The daily Alaskan., 1911-07-27

] llN NfNNNtFe T N+ NNutNtlN'iA AA''t w '' supcrauous Co story, but it is quite | important iu this one Duly one who understands the ldlosyncrosics of wo men could sell them tin or any other kind of goods Ergo, l. being a sue. ccssful tin pcddicr, must understand women. But the main reason why think ! understand them Is because know [ don't
 On one of my tours ] struck a young bachelor farmer and concluded to stop an night at his house He had no woman to do anything for him and he cooked and took care of tbc house himself asked him if bc didn't need a helpmeei
 Stranger" he soid firing up at once do you mean to insiuaate lhal l might better take a woman into these 1 premisesT T'
 'sWhat is the obiectionT
 "The objection Is that they're thc most rantankerous, deceitfuL pryiu. palavcriD' creatures in the universe. ! wouldn't trust one on 'em within forty miles of me"
 Perhaps you've been crossed io love27
 "I dunno what you mean by bein' crossed in love, but if it's fooled in love I've been that twict"
 | had 8uished my supper, and my host had put away The dishes, which meant that he put them without wash ing into big closet He told me that he washed dishes once a week by car rylng them ir his farm wagon to the middle Of the creek. There he did the work with a mop. offered him a cigar. which be declined and brought out a cob pipe Since bad an even ing before me with nothing Go do encouraged him to talk.
 "How have you been fooled iu lover I asked him
 "It was this away. ] was born on this farm. and when l wasn't but six teen a man bought the Owen farm. about two minutes down the road. He had a little gal about two or three years younger than me She was the slickest thing you ever seen, mighty straight little figure, dresses not far below the knees and two pigtails be hind tied up with ribbons. never was a gals boy and didn't care any thing about her When ] met her on the road | used Co go on the other side. Onct when passed Der ] no ticed her lookin sideways at me like a robin or chipmunk. When she saw me Iookln at her she dropped her eyes on Co the road and you'd a thought butter wouldn't melt In her mouth
 "One day when WIS fshin in the creek I heard some one just below windin' in reel and, lookin' through the trees. saw Mary Owen c8sdn In a line. jist fshed on, payin no at- tention Co her First thing ] knew | heard a cry. left my fshin pole lavin on the bank and went Co see what was the matter There was Mary holdin' out her thumb with a hook in it. The barb had gone into the flesh so far that it must be cut out I tuk out my knife, opened sharp blade and by doin some slicin Into the thumb took out the hook. must 'a' hurt pretty bad She kep' up till the job was finished, then she fell into my arms with her head on my shoui- der.
 oTdldnt think so then, but since I've been satisfied she just pertended to faint on purpose. That's the fust les son in the deceitfulness O wimmen- kind l ever had Even this little gal kid wasn't wuln to let a boy about her own age alone, he goin' bis way and she hers.
 "Waal. when she come to or per tended to come to herself she was lyin' in my arms lookin' up in my face. One falntn' want enough, so she had to faint ag'in. The reason for this was that my lips want more D a couple O inches from hern, and ! reckon she tainted the second time sos to give me a chance to kiss her.
 "Waal, I done it, like a fool, and it tasted so good done it ag'in and agYn. I reckon if I'd kep' on she'd stayed unconscious all summer When she opened her eyes ag'in she pertend- ed she didn't know I'd been bissin l her. I tied up her thumb with her handkerchief and told her to go home But she didn't She said she felt weak and sat on the grass with her back up agin a tree.
 eve sat there till supper time. Then she went home, and came back home too. That was the beginuin' Of it The next day went dshin' l again. l didn't care for the fish. ] wanted to taste the little gals lips agin. She didn't care for the fish in the creek. She was fshin' for a boy about my size. We done a heap Of fshln' after that tn found the kisses didn't taste so good as the frst ones took. and about that time we ! younkers organized a baseball team and ! didn't go 6shin' so much as | had been doin'; consequently ] didn't ] see so much of Mary Owen.
 Fact of It was that ] wanted to see how much Mary would banker after me when she didn't see me. And ! there's where | first learned about her