The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-06-13

went UP 10 see the Countess DafltO.
Shes the wife of the banana man. you
kpow. Lives on the top floor and sets
our fashions. | asked her If she'd
seen the latest thing I'm fire escapes.
and when she said she hadn't | showed
her photograph of one on the Wal
dorf-Astoria. Then ! went Oh TO say
that Our flats might catch fire any
night and that she would present the
most graceful picture i'm the world
coming down an escape at night with
her silk wrapper Guttcring in the
breeze. | dwclt on the photo the pa
pers would have and the interviews
thGt would be asked for, and she
clapped her hands in delight"
"But don't you call dot some decep-
ton. Mr.. Janitor?" asked the grocer,
"Oh, no. That was simply cajolery
It's the same as you pasting a fresh
label on an old eau of corn. You don't
deceive. but you caiolc. You caiole the
can and the buyer to boot"
"Vhcll mebbe dot vhas So"
"And when | had cajolcd the count
ess | hinted that she ought to run
fire escape down TO the next floor nt
her own expense to show off on She
was To have 1t all TO herself i'm case of
fire. No opposition shows. If She
wanted me to and would keep still
about II I'd raise Il smoke some night
and give her a chance to do the de.
sccnding act"
"By golly. but what man you vhas,
Why don't you run for govcrnor?'
"Too busy being Il first class ianitOr.
The countess took the bait. got an
lrouworkcr for her. and she told him to
20 ahead. | said nothing TO any of the
others until the escape was finished.
Then l called on Lady Saunders. the
wife of the cobhler told her that
the countess was paying for the work,
and it was onli e come down to the
third floor, and she grits her tcetR and
says:
"'rhat womanl she thinks shrrms
these flats, but III show her she don't.
SO she's up TO dramatic descent In Il
pink silk wrapper, IS shrG Wen. she
may find some one in blue silk wrap
per ahead Of her. Get thc same man
to run the escape down to the next
door, and I'll pay the biIl.'"
Lady Saunders Gets It.
"And do you do NJ asked the gro
Ger
"Surc's your alive ana putting your
best potatoes on top. Irs, sir. that cs-
cape went down Then | went i'm to
see the Duchess of Sutherland. on the
second floor Her husband drives for
coal yard. but she pretcuds he owns
the ymd ana drives for the fresh air
there is in IT, She was on the ram
page at once. She'd also have her fire
escape. and she offered to have It
nickel plated There's our beautiful
escape from the top to the first story,
and il hasn't cost the boss red"
Wonderful. Wonderful. II seems
like vhas in some dreams. Mr. Jani-
tor. DO you believe you can Rarn me
to cajole somebodyT -
Hardly You ain't built for It. ana
you've got squint TO one of your
eyes. No man with n squint ever made
u SutttHNlUl tVlbltI. II ne II grocer
he lies right out"
"Nhell YOU know best Und how
about dem howcrpots?"
"Cajolcry, Mr. Hammerdngcr-ca
iolery. When the first wagons began
to come around with flowers | slipped
up TO see the countess ana ask her
If she had ever seen the hanging gar
dens of Babylon. She hadn't, nor /
either, but happened to have an old
picture Of them. She was delighted
with II, ana ! told her that SHE could
make hanging gardens Of her three
windows If she wished. They would
be sign TO all passers that n person
OF distinction occupied that fiat. and
some of the newspapers might write II
up"
The Duchess Gets lnoeuIated.
"And she got some hanging gardens,
did Shc?'
Fright Off quick. Spent about S12,
/ believe. to make the show"
"Und den you see all der oddcr wo.
mems and caiOle 'cm"
"No. There was no need TO. They
were on their high heels ana watching
'ha countess. They began following