The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-01-24
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out not ixpectin' to get ye. Dye se'
tn pint? She'll not come say
whin tn capt'in tells me f'r to dhrol
up here an tell ye he wants to see ye
1y coorse she won't says the capt'ln
but tbs only fair to thry wanst more.
Ye see, tn capt'in an me knows WON
en-"
"Oh, you do, do your" was the sar
castle comment of the woman.
"Iv coorse we do, none betther," an.
swered Policeman Flynn. Every
ma-an knows woman; 'tis only womer
that doesn't. So we got to ta-alkin' iy
1T in tn station, an livery ma-ar
there says ye won't come 'Tis fool
ish,' they says, 'f'r to sind afther her
ag'in whin ther's Is or 20 iv us here
that knows women like a book, all
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.
mo, I'm not"
There, ye ha-ave tn proof iv It."
asserted Policeman Flynn, triumphant
ly. :" 'Tis what we said. Ohio! we're
wise lot iv la'ads."
I'm not afraid to come" insisted
the woman. 81 know what your cap
tain wants, and it doesn't bother me
a bit, only don't want to come"
Nv coorse not" acquiesced Police
man Flynn, "but ye're not comm. I
knew ye w'u'dn't."
Then why did you come for me?"
asked the woman.
"Oho! l didn't tell We iv 1t. 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 was laugh
in at tn idee iv annywan thinkin' ye'd
come whin she up an says: 'T "
she says, how d ye know sho.. not
Gomez I know women, says /. Yere
a fool says She"
She's right" interrupted the
woman.
How can ye 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. "Shes like all tn
r-rest iv tn women-she thinks she
knows-an' she r-roasts me f'r thinkin'
know. ''Tis like a ma-an.' she saws.
fr 20 think he knows what a WON.
anil do an to be br-raggin' iy IT.
But I'm right l says. 'Ye're not
says she; If ye're polite to her an act
IN gintleman,' she says, she'll come
with that we ha-ave some worlds. th'
-oolish woman thinkin' she knows th'
* betther than me that's married to
fine sample iv it, an in th' ind she
ays bet iv new shawl ag'in a pair
" winther gloves that yell come IL
ta-aik polite to ye an don't thry f'r
% bluff ye. So here | am, an I win"
"Oh, you do, do your" retorted the
Nv coorse I do" said Policeman
'lynn. 81 ha-ave tn gloves all picked
'ut. Ohio! It's a great Joke I ha-ave
IN her. she thinkin' I didn't know
iv women. Twill be a les
on f'r her"
Il don't believe you," she said at
asst.
Tis all tn same to me-" returned
'oliceman Flynn. $50 long as ye don't
ome with me-"
Il believe you think Pm afraid n
ace the captain and answer his ques-
ions"
"Niyer," insisted Policeman FIvnn
Tis only tn woman mkt door thinks
hat. Ye see, wint there be mis-
a-ake," he went on, as he saw her
ush angrily, "an' whin told her
That was afther she di-riets me hero
n says: But she won't go with We,
hough, fr she's afraid iv the po-lis'"
Did she say that?" demanded the
Toman.
She seemed to know ye," said Po-
ceman Flynn, blandly. "Tis
htrange thing, too, whin We think ~
AN woman KNOWN another. If me
life had as much sense she'd be haytn'
new shawl instid iv buyin' me a pair
gloves with fur on thin. That
oman mkt door do be havin' IN
nse av ma-an."
Just about as much" returned the
oman. I'm afraid. am I? And I'm
sad like a book by lot of lazy men
'atng about police station. am ~
'ell. you Just wait here minute"
Where ye goin'?" asked Policeman
lynn.
I'm going to get my hat" was the
nswer. IL always did despise thai
oman next door anyway
'Tis what I thought" chuckled Po.
ceman Flynn to himself. "Ye're al
avs safe in flgurin' on that with IN.
oman mkt door,"
How did you do IT. Barney?" asked
le of them.