The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-01-03
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"You didn't take a very long vAca-
tion," remarked the pretty cook as
the groceryman showed his beaming
face at the kitchen door.
'T couldn't stay long away from you,
Evelina," said the groceryman, gal
lantly, as he swung his laden basket
from his shoulde, I'D think of you
stayin' here in this hot kitchen an
how lonely you must be an I didn't
have the heart to go on enjoyin' my.
self. When I thought of you settin'
an weepin' an lettin' the pies burn
an never carin' a cent whether they
got burned or not an how you'd Jump
up with low, glad cry when I come
in 1t was me for the store ag'in."
you didn't notice me weepin' much,
did you?" asked the cook.
Let me see II there amt tears In
your eyes," said the groceryman. ad.
vancing. We'll, II you want to hide
EN- that's all right. How did you
know l was on a vacation-ask the
boss? You oughtn't to have worried"
IL didn't much" replied the cook.
You said you were goin' out into the
country for a month an I worried for
fear you wouldn't. that's all; but en-.
joyed the three days"
The country's great stuff, Eve
lina," said the groceryman. Say, you
don't know what pretty things there
is in the country. Now, these here
ears O. corn. they grow in the coun-
try-right out in the fields with moth
in but a fence around 'em. They
grow on long stems with a tossel atop
o. them"
The eggs grow on eggplants, too.
don't they?" inquired the cook, with
fine sarcasm.
Not them eggs" corrected the gro
ceryman. They come from cold.
storage plants; but out in the country
the hens raise 'em. They amt a bit
ashamed Of II, either. When a hen
lays an egg she amt satisfied until
she tells everybody for miles around.
Did you ever see 'taters grow?"
I've seen what you've been bringin'
around here" said the cook. "They
seem to grow smaller all the time, IL
you've ever noticed"
They grow on vines" explained the
groceryman. Not vines the same as
grapes, though. You have to excavate
for 'taters. Cabbages you can pick
right out O. the rows next to the
ground. There amt more'n one fruit
on each tree. They amt like cher
ries."
Il always thought they grew in a
slaw BARREL" said the cook. 81 s'posed
you put 'em up in bottles with sirup.
Say, wasn't you never out in the coun.
try before, honest now?"
Never" replied the groceryman.
I've read about 1t in the papers, but
| never seen 1t. The boss told me that
cabbages an onions an them sort O.
side dishes come out. o. the country,
but thought he was lyin'. thought
II all comes from South Water street.
l tell you, Evelina, there's really moth.
in like seein things for yourself"
Couldn't they spare you more'n
three days from the store?" asked the
cook, with disappointed air.
They didn't want to spare me at
all" answered the groceryman. "They
were so mad when said had to go |
thought they was goin' to let me 20
for good. If 1t hadn't been for the
union | guess they would. Evelina, II
you was to belong to a union you
could get month off now an then an
you wouldn't have to be downtrod an
abused an have to take any old wages
that they have a mind to give YOU"
Amy old time" said the cook, ANY
old time need union to take care O.
me I'll let you know. I'm a pretty
good union all by myself. But what
gets me Is why you came back so
soon Where did you go?"
"Hunniker's grove" replied the gro
ceryman.
HUH" calculated the cook. con.
temptuously, that amt more'n l5
miles out, is 1t? | thought they Just
had picnics there"
They do"
why didn't you go out somewhere
farther?"
THAT was where the picnic was. II
was the Amalganated Deliverymen
mad their picnic there. Greatest time
ever. You missed 1t by not going"
They didn't have a picnic for three
days, did they?"
"One day for the picnic an two to
get over It," said the groceryman. 1T
might have been 30 If the police force
n
that chased me had been better run.
ner. But the country is great, all
right."-Chicago Daily News.
New Henry Irving Story.
1t Is pretty generally known In the