Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-11-17
CHORDS AND
DLSCORDS
CAFE CONVERSATION.

| Gert-"Did he come right out an
asst youse or did he stay on the fence?'
Mame-"Its purity hard to remem-
Der all he did tell me. but he sure did
pull a hull lot of soft stuff"
Gert-"Got him going, ell, kid?'
Mame-"I would not say that ex-
actly. but he must think hull pile OF
me or he wouldn't have made such a
fool of hisself."
Gert-"What did he say? Give me
| a. line on his work an mebbe L can
put you wise You know, Name, I've
been listenin' to them handholders
longer .Laa youse has an they can't
pull any new ball on ME that | can't
hit"
Mame-"Well. for instance, he tod
me where he had his money banked.
He said lie had saved $780,
Ge,t-"That's a whopper. l dent
believe there's that much coin in he
hull world
| Mame-"Now, I'm serious, Cert.
Youse are always trying to kid me
when | tell youse things on the level
He told me about his folks. They
must be grand people. They live IN
a little town near Chicago, he says.
He's going to bring their pictures over
next Sunday. He's got steady job
| know that, all right Actually, Cert,
he cried while he was Keeling off the
story of his life. He's had a turrible
hard time of it. Been working ever
since he was u. Two years he only
got $40 a month and his keep. And
he's one of the most honestest fellahs
| ever sat and talked with. You knows
when youse gifts them all by theirself
they are liable to be truthful, more
than they are when they're sittin'
around here tippin' crooks"
Gert-"Had ne been oilin' up?'
Mame-"That happened on Sunday, !
Cert, and he couldn't NV had more
than a few. He was sober, all right, !
an I'm fur him"
Gert-"All right, little one, but lis
ten to mother. The first thing to find
out is whether he's got all that dough |
he's been braggin' about. Be sweet
to him and go to the bank with him,
an when he's putting away his weeks
COB look over his shoulder and get a
peep at the figgers. If he's lying to
you about the bank account, scratch
him as a candidate. When they lies
to youse before they get youse what
do you suppose they'll do TO you
when they's got you? Be wise, kid.
1 wouldn't blow him for good. String
him along. He's a good scout. but
don't let him hang around your fire
place too much. Them kind of guys
make youse like them when you don't
want to-
FEEL money getting easier? Meth
er do we.
GERMANS and French, the cables
say, have been swapping pleasantries
by wireless. That's one way of spar
ing ships and men.
1T was a safe bet when Moline got
that Three-Eye franchise as a gift '
from Tearney that AL had a sleeve !
card. Our neighbors are beginning to ,
get hipped to the Chicagoan. Little
late, but better than never.
ADD war news: The closing SEES
sion of the convention of the National
American Suffrage association at
Nashville was peaceful.
CALIFORNIAN says the swordfsh
vas the first submarine. His business
was that of keeping sharks from being
100 vainglorious.
ANOTHER sign of returning pros
oerity: Tailors are placing more c
money pockets in mems trousers this 7
season.
SUMNER cottagers fight mosqui- c
oes all through the warm months and I
when life is just beginning to be worth g
living away from the city they desert ]
heir homes on the river shores. '
Hubby's Swan Song. v