The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-11-30

tn pint? She'll not come say I
Whin tn capt'in tells me FIR to dhrop
up here an tell ye he wants to see We.
Nv coorse she won't says the capt'in
but tbs only fair to thry wanst more
We see. tn capt'in an me knows wom-
en-
"Oh, you do, do your" was the sar-
castle comment of the woman.
NV 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 We won't come. IT'S fool
1sh,' they says, 'f'r to sind afther her
ag'in whin theirs Is or 20 iv us here
that knows women like book, all
sayin' that she won't come.'"
well, of all the conceit!" broke in
the woman, holly. "Know women like
a book, do you? Why, you don't know
anything at all about her.
Sure We do" said Policeman Flynn,
confidently
1.-THE absurdity of it," exclaimed the
woman.
IL Q HOL CS11u arc yc: ucuduu-
ed Policeman Flynn.
"No, I'm not
There, We ha-ave tn proof " It,"
asserted Policeman Flynn, triumphant
ly. "'Tis what we said Ohio! we're
wise lot iv la'ads'
''Tm not afraid to come" insisted
the woman. II know what your cap
tain wants, and it doesn't bother me
bit, only don't want to come"
CIV coorse not acquiesced Police
man Flynn, "but ye're not comm.
knew We w'u'dn't."
"Then why did you come for me?"
asked the woman
"Oho! I didn't tell ye Nv 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 sindin' FIR We ag'in, an I was laugh
in at tn idee iv annywan thinkin' ye'd
come whin she up an says: Barney
she says, how d We know she'll not
Gomez I know women says I. 'Ye're
a FOOL says She"
'She's right" interrupted the
woman
''How can We say that" demanded
Policeman Flynn, ''whin ye're provin
she's wr-rong?"
What else did she say" asked the
woman.
"'Twouldn't 1nth'rist ye,' asserted
Policeman Flynn. 'She's like all tn
r-rest iv tn women-she thinks she
knows-an' she r-roasts me f'r thinkfn'
1 know. ''Tis like 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 1 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-ave some worlds, tn
foolish woman thinkin' she knows tn
sex betther than me that's married to
fine sample Nv it, an in tn ind she
lays bet Nv new shawl ag'in a pair
Nv whittier gloves that yell come If
l ta-alk polite to We an don't thry fr
to bluff ye. So here I am, an I win"
"Oh, you do, do you?" retorted the
woman.
CIV coorse I do" said Policeman
Flynn. II ha-ave tn gloves all picked
out. Ohio! it's great joke I ha-ave
on her, she thinkin' l didn't know
anything iv women Twill be a les
son FIR her.
II don't believe you," she said at
last.
TITS all tn same to me-" returned
Policeman Flynn, $50 long as We don't
come with me-"
II believe you think I'm afraid to
face the captain and answer his aues-
tions.'
"Niver," insisted Policeman Flynn.
otis only tn woman mkt door thinks
that. Ye see, I whit there be mis-
ta-ake," he went on, as he saw her
flush angrily, IAN whin I told her
what was afther she di-ricts me here.
an says: But she won't go with We,
though, fr 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 a
shtrange thing, too, whin We think iv
wan woman KNOWN another. If me
wife had as much sense she'd be havin',
new shawl instid iv buyin' me pair
Nv gloves with fur on thin. That
woman mkt door do be havin' tn
sinse av ma-an."
"Just about as much" returned the
woman. I'm afraid, am I? And I'm
read like book by lot of lazy men
loafing about police station, am r?
Well, you just wait here a minute
''Where We goin'?" asked Policeman
} Flynn. -.
'Im going to get my hat" was the
answer. II always did despise that
woman next door anyway"
"'Tis what I thought" chuckled Po-
liceman Flynn to himself. "Ye're al
; ways safe In figurin' on that with tn
woman mkt door,
~How did you do it, Barney?" asked
one of them.
Thereupon Policeman Flynn looked
owlishly wise for a minute, and then
contributed this bit of philosophy to