Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1915-01-06

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bound, and sort Of purr, which
brought the dairyman (who had spied
him through the window to the en-
trance, with q shower of abuse ready
ut hand.
Get out of this, youse!" shouted the
milk vender. Don't you dast ter come
in, any Of youse! l ain't-a-goin' ter
sell yer nothin'. Get OF. you smashin',
murderin' bunch of dagoes! I'll set
the cop on yer If yer don't skidoo!"
."Why?" asked Pedro. wildly excited.
But why won't you sell to us?"
Go on now! none o. yer back talk!"
growled the man. II sold to one dago
Teller with q bear last week, an the
brute eat up all me combhoney! 80
get out; quit talkin'." y. %&a.F5>5 .,
"A man with q bear?" cried Pedro,
scarcely able to believe his ears. "lll
bet it's the one want to find. That
bear he had belongs to me-" aso 81
well, what do i care for that?"
said the milk vender Bourly. Get out,
or will I call the cop?" ss ~ g. S4
%, (which way did he go ?" persisted
Pedro-"same way as we Gamer"
"A malicious smile came upon the
weakened features OF the dairyman.
Here was a chance to mislead and
annoy a bear.dancer, and to do so was
wondrous source Of satisfaction.
HE went this way, bad luck to
him!" he lied, pointing east, 1T yer
catch up with him, hope the bear
eats both Of yer!"" =. 5} re- ~ ,t''' -
When they had been walking for
about half an hour Pedro laid his hand
upon the arm of his companion. e.
Look. Beau-Jean!" said he. Look,
there. in the window OF the little shop
Of women's hnery! See the girl with
the red.gold hair am painting .
picture Of the Holy Mother. and the
hair is of just such color!"
Indeed" said Beau,Jean. soberly.
1T is terrible color. Do you think
that the Holy Mother will be pleased r..
II had not thought of that" replied
Pedro. Then he added suddenly
"Oh!, see. the shop-lady knows Mr..
Jones!" ~ :saEfstE ~ 5Ef1ssEt
Il It was true The red:haired girl
had given very animated signs of rec
ognizing the bear, and lifted her gaze
to the persons in whose company he
appeared, with smile on her lips,
which cwiftly gave way to a look OF
disappointment as she met their eyes.
:, Watt" said Pedro, hating before
the door, that lady has seen this bear
before, or I am much mistaken! And
what is more, she expected to see
some one she knew, when she looked
at us! Come in, want to buy some
thread" 4 sS..5 /. - HE 9 2s.
Whereupon he opened the door. and,
with the bear, entered the crowded
little shop. leaving Beau-Jean gasping
out on the pavement. SS:3s.; x Eth.
Behind the counter stood the smil-
ing Lola La Fargo, alias Lizzy Hinkle.
4 II What can LIDO for you" she asked,
laying aside the bit of knitting upon
which she had been engaged. v ;s.ss&
K Thread, pleased" said Pedro, fash.
ing his smile at her. X H #
What -color?" she inquired, admir-
ing his eyes and teeth. s3s4 $s
"Er-ah-- green, pleased" said Pc
,dro. because her eyes were rather OF
that color, and consequently it came
first to mind: Green. and a needle,
please ,s ~ Il 42$ Az: Il,
"A needle!" she exclaimed, you
mean q package Of needless s..
- only need one at a time" he told
her. Would she speak Of the bear?
All! she was going to! AN t =a 81. 4 l.Es5
Seems as II training bears and sew.
ing didn't 80 together very good. :" she
giggled. There was,a gent In here
not long ago, who didn't know much
more'n you! He had bear, tool:
"Yes?" said Pedro. Is .st!. Il. (;
Eyes, indeed" she responded, busily
getting out the articles he had named.
Il do declare to goodness, / thought
this was the very identical bear, when
seen you coming!" n. .S.f3
Ne 1T is the identical bear" remarked
Pedro. ss s:y3 .ss. &: n *
What" said she, with . little
shrek Of surprise-".well, never!
How is the other fellow? Amt he
got the bear with him then p n. SIS Il:
No. I've got him!" said Pedro
dryly. ~ 8 !. IN 4: s.2 Is; 81. 355
you don't say!" exclaimed the girl,
peering over the counter, as though
seeing the animal for the first time.
Z And so you know my pal. Ell ?" said
Pedro Now that Is nice!" ;625
He smiled again, and, as was usu.
ally the case, hypnotized her into in
slant response. Encouraged by his
interest, and BY the fact of their mu-
tual friend, she drew a postal card
not from the bosom Of her pink shirt
waist-from her pocketbook. Il
well, ! certainly do know him!"
said she. II had this postal from him
only three days ago!" Y.
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