Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1909-03-20
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"I've quit soin' with him. said the
girl with the lop.sidei bang. II guess
I amt seen him for over two weeks"
The girl with the genuine coral
necklace looked amazed. lis that
so.oT she asked. "why. I thought you
an him was goin' TO get married. !
was expectin' q bid for bridesmaid
most any time
swell, you may get H." said the girl
with the lop.sided hang. but I won't
be standin' up with George. George In
all right. but ] don't want no Teller
that's got II In for my relations. ]
think II q Teller thinks anythin' Of his
girl he ought to be pleasant to her
folks"
"He ain't mnrryin' her folks. you
know suggested the girl with the
coral necklace.
ITS all right about that" said the
other. George didn't like father,
though. lie had the nerve to tell me
he didn't AN right says. You
don't have to like him. II you don't
want to like him can't make you. but
II you feel that way about II guess
you'd better find some young lady with
parents that suits You better That's
what I told him."
"What did he say TO that!" asked
the girl with the coral necklace.
"Ile said he'd try 10 like him Tor
my sake; but he didn't"
"What was Il he didn't like about
your fatheri"
ut was the way father acted that he
didn't Ike" explained the girl with the
lop-Sltied hang. Father sorter took a
notion that George wasn't the sort of
fellow he wanted me to have. an when
father gets notion Into his head you
can't get II out. ! told George he didn't
need to take no notice Of II. but for
him IN jcs' keep on comm. All there
was. fathcrd kinder frown when he
seen him an when George said Good
evenln' he'd sortcr grunt. or else he
wouldn't say nothin' at all. He'd kin
o. make remarks, too. not mentloniM
names, hut George couldn't help know.
In they was meant for him. lie said
suthln' one night about neck,ics thu,
made George hoppin' mad.
"'Well,' ! says what II he don't like
red neckticsi You don't need 20 gel
sore about II. II I like 'em that's all
you need care about
| "'Well. ! don't want 10 be insultcsi,
he says. I'm goin' 10 quit comm
sround here
| "'rhat's your privilege I says. 'Oi
course You don't need 10 come II you
don't want 90, hut father always did
act that way with anybody he didn't
like. an spose he always will.'
80 don't like him any better thar
he does me. but ! keep a civil tongue
IN my head he says.
| snow, what do you know about
thati Nervef Well, ! told him he'd
got to take that back. an he did, bu,
| seen he was sore. an the next time
he come he wouldn't hardly speak Il
father. OF course that made father 4
lot worse than ever. lie sort OF hinted
10 George that he didn't want him
hangin' around, an George got mad.
told him he didn't need to get mad
about that. ] said guessed Id have
anybody come 20 see me that ! want
ed. But you amt patient enough
with father I says. II you thought al
much Of me m you say you do, you'd
remember that he's my father. II you
like me you've got TO like him.
| THAT was when he promised 10 try
But the next time father came righ
out an told him 10 keep away. an
George lost his temper an called hin
| pig'heades, an said that he'd got I
uotj0l 10 belt bim one. That settled