Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-12

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"Who did you gtce that gold bracelet to
/ you ,ptcltcd up the other night, captin"
way. and then Ginger patted 'im on
the back and told i'm to be careful not
| to bring on lis brownchitis ag'in.' Wet
with temper and being afraid to speak
for fear they should let Mrs. Finch
know that he wasn't captin he could
'ardlJ bear Himself. but he very near
/ broke, out when Peter Russell advised
/ I'm to ave his wesk;t lined with red
4 flannel They all stayed on till closing
time, and By the time they left they
'ad made themselves 80 pleasant that
Mrs. Finch said she'd be pleased to see
/ them any time they liked to look in.
4 Sam Small waited till they lad turn
ed the corner, and then he broke out
4 SO alarming that they could 'ardly do
anything with i'm. Twice policemen
| spoke to i'm and advised lin to go
! home afore they altered their minds,
and he 'ad to hold 'imself in and keep
4 quiet while Ginger and Peter Russell
1 took is arms and said they were see
ing him 'ome.
He started the row ag'fn when they
! got indoors and sat up in is bed
smacking is lips over the things he'd
! like to ave done to them II he could.
1 And then. arter saying 'ow he'd like
I to see Ginger boiled alive like lob
/ ster, he said he knew that he was q
noble 'earted Teller who wouldn't try
and cut an old pal out and that it was
| a case of love at first sight on top Of
/ tram car
! She's too young for you" SEES Gin
ger, land too good looking besides"
j "Its the nice little business he's
/ fallen in love with, Ginger" ses Peter
Russell "I'll toss you who as it."
Ginger, who was sitting on the foot
/ O. Sans bed, said mo" at fust, but
4 arter a time he pulled out art dollar
! and spun it In the air. That was the
l. last e see of 1t, although he 'ad Sam
/. out O. bed and all the clothes stripped
! off of it twice He spent over arr an
! hour on his lands and knees looking
! for 1T, and Sam said when he was
tired of playing bears p'raps he'd go
| to bed and get to sleep like Christian.
They 'ad it all over agin next morn
| ing, and at last. as nobody would
agree to keep quiet and let the others
| ave fair chance, they made up their
minds to let the best man win. Ginger
Dick bought necktie that took all
the color out O. Sans, and Peter Rus
set went in for collar so big that he
was lost in It,
They all strolled into the widows
shop separate that night. Ginger
Dick lad smashed his pipe and wanted
another, Peter Russell wanted some
| tobacco, and old Sam Small walked in
smiling with little silver brooch for
'er that he said e had picked up.
1t was very nice brooch, and Mrs.
Finch was SO pleased with it that
| Ginger and Peter sat there as mad as
| they could be because they admit
thought of the same thing.
"Captin Small is very lucky at find
ing things" ses Ginger at last.
Hes got the name for it, ses Peter
! Russell
Its handy 'abit," says Ginger. ut
saves spending money. Who did you
give that gold bracelet to you picked
up the other night, captin?' he ses,
turning to Sam.
Gold bracelets" ses Sam. 81 didn't
pick up no gold bracelet. Wot are you
talking about?"
Cali right. captin; no offense," ses
Ginger, holding up his and. II dreamt
saw one on your mantelpiece. Is'pose
p'r'aps 1 oughtn't to ha' said anything
about it,
Old Sam looked as though he'd like
to eat i'm, especially as he noticed Mrs
| Finch listening and pretending not to.
ooh, that one," he ses arter bit D
hard thinking. ooh, found out who
| it belonged to. You wouldn't believe
/ 'ow pleased they WAS at getting it back
agin."
Ginger Dick coughed and began to
| think as low old Sam was sharper than
| lie 'ad given i'm credit for, but afore
he could think of anything else to say
/ Mrs. Finch looked at old Sam and be-
gan to talk about lis ship and to say
'ow much she should like to see over It,
81 wish l could take YOU" ses Sam,
looking at the other two out O the
corner of his eye. but my ships over
at Dunkirk, in France I've just run
over to London for week or two to
| look round"
And mines there, too" ses Peter
Russell. speaking almost afore old Sam
lad flushed; "side by side they lay IN
| the harbor."