Bridgeton pioneer., 1913-11-20
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By LAWRENCE ALFRED CLAY.

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Are thsy chuus Of the b1;ier~
-Of course not
Then what DO they want here
Why. papa. they are my callers
-Humph, Better get nd Of all but
one They wear cut the rugs
And, being troubled in her mind
Mis- Lena did a much more sensiole
thing than 20 retire 70 her room and
fing herself On the bed and weep She
put or her hat and took q stroll 70 do
some serious thinking
The father hadn't spoken seriously.
and none Of ths four admirers would
be bounced. but suppose that crisis
had GOMEZ Suppose the young lady
found herself compelled 10 say 10 nuD-
Der one:
Birdie Rockin CHAM. your hair curis
IN the most delightful profusion and
confusion, and that lisp is something
to make an angel sit up and listen for
more, but this is life OF sadness and
disappointments. wish ron well. and
I viii be sister TO you. but you must
make your hike. Find some other
angel and be happy with her"
Miss Lena was finding cold chflls
creeping over her when a voice at her
elbow addressed her:
Say, you. don't you want to buy
iorg?"
1t was a gamin of about twelve. and
In his arms he had dog-a French
bull dog.
Mercy on me. is that dog" cried
the girl as she started back
You bet. He's worth $50. but I'll
take 25 cents,"
The French nation sends rs chic
dresses and hats and cloaks. but
when II comes to bulldogs they are
dead failure It is as IL they took
coon. a rabbit. sugar beet and cab
bage head and boiled them down to-
gether and poured the hodgepodge
into a mold and called 1t dog. They
are warranted to scare babies into fits
and the elephants OF the country in
single night.
He can't be dog" protested Miss
Lena.
He sure is. miss" was the reply.
He's homely. but he's all the go in So
niety. The terrier and the poodle are
not in it with him"
but you have stolen him!"
Not a bit of it."
But you can't own $50 dog"
Say, lemme tell you something. He
hu a
young lady"
Then he can't be a nice dog"
Hold on a minute. Why did she
give him to me? Bekase she had
bows"
That's no excuse"
"It hain't, Ell? Not when he's bitten
every one of her bows and driven
them away2 They have all swore that
either the dorg must go or they
would"
He bit the young men that came to
call on her, did he?" asked Miss Lena,
all at once interested.
"Fiercely."
"And she gave him to you on that
account?"
/ ii Cross my ucdTI Ou IT,
Maybe I'd buy him IL he wasn't so
homely."
That's what high society is after
homely dorgs The homelier the bet
ter Got any bows?"
"Yes," admitted the girl with
blush.
ANY you want to get rid OFF,
Yes"
Then don't be two minits closin'
this deal! One of your bows come in
and bows and scrapes and takes a
cheer. About the time he has got his
legs crossed and is ready to talk love
Nero sneaks around and takes a
bite
"And what foIlows?"
What follers? Lemme tell you that
what follers would make hen laugh.
There's a sudden jumpin' up. There's
a sudden swear-word. There's a gig
Cling in which you do all the work
Then there's sudden goodnight and
a-gettin' out doors, and that bow new