Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-28
Swell Willie.

asked the girl with the lopsided bang.
I'm Just crazy about him." re-
piled the girl with the genuine coral
necklace. Amt he swell. tho?"
ooh I don't know" said the girl
with the lopsided bang. HE amt got
none the best of Pete"
ooh. Petes all right, too" the girl
with the genuine coral necklace has
tened to agree. II wasn't thinkin' about
Pete"
You'd better not be thinkin' about
him." cautioned the girl with the lop-
sided bang. 'I've got him tagged muh-
self and don't yuh forget it. Say, If l
tell you suthin'. you won't tell no.
body, will yuh? Cross your heart"
You know me-" said the girl with
the genuine coral necklace.
oh guess I won't tell yuh," said
the girh with the lopsided bang.
II bet know what 1t Isl
II bet you don't. What'll yuh bet?"
"I'll bet you're goin' ito quit the store
and get married"
You're awfully smart, ain't your"
said the girl with the lopsided bang. Il
bet somebody told YOU"
"Ain't it so?f' demanded the girl
with THE genuine coral necklace.
'erhat's tellln'," replied the other CO.
quetishly IF Pete gets the raise he's
expectin' ] don't know but there might
be suthdn' DOM But you don't want
to.tell nobody that"
81 won't" said the girl with the gen.
uine coral necklace. Say have you
seen Willie since the other night?"
yes" replied the girl with the lop-
sided bang a"Why?"
ooh, nothin'" replied the girl with
the genuine coral necklace Indifferent
ly. 81 didn't know but you might. Did
he have anything to say?"
"Nothin' much" replied the girl with
the lopsided bang. 'You see. it's this
way: Pete's been nvin' with his moth
err and she don't think there's nobody
good enough for him. That's the way
she acts, but guess 1T isn't that so
much as it is that she don't want him
to marry and"
'It's fierce the way they are some
times" said the girl with the genuine
coral necklace. Say what was it YOU
was sayin' Willie said? i guess he
thought 4 looked pretty sick with the
green vel"
ttHe didn't say nuthin' about it," said
the girl with the lopsided bang. Il
don't want to go and see her at ALL"
she continued. 81 thought if she wanteds
to see me there wasn't nothin' to him.
der her comm around to the fiat"
Sure agreed the girl with the gem
uine coral necklace. tThe reason
spoke about that veil was that Willie
wanted me to take it off all the time,
and I wouldn't do it. Didn't he say
nothin' else?"
.sHe didn't say nuthin at all" respond
ed the girl with the lopsided bang
t1eartlessly. ooh, yes, he did. He said
you had lovely eyes,
HES a great jollier," remarked the
girl with the genuine coral necklace,
in a gratifed tone. You ought to
have heard some of the things he said
TO me-, She giggled at the .recollec-
ton.
"sure, he's a great jollier,". said the
girl with the lopsided bang. Hes
Tie worst ever. He used to try it on
ne, but 4 made him quit It. Pete
stand for it anyway. Pete's
got an awful Jealous disposition, but
tell him he'll have to get over that.
Yes, they promised him a raise this
and I guess hell get it all
light"
"What does Willie work at?" asked
he girl with the genuine coral neck
ace. &
cob, willie's got swell job. You
ought to see the ring he gave his girl.
It's a, cluster, but it's swell one. He's
always buyin' her suthin There amt
1uthin' cheap about Willie. i says to
him wunst, Willie ] says"-
s"Ah, never mind about Willie" in
corrupted the girl with the genuine
,oral necklace 81 want to know how
ron can,e ont with Pete's mother.n