The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-12-15

schedule. Mllftuutn MARIN NhbFS
Weather Man Promises M re-
lief.
A CUP or COFFEE LIKE
SHE USED TO MAKE
III was born ln indiany," said .
stranger, Iank and slim. -
..Aud az fellows In the rest'rant
was kind a. guyin' him."
"Etc., etc." said Happy Rogers,
as he BEGAN his narrative to
select half.dozen OF Steve Rivals
customers, gathered close 10 the
base burner, customing its heat
units in anticipation Of closing
time. Happy Rogers went on:
"A mans morning hobby Is his
coffee. and coffee was mine.
was TO ask you fellows who made
the best cup Of coffee you ever
tasted, there wouldn't be but one
answer, so ! won't ask IL, but will
oct at once into the text Of my
remarks.
my story Of a cup OF coffee,
suggested BY the lndiany' poem,
began with the death of my father
when was pretty young, and the
appearance on the scene Of q
stepfather when ! was a little old
er, with the result that | got out
for 20 make life easier for mother.
We never met after that.
1.-The years rolled around and !
finally married a woman whose
name was Lizzie and we harmon
lied something like buriesque
show quartet, with the result
that one day ! says 70 Lizzie:
Liz, I've got tickets for New
York. for you and me to 90 and
see the sights
II put Liz on the New York
train and Just as IL started out,
! got off and took one for San
francisco.
1.-THE first home paper ! got had
a story in |. about how had
abandoned my wife, but the fel-
low that wrote IL didn't know any.
thing about the self-defense end
Of IL. ! simply got tired Of having
Liz bounce fiat-irons OFF my head
in bed sno waking me from
peaceful sleep.
1.-THE paper said Liz vowed
she'd like to get hands on me long
enough TO wiring my neck. >
"ln San Francisco hiked
straight to the ADDRESS ! got In
the last letter I had from mother,
but she had moved and ! was up
against il.
From Frisco jumped to New
Orleans, was in Juarez time,
then hiked for Denver and from
Denver to Seattle, changing ad-
dresses frequently so Liz
wouldn't get line on me and hop
inc to run across my mother
somewhere, not being sure just
how the world was using her.
"Four years had passed when !
brought UP in Cincinnati one De-
cember morning with just the
price Of coffe eand rolls.
81 walked into a restaurant up
pear tine square and after fash
ed a dime to relieve the suspicious
Of the young fellow behind the
counter, on came the Java and
the knobs.
with the first sip Of that cup
Of coffee there came familiar
twanq. ! took a second sip and
was confident was right. | took
the third 70 make sure there could
be no mistake.
~ approached the young man
at the counter, and In confidence
asked him " he would mind tell
Ing me the name Of the lady who
made the coffee.
Then ! hung intently upon his
words.
go don't know her last name
said the young man, but her first
name is Liz
"Whereupon | tip-toed out and
hi: the street and took the first
freight for El Paso.
"My suspicious we're correct.
Liz always made the punkest cup
Of coffee I ever tasted and | knew
II the first time ohoked."
my candidate for The Order Of
the Can" typewrites II. N. o., els
the person occupying the seat be-
hind you In the theater, who per-
slsts In showing the toe OF his or
her boot up through the back Of
your seat. The female Of the
species Is az deadly as the male.
Here's hoping the young lady who
occupied B-1, during the first show
at the Miles, Sunday evening.
chances upon this wall She
rubbed IL in, all right; piastered
II on thick also; fine black,
sIushy mud from GrlswoId-st. II
you can't use this, hand II TO
Everett True. He does things that
we'd be plnched for"
In the county correspondence or
'alued state exchange we read tina