Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1915-05-27
Awfnl George

OF don't know" said the girl who
hkes to talk, (which one had me mad.
der-the vacant-minded woman or
the man who thought he was village
cut-up. / made the mistake of laugh
ing at him first and then encouraged
him in his deeds of darkness. They
sat behind me at q moving picture
show, and / was SO busy trying to de-
eide whether she really was feeble.
minded, or just did it because 1t
amused him, that didn't see any pic
lures. Then, again, If she did 1t to
amuse him, why on earth should he
be amused at that sort of thing? AL
together it was very confusing as a
problem in conduct.
"Out on the screen came the picture
of man in every sort Of hunting tog
ever invented-he had buckskins and
Norfolk coat and guns and fringes and
cartridge belts till you couldn't rest.
The woman behind me murmured:
'Oh, what's he doing? Is he going
hunting?
"'No,' said the man. genially. He's
merely going out to shoot few but
ternuts!'
'Butternuts!' echoed the lady.
But
",'Daisy,' interrupted another femi-
nine voice, whose owner evidently
owned the village cutup, don't you pay
any attention to George! He's per-
fectly awful, the things he sometimes
says
"'Well, / thought he couldn't mean
It, said the first woman. AS though
they ever shot butternuts! George,
you are too funny for anything!'
"'Oh,' said George, modestly, Il
know lot more things than that. You
just waltz
"'Now, George!' she protested in a
gale of helpless laughter. oh, look
at that! What makes him saw the air
so?'
"'Well,' said George, he was bitten
by tarantula in his youth, and ever
since then he breaks out unexpected
ly. He
"'Why, George!' said the person
who owned him, Il didn't know tar
antula bit affected one that way, and
i thought he sawed the air because
he didn't want his daughter to marry
the other mani
"'Well, maybe that was it, admit
ted George.
"'My goodnessn gasped the woman
who owned him, leaning over tc
grasp the arm of the other, there he
is-and, we'll, as know him thought
he meant it! He's just awful
"Well, but look!' broke in the frs
woman anxiously, what is Mrs. Nit
chell doing now?'
"'She isn't Mrs. Mitchell yet eX
planned George. She just wants to be
II she was Mrs. Mitchell there woull
not be any story to film, and the poor
moving picture man couldn't send his
family to Europe!'
"'Europe!' gurgled one of them
Whats that got to do with this pic
ture? Oh, see-it's just one of youl
dreadful jokes, George! You are the
funniest! know I'll just de-
"'She didn't die said the girl who
likes to talk. When the pretty young
girl who took the lead was flashed OF
the screen she murmured: oh, there
is Kathlyn!'
Kathlyn!' echoed George in dis
gust, why, l always call her Kate!
went to school with her son-we were
roommates at college!'
"'You were!' echoed the lady whose
business it was to be surprised, II
awe. Why, how perfectly wonderful
Did she ever come to see him? Wha
was she like|
"'The girl on tho flm,' explained
the girl who liked to talk, was neve
day over twenty-five
"Oh,' said George, of course tina
was ten years ago, but her face wa
wrinkled them
"Mercy mel said the surprised wo
man. Isn't it wonderful how the NOV