Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1914-09-04
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Do not mistrust the Tale, for every
Buccaneer from Broad Street, N. Y,
to the st. Francis Bar at the Golden
Gate, was once Poor Boy with Store
Clothes on his Back and Grand Lar
ceny in his Heart.
When Angie went to visit Lib, after
the Lapse Of Many Years, you can
Gamble that they had Some Talk to
unload.
Angie carried a Wicker Suitcase
costing $1.9S and her General Get-Up
was that Of the Honest Creature who
may be found in any Hotel Corridor at
2 A. M. massaging the Mosaic Floor
with Hot Cloth
Get mel" said Wilbur's wife, drop
ping wearily to Dlvan in the Style OF
Louie Quatorze. Pipe the Lid! 1t Is
1906 Model and the Aigrette is made
Of Broom Straw. Take a Peek at the
shine Tailor-Made and the Paper
Shoes. Ever since they wished that
False Alarm on to me have been CIV
ing a correct Imitation of Lizzie the
Honest Working Girl. Each Evening
he comes home to give me a Sweet
Kiss and promises me a Trip to Eu-
rope and Set Of Gray Squirrels, and
next Morning, when I get up to re-
move the Oatmeal from the Fireless
! Cooker, | find on the Back Porch
large Roughneck in a Sweater who
has come to shut or the Gas or take
away the Parlor Furniture Then
think of you, with your Closets hang
ing full OF fluffy Frocks and your Fin.
gers crowded with Jewels and your
Man rushing in every few Minutes to
slap you in the Face with a Hundred
Dollar Eli. You can take it from me,
Daarie, | would jump the whole Game,
were 1t not for the Children. / have
put in my whole Life trying to realize
something on 4 Promissory Note that
vas Bloomer to begin with He has
Nadcd me along ever since the
Worlds Fair at Chicago, feeding me
on Canned Stuff and showing me pic
lures Of Electric Runabouts and Coun.
try Places cn Long Island. In the
Meantime en- playing IN Great Luck
If I can get a Trolley Car to stop
for me-"
It this point tie Wife OF Otis arose
rnd, pulling the rose-co'ored Silk
Wrapper more closely about her made.
to-orGer Form, interrupted with an
lmrerious Gesture.
Back up. Angie!" she exclaimed.
You should be Happy Woman. You
have your Husbands Love and you
have your Children, both Of which are
denied Woman of my Assured Posi-.
tion in the Two Minute Class Of the
Terrible Spenders. Talk about Hard.
ships! Do you know what 1t is to lead
the Grand March, surrounded by 500
Assegli-Throwers, Harpooners and
Ccnnibal Queens. who are pointing
you out as the Wife OF the Malefactor
who Is about to be Tried In the Fed.
eral Courts? Did you ever Stagger
around all Evening with 100000 worth
OF Tiffany Merchandise fastened on
to you-expecting every Minute to be
hit in the Coiffure by some Raffles?
Did you ever, during n Formal Dinner.
hear the Door Bell tinkle and find in
the Hallway Reporter from a Morn.
ing PAPER who wishes to ask your
Husband II he denies his Guilt or can
give any Reason why Sentence Of
Death should not be passed upon him?
Are you Wise to the Fact that the
Wife Of a Successful Business Man
now occupies Niche in the Hall OF
Fame right next to the Sister of Jesse
James? You are in Great Luck. No
one takes a Shot at a Failure"
Having arrived at this cordial On.
derstanding, each leaned against the
other and had Good Cry, after which
they chirked up and paid a lot of at
tention to a well-preserved Bachelor
who dropped in to get warm and take
a slight Fall out OF the Side Board.
MORAL: When Wealth walks in at
the Door, the Press Agent comes in
through the Window.
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