The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-11

go for shoes an bring back duck be did
a a er s oa ss s ws
Is. asked IN, Mrs Lathrop;
is its why told by Mrs Macy Granma Mullins an
me" She paused and drew still longer breath !
friend goes huntin with doctor Seems he found
four little redhepded things in nest @ reeds an took
thought it was goden-headed oriole but the friend
thought as it was mud hen So he give to Drusas
Mrs. Macy says ben' raised in flat surely most
to the animal, as soon it turned out to be
pets for bugs, an when they put it in the bathtub to
swim it wouldn't swim, but just kept dyin for the hole
in the bottom. Seems they had most lively time with
it, an after 'em everywhere an snapped at their
buttons an squawked nights an when Drusilla
Mrs Macy she thought right off she could give her
the duck to take home with her. cause she lived in the
country. So that how Mrs. Macy to be asked
to take dinner at Drusillas so dreadful pleasant.
nistrusted what travelin with duck is than anythn,
although she couldn't say she really relished
the crick an maybe grow to be comfort so she let
them put it in basket an give her envelope o dead
flies for it to lunch an she set off for home. She
had to wait long time for an the duck
restless eight flies and bit her twice waitin but
finally the car come an she got on l., Well Mrs Lathrop.
felt itself electriccar! The conductor heard an
runnn' an stopped the car an put em both off
afore she realized she gettn' off for her duck
instead of her depot.
so there was Mrs. Macy stranded high an dry in
strange part o the city alone with a DUCK our the
goodness of her heart You maybe believe she
very far from feen friendly Drusia Cobb when
she realized she couldn't take with duck,
an didn't know Drusas number to take her back her
duck neither. Mrs Macy says she felt herself slowly
CROWN mad an she went into store by an asked
'em if they had telephone. They said they had, an
she says she will know what possessed her. but
she just looked the square in the eye an told him
to get her the president O. the company without
seconds delay. She says it astonishin how quick
he got her somebody an as soon as they'd each said
Hello polite enough she just up an asked him to his
wire to please tell her the difference between duck an
bird Well-she says he didn't say nothn' for
minute an then he said, Wh-a-t?' in most feeble
manner, an she asked him it right again. Then
she said he was more nervous an made very queer
noises. an finally asked her what in Noahs Ark she
wanted to know for. She says she couldn't but think
that very i'll bred consderin her age but she IN
situation where she had overlook anyhn she told
him as she knowed an he knowed, too anyone could
take canary bird an travel anywhere an know
what it to be put off for nothin She said he shook
the wire little an then he asked her if she
meanin to lead him infer that she had been injected
from with duck She says his tone was so dis
respectful that she felt her beginnn' rise, an
she told him far from bein injected she'd been put
out an she had the duck prove it He told her he
would advise her to try to do the duck up IN derby
hat an smugge him through, an them without word
more, he hung UP.
Well Mrs. Macy says she just about never was so