Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-18

sue asked when ~
husband had torn it open and read =, -
brief missive. tae
"Just bit Of an advertiseme,, !, .
don't amount to anything A. sn a.
said he. an
Hes afraid 1 won't Fave him
the job" thought Mrs. WhaleD r, .a-e
| him closely.
Whalen was early away from A..
house next morning-indeed. ouits -
~ enough to stop on his way ~ -
new job at the Cobb place and 80
Charlie Cobb before he should 49,
| for town.
well. well, Mike" said Cobb
met Whalen coming up the v.a
what brings you round here AT ~
time of day?' 'A
Whalen caught the other man his
arm in his eagerness.
would ye be doin' me a favor ".
Cobb" said he.
"You know anything can do =
you, Mike
would ye moind, now wba,s.
went on, "takin', say, a few ay =,
clothes over TO Nora for her to nres,
and mend? Twill cost ye nothin,r Il
hurried on, catching the perpIexitF ana
doubt in jovial Charlie Cobb's evsa
"Not many. moind ye, just few. Ana
want ye to tell her yell be pawn, no,
tin dollars week to look after tha
clothes av We for awhile
"Ye see, I've just got the foine ssv
job weedin' few pansy beds and m.
loike that's to pay me that much
but Nora did she know av 1t woub
put her fut down and say / want
yet well enough to do the work.
Shed say she'd kape ON wit the wash
In she's doin', which same, God knows
is cruel hard for woman ay her
age. But she can't know I'm workin'
or she'll be unhappy and Worried to
death. So III slip We a tin each Satur
day, and when Nora brings back the
mended clothes av We We can slip 1t to
her, and twill be aisy for her and shs
none the wiser where it comes from
See?"
And so, after going into details some
what more infinitely, it was arranged
that Cobb should furnish Mrs. whalep
an easier job than the washing she had
heretofore been doing.
Now, on Saturday afternoon at
o'clock Charlie Cobb came into the
Evans yard and made for Mike Wha-
len, who, seated comfortably on a low
stool. was holding the nozzle of ST.
zling hose with which he watered the
lawn.
Mrs. Whalen's just brought back
the suit sent over to her this week"
said Cobb. "She's waiting over at the
house for her money, although I've
had hard work to convince her the
work is going to be worth $40 week
So, if you'll just slip me the ten. Mike,
I'll pass it over to her. g
1.-THE boss amt handed me me pay
yet" said Whalen. 'She's waitin', yer
say? Well, I'll run up to the house
and
"Oh, never mind" said Cobb. I'm
going to have a word with Evans
anyway, before 1 go back. I'll just tell
him to pass your wages over to me"
"Surem said Mike and went on com
fortably with his sprinkling.
Evans looked up quickly In the u
brary a few minutes later at Charlie
Cobb's request.
"Come again. please" said ne.
81 say I just saw Mike out here
and he says for you to pass the weeks
wages that are due him over to me
You see, it's like this
Whereupon he explained the des
into which he had entered with Nike
Whalen.
"Waitr said Evans, holding up
hand before Cobb was fairly through
Now listen to mer'
And he told of his little business ar
with Mrs. Whalen.
Charlie Cobb began to laugh delignl
eddy, but in the midst Of it he stopper
short. His face became grave
Its a fine circle TO chase AROUND.
isn't it?'' he unused. But I'm hanged
if I'm not going TO find beginnins
and an end TO this particular Cree
Why, if you'd see that old codser
up that scheme with me
that Nora wouldn't have to WASH any
more and at the same time not ue
to death about him
"Or If you'd seen Nora planning !
out so he would think he was earinns
the money" Evans interrupted.
I'm hanged If It isn't worth slV
week to have my clothes looked atlel.
said Cobb vehemently, bringing ao"s
4 doubled fist on the corner OF tne
brary table. "a
"Oh, no, 1t isn't" Evans demui's
Never in the world. Charlie. But
tell you what, maybe it's worth :.
you and So TO me 10 have Nike ~
after the lawn. i always did hate
tering 1t and wedding the pansy w.
But we can't be bothered chasm.
around the mulberry bush win w.
80 each week. Suppose you rot W.
and bring Mrs. Whalen over merry
rour car. and then maybe al tose'
We can straighten this thing out sa''e
'actoriiy."