The bee., 1912-10-22
GIRLS ARE CURIOUS,
so ARE SOME BOYS

men at the boarding house table.
'Is that an original discovery, or
did somebody tell your politely In
qured the young man who sells gas
engines.
Maybe he dreamed it," hazarded
the young man who works in an ar
chitect's Office.
NO." explained the young man with
the celluloid collar, as he reached out
and gathered in the last slice of bread
with one of his large red hands,
there didn't nobody tell me, an 1
didn't dream It, l amt like some
of these ducks you meet in boardin'
house. When go to bed / go to bed
tired enough to sleep. I leave all
them dream things for some o. these
ducks that don't work hard enough to
git tired. What I was talkin' about
was girls. An it's just like says
some of 'em is mighty Gurus. I found
it out for myself"
"You found it out for yourself?"
II certainly did"
"Some originality to that discovery,
all right" said the young man who
works in an architects Office, address,
ing the young man who sells gas en-
gines. The latter nodded in hearty
agreement.
Maybe there Is and maybe there
amt but it's true" declared the young
man with the celluloid collar.
"Why don't you get It patented?"
81 can't. You're joshin' me-"
who, i? Perish the thought. And
you think girls are really curious?"
Il know It,"
"All Of them?"
"Some OF 'em Is cur'user than 9TH
ers, of course"
How do you know?"
81 seen one out walkin' In the park
with you last Sunday, an don't think
all of 'em would go out walkin' with
YOU"
Don't laugh at your own attempts
to be funny. Then you think some
girls are curious because they
wouldn't go out to the park with me
Thank you."
mo, you don't get my idea at all.
l meant 1t the other way"
''You know a lot about girls, don't
you? Anybody can see that"
'Well, don't know such lot, but
l know some"
Some girls?"
"Yes, some girls, an some about
girls"
"Wise mani"
"Oh, amt so wise; but it takes
wise girl to fool me any to speak
Of"
Would It be showing undue curios.
ity If should ask you, for the bene-
ht OF myself and these others whom
your remarkable discovery has
aroused to a pitch Of intense excite
ment. what particular incident OF the
present day has caused you to remark
on the curious qualities of girls?"
81 just happened to think OF 1t. no
tlein' Miss Keyboard as she left the
table,"
'Ts Miss Keyboard one OF the curl
GUS ones?"
"She certainly is."
"She never went to the park with
me-"
"An' maybe that amt because yor
never asked her to, neither"
|. ITO avoid argument, will conced<
that IL is not. In what way doei
Miss Keyboard strike you as beins
curiousf"
"Well, three weeks ago asked hel
to go to the theater with me an she
wouldn't because she had an engage
ment"
Nothing curious about that"
mo, but listen. Two weeks ago
asked her again to go to the theatel
with me. An she wouldn't because
she had a headache"
Nothing curious about that"
"No. l know there amt But tht
other day asked her to go again
Persistent youth"
"And she didn't have no engage
ment."
MOP"
No. an she didn't have no head
ache"
: "No?"
"No; an still she wouldn't go. Now
wasn't that curious?"
, "That was decidedly curious. Blu
you know so much about girls that 1
should not seem curious to you, re
gardless OF how Il seems to the res
OF US. You ought to know why sh'
wouldn't go with you to the theate
the last time you asked her."
II ought to know why?"
That's what said"
Maybe you can tell"
81 can. She doesnt want to g
with you."
"By ding! / bet that was IT." ex
claimed the young man with the eel
luloid collar. "And never though
OF IT,"
"Of course, that wss IT," declares
the young man who sells gas engines
"Oh. well. she don't need to be 81
naughty. was only trying to b
e NICE"
And she was only trying to sta.