Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1912-06-28
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and walked the door and didn't say
anything-not aloud $F!ss .,s,.s. a'-~a
From the first wall Of the violin and
the first yell OF tho parrot II wag
rivalry. It was violin vs.. parrot-par
rot vs.. violin. oh. the sadness of it
for the neighbors! --% ,&,y.' :
From morning till night, day after
day! II the best Polly could do was
to yell out that she wanted q cracker,
the best the fiddler could do was to
play odd Black Joe" over and over
again. The advantage rather rested
with the violin. It didn't have ia
sleep O. nights, while Polly did. She
did her very best to realize that honor
was at stake. and that she must tri.
umph or perish, but two hours after
lamplight would find her nodding and
played out while the violin was still
wide awake at II p. m.
Mother. that wretch shall never
conquer me-never!" Miss May would
exclaim half dozen times q day;
and like an echo young Mr.. Islington
would call out:
TIL bring her to her knees, moth.
er-to her knees!" ~
For a long month the battle ragged.
When a doctor who knows his bust.
ness CATCHES patient with a wrench
or twist he is not going to surren.
der his inestimable privilege day
short Of four weeks. Even at the
end of that time he is going to pay an
extra yisit-fee $2-to warn him not
TO try to climb thorn tree without
pulling on stove-pipe trousers.
But the day came when Miss May
was permitted to walk out. Also Mr..
1slingtop! There was a grove a quar-
ter Of mile away. Miss May natu.
rally headed for the grove. Mr.. Isling.
ton naturally headed for the same
place. a...,. -,--.,. .. ,,-.-, . .,..u
Miss May naturally carried Polly
along to reward her for her heroic Ell
forts to preserve the family honor,
and Mr.. Islington carried his violin
along that he might once more hear
the sweet strains Of "Old Black joe
in the sunshine. The girl reached the
grove first and was softly meditating
when step aroused her That young
man! That violin! They stood be-
fore her. and as she shuddered the
parrot screamed. .' r.
"You---you-you!" gasped the
'wrenchess." Il y 7 %@
1.-THE girl with the parrot" exclaim.,
ed the "twister" as he looked down!
upon her. N.Y.: 4 ~ =, .,. 4. .tt>sj
Gould aught save the day? Could
anything avert the impending trag!!
edy? Had It been two old men or
two old women-good-bye! But it
was goodlooking girl and not at
all bad-looking young fellow, and they
had had a square fight and were a bit
ashamed Of their petulance, and after
a gasp or two bit Of smile came
to their faces. Then the smiles broad
ened. Then grins succeeded. Them
Polly stood on her head and there
were two hearty laughs and Mr..
Islington said:
"You are Miss Forbes, believe,
and congratulate you on getting out
again"
&, ::And you are Mr.. Islington, be-
lieve, and I also congratulate you. 50
Il hope my violin was not disagree
able to you" ,4.y@ .. .us: y.
And trust that Polly's. chatter
did not make you nervous"
He sat down beside her and he told
her about that high Jump. and she
told him about the barrel, and it's on
record at the county clerks once that
she even said that Of all musical IN
struments abe 9referred The fiddle,