The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-30
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After an absence of two days, dur
| ing which time Leo speculated not a
little as to the probable cause of the
disconnection, the Married Man, look
ing as though his hen that laid the
golden egg had gone dry, cautiously
opened the door of the Dacres lobby
this morning, peering carefully about,
and seeing no one more harmful than
Leo and the young lady, entered the
room. For moment he stopped, as
though to contemplate, and then with
the well-known familiar greeting of
Morning. Leo" took his customary
place before the desk.
Whats the matter old kid?" in
quired Leo, in sympathetic tone.
you look worried"
"Glim's not burning very bright this
morning; old world don't look the
the same
"Well, kick through; relieve your
self, and you'll feel better"
"All right; even if I'm not feeling
very pert, I'll leave part of my troubles
in your care. Y'see, Leo, the Elks are;
raising the devil this week with what
they are pleased to call carnival. bit.
At the urgent and almost fearful sup
plication of wiley dear, I gave up a
comfortable corner at home last night
and hied thither to the scene of world
ly amusement decidedly against my
religious scruples. She was happy, or
at least / judged so from her buoyant
manner as We wendell our way to- the
rink Believe me, l wasn't. But that's
neither here nor there; She said go, and
go did.
after blowing 80 hard earned cents
for admission tickets, we found our
selves in the midst of one of the most
reckless crowds that ever assembled
with the complete knowledge of pla-
toon of police. By the time we had
made the round of the hall, jolting and
being jolted in the Stats by all kinds
and varieties of people, grille felt that
the pleasure would not be complete
without we spent some money at the
country store and elsewhere and thus Sc
cure some souvenirs as she called
them.
II was unfortunate in having a few
bucks in small change in my jeans,
and she was, dead wise to that, too.
First we started our to rope a goose,
as was once some proficiency in play
ing quOits. But. Leo even though I
spent some three plunks, not to men,
ton some extra change. in buying rub
Der rings to- toss at those; dOggOned
geese, l never got so much as a look
in. Every time Td,toss a hoop, those
blankety- blank geeselings would duck
their heads and it was all off. They
had been trained for months in ad-
vance and could tell at glance just
how I had "Englished' the rubber
they acted accordingly.
But Wifelet became agitated at my
failure. and wanted to go it a whiric
did not wish to appear tight so mag
unanimously forked over some coin of
he realm, for which she got a dozen
hoops. And hook my garters! Out of
those twelve ringers she said she was
going to throw, nary one so much as
struck a goose, say nothing of catch
ing it on the snOot, where one is sup
posed to. She queered herself right
there, and depend on it, youngster, she
was out in the back yard this morning
bright and early taking lessons in
throwing a barrel hoop at the clothes
line pole.
mot satisfied with cashing vouchers
on the treasury IN SuCn a. starting
wholesale manner, the dear girl felt
that a whack at the country store
would prove more gratifying, and
hubby, with all eyes on him, felt
called ON to pungle up the dough. +
bought two tickets; one drew a hat pin
and another a two-cent bar of stale
soaps and again the female head l3the
household took "a try. Snap my sus-
penders! After blowing something
like four dollars and six-bits for those
booming tags, always wanting just
one more chance, all she had to show
for her dissipation was varied as
sortment of junk such a Chinese
peddler would not be guilty Of packing
around in a garbage wagon. But she
got hers, and I'll bet you a bottle Of
near-beer she never says country store
to me again. What did she draw
Ssh! Be wise; you know what our
grandmothers used to keep hid away in
a dark corner under the big feather
bed? Yep, she got one, and took the
paper OF right there before the whole
crowd. But had to carry the darned
thing around all evening.
|. For once had the satisfaction OF
seeing a female yell nun: but. Leo. the
ease and grace with which she did it