The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-07-12

o." 49,
Rose Noonan and Name McMann.
Robinson's, yer know, is noted for
its good food and pretty Mattresses, II
do say it. No women Is allowed IN /
there at all, ard yer can bet US girls
used to thank our stars for that. A
woman II come in. yer know, and set
down and look at the menoo anywhere
from ten to 20 minutes. Then she'll
say, 4 guess I'll have an eclair-nc, a
Charlotte ruche,-and does bread and
butter 60 with it?" and then when yer
git half way out to the kitchen she'll
shout at yer, Say. come back a min
ute; ! changea my mind. ! guess l
will have an eclair after ALL"
Well, Mr.. Robinson, he said he
couldn't be bothered by nothin' like
that, SO he just catered to the business
men, an say, he done pile Of busi-
ness. They'd flock in there noontimes
as thick as women to bargain sale
AS said. we had the best lookin'
mattresses in town and though we was
all fair-lookers, Rose Noonan and
Name McMann was the prize beauties
Of the bunch They was about Of a
prettiness, the one bein' light and the
other dark complicated.
Rose was an awful pretty girl, just
like dawl, pink and white, but it was
Name that had the tongue for yer.
Say, she'd keep her customers in roars.
and as soon as not, if ever they got
too fresh, she'd lean over and give EN-
good swipe across the face with her
hand
Well, this Mr.. Leighton that used to
come was Names customer, and real
nice gentleman he was, too. don't
know just what he done, but he was
some kind OF broker, think. Some
of the men that come in there used to
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.
Well 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 ain'i
speakin'!
He got in way of comm after the
rush hour was over, and sittin' 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 earnes
to everything he said. used to won
der what in time they were gabbin
about, and ! used to 60 slow past en-
to hear. 1t seemed to be mostly abou
books, and every now and then h
was bringin' her a new book.
Rose always was awful studious
She was always tryin' to learn some
thing. could see it in her eye tha
she didn't mean to be waitress tn
rest Of her life.
Mr. Leighton had way of bringin
her a flower, too, pretty near ever,
day.-one OF them thick-stemmed bi
cabbage-roses. Once heard him say
in to her, This is the kind of ros
that puts me in mind Of you. Yo
amt like wild rose, nor tea rose
but you're strong and Vigorous an
CLOWN like this one" says he.
After that Name she got as mean a
dirt to Rose. Seemed as If ther
want nothin' she wouldn't do to to-
ment her II she could. Shed steal he
orders out in the kitchen; she'd hid
her check punch on her; she'd ru
into her and spill whole cup Of co
fee down the front of nice, clea
apron and shirt waist. That mean
something, too, when you're livin' @
yourself In the city. and payin'
cents for the washin Of every clea
waist you put on yer back. Ono
she come pell-mell through the swim
/ In doors. she could see right we
r through the little glass winder WI
was on the other side, don't tell n
: she couldn't, and she run right plum
| into Rose and made her drop her ira
and every blessed thing on It W;
. smashed OF course Rose was docks
] that out Of her pay.
A little line would come betwe.
: her two eyes, and her cheeks wou
e grow redder. but she never said
9 word back She wouldn't give Man
that eafisfaction
One day Name and Rose had /
awful set-to. / never seen Rose spur
I up the way she did that time. 81
was just bringing in an order, a
Q Name iostled into her. so 1t spilled
|, over everything and was spoile
Well. she never yipped, but she We
s out and she got another order. T.
q boss, he see she'd spoiled the first OF
, and he pitched into her. an told b
9 she had no call to be SO careless, a.
then she went into the customer, a
r he pitched into her, too. an asked h
g didn't she think he had nothin beti
to do than sit out there over half
u hour waitin'.
q Say was sorry for the girl. S
didn't sass him back. either but s
. walked out into the kitchen aga
q and her face was that white way do,
TO her lips, yer could tell somethl
Q was goin to happen.