Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-10-01

divided into two sets and went away
in two cars toward the city. Bill and
l split a bottle of beer, and Bill said
he'd be going himself. 1t was nearly
one-thirty then, and thought I'd wait
up for Number Eleven at two o'clock
and see if anyone got off.
"Bill gave me the keys and told me
to shut the place up. 1 had another
bottle of beer and was playing soli-
raire on the bar when Number Eleven
stopped.
~ went to the front door of the bar
and looked over toward the station. A
man had got off, and he was headed
toward the Half Day, which was the
only place showing a light. l waited
in the doorway, and when he came
up, saw he was a foreigner. He had
gold rings in his ears.
HE made as if he wanted to come
in. He didn't speak enough English
for me to make out what he was say
ing. l let him in, and he went up to
the bar, put down quarter and point
ed toward the whisky. 1 gave him the
bottle. and he pointed to me and
smiled. So 1 said 1 didn't mind if l
did, and we had a drink together. ]
thought I'd like to know what this fel-
low wanted in town, so didn't sug-
gest it was closing time.
''Then was surprised to hear a car
coming along. The other fellow seemed
to be expecting it. We both went to
the door. The car stopped at the door,
and a man helped a woman out. He
was little old shriveled fellow. She
was young and pretty.
''The old fellow said something to
my foreigner, and he threw his arms
in the air, wriggled all over, laughed
and fell on the old fellow and kissed
him. The old boy struggled and
kicked, but the foreigner just picked
him right up and kissed him on both
cheeks.
"That old boy was mad when he got
loose. This is unthinkable,' he said.
1t is beyond expression. You human
pig! Dog of a man-slobbering beast =
Then he stopped speaking English and
said a lot of things the foreigner un-
derstood, but it didn't make him mad
His eyes just sparkled. He put dol
lar on the bar and pointed to the
whisky again.
Bring our drinks over here said
the old boy, pointing to one of the
tables in a far corner of the room.
''They sat down, and the two mer
talked. The girl didn't seem to have
the language. The foreigner was ex
cited. The old boy kept wiping his
eyeglasses. He wasn't showing al
much nervousness as the foreigner
but he was pleased over something.
81 kept behind the bar, as neal
their table as 1 could, and pretended
to play solitaire and wait for their or
ders, watching them as much as pos
sible and trying to make out wha
they were talking about. Pretty sool
they wanted another round of drinks
When / served them the old boy want
ed to know if he could telephone t,
the city. He paid me the toll, and
showed him the telephone booth an,
: heard him give his number. 1t wa
River 1900.
"When he got his party, he said: Il
: that you, Sim? Everything is all right
[ Yes, as expected. Let him co.
e "That was all. He went back to tn
i table. I noticed that he kept tigh
n hold all the time on a leather case
e When they got to talking again, tn
foreigner kept pointing toward tn
: case and began to get more excited
o AS near as could make out what wa
J. happening, as they kept on talking an
d motiening, it was the black leathe
r case the foreigner wanted, and tn
If other man wouldn't let him have it.
% CTO BE CONTTNUED.)