The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1910-12-01

and Il his mutt came poking around
he would get licked out of his boots.
On certain evening the tailor had J.
sailed forth with a smile on his face.
He fiourished his cane. He strutted.
His mutt strutted. Patton alley saw
and whispered it's admiration. Ii had
denizen who was financially able
to eat out, and 1t was proud of him.
II was sensation. and on top of IL
came the knockout blow. Miss Har-
ner appeared In her best. She carried
= ran and purse. She wore her eye
glass She walked In q languid way.
and she was followed by her whifeet.
The whiffet walked with decorum.
Patton alley dispatched three DIFF
fereat messengers to follow Miss Har.
ner When those messengers return
Cd ana reported that she had entered
the same eating house patronized BY
Mr.. RAISER and taken q seat at the
best table-the only one boastinR of 4
cloth on its surface-men and women
sat down on the curbstones and were
dumb.
Mr.. RAISER was seated at table
when his eyes beheld vision. or.
rather. two visions-a lady and
whinet dog. They sailed past him
Just as he ordered a small chuck
steak and soft boiled egg. They sat.
down and looked him over in disdain.
In voice that thrilled his very soul
and made him long to do murder they
ordered:
). "Waitah, bring me fried oysters,
hash-brown potatoes, celery, aspara-
gus. salad and small bottle of your
very best claret. Be sure-the very
best"
And the waiter, knowing that he
had real lady to deal with, got a
gait on him, and all the other diners
looked and reverenced.
The. tailor was squelched. His glory
had suddenly departed. His pompos.
ity fell from him like horse blanket.
There was but one thing he could do.
Death to the whiffet! The two ca
mines. not six feet apart, were glaring
and growing at each other. All that
was needed to bring on a conflict was
a little encouragement. Mr. RAISER
gave his mutt a kick and the battle
was on. All the diners agreed that it
was an even thing while it lasted. but
it resulted i'll the tailors dog being
kicked outdoors by a waiter, and the
tailor following without being kicked.
though he threatened all kinds of law.
suits as he went.
Next day Mr.. RAISER went back to
his OIL stove and kippered herring.
lie explained that the eating house
ruined his digestion Two days later
Miss Harnerf went back to her oil
stove : and sausage. She explained
that it was too far to. go for first.
class eating house. Again the whiffet
and the mutt "sassed' each other
across the alley. Again the racket of
the sewing machines. Again the
odors.
And then one day the climax came
and Cupid arrived. Mr.: RAISER heard
Miss Harner. scream: He was little
and he was mad, but he was a cheva..
lier. He ran down his stairs and up
hers. She had driven needle into
her finger and tainted with the pain.
He assisted the woman to mop her
face in cold water and chafe her
hands and ask her If she felt better.
With pair of pincers he pulled the
needle out. He ran after arnica and
plaster. He guaranteed there would
be no case of lockjaw.
And was Miss Harner grateful?
She was. She realized for the first
time what nice little chap Mr.. Ras.
ser was. and he realized the financial
advantages OF a tailor and "a seam
stress under one roof, and it wasn't a
month before the whiffet and the mutt
were eating out of the same dish.
Patton alley says it's all arranged
and all right, and when the loving
couple walk out to take in a moving
picture show-arm in armand the
dogs side by side, there are whispers
of:
my, but If they are so happy now
what will 1t be when they are wed!"