Evening star., 1911-05-28

you ain.t big enough to stop me; tell
you she's no lady. or she wouldn't--
1",sI Take that back, Bill said the
a. won't says the man. and I'll say
it again. She's no
"And before the rest Of the commit
ged the man under the ear. and. being
a bit wobbly In his legs from the bot
ties. he went to the floor.
"All Of which was just as the Little
Green Frog had arranged 1t.
IL Il
Now, when the girl heard about this,
which, Of course she did, she was sorely
troubled in her heart. but she didn't
consult any green frogs or anything
else green or red or purple. She went
straightway to call on the Knight and
she told him just what she thought
about 1t, and although she didn't put
1t exactly that way he got the impress
sion that she believed him to be real
knight and a hero and a gentleman all
rolled into one, which isn't always the
case, as everybody knows. And he was
very much swelled up within himself.
and he stepped high when he walked.
and he saw flowers in the middle of
the street and stars In the day sky.
For what she said wasn't all. He had
looked into her eyes and there had seen
something that he had never noticed
in the county records or anywhere else.
He didn't know what it was, but what
ever 1t was he liked 1t. So. after
day or two he went around to see the
girl and find out some more about It.
And he talked Of everything under the
sun but politics, and she talked about
well, what every woman talks about:
which never is politics And he looked
into her eyes and saw it again, but still
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Now, the knight was one OF those
people who, when they get hold of
problem, can't be satisfied until they ind
the answer. He looked into the dictionary
and the cyclopedia and a lot Of other big
books, but they didn't help him. More
over, he laid awake nights trying to figure
it out, but all he got was headache
And every evening or so he'd go to see
the girl and get fresh start. Yet. though
he could see it palmer and palmer every
time he looked. the answer eluded him.
Meanwhile the campaign Jagged and
the politicians filled the air with their pro-
tests. 'Shucksr they said, "This'Il never
do and Tt amt playin' the game But
the knight just looked up at the sky and
smiled. What's an Office more or less
he said, 'beside-.' Beside what?' they
asked impatiently. He didn't know.
Really, he didn't know. But he thought
he could find out in time. And so he did.
One night, while he was looking at her,
it came to shim all Of sudden, all Of q
sudden. And he up and told her. And
when she had got her hair back in place
she said, You goose, l knew 1t all the
time Then she got her pen and piece
of paper, and she wrote:
Ito the people of Jones county: OW-
ing to pressing matters, she wrote
0he Knight had his arm around her at
the time). owing to pressing matters of
a personal nature l am constrained (here
she looked at the knight and the affairs
of state were interrupted for a momenD
am constrained to withdraw from the
race for county clerk. and l hope all my
friends will give their support to my
honorable opponent business of kisses.
Mr.. James Henson. (SignedD
ELIZABETH WENTWORTH
"And out in the big oak tree the Little
Green Frog laughed. 'Cuh-cuh-cuh-cack.
Cub h-cuh-cackn
That wasn't all OF the story. for Mrs
Peterson was going to tell how the Knight
vas elected unanimously, and Id the
whole county came to tie wedding and