Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-09-02

struck red ear l tried to kiss her
and she fit.
But later on, when 1 was huskin
with Hepzi jenkins, got another red
ear and kissed her without her maxim
any fuss at all. So l concluded &c
name Hepzi for my first guess.
When I went to see Sairy Higgins
on Sunday night I found her with
new dress on and lookin' spick and
span. When tole her I'd thort furst
o. namin' Marthy Beams, but had set
tied on Hepzi Jenkins and why I'd
changed from one to the other she
larfed hard and said: az heard you
was fool about gals, but 1 didn't
think you was as big a fool as that
You'd orter known that Marthy want.
ed y to kiss her, and Hepzl didn't
care whether you kissed her or not"
WAL, Sairy and set together till &c
o'clock; then 1 went away. / KEEP nay
eye skinned durin' the week for some
other gal as looked as if shed taken
a likin' to me, but could see nothin
particular in airy one of 'em. Sunday
come, and l hadn't guess. Then q
student thort struck me. Sairy had ad
mitted that Marthy Beams had wanted
me to kiss her. "She is the gal, after
ALL" shouted, and when went to see
Sairy that night 1 guessed Marthy
She said I'd struck it dead wrong.
didn't git away from the Higginses
till IL O'Clock that Sunday night
started to go several times, but Sairy
always called me back to tell me some
thin. When did git away and walk
ed along the road under the starlight il
occurred to me that I'd had a bang-ur
fine evenin' And it struck me with a
heap o. force that I wouldn't mind
havin' Sairy herself to hum, SOS
wouldn't have to go out anywhere
nights for company. But I'd made up
a pictur' in my mind of the gal that
wanted me, and KEEP a-dressin' it up
finer and finer from week to week till
when / called on Sairy for the thire
guess 1 tole her didn't want none o.
the gals 1 knowed-I wanted the pic
tur'.
Sairy looked kind o. miffed at this
and tole me 1 couldn't guess an ina.
aginary pusson. So the guess was lost
This visit was longer than the last one
About IL o'clock 1 was goin' home, but
Sairy said I needed somepin to walk
on, so she brought out a snack and q
jug o. cider, and it was II before we
finished 'em. Somehow when we
shook hands at partin' our fingers kind
o. got stuck together, and it was some
time before we let go.
When 1 was a-walkin' along home
- ffnanT IonlyaA
up at the moon, and Sairy seemed to
/. be lookin' outen it, smilin' at me. And
thort that only had one more guess
as to the gal as wanted me. And ]
thor., too, b'gosh, didn't keer whether
1 guessed right or not. Eff did guess
right it would end my visits to Sairy.
Then thort it would be a good idea
to git Sairy to give me four more
guesses, SOS / could go and see her
four more Sunday nights.
WAL, when the mex Sunday come
round it was hard waitin' all day-not
havin' the regular work to do-for time
to come when could go and see Sairy.
AS it was, got there airlier than usu-
al. AS soon as we was set on the sofy
Sairy said, says she:
you got to guess right this time,
cause 1 told you eff you didn't I'd tell
you anyway. And 1 wouldn't do that
for the best milkin' COW on your
farm"
"What makes you object so strongT'
"Ef you was a gal you'd object to
tellin' thing like that too"
WELL" says 1. you needn't worrit
about it, for 1 don't keer a tinker's
cuss about that gal as wants me, for l
don't want her. l jist want to come
here regular Sunday nights guessin'
about her.
Sairy give little smoker at this and
sided up closer to me, though we was
about as clost as we could git before.
And she says. kind o. sorrowful, I'm
Altered that can't be-"
why not?" says l.
''Waa.. people would begin to talk"
''Talk about whatT'
They'd be sayin' we was engaged"
This sot me a-thinkin'. 1t mought
be a good idee to set 'em a-talkin', and
Sairy would have to marry me to stop
'em. Nothin' stupid about thatl
Besides" she went on, pop mought
object to a young man comm here ev-
cry Sunday night sittin' with me-"
"WhyT' says I.
''Waal, it wears out the sofy."
Suppose it does. got one at home
better'n this I'll give him when this is
used up"
She thort awhile; then she said:
"How would it do to sit on your sofy
in the first placer?
"wen do it. Wen begin next Sun
day night"
That's mighty student" says she.
ST couldn't be married as soon as
that"
This was jist what 1 wanted.
wanted Sairy to hum. I expected to
wait few weeks, but so long as I
knowed 1 was goin' to git her that was
all right. We're to be married next
month, and l hope our weddin' II stop
people calm me fool about wimmin.