St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1910-04-22
WELL. AS I WAS SAYING"

John took the seat behind his friend,
Miss Wilson. In the trolley car. He
wore bored expression. and after q
few casual remarks on tho weather.
che cause Of his disgust was revealed.
-~Whcn women have thing to say"
ne began. why can't they say II and
"a donef More physical and moral
force 10 wasted In the reiteration OF
feminine conversation than could be
used up In a long time OF effectual
action. Women's conversation consists
largely OF circular busr-saws with moth
ing to work on. My wife has sister
staying with her" His friend saw
there was something coming and lis
toned patiently.
"This morning she mislaid some let
ters she had intended to give me 10
post. You wouldn't think Il would
take long 10 tell about such a circum'
stance. now would your"
"Why. no." said Miss Wilson.
swell, II took all breakfast time. She
began when she came to the table
Bald she;
~ had two letters and postal card
which thought John would post Tor
me ON his way down town. ! stamped
the letters and laid them between the
leaves Of a magaxine-there were two
letters aud postal card-and ! laid
the book on the stairs. thinking l
would give the letters and the card
90 John, 80 he might mail them on his
way down town. and cant md them
anywhere. I've hunted high and low.
and | can't imagine what has become
of them.
There were two letters-all stamp
sd-and a postal card. and l remember
laying them right between the leaves
OF the book and putting II on the
stairs. 90 that II would be handy 20
give TO John. for ! was very particu'
lar that they should 20 this morning.
aud I knew he would just AZ soon post
them on his way down town.
81 can't think whore they have dis
appeared 10. for ! remember distinctly
placing them In the book-two letters
and a postal-and saying to myself--'
and 30 on.
well. that went on and on. and
round and round. without getting any
where. and the last thing | heard AS
i shut the front door was. Two let
ters all stamped. and postal card.
do you wonder I'm tired with that for
breakfast"
just then masculine voice asserted
itself from the seat behind. One man
was relating something 10 another so
emphatically that there was nothing 10
do but listen.
Scat? Well. guess l was scat,
never was so scat In my life, ] amt
usually scat OF thunder--been lots OF
times right out In the open when II
WAS laundering and lightning hard.
and amt minded II at all, but this
time l was scat most to death.
''You see, our house sets something
like that one out there. not very far
from the next one. Well. We were all
sitting out ON the front porch In the
evening, and l was sitting on the step
near the walk; the others were sitting
back, but was on the lower step
near the walk. see,
oC a sudden there came this thunder
and lightning.
1T was fierce! The lightning just
flled In all that space between the
houses-they're set near together. you
know-and thought ! was struck for
cure. II seemed TO come right down
all around me-you see ! was sitting
right on the step-and thought sure
] was struck. II seemed TO kind OF
make me numb.
Il never was 90 scat In my life.
You see the others were further back,
but was right out on the lower step,
and the lightning seemed to come right
down between the two houses.
well. when ! could think. ] looked
at my wife. She was sitting back on
the porch by the door. quite . ways
SEom me. because l was on the step.