The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-07-22

Rose NOOnan and Name McMann.
Robinson's. yer know. is noted for
its good food and pretty Mattresses, n
] do say &c. No women IS allowed In
there at ALL and yer can bet us girls
used To thank our stars for that A
woman ~ come in, yer know, and set
down and look at the menoo anywhere
from ten to 20 minutes. Then she'll
say. II guess tn have an eclair-no. a
Chsdotte ruche,-and does bread and
butter 30 with it, and then when yer
git half way out TO the kitchen she'll
shout at yer, Say come back a min
ute; changed my mind guess
will have an oclair after all"
Well, Mr.. Robinson. he said he
couldn't be bothered 10y nothin' like
that, so he Just catered to the business
men, an say, he done pile OF bust
ness. They'd flock in there noontimes
as thick as women 10 a bargain sale.
As | said we had the best lookin
Mattresses In town and though we was
all fair.lookcrs. Rose Noonan and
Name McMann was the prize beauties
of the bunch They was about of a
prettiness the ono bein' light and the
other dark complicated
Rose was an awful pretty girl, Just
like dawl. pink and white, out it was
Name that had the tongue for yer.
Say, she'd keep her customers in roars.
and as soon as not, II ever they got
too fresh, she'd lean over and give EN-
a good swipc across the face with her
hand.
Well. this Mr. Leighton that used to
come was Names customer, and a real
nice gentleman he was. too. don't
know just what he done, but he was
some kind of a broker, | think. Some
OF the men that come in there used "a
be kind Of flip with the girls, askin
| insinuatin' questions, and tellin
/ stories. This Mr. Leighton was never
| like that And he wasn't afraid of a
| good. fat tip neither
Wen, one day he come in and
Names seats was all full so he goes
up and sits down by Rose. The next
thing ! notice, he is settin' there all
the time, and Rose and Name aim
speakin!
He got in a way OF comm after the
rush hour was over, and slttin' way
up at the end of the counter, anC
while he was eatin' he'd talk to Rose
as serious. and she'd listen as earnest
to everything he said used to won
der what in time they were gabbin
about, and ! used to go slow past 'en
to hear II seemed TO be mostly abou
books, and every now and then he
was bringin' her new book.
Rose always was awful studious
She was always tryin' TO learn some
thing. | could see IL in her eye tha
she didn't mean to be a waitress the
rest of her life.
Mr.. Leighton had a way of bringin
her a flower, too, pretty near every
day,-one of them thick.stemmed bis
cabbage-roses. Once | heard him say
in to her, This is the kind OF rose
that puts me in mind of you. Yol
amt like a wild rose nor a tea rose
but you're strons and vig'rous anC
CLOWN like this one says he.
After that Name she got as mean az
dirt to Rose. Seemed as II there
want nothin' she wouldn't do to tor
ment her II she could. Shed steal he
orders out in the kitchen; shed hid,
her check punch on her; she'd ruI
into her and spill a whole cup OF cof
fee down the front of nice cleal
apron and shirt waist. That mean
] OF 40 tnfhn Igtrtv,
yourself in the city, and payin' q
cents for the washin' of every clcal
waist you put on yer back. Ono,
she come pell-mell through the swing
in doors,-she could see right wei
through the little glass winder VIII
was on the other side. don't tell m
she couldn't, and she run right plum
into Rose and made her drop her tray
and every blessed thing on 1t wa
smashed. OF course Rose was docke
that out OF her pay.
A little line would come betwee
her two eyes, and her cheeks woul
grow redder, but she never said
word back. She wouldn't give Nam
that satisfaction.
One day Name and Rose had a
awful set-to. | never seen Rose spun
up the way she did that time Sh
was just bringing in an order, a,
Name jostled into her. so IT spilled a
over everything and was spoiled
Well, she never yipped, but she wer
out and she got another order. Tn
boss, he see she'd spelled the first on,
and he pitched into her, an told he
she had no call 90 be so careless, an
then she went into the customer, an
he pitched into her, too, an asked he
didn't she think he had nothin' bette
TO do than sit out there over half a
hour waitin'.
Say, was sorry for the girl. Sh
didn't sass him back, either, but sh
walked out into the kitchen agail
and her face was that white way dow
TO her lips, yer could tell somethiu
was goin to happen.
She walked straight up TO Nam