Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-07-23

Il don't know siy1otR steak from 8
porterhouse
Il can play pool and billiards and
whist and bridge, but don't know thes
wages butler gets.
Il can run an auto, but | couldn't
run a chef
Tn AL at high tea, but | guess
I'd be fool In my own house.
When l come to figure it out what
have got to offer that girl?"
Miss Winnie's Aunt Mary lived in
city so miles away. She was fairly
well of, and had big house and kept
three servants. One day when the girl
walked in on her, she held up her
hands and exclaimed:
Goodness, but l was thinking Of
you two minutes ago. Why didn't you
write or telegraph"
Didn't have time"
rs grandma sick or dead?"
Neither
You just took a notion to come.
eh?"
Il have come to stay with you until
l. huOW now 10 run d nOuSS. AOA =
may get married and have house
of my own | can speak French, but
can't cook an egg. l know Latin.
but / hardly know beans. can
make a beautiful bow, but / can't
| make a bed"
And you've no show to learn there
at grandmas? Well, you can take
Il n
Young Hardie didn't stop thinking
after the first half hour. He kept it
up for two or three days, and the long
er he thought the harder he criticized
himself He finally went to his IA
Their and asked:
Look here, dad, doesn't it strike
you that I'm a sort of dodo?''
Il never saw a dodo, but | think
you must resemble that bird more or
less" was the reply.
why haven't you said that long
ago?"
Il was in hopes you'd get around
to make the discovery yourself"
well, / have. Will there be any
money coming to me when l start out
for myself?"
Yes"
rs it where it can't be lost until
| them"
1T is. What's up. Douglass?
IF | can get over being dodo
can marry one of the incest girls In
a year or SO"
Want to go into business?
| To
stock of common sense. | can play q
| fine game of billiards, but l can't run
a lawn mower. l can beat most OF the
boys at pool, and more than hold my
own at bridge, but don't know why
they put hair in laortar, and l can
| tell you how brick is made"
Good boy-go SEEK" laughed the
father. If the dodo wakes up he may
amount to 80 cents yeti"
Douglass Hardie dropped out of his
clubs. He dropped out of society. He
was not to be found at his rooms or
| on the street Some of the newspapers
limited about the mysterious disappear
ance of well-known, young man, but
| they failed to locate him. Fifty miles
|
ship. He learned to plow, to plant, to
| hoe and to reap. He learned the uses
| of the ak, the spade and the rake. He
learned to milk cow and drive
| a horse.
Every day he asked dozens of ques-
lions. and every day he learned some
thing new He got robust health. He
got muscle He got confidence in him
self. He learned the value of time and
money, and he was taught that econ
| omy was a watchword.
One day, when nearly a year had
elapsed. Miss Winnies Aunt Mary
came upstairs to her where. she was
sewing and said:
There's a man downstair to see
you"
"A man? For ne?"
YES. l guess he's working man."
Miss Winnie went down. She had
to look twice before she held out
her hand and said:
Why, Douglass. what does this
mean?"
i've been doing as you have"
"But-Eut-"
"And | can at least do the market
ing and run the lawn mower when we
are married."
And l can boss the servants and
spend the house money wisely" she
proudly boasted.
Then ahem!"
And an hour later she was telling
her aunt that she was engaged and
must go back to grandma's to get
ready for the marriage.
| copyright, 1913 by the Mcclure News
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