The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-12-30
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I'r OUT
Tho Girl Won, OF Course, But
Not by Argument


my, what loud onel" whlsperet
Herbert,
They sat up straight and, listened
for mothers approaching footsteps, but
not drum was heard, not q funeral
note.
Gertrude put her head back on Her
! bert shoulder.
Mother didn't hear" she glggled.
! "It's wonder" said Herbert. ut
4 sounded like an old COW pulling her
foot out Of swamp
! Louder than that said Gertrude;
At sounded like Old Bob the hackman
chipping his horse, ana when old Bob
| chirps his horse, YOU know, you can
hear him all over town"
Yes: know said Herbert bat
even so. be doesn't chirp his horse as
loud as COW pulls her foot out Of a
swamp"
aid like 10 know why nutl"
'Tt stands to reason. OF course, Old
Bob makes a loud noise when he
chirps his horse; wen all admit that;
but when an old cow pulls her foot out
of a swamp It just naturally stands to
reason that she can make more noise
than ever Old Bob could"
mo, Herbert"
Eyes, Gertrude.@*
No, Herbert"
Eyes. Gertrude.ss
mo
Yes
NO"
Yes
Herbert Knight | just want YOU 10
understand that you don't necessarily I
know it all. even ii you have been to /
college, and just want to tell YOU
again thar IT Old Bob was ehirping his /
horse at the Same time that the old I
cow was pulling her foot out Of Cha +
swamp. why. YOU just wouldn't be able 1
to hear the old cow that's all"
But INV dear girl"
Dom you call me your dear girl" I
"But, Gertrude! Listen, Listen TO
reason / love you dearly. bus lat the +
basis of our love be reason! That II
the only enduring loyei Now. when
Old hob chirps his horse, how does
NE make the sound With HIS ips7
Very well, now let us say that old
B0h's mouth Is three inches wide
Let us even say 1t is four, and that
when he ehirps ne presses his lips
together until the surface Of contact
Il four inches hy one ineha total of
four square inches. Now, 90 the other
hand. here's the COW"
II Just don't carci When Old hob
chirps his horse"
Just one moment, please. Now /
here's the COW and Wen say that her
loof is three inches iii diameter d.
say, nine inches in circumference: +,
Let US also say that it is three inches
high, No when her foot IL iii the swamp
here is total contact surface of n
square inches as against Old Bobs
'our-"
That makes no difference. When
Did Bob chirps his horse You can
0f course It makes a difference
and when you take into consideration
he fact that the COW has SO much
more strength than Rob, and that her
DOT is Of such shape that ii lends III
,elf most peculiarly and particularly
o the production Of loud chirping
sound, Why, then my DEAR"
Don't you call me your dearip
But Gertrude, your stand is so
She looked at him with a face like
ce
For the last time, she coldly cried,
! say that il sounded like Old Bob
when he chirps his horsel"
He eazed back at her like a man who
8 being sorely tried but who viii die
or his convictions.
And I say he as .coldly answered
that il sounded ike an old COW pull
ne her foot out Of a swamp
Il warn you now, she cautioned
i'm and with the afr Of one who fires
last shot over an enemys bow She
acclaimed: "Old Bob"
4 cannot help ~" he docisively an
wered, and with the aspect of a man
ailing his colors TO the mast be
lenched bis teeth and returned "Qld
owl"
"Old Bob she cried
cold Govt" he firmly responded.
"Old Bobl"
cold Govt"
Bob"
Cow"
"Bobl"
Cow"
She slowly took off his ring and :
Lowry gave it TO him, averung ser
cad suddenly and sobbing: "G-ggol
I-g-go, I can never be yours,"
"Hut, my dear girl, Gertrude. My I
1ve, Listen to me- You must listen
b me-"
= want you 10 g-g-eo awav." she
obhed. We could never be h-h-ha6py
ogether and want you TO seo,"