The Washington herald., 1917-12-06


her. And the woman was as happy
as barrel OF monkeys.
The wedding was to be on New
Years Day. He bought her a ring.
he bought her some clothes.
They were very thick for a few
weeks. People usually are when they
are engaged. So it seems.
One morning the man was broke.
He asked his turtle dove for the
loan Of a dollar. Why sure, she
would do anything for him.
He acquired the habit Of being
broke. She acquired the habit Of
lending him money. Her friends
tried to warn her, but love, as usual,
was as blind as a bat.
One morning she got a note, Not
a note for the money he owed her,
but note severing diplomatic re-
lations. She tainted. Poor child.
She had him arrested for larceny.
He only got acquainted with her, she
said, to cheat her out Of her hard
earned cash.
. The court believed her and sent
frank Braun to Jail for thirty DAYS.
Merry Christmas, Frank.
Annie Orta Hooverired.
Imagine a person eating $ worth
OF food at one time. That would
sound reasonable If they went to the
Willard.
BUT going into an ordinary beanery
ana doing that sounds mighty funny.
Yet that is what Annie Fry did.
Annie lifted" q $40 bill from her
employer. She must needs get rid
or 1t before she was found out.
90 she bought a pair of shoes for
% and q coat for 80. That left her
with %. Her brains were not work.
ing fast enough to think up a scheme
10 get rid of the balance
When she got through with shop-
ping she was hungry. Her for the
oeanery. She ate IS worth Of erph.
The owner OF the fInchroom almost
So did Annie.
with all this grub on board her
brains got sluggish and she got recIr-
esS enough to go back to where sbs
stole the money, '"e
she. was arrested. They got the
'hoes and coat, but they could NOT
'etrieVe the grub. Annie's husband
vas mortified at her arrest
Her ma-in-law came to the rescua |
ND promised to pay the money hack
8ully for her. Annie was let ont
m parole. N
His First shirmish.
Mann Taylor. a soldier, was ON his
vay nome one night after a visit to
rs girl. He was walking down the
treet whistling.
Along came Portia Smith. Neither
new the other. But one or the Other
POKE nrst- Anyhow. the first thing
,e ,s Ano" Fortia got a poke in the
Mann said she firted with him
,S Srla said he hirted with her. Be-
nd did not talk to. the boys on the /,
treet. On 1ne
Mann said he was respectable. too-
le also said very forcibly that Portia
ad nrst winked at him.
not So" said Portia. ct neverI . /.
mixed my eye IN my Hfe. have a |,
Isoand ana he can prove it.'' NJ
put her husband wasn't with -herI .
men the fight occurred. 1t was sorna
lxed-up affair. The only evidence oTI 6
scrap was the girls swollen Jaw.
Ana as Mann will soon be In France
mere ne can poke the Germans in J
70 Jaw, the court took his personal {
,nds and turned him over to the
ihtary authorities.
Oh, Those Girls. I
Some girls are very absent-minded +
no It gets them into embarrassing L
tuations. s
George Folk Is a delivery boy. He q
hvers packages at a house where X
1nle Fields works. One day Annie \
vited him to come to see her. 4
ne had also invited Tom jackson a
Z mad forgotten what evening he t.
Is 10 come. Rather careless Of her. P
And so, on Monday evening last j
pm walked in 5 minutes behind O,
'orge. Both men thought that the te
y had played a trick on them. a
rhey stood looking at one another N
minute. George thought that .,
m was Annie's husband. So he .,
mt out and waited on the corner, n
ZEN minutes later Tom came out AZ
eing George on the corner he went g.
er to him You ya1ler, slew-footedi r
rlean! said Tom to George with r,
lch disgust. -
ieorge said nothing. He grabbed n,
m by the coat collar and pounded p
n good. A cop came up and pre- ~
lted serious injury. - ~
so fine didn't faze George in the p, n
st He avenged the insult and as 81 81
ME saw the fight she Will probably r.
)pt him as her hero