Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1909-02-26
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the groceryman, after the pretty cook
had checked up the groceries with the
bill.
Il know two or three Henrys," re-
piled the pretty cook.
You're afraid it's some gag, amt
! your, grinned the groceryman. "You
think want you to ask what Henry,
an then III say suthin' foolish"
You'd say that anyway" observed
the pretty cook, indifferently. THAT
wouldn't be nothin' new. What about
HenryT
! His other name was Clay, an now
It's mud" replied the groceryman,
chuckling. Don't get mad, Evelina
That's right-stralght goods. You
know Henry at clerks in the store.
His name is Henry Clay, honest"
II thought you said it was mud"
remarked the pretty cook
That's right, too," said the grocery
man. Hes a-goin' to be married. /
feel sorry for him, pore guy!"
Il feel sorry for the girl said the
cook. "If had to marry a feller like
him I'd feel sorry for myself. l know
that"
Don't you waste no tears O. SYM
pathy on her." said the groceryman
"She didn't have to marry him if she
didn't want to-"
81 s'pose he don't have to marry her
If he don't want to-" said the pretty
cook. Il don't know who she is, and
| don't care, but | bet she didn't give
him chloroform an tie him up an
keep him tied until he promised to
marry her. She prob'ly said she'd mar
ry him to get rid of him."
"Sure thing" said the groceryman,
sarcastically. That's the way you all
do, don't you? You want us to stop
maxim love to you, amt that it?"
"You know all about it. Why do
you ask me?" said the cook.
'She looked mighty innocent" said
the groceryman. $50 does the mouse
trap look innocent 1t doesn't care
whether there's a mouse anywhere
within mile. 1t can get along first
rate without any mice. Mr.. Mouse
comes up an sniffs but the trap don't
take no notice Then it sorter seems
/ to him that there's suthin' wrong an
he scoots off. That's the way Henry
done. He said he didn't want to get
tangled up with no skirt. He quit
goin' to the door for nigh two weeks.
but that didn't worry the girl. She
didn't come into the store to see what
had come of him any more'n the mouse
trap 'ud try to squeeze into the hole
after the mouse. She jest waited"
Its one good way to make you
STOP" said the cook. 81 don't know
which is the worst. Women have hard
luck, anyway. If you'd only let us
alone, though, l guess you wouldn't
have no trouble. We don't do the
chasin'."
"You don't need to- said the gro
ceryman. You never seen a trap go
chasin' around after mouse, did you!
All it does is jest to set around an
look invitin That's all this girl done
that Henry's goin to marry"
81 bet she didn't know he was on
EARTH" said the cook.
"I bet she could have thrown wad
O. gum over her shoulder an hit him
in the eye if she wanted to- said the
groceryman. Anyway, it wasn't long
afore Henry was out again, an after
while lie got to speakin' to her, an
the mex thing you know he was pick
in out the best candy in the showcase
jest afore quittin' time, three nights a
week an Sunday mornin'. No, don't
s'pose she gave him no encouragement.
If she was out on the steps wearin' her
lace waist. with a carnation in her
hair, an he was fool enough to come
along and set down by her, she wasn't
% blame, was she?"
II sh'd say not" said the cook.
"Sure she wasn't" agreed the gro
ceryman. "But when pore Henry asst
her how about flat-snap !-she had
him right around the neck-strangle
holt. Henry told me about it, an hon
est, 1t makes me nervous every time
come up these back steps,"
"You don't need to be-" said the pret-
ty cook.
Then what have you got your hair
done up that swell way for?" asked
the groceryman.-Ch Chicago Daily News.
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