The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-05-07
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fore me a pitcher ruli of rich milk
Trim farm YOU have here, my
friend, said Ia him. and good
house
That was as far as | could so In my
encomiums, for the interior of the
house was in Il higgledy pIggledy con
dtion
Vas" he said ITS all | want"
NO, not all Iou want a woman
You bet / don't don't want none
o them yipers around
III you had one everything about
you would be neat ana tidy instead OF
out OF order"
That's the worst part at it man
ain't 40 good az that sort u thing
What has preIudiceG y0u against
women
WAL. | had q gal erect. aud she
went back un me. one day when
! went hy "A farm down the road hit
( that had been bought by II new man
named Freeman | saw the purtest gal
a-leanin' over the fence YOU ever saw
| in your life. her cheeks were rs red a.
them roses CROWN beside the porch,
ana her eyes were just sPnrklin' In
her head And You oughter seen that
smile on her face. II seemed Ia come
there natural.like There want any
Thing for her 10 smile at-only me,
plain country gaid0t walkin' along the
road But somehow ! couldn't cit 10y.
stopped aud asked her what she was
smiliD' about. She said she WAS very
happy Her family had been very
poor. and somebody had died and left
her mother some money, and they'd
bought the farm with IL aud some new
furniture and lot q good clothes.
Isn't that sOmethln Ia smile att she
asked.
oh | said. disappointed like, i
thort you was smilin' at me"
so was
IL didn't git ny that farm that time
or other times without stoppin' when
ever Jinnie-that was her naine-was
outside. and one day her mother come
out and asked me il wouldn't come
in and drink some buttermilk done
IT, and the old woman kind Il limited
that her darter. list comm into the
place didn't know nobody and found It
kind lonesome ! told her there was
Bushrod's across the creek the next Sat
urday afternoon. | wouldn't mind driv-
in Jimmie over there in my buggy
.Iinnie's eyes lighted up at hearin that.
and she said she'd like 10 90 mighty
well So said I'd be on hand
II list had time To paint my buggy
and fit il dry when Saturday come
round. and, gittin' into my Sunday suit
driv over Ia sit the gal Wasn't she
fixed up fine, You bet, And when she
Struggled down beside me in her ruff
fes and things and the smell a. vio
lets and roses and II huh garden full
Of flowers list thort l'd go wild.
al Rushrod's farm | wanted to keep
II up, but ! want 80 mean as Ia act
hoggiSh about IL. so ! interdooced n
lot OF felers. besides some gals The
felers took 10 her like flies To honey.
but the gals was jealous of her and
fought shy
I'VE was all huskin' the corn. Bill
Jones was settn' 10y jimmie. ANA all OF
N student saw him take the husk
often red ear. and he jlst throwed his
arms around her neck and give her n
big kiss
stranger. did YOU ever have any
thing happen To you like that--a gal
you was dead set on kissed by another
Teller? WAL the divil list riz right |
up In me, ana ! thort I'll have Ia xiii |
Bill Jones right there Rut what made |
me mnddest was that the gal didn't !
slap his Jaw. She list took il casy.ike |
and went on huSkin'
When IL come time Ia 90 home | list |
set alongside az jimmie and didn't |
speak word tn her all the way She |
tried to talk. and / wouldn't answer
her. When we driv up Ia the house
she climbed down and didn't even |
thank me for takin' her to the huskin' |
THE next time ! Went by her moth |
er's farm she was In the field pullin' |
up some tnrnips. Seein' me. she riZ mp |
and give me one of them smiles OF |
hern. but ! jist walked right on and |
didn't notice her. Somehow I'd got an |
idee into my head that she was try |
In to charm me like Il snake The |
next time ! went by she left me alone. |
and she's done u ever since. Some
times | wish she wouldn't but in that |
case she might bring me down. and If |
I'd see "A man Kiss her again I'd likely |
kill him and her too
That's the reason. stranger, don't |
want TO get mixed up with y woman.
The more mans set on one OF 'em |
the more il rifles him II she don't stick
TO him alone"
MY friend" ! said when he had
finished his story. what yon have said |
proves nothing whatever. At husk |
Ing man Is privileged To kiss on find
Ing red ear. and the girl who wonld |
object To being kissed on such an oc
casion would he prude Ia my opin
Ion YOU made hog of Yourself after
all. You go right down to Jennie, |
apologize and ask her pardon for your
rudeness"
"fou don't mean, stranger. that II
wasn't all her fanltY"
"On the contrary. II was all yours"
Selling his hat. he left the house
without word. and ! saw Tim max
m IL A