Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1909-10-21
GETTING
POL.ISF He'd
By GEORGE A. FARGhIER

i don't object to being polished.
50 l can act like a real gentleman. |
am hammered up so | don't put my
elbows on the table, and as for keep
ing the end of the sroon out OF my
mouth, I'm an expert, but, by Jove,
I'm through being polished up any
more, drawled the drygoods clerk,
IN the latest style.
What wrong?'
Wrong? Say you know my
youngest sister, Jane? That's her
real name when she goes to papa for
money-on the cards it's spelled with
Y before the n and about four con
sonants after each vowel Well,
Jane loves me, and after she went
through all the classes on how to act
and not show your real bring up, she
landed on me. Jack, dear, says SIS
ter, you are the best salesman IN
Witherlys and you are al right, ex-
cept you act just like all American
men. You are too busy to know the
tight things to do-thOse nice little
nolitenesses, and I'm going to polish
you up for Miss Witherly.
"Of course that sounded good to
me. I'm for owning the store, and
vas getting on fine after a few les
sons: had everything running smooth
". Why, | was SO polished that it
made me sick to watch my felloW-mcr-
ais eat, OF act as though they weren't
dragged up There was only one thing
hat marred my happiness. II ] found
lane on the porch or met her on the
street, | would forget to tip my hat.
Jane said she was entitled to as
much respect as any other girl. It
sounded like the look, but it always
made me feel foolish to act as if !
vas {, ad to see her.
"Well, | forgot several times, as I
have already remarked. Jane warned
me-T'll give you lesson young man
some day, that will make you remem.
Der. 1t will be for your own good,
and it will hurt ne more than YOU
Say, yesterday / just caught on to
the smoker as the express train pulled
out | was in an awful rush-wanted
to get over TO the park with the sticks
and play hole or two-sO when | got
off at Hyde Park and saw Jane com
ing home from the matinee, | slid
alongside, rinched her arm, and said:
Lovely day-haven't | met you be-
FORE? | was only joking, you know
but, horrors, forgot to tip ray hat
its one of those fiat boys 1--WE get
So. so for them, and it is hard for me
to get it on with just the right kind
of rakishness Jane-my sweet and
polished little sister-well, she drew
coldly away looked shocked, and,
mind you. we<were right in the mid
die of a swell bunch of people. Oh,
don't get funny, Sis, I'm dead sick of
this mannering business.
u don't know you, sir says little
sister.
by Whack-I thought a
mule had landed a short-arm jolt, and
when | turned around, big handsome
man had ne by the neck. You're a
nice kind of an excuse, says he, real
loud; I have som ething for Washers
like YOU Perhaps | wasn't mad.
lane hadn't even turned around, but
the friends of the handsome man had
- - off I'D every one handed out
jolt or a kick.
IS cong the best ! could when
Jane came rushing back into the strug,
Cling bunch and explained matters. l.
was so tickled not to get more than
one black eye and not to be taken to
the police station that | tried to
smooth the handsome guys feelings,
for he was as mad as a hornet al
Jane. Said it would be a lesson to
him not to butt in on a woman's jokes
well, look at that coming down the
street Here's where l take off my
hat to Jane and the the handsome
guy. / lore he gets the balance of
the ,S,:shing was down for and by
ne way sister is sympathizing with
him about the battle scars gave him
it looks as if he would. | hate to think
of losing the partnership in Wither
ly's store-but no more polishing for
me-"