Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1920-05-13
AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE

. "IeSSle Green! Wnat IN Cnc Nofiu
do you want to know what time it is
for? We haven't one thing to do,
until that dinky little French train
leaves at six. It's fve-ten, if you'd
like to know"
"Mary Johnson, do you know what
we'd be doing now, if the Kaiser
hadn't got bad, and if your John and
my Percy hadn't come over here to
help keep him in Germany"
ooh, we'd be in old New York City,
and that would be enough for me-"
eyes, and we'd both be hustling
down Broadway trying to catch that
five-ifteen ferry for Jersey City, in
stead of walking down this street in
this old French place, dressed like a
nun in this American army nurses
uniform"
"Tessie, just think, we came over
here to get little excitement, and
We haven't seen even a street fight,
since we landed. War! This is the
most peaceful looking unexcitng hole
in the world"
"But, Mary, your John and my
Percy are up there in the trenches
somewhere"
eyes, somewhere, and we might as
well be in New York, for all we see
of them. just wish they were back
in that old office on Broadway sit
ting on their tall stools, and we were
banging away letters for Johnson
and White on those old typewriters.
Anyway there are plenty others al
most as good as Percy and John in
New York, while these sad-faced
boys over here never notice a poor
little American girl. Excitement!
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"Well, yender's something you
never saw in New York! He's an
Italian officer, isn't he? Look, he's
going in that cafe! Let's go in and
sit down. Wasn't he handsome
Might as we'll! But that little cid
French train may leave on time, so
we can't stay long"
"Let's take this seat over here in
the corner, Mary. We can see every
body on the street, and that good
looking Italian is sitting right over
yonder."
"He's handsome, isn't he, Tessie?
Look at those piercing black eyes.
Tessie, he's looking at us. Don't
look at him"
waiter, mademoiselle, or what
ever they call you, bring us some
wine. Yes, yes, win blanc. Just like
that over yonder. Oh, Mary, he's
still looking at u.s."
"Tessie Green, you awful thing!
Winking at man like that in this
awful place! Some American may see
us, and then wouldn't we get in
troble."
81 don't care. Anyway you said
you hadn't had any excitement over
here, and think it's time we began
to have some."
"Look, he's leaving, Tessie, and
we haven't drunk but half of our
wine."
"Watch me, Mary, Pm going to
drop my handkerchief in the aisle
when he passes, and see, if he can
bend low enough to pick it up"
pardon, mademoiselle."
ooh, thank you so much"
"Tessie, he can't understand En-
glish. Say: Merci, Monsieur.
81 speaka da English, l live ina
New York two-three year."
ooh, Mary, he must be rich to have
lived that long in New York, he
must be nobleman."
"Shut up, Tes, didn't you hear
him say he could understand English.
Monsieur, where did you learn Eng
lish 50 well?"
81 hada da business in New York"
"HCiC WCIS you ioSdlCu, hoi
sieur?"
mo, no, no! l no located! pusha
da cart, sella da banan! Everywhere
in New York"
"Mary."
"Tessiew
Gust think! he sold bananas in
New York City and look at him now"
eau revoir, mademoiselle"
Don't speak, Tessie Green. Just
to think that he has been a banana
man. Look how he throws that cape
over his shoulders, and looks at us
like we are insects"
He said to her over the telephone,