Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1909-04-29
That Sideboard
Its Beauty Took the
Professor Eye.
All" said the professor.


her pretty little nose against the show
window next door, where certain mys-
FERROUS garments were on display I'm
der the guise of being a white sale)
the professor peered into the show
window of the furniture shop and
Toasted his gaze on sideboard of an
tiquity.
"A perfect specimen of hand cary.
ing" said he "A perfect specimen
of hand carving, A perfect
And as his voice diminishes into
the silence of alteration let US (aat
tening our noses against the shop win.
dow of life), look earnestly and for
minute or two at this professor and
also at Nine, Professor, his wife.
He was, then, bushy headed pro.
fessor, wearing the aspect OF a lion
and much given to bristling his beard
and making gestures of emphasis with
his eyebrows. For the rest of it his
trousers We're innocent of creases, the
PROFESSIONAL limbs being carelessly
thrust into twin cylinders Of pepper
and salt, and he couldn't be left tc
himself minute before the hanger
of his coat began to assert itself over
the top of his collar, as though bent
upon showing its superiority over
learned subjects and its unyielding
scorn of all things scholarly.
So let us turn and consider madam.
Perty and snappy was madam, with
a pretty little turned-up nose, a pref.
ty little turned-up chin and looking
altogether capable of tanning the lion
aforesaid and making him jump
through the hoop whenever occasion
required Moreover, she had way
of setting her foot down when she
walked as though she knew exactly
where she was going, and every time
she spoke she nodded her head unit,
the white pompon on her hat nodded
also in a manner that was at once an
affirmation, warning and a source OF
deep delight
DO You see it?" he asked
yes" she said, nodding; 4 see IT.
"a masterpiece" said he, and brist-
ling his name he fell into his best pro.
fessorial style and thus delivered him
self:
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