhand clippers in this mans town
Razors IS the limit in cheap shops. Oh
well. If 1 land the widow lady and her
furniture. I'll chuck the Tazors and-and
the clippers too"
For be it known that Mr.. Tokens cher
ished the hope of some day wedding a
widow lady and vast quantities of furni-
ture with which ne might open a lodging
house and dwell IN ease and luxury ever
after. Such was his dream.
Dumping mis- stock back into the satchel
the peddler Of BARRIERS tools dug up from
the same receptacle an untidy card, such
as reduced penmen turn out on street
corners at 10 cents per dozen, including
SpenceTian fiouTishes. Inscribed on the
card in flowing script was the legend:
Prof NJ. Tokens. DermatOlogist. For
a long time the professor sat in profound
contemplation of his name and title, and
the inspection seemed 10 pelase him.
"ThatH make a hit when she sees it, -
he said, recklessly tossing the sole sur
vivor Of the dozen on the table Faint
heart never won fair lady, and I've got 70
make the bluff of Il lifetime. Come in
The knock that shattered this sOliloquy
was followed by the advent of a large,
umpy lady. who made offside plays on
both sides of the portal.
All. Mrs. Dopes, glad to see you. Set
down"
SO this is the evening. chr queried
khe stout landlady. a kindly creature. ia
whom Mr.. Tokens sometimes cOnfides his
affairs Of the heart
1T is and foggy at that. Ne and Hen
rietta JImlet have arranged to look each
other over at O'Clock sharp Read that
first And the professor handed Mrs.
Dopes "a newspaper clipping headed Per
souals'
A respectable widow lady owning her
own furniture. would like to meet middle
aged gent OF good address. Must bc
sound ia wind and limb. Object matri-
mony. 4. BOX -
The u. is Henrietta Jimlct. We have
wrote 10 each other.
do YOU think she'll suit?" asked the
llndlady.
Like as not: but look at me, VIII
I suit: That's the question. And. say,
what does Henrietta Jimlet mean by that
wind and limb clause2"
"Navbe she wants horse instead of
a husband. yentured Mrs DOpes
"Lordy. no. Same thing. nearly; yet tho
personal says middle-aged gent plain
enough"
some woman is peculiar and men.
too" she continued. looking hard at Mr..
Tokens There's no abiding them"
Men or women" he querried still puz-
zling over the wind and limb clause
WHY, the men" replied Mrs. Dopes,
amazed AT the question. Ny husband
and ne fell out about his table manners,
which was very bad. Do you know. he
stuffed his napkin under his chin instead
Of tying the ends behind his neck. And
no matter how much salt ! put on TIE
cabbage. he always wanted more salt.
was SO MORTIFIED in company"
My wind is all right" said the pro
fessor. breaking of the domestic infelic-
titles OF the Dopes family. but I'm shy
on limbs There is no sidestepping the
fact that I'm half a man and half a tree
when it comes 10 limbs. And how about
this bum eye2 Would she call that a limb
or nOt2"
The i-dee"'' snickered Mrs. Dopes
What a funny man you are to be in love
They say love is blind, anyhow
Even 50. I'll have to break myself
gently to Henrietta Jimlet unless shes