The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1906-10-11
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fou didn't take very long vaca.
uon' remarked the pretty cook as
Ihe Sroceryman showed his beamine
/ race at the kitchen door.
couldn't stay long away from YOU
ESelina. said the groceryman. gal.
lantiy, as he swung his laden basket
from his shoulder. I'D think of Won
staSin here in this hot kitchen an
no" lonely you must be an 1 didn't
nave the heart to go on enioytn' NV.
ser When l thought of you settin'
an weeptn' an lettin' the pies burn
an never carin' a cent whether they
sot burned or not an how you'd jump
Up win low. glad cry when come
IN II was me for the store ag'tn.'.
iou didn't notice me weepin' much,
did you" asked the cook.
Let me see IL there ain.t tears IN
.our eyes. said the groceryman, ad.
vancing. We'll. IL YOU want no hide
EN- that's all right. How did Won
know / was on a vacation-ask the
oossE You oughtn't to have worried {"
didn't much" replied the cook.
You said you were goin' out into the
| country for month an worried for
rear You wouldn't, that's all; but / en-.
joyed the three days"
Inc country's great stun. Eve
ma. said the groceryman. Say, you
uon Know what pretty things there
Is In the country. Now, these here
ears o corn. they grow In the conn.
| Twilight out in the fields with moth.
IN out a fence around 'em. They
grow on long stems with a tossel alton
/ o. them"
The eggs grow on eggplants. too
aont they?" inquired the cook. with
fine sarcasm. W.
NOT them eggs" corrected the gro
/ ceryman They come from cold.
storage plants: but out in the country
me mems raise 'em. They amt a bit
asnaiheo OF II. either When q hen
iays an egg she amt satisfied until
G,S, .eiis everybody for miles around.
Dia you ever see 'taters grown"
I've seen what you've been brinpin.
around here" said the cools -..Tba,.
seem TO grow smaller all the time. If
you've ever noticed"
hhey grow on vines" explained the
sroceryman. Not vines the Same n,
grapes, though. You have to excayato
LOT taters- Cabbages you can pick
right out o the rows next TO the
ground. There amt more'n one frui,
ries.' Ne 'iei
always thought they grew In n
sIaw BARREL" said the cook. "I s'posed
you put 'em up in bottles with sirup
say, wasn't you never out in the conn.
try before. honest nowe"
Never" replied the grocervmnn
I've read about it in the papers b,,,
never seen It. The boss told me that
cabbaSes an onions an them sort n
side dishes come out o. the country
out thought he was lyfn'. Thought
II all comes from South Water street,
l ten you. Evellna, there's really moth.
IN IKE seem things for yourself"
! couldn't they spare you more'n
three days from the store?" asked the
COOK. with a disappointed air.
Ihey didn't want to spare me at
an answered the groceryman. They
were SO mad when said / had To 20 7
thousht they was goin' to let me go
ior soou. III 1t hadn't been for the
union l guess they would. Evelina. If
you was 10 belong to a union you
.ouiu get month on now an then an
You wouldn't have to be downtrod an,
abused an have to take any old woras
that they have mind to give vo,, ;,
Any old time" said the cook "anv
old time 1 need union to take care -.
me I'll let you know. I'm n nretty
good union all by myself. But what
gets me Is why you came back SO
soon. Where did you go?"
ceryman. 'Ne stu
HUH" calculated the cook. con.
temptuously. that amt more'n IL
miles out. is it? 1 thought they lust
had picnics there"
They do
| farther?"
That was where the picnic was. II
was the Amalgamated Deliverymen
had their picnic there Greatest time
ever: You missed it by not going"
Ihey didn't have picnic for three
days. did they?"
One day for the picnic an two IN
get over it" said the grocerymap. 1T
might have been 30 if the police force
that chased me had been a better rIn-
ner- But the country is great. ali
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