The Owosso times., 1920-11-26
"He was takIn' the English llters-

school, an he was practicin' on me.
That's the way / salted him away
right from curtain-rlse. So / handed
him the freeze.
Impart that to your cousin Ho-
gan, says l to him. 1T sounds like
the makin's, but It won't smoke II you
put 1t under a blow-pipe.'
Really. madam say he to me,
with more Of that grin stun, 4 don't
seem to remember that have any rel
ative by the name of Hogan, but I'll
look the mamtter up. and If there is
Mr.. Hogan In the family I shall take
pleasure in imparting what you desire
me to say to him.
In the meanwhile, there really are
some things about this place that
think you would care to see; and II
would delight me to conduct you
about, If you would so honor me-
IF that wasn't ladlin' 1t out Of
chute, I'll work you hand-embroidered
necktie as an Arbor day gift. But 1t
suddenly hit me that I'd be different.
$50 says to him, up-stage all the
time, SOS to keep him from tryin' to
get anythln' like new with me-:
"'All right, James, yuh kin point
out q few Of the whirlin'~ landmarks,
but on'y on one condition; don't con-
verse with me. I gotta gumboil, and
l amt there with the chatter this af-
ternoon, anyhow.
livery well, madam, I accept your
condition with all due humility was
his come back in that correspondence
school brand Of chirps. I'll do what
talking may be necessary, and yon
need not say word
$50 we take the trudge, and he
points me to all the whirl stuff, and
he sure did know how to uncork the
chatter about it,
~ wasn't goin' to let overalled
gink with grease on his map make
me loosen up with the front-row pearls
of chatter, even if he was shown me
around.
ave never come on any of the rest
of the bunch until we were about
through with all the shops. Then we
walked in on them sttin' around n
a table in one of the shops, dredgin'
into sandwiches and some wet goods
that wasn't coffee.
"As soon as l and my husky me-
chanic guide with the grease on his
chops show there, l noticed that all
of the Charles with the gels sort O.
get piano with their chirps, and sew
eral of 'em rise from their stools at
the table and look sheepsh. I couldn't
figger that l was such a crusty-look-
in Carrie as to make 'em do that.
"But l was wise in less than nine
seconds by the first mates trusty chro-
nom. One of the Charles walks up
to my dungaree'd guide, doffs his Kel-
ley. and says he:
"'Mr. Reynolds, we've taken the lib
erty to provide little rejection for
the young ladies and have it spread
here, but if you
"Mr. Reynolds, my guide In over
alls, the owner of those works and
most of Pittsburg, who didn't know
where he was goin' to slumber that
night because he on'y had fifty or sixty
million beans pouched, laughed just
as pleasantly.
"'Go as far as you like. boys and
girls, addressin' all OF 'em. Stay
happy. If you'd care to have bit OF
supper down at the hotel after the
show tonight, that would make me
happy, If you'll permit me to foot the
bill-and l beg of you not to pike on
the feed either.
"Td be glad to join you, but I'm
going to New York in an hour or So
Then he turned to me with his agree
able grin. Glad you enjoyed the few
poor sights we have to show here.
Miss-er-didn't quite catch your
name. Charmed to have met you.
"'You'll pardon me, now, won't
you? I've got to go and dress for a
ride over to the big town. And he
unlimbered me bow that made Fav-
ersham look like longshoreman, and
was exiting before could get a long
breath.
Lucky little Lottle, amt I? There
| was with a fifteen-tO-one chance.
Anyhow, to have the owner Of q chunk
of Pennsylvania on his marrow-bones,
and begging me to do the bell, book
and candle numbah, in the course of
that half-hour trapes around those
works, and the best l hand myself
is"
"But you'll know better next time,
baby-heart," put in the dashing drug
clerk.
"Yes, suppose them chances grow
Just like cranberries, don't they?" sad
ly observed Lottie as, customer en-
.tering and demanding the dashing drug
clerks attention. she vanished into the