The Cairo bulletin., 1914-05-27
A COMMON LANGUAGE
BY 2. n. MASON.
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sy 2. II. MASON.


ct my flory-de-John rose"
looked up from my gardening ane
saw NY next door ueighbor usually
the most aimiable OF women-literally
shaking with Indignation. on her front
porch. whils a COW was on the grass
! plot below, cuntentedly munching the
last Of th4 Gloire de Dion.
Mrs. Far!eigh took a pot containing
:. small. withered palm from the porch
rail-. heayed v at the COW. and en-.
cla.med. "Drat the BEAST
The pot broke inuocently some way
from the COW, and the animal went
over to it and examined the palm. 1t
was too dry for her taste however,
/ She evidently preferred sweet. succu-
! lent rose bushes.
"Shooi" Mrs. Farleigh followed the
exclamation down the steps, shaking
her apron vigorously as she went The
COW walked leisurely away. notwith-
standing the pieces OF broken flower
pot that my neighbor sent after il,
Amt that the limit?'
/ had intended to keep out of the
controversy, and had busted myself be
hind hakea, but hakea forms poor
shelter and this last remark was eyi,
IDENTIFY intended for me.
It's hard" l replied sympathetical-
ly. OF course | said just the wrong
thing. Anything | might have replied
would have been wrong to one in Mrs.
Farleighs 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 1t all
winter. like mother, and 1t was just
coming into bloom Them MeXicans
have 10 right to keep cows in re-
spectacle neighborhood
The Mexican vas bette noir to the
neighbors lie had arrived recently,
and bought four lots. On these he
was keeping half dozen cows, and
running a small dairy farm He seemed
10 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 off the premises. They had
owned large ranch ia Mexico, before
the revolution. and did not understand
being confined to four city lots.
It's too bad Why don't you go
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. Il have just cause for complaint
you surely have l agreed. ITS
the proper thing TO do
Mrs, Farleigh trotted across the
street, her anger rising as she went,
and pushed the button beside the
MeXicans front door.
| was bad enough to take up point
of vantage behind a large leptospcr
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 glory de-
John rose" Mrs. Farleigh shouted
Gloria de Juan, senoral" the Next
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. Farelgh pointed fin
ger viclously at the offending animal,
which was contentedly Eliminating over
the favor 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 la yaca."
Cant you savvy Engllsh?" Mrs
Farleigh asked Indignantly
no hablo iugles"
You have no English, eh?" Mrs
Farleigh resorted to pigeon English
Tapping the Mexican woman on the
chest with finger, Mrs. Farleigh de-
manded You no savyy?'
''No sabe."
For the lands sake. And I've been
and left my homework 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
iehmeut; then she caught the infec-
ton. and joined in the laugh. There,
on the Neyicau's porch, the two WON.
en- stood, each seeming to try to Guido
the other in her hilariousness. After
q time, they became weekkneed 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.
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