Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1914-06-18
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A COMMON LANGUAGE
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For goodness sakes! II that old
Mexican COW amt been and gone and
et my glory-de-John rose"
looked up from my gardening and
saw my next door neighbor-usualiy
the most aimiable Of women-literaily
shaking with indignation, on her front
porch. while q COW was on the grass
plot below contentedly munching the
last OF tho Gloire de Dijon.
Mrs. Farieigh took q pot containing
= small. withered palm from the porch
rail. heaved IL ut the COW, and ex-
claimed: "Drat the beasti"
The pot broke innocently some way
from the COW, and the animal went
over 70 II and Examined the palm. Il
was too dry for her taste. however.
She evidently preferred sweet. succu-
lent rose bushes.
Shoot" Mrs. Farieigh followed the
exclamation down the steps. shaking
her apron vigorously m she went. The
COW walked leisurely away. notwith-
standing the pieces OF broken flower
pot that my neighbor sent after L.
Amt that the limit?'
/ had intended TO keep out of the
controversy. and had busted myself be-
hind hakea. but q hakea forms q poor
shelter, and this last remark was evil
IDENTIFY intended for me.
Its hard" ] replied sympathetical-
ly. OF course ! said just the wrong
thing. Anything might have replied
would have been wrong to one in Mira.
Far.eigh's mood.
Hard! Hard!" she shouted In dis
gust. Il wasn't thinking Of the cows
digestion. It's my glory-de-John rose
that worries me. I've tended 10 all
winter. like a mother, and Il was just
coming into bloom. Them Mexicans
have no right to keep cows In . re-
spectacle neighborhood."
The Mexican was a bette noir 70 the
neighbors. He had arrived recently.
and bought four lots. On these he
was keeping half q dozen cows, and
running small dairy farm. He seemed
TO be circumventing the city ordi-
nance. which prohibited one person
keeping more than one COW. by dis
tributing the ownership Of the animals
among his children. The bad feature
about the affair was that the family
were casual about letting the cows
roam of the premises. They had
owned a large ranch I'm Mexico. before
the revolution. and did not understand
being confined to four city lots.
ITS too bad. Why don't you 60
over and see them about it?' ! sug-
gested mischievously. for ! knew the
Mexicans understood little or no Eng
lIsh.
Il WILL" Mrs. Farleigh said decided
ly. II have just cause for complaint"
"YOu surely have" ! agreed. "It's
the proper thing to do"
Mrs. Farleigh trotted across the
street, her anger rising al she went.
and pushed the button beside the
Mexican's front door.
was bad enough to take up q point
.Of vantage behind q large leptosper-
mum. to watch the burlesque. for
imagined my neighbor had not the
Spanish.
The Mexican woman appeared. and
my neighbor started the attack. "Your
old COW has been and ct my giory-de-
John rose." Mrs. Farieigh shouted.
Gloria de Juan, senora!" the Mexi-
can woman exclaimed, In surprise.
Juan was her eldest SON
DE waun seniora nothing. Your
COW. COW, cow" each time she spoke
the word. Mrs. Farleigh pointed q I'm
ger viciously at the offending animal.
which was contentedly Illuminating over
the flavor OF rose bushes near by,
your COW has been ct my glory-de-
John rose"
The Mexican woman was clearly
puzzled. La vaca gloria de Juan!
No, no. Ordena Ia vaca"
Can't you savvy Englishr" Mrs.
Farleigh asked Indignantly.
mo hablo ingles"
You have no English. chr Mrs.
Farleigh resorted to pigeon English.
Tapping the Mexican woman ON the
chest with a finger. Mrs. Farleigh de-
manded: You no savvy?"
NO sabe."
For the lands sake. And I've been
and left my housework to come over
here and give you a bit OF my mind"
The humor OF the situation dawned on
Mrs. Farleigh. She placed her hands
on her hips. and. with arms akimbo.
laughed uproariously.
The Mexican woman stared In aston
ishment; then she caught the infec-
ton. and joined in the laugh. There.
on the Mexican's porch. the two wom-
en- stood. each seeming to try to Guido
the other in her hilariousness. After
n time. they became week-kneed from
The effort. and sat on the top step and
continued to laugh. wiping the tears
that ran down their cheeks with the
corners OF their aprons. They had
found a common language.