Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-12-19
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up mere dn tell ye ne wants TO see ye.
Nv coorse she won't says 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.
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
ish,' they says, 'f'r to sind afther her
ag'in whin theirs Is or 20 iv us here
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.
'No, 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."
"Im not afraid to come" insisted
the woman. 81 know what your cap
tain wants, and it doesn't bother me
bit, only I don't want to come"
CIV coorse not" acquiesced Police
man Flynn, "but ye're not comm. 1
knew We w'u'dn't"
"Then why did you come for me?"
asked the woman.
"Oho! 1 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 sindin' FIR we ag'in, an l was laugh
in at tn idee iv annywan thinkin' ye'd
come whir Up an says: Barney
she says. d We know she'll not
Gomez 4 know women says 1. 'Ye're
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 inth'rist ye," asserted
Policeman Flynn. "She's like all tn
r-rest iv tn women-she thinks she
knows-an' she r-roasts me FIR thinkin'
l know. ''Tis like a ma-an,' she says,
'f'r 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-ave some worlds, tn
| foolish woman thinkin' she knows tn
sex betther than me that's married to
a fine sample iv it, an in tn ind she
lays bet iv new shawl ag'in a pair
iv whittier gloves that yell come if
l ta-alk polite to We an don't thry FIR
to bluff ye. So here I am, an 1 win"
| "Oh, you do, do your" retorted the
woman.
CIV coorse 1 do" said Policeman
Flynn. 81 ha-ave tn gloves all picked
out. Ohio! it's a great joke ha-ave
on her, she thinkin' 1 didn't know
anything iv women. Twill be a les
son FIR her"
81 don't believe you," she said at
last.
otis all tn same to me-" returned
Policeman Flynn, $50 long as We don't
come with me-"
81 believe you think I'm afraid to
face the captain and answer his cues
TONS"
"Niver," insisted Policeman Flynn.
'Tis only tn woman mkt door thinks
that. Ye see, 1 whit there be mis-
ta-ake," he went on, as he saw her
flush angrily, "an' whin 1 told her
what was afther she di-riets me here.
an says: But she won't go with We,
though, FIR 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 hayfn'
new shawl instid iv buyin' me a pair
| iv gloves with fur on thin. That
woman mkt door do be havin' th'
sinse av a ma-an."
"Just about as much" returned the
woman. "rm afraid, am I? And I'm
read like book by lot of lazy men
loafing about a police station, am I?
Well, you just wait here minute"
where We 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 1 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 minute, and then
contributed this bit of philosophy tn
the store of human wisdom:
a,Tis oacv m rna-aka womar A.