Middletown transcript., 1906-04-21
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Puffer and I followed him gu
into our little entry, and / declar'
I felt like patting Puffer on th'
back when he flung open th'
outer door and says:
4 The game is up, my friend
| You will Lever see penny of the
three thousand spot cash one
foolish old woman brought to the
city. You git!
Scat, says ], putting in my oal
and he seated, muttering things
I ain t going to repeat, not being
a swearing person.
Well, next morning Puffer was
looking over the paper at the
breakfast, and all of a sudden he
says: Here is something to inter.
est all of US. Listen:
The police gathered in at late
hour last night smooth rascal
sailin under the name of j. Les
ter St. Clair, who is wanted in
sew raj places for deludin' foolish
women into marrying him and
decampin' with their cash as soon
| afterwards as possible. In some
instances the license, minister and
all were shams. J. Testers list
of dupes, several of whom were
captured through the medium of
| mattermonial bureaus, now num-
Der five, with sev'ral cities to
hear from. It is rumored that
be was about to contract a sixth
alliance with an unsuspecting vic
tim from a country town when he
was provided with quarters at
the expense of the city, whose
guest he will no doubt be for
some days, when small suite at
Sing Sing will be made ready for
| him..
Well, ma am, expected to see
Aunt Perliny keel over in a fit,
an l never was more surprised
in my life than l was when she
fairly stiffened in her chair, with
her eyes flashing fire. Then she
brought her open hand down
fiat on the table an said: THE
scoundrel!' Then she give herself
a whack on the chest with her
clenched fist, an says: AN I'm
as big a fool as he WAS scoun-
drel!' After that she sailed into
her room an stayed there all
mornin'.
Her eyes looked real red when
she come out, but she was meek
as Moses. l proposed a trip
down town to see the sights, an
she fell right in with the idee an
seemed to enjoy herself real well,
an, thank goodness! she wore a
real neat black jacket instid O.
that red cape. That night after
Puffer come home Aunt Perliny
come out o her room with IL roll
O bills in her hand, an she says
real quiet like: Hiram, if it hadn't
been for you an Susy l reckon
my three thousand cash an me
would of parted company by this
time, so l want you to let Inc give
you an your wife fifty dollars
each now, an I'll put you down
for something in my will when 1
go home.
Wasn't that real sweet in her?
She stayed two weeks an enjoy
ed herself real we'll. She's still
alive, but l don't reckon Puffer
will come in for much when she's
gone.
Why not?
Because within six months she |
wrote Us that she had married a
good stiddy old widower of her
own age in her own town. We !
had a letter last week, an she
said they was real happy an con-
tented an they'd be glad to have
US make 'em a visit; but I doubt
if we ever do.
AS l said at first. it's queer how
love acts, ain t it? Still, it'd be a
lot worse world than it is if there
want no love in it, don't you
think?
Sweet purity gingham dress of
your little girls this is in the
wash. It's the real thing in |
but there mustn' t be no
soap go on it, an it must be hung
on the line wrong side out an
dried in the shade or it will fade
in the very first washin'. I'll put
it right out while the clo'es reel
IS still in the shade.
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