Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-01-21
What He Said

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flushed. jerked out the slide Of her
desk. placed her notebook and pencils
upon it with much emphasis. switched
her skirts to the other side OF her
chair and sat down.
The other occupants Of the stenog
raphers' room exchanged glances II
was Miss Conrad who spoke, aD
preaching her subject with graceful
tact
what makes your face 80 red, Kit
ty3" she asked.
aRedl" exploded Miss Carlson.
well, guess II is red. guess your
face would be red. too, II you Oh.
1t makes me 80 madl That little nine
spotl"
"Geel What's hurtin' you. Kit7" in
quired Miss O'Hara. Has 0'Brien
been tryin' to get funny asainf''
"O'Brienl" snorted Miss Carlson
mo. Mr.. O'Brien Is a gentleman, II
he does act foolish sometimes. Il
vas that new guy, winthrop"
The one that wears the necktie
that looks like a garter snakei" asked
Miss Dusenberry, taking a hand-glass
from a drawer in her desk and re-
garding her. reflection therein criti-
cally.
yes, that's the one. Well. he GER
tAinly Is the limit, and then some
What's the matter Of himF1 In
quired Miss Jones mildly. Il think
he's real cute-lookin'."
"Cute-iookin'l with that beardl"
exclaimed Miss Hogan. scorn depict
ed in every feature. why. never
see him without want to say 'Ba-a-ai'
Cute-lookin'l He looks like a billy
goat"
"oh. cut It out, girls. and let kit
tell what he did" commanded Miss
O'Hara. Did ne ask you to tell him
il he went too fast? That's what the
new ones gently do, and like as not
they can't dictate more'n fifteen
words a minute"
Nav" replied Miss Carlson. Il
woaldnt of have minded that. Walt
till tell yoa-"
She whirled her chair around to set
better command of her audience.
when went In there" she said, "he
was nosin' round In a lot Of files, 50
sat down and put my gum In my
mouth and waited for him to tOon up.
After a while he turns round kind Of
absent-minded. IKE he was thinkin'
about what he had for supper last
night, and he remarks, Good mav-w-
nin'!' Just like that-'Good maw-w.
nin.''"
"Land!" Commented Miss Hogan.
1T always did make me tired to hear
a person say good mawnin',' instsd
OF good mornin',' like other foIks."
After he got started he went alsns.
ali right. 'cepin' for sayin' 1ahst' and
'pahst' and all like that, till he come
to place where he says, This mat
ter seems to have fallen into an ocu-
lists desert food
well thinks !. that certainly IL
a fierce bunkh O. words to put in .
letter."
''It was a kind Of long letter" CON
tinued Miss Carlson, ''and when he
got through he says. with a smile
guess he thought would tickle me 70
pieces: VIII you please read thatf'
"'All right | says, and l started
in and read along till come to the
place where he said that about the
ocuiist's desert food.
when / come to that he kind Of
sat up and leaned over. and he says,
viii you please repeat that lahsi
sentencef'
II read It back real slow and plain;
This matter seems to have fallen into
an oculist's desert food
well. that champ gave a yell that
liked to knocked me out my chair
and then he laughed like he's goin' to
kill himself
II stood it for about a minute, and
then says. just as sarcastic, Excuse
me, but, not bein' able to see the
Joke. l guess you won't need me any
ionger.' Then picked up my pencils
and my book aud started out of the
room. You bet was sore.
"IIe kind OF Strengthened out hil
face then and he says: Wait q min
ute, please. | amt through yet
was tCo Lhau ~ oAt 0ONa 1Ao
Just stood there like q wooden Indian
waitin' to see what he's goin' TO say
81 beg your pardon he says. hind
of ehokin' to himself, but the last
sentence isn't Just what said. said
innockuous ood-fn-n-oc-u-o-u-l
d-e-e-u-e-t-u-d-e.
Nov. what do you know about
thatf
well. l wrote down the fool stuff
Just like he spelled It, and then
looked him in the eye and says;
Maybe that's what you thought yoU
was sayin', but l heard what you did
say Just as plain as day. and it's jusi
ike l wrote It and Just like read 4
an oeulist's desert food-and. land
knows, it's bad enough either way
with that sailed out Of the room
I'm Just a-goin' to tell her''-referrinl
TO the head stenographer. who. It Il
needless TO say. was absent from the
room during this recital-'thAt she
needn't send me 10 him again. for
won't go. III throw up my JOB fFst
It's an insult 10 c persons lntelligenes
to send 'em to a man like that"
We'll. anyway, you give him whai
was comm to him. Kittie." said Mial
o'Hara, approvingly. That's one
thing"
Il sh'd say" chorused the others
with the exception OF Miss Jones