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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-04
ADVICE T0 THE LOVEL ORN
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

am twenty-six and in business for myself. I have known a young lady school teacher. The education have is of three years high school. Her parents don't approve of my go- ing with her on the basis that my education is inferior to hers. They claim that her proper mate would be a. professional man.
 Do you think they are Justified? Is it the educated man only that makes an ideal husband?
 I will await you answer as to whether I ought to give her up.
 L. Congeniality is what counts be- tween man and woman, and as a sure basis for lasting love. If you and this girl have interests in comm on-if you speak the same language-if you as- pire toward the same goals and un- derstand each others ideals, a little "education' more or less isn't an iIn- portant factor. But if your chief interest in life Is dancing and cards and her is the opera, and art-you won't pull well together in double harness
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The Unstable Man


 Dear Miss Fairfax:
 I am twenty and belong to a club of girls and boys of my own age. There is one boy of whom am very fond. have known him about six years and have been out with him occasionally. He is a, wonderful vio- linist, but changes his position very often He was away four months and never wrote to me.
 But now the trouble is this: While am American. he is Italian, and although my mother objects to him because of his nationality. l love him just the same, and I know there could never be another to take his place. Do you think it worth my waiting for him despite my mothers s objections, because really love only him. He has never said anything about an engagement and I think he is waiting until he has something steady, by the way he speaks
 JEAN. . The Good Book says: Unstable as water-thou shalt not excel" Of course A man who has not found him self has no right to speak to you or love and marriage, so this mans sf- lence may be due to his financial nogition. But the fact that when he was away for four months he forgot YOU. is worth considering. If you can't count on him to be thoughtful when he is separated from you, how can you trust your happiness to him? Your racial differences don't seem to me to count greatly. but your, moth CTS feeling does.
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is chairman of the commission, which includes other cabinet members and representative. of both houses of congress.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-04
SECTION
When 4 GiyZ M0ryies
By ANN LESLIE.

himself!" I cried naive1y, I suppose.
 fNo, ma'am!' chucked Lyons '.he calls himself MT. R. W. Richards as susptcioned from Hedwdgs letter which is why selected initials noth- ing like 'em. And they say am sure of the B. J., and I remind them that the paper was tore. And then, just as counted on them doing, they come across and say they have a MT W. R. Richards-which is near enough to make me pretty sure it's my man. s They let out that MT. Richards is an invalid taking cure and never going out without his attendant. Which makes me darn sure-begging your pardon, n1a'am-that it's my man."
 Lyons, you're spIendid!" gasped, T realize that there is actually some risk involved for you in an expedition of this sort. Dick West knows YOU and he isn't going to take a thing like this very calnly-if he finds it out"
 Lyons studied me with a queer ex- pression for a moment. Then he con- tinnued with a dogged air of having a definite Something to say and intend ing to say it.
 'I knew this West came pretty close to getting your brother. 1 know he's doing his best to put things on the blink for you and MT. Harrison. Still I'm working for MT. Norreys and he
 
 at particular time, and figured a bit there in the lobby of that swell ho- tel, which thinks is a, neat little hid ing place for w. R. Richards, suppos- . ing he's Dick Vest
 And what did you figure, Lyons2 hope you came to the scrabble con- clusion that you'd done me A mighty fine turn, it was, and thAt you couldn't affard to do anything Snore - which might turn out to be dangekous for yourself or Bertha or Mir Nor reys.'' N .
 'I thought of that" replied Lyons simply. And then I went out of theA hotel and back home and slipped into a suit of clothes MT. Norreys had left me and which made me lock some thing like a gentleman, though maybe not much. After that travel back to the hotel, step in through another entrance, make for an elevator and ride up to the floor above the one where I'm told W. R. Richards and his companion are rooming.'' At Lyons words laid my hands together and grfpped them tightly. was actually afraid of creaming my relief. The thought of finding Dick West left me fairly breathless, If could actually locate him, how easy 1t would be to have him locked up on either of the charges I felt I could
  That meant prison. And there was the fire in my apartment, with Ex-y hibit A in the shape of a little black | and gold matchsafe in my possession. | With that bit of evidence we had a choice of charges to prefer against Dick West.
 | 'I got off at the floor above, rna'ana,'' Lyons was saying. 'tI found the ser vice stairway and walked down that as nice as you please. And I came out 1 on the floor where was expecting to snoop around a keyho1e and hear this | MT. Richards voice, and who do you expect almost trips over as step out into the corridor?"
 'rwho was it?" I whispered, ner- vously.
 Lyons grinned almost eheepishly as l he replied:
 l "rHe came on me So unexpectedly. | I didn't have time to duck. It was Mr. Lee"
 CTo Be Continued3
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-04
FIRE LADUIES BALK AT
 STOPPING POKER CAME

Defiance. Ohio, May 4.-Defance frenen, who thought they had been called out On every available mission from rescuing stranded passengers in the gondals of grear-Jarnmed Ferris wheel to dragging the river for a, missing svoman-received new thrill when called into service to breac uu a poker party which. neigh bors thought, was making too much noise
 Answering the telephone alarm. sounded at a. m. by an excited woman. the fire 1addies failed to find any blaze at the address given They did. however, discover drawn shades an dtf,e teIl-ta1e Hey. Eddie."
 They went back to bed.
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 'Lyonsf" I gasped. What am to say to you? How can I thank you for your loyalty and your faithful ser vice?"
 i've done nothing ma'am, but stum- b1e over Dick West-and MT. Lee" re- piled Lyons, And if had done some thing worth talking about don't you think you put Bertha and mo where we gotta right to try to repay you for giving us our chance to get back on our feet again?'
 "You didn't just happen to stumble over Dick West up the river. You came pretty near figuring it out in ad- vance," I flung back with conviction. Something made you imagine he was in town. What was 1t, Lyons?''
 'fWelI-I figured and figured ever since MT. Neal was shot," replied Lyons, ''I could kind of dope out what I'd of done back in the old days when wasn't any too much account my self, ma'am. And if you'll remember and not mistake my pride in a yellow kind of a job, Mrs. Harrison-there's s that Hedwig."
 'tHeG wig I repeated with smile which the thought Of Bertha's jeal- ousy teased out in spite of me
 Yes' ra,'' replied Lyons in a, slightly aggrieved tone. Bertha, who might have known better-thought I'd gone gaI1ivanting with Hedwig. And may be Hedwig might call it that, too. But I got what ! was looking for. The sour-faced Hedwig trusted me enough to ride in the car with me one night when she had letters to mail down at the postoffice. And T got a got a peep at one addressed to MT R. W. Richards somewheres here in town"
 Here in town?" I gasped, suddenly afraid as realized that I was going to be told the actual truth of what I'd practically known ever since the fire in my apartment
 Well, 'an-when I first met up with this West, he called himself Richards, if you remember And when Hedwig Tipped the letter over so's l couldn't see the whole address-I was sore"
 ''Of course.'' said mechanically Richards is a good name-good as any other. And it's queer how they l sort of stick to something like their own names. Slim Darrow kinda twists 1 up his own monicker to Darrow Ad- l dicks and Sam Addicks and such, It's | as good a way as you can dope out to | fool some people. But not tho wise guys. Richards maybe does West a good turn in letting him keep on wearing his own nonogran1med shirts but it helped me get wise to where | he's hiding up. Even then. though l don't move until I'm sure. I'm cau- 1 tious-too cautious, maybe. That's why used up so much time." "You have the address Of the hote
 you saw him go into," I summarized l Ithoughtfu1Iy. You know from He'd | wigs letter that Dick uses the name Richards. What next-ten me, die you see him? ?''
 Not exactly, ma'anl," said Lyons checking my growing excitement witE his first word. 'tI used an old trick which I suppose, now I've come under your influence, I won't have mucF | more use for. I called up the hote | and says r m answering an advertise ment I seen in 8 paper found in the | park-I couldn't make out clearly, as l mart of the paper was torn, But I'm | a chauffeur out of a job, and have they
 a MT. B. J. Richards stopping there?' l "But that isn't what Dick West calls
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-04

OongeniaIity Is What Counts Dear Miss Fairfax:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-04
THE FUGITIVE

The station master, hearing a crash on the platform, rushed out of his office just in time to see the express disapp caring round the curve, and a disheveIIed young man sprawling out perfectly fiat among a confusion of overturned milk cans and the scat tered contents of his travelling bag Was he trying to catch a train? 2" the station master asked of 9 small boy who stood by, adnniring the scene.
 'eHe did catch it," said the boy happily, 'fbut it got away again"
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-04
Was She DisloyaI?
Dear Miss Fairfax:

Dear Miss Fairfax:
 I am twenty-one and have been go- ing out with 3. young lady for the last two years Although we had an understanding, I told her would not mind her going out with her other friends until gave her the ring, pro vtded she told me whom she went with. Now I have found out that she has been going out with friend of mine a number of times "on the sly and also some other friends, and have broken off with her for disloyal- ty. Since then I have met girl whom I think love dearly Should I continue my courtship with th-s girl?
 The first girl didn't live up to her bargain. But didn't you seize upon the first excuse to break with her There is such a thing as giving folks another chance, you know Are you sure that you are old enough and stable enough to choose life part ner now2 Marriage isn't for a month or a year. It is a life part nership when it is right
 O0ngeniaIfty Is What Counts Dear Miss Fairfax:
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-04

Plans for the funding of the eleven billion dollar war debt owed the United States by for eign govern, tents are now being
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-05-04

discussed by the World War For eign Debt Commission. in session
 in Washington. Andrew w. Mellon, secretary of the treasury,
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Tao otazka vsak pfsa ma pretres pfi referate
hlav ajemnika Mlose Koesara kery prohas strane
sou de, kten nesouhlas strany byv tazan
menova diva hlavni Mich, dra Milana Ivanku Viama
Pauliniho. Posedne jmenovany jsa pritomen prohla
sill PRIMO re strany oaZce
hlas MIN celia rada ostatnch prav: sVeri sme ze
znovuozvenm mar sovenske sny bude ma Sovensku utvo
rena strana csym deovym programem kera uprimne
de pestovat ceskosovenskou vzajemnost nedovo ably
poce uplanovalo cachrarsv strebrovstvi By
10 proti ujednani velkou skodu strany poicky
Gil hlavn strany postavena bya ptsburgska do
hoda proiceskou endenci Tato osudna chyba mea
sedek re mnoho prvrzencu sovenske narodni strany
chabo We sve cinnos JIM vystoup Cesi nadobro cd
srany odvra nebot organ strany Narodnie Novny ito
Gil prot MIN. On sam Paulni = byl Janom
Veseym uverenit canek proti auonomii umysem proti
ceskym ovsem prohasenim autonomie otazkach admi
nistrace, kovi obecnho hospodaTstv jest sovensku
febna Dale vyzva vykonny vybor ably prohas souhasi
Ii MIN nebo pravi nasledovne: "Budoucnos naroda
naseho vdm zabezpecenu edine slime nicim neosabene
ceskosovenske republice kde Cesi Soyaci pr vzae
mem respekovani svych zvastnost sblizu miu Narod
necht dozaduje vymaha 81 to- mu jde dobru
dovede udrzet bez riskovan sve vobody sv6
samostanos Jsen ednotu naroda ceskosovenskeho
lasky svyma jsem pro vydatnou osvedcenou ce
skeho naroda naSemu osvoboZenemu narodu sem pro
perimentovn autonom vymahanou tendenc proticeskou
Obavam noveho zotrocen naroda naseho Madary ma
roda ceskeho Nemc kdyby tyto auonomisicke pany
ly uskuecn Nechcem vratit pod jho madarske me-
chcem mem videt mas neuvedom6y vanicem zneuzivany
slovenky lid. Deejme polku pro vzdalenou Arneriku
ale pro Sovensko." 1
Zajimave sdeeni ucnil DIR. Lud Bazovsky, kdyz kon-
staova spravnost nazord Paulinho doznal tax sms
veka vesna slovenske intelligence havne evang knez uc
tee ad Pro sranu bude prospesne kdyz bude fd ma
cory Pauinho, Bazovsky sce nevada svych "a
sad ale oddane podrob Will ostanich zamu strany
Usneseno pax jednomysne ably Sized strany, ktery bu
de svolan nejdrive, tuto otazku vyresil
Strana narodni ziskala vemi vstupem znameho soven
skeho basnka Vladmra Roye do redakce Narodnich No
vim Roy vystoup agrarni srany Schazi pfitomen byl
tez taemnk Vrabcova kdla ludove strany Bzka budou
cnost ukaze zda zdrave nazory ridele Vama Pauniho
nadou prakckeho resent provaden lime narodn strany
zda udalos nepGjdou pres hlavy sovenske ntei
gence dosavade jen bohuzel mudrujici.
ZamavO vSak je re poznani raz 81 cestu pomalu Sic
ale ste Eaa
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Strepinky
NAPSAL: J. JAHODA
NAPSAL: J. JAHODA.

ii zena zvrtacila? Mic, mic! Co
pax j to vyzeneS z vnitfnosti? :?
Vzpomene 81 najednou po ctr
nacti letech, chytne il zamilo-
vana fantas, jak il udrzis? ia
vim, re reknes: hGl ma nj! To
je, holecku, jen ma nekterou
zenskou oucinlive, ma mou sta
rou nikoliv! Wis ty, re kdy-
bych ia il prihladne vysadil
pardus, re mi v tu chvili sebe-
re sve klocy re ia il do smr-
ii neuvidim?"
Horak ami nemrkl, jen Sc
zaryte dival Ma svIj paiec sc
zcemalym nehtem. Tuze no
vlastni palec zajimal, snad vic,
nez bratranec zednik, mekko-
ia.
"a snad reknes: 20 dobrem
Jafku, to bylo mole prvni, jak
jsem Sc te spatnosti Dove
del. Chytim zenu Ia sroub-
KEN, ably deti neslysely - a
vykladam: jsi tv uz zena lett
ia, praci sedrena, jsi matka, -
co to ma tebe slysim? Ze pref
isl rozpalena po tom chasniku
Polcovych? Snad to neni ami
pravda? = A co myslis, bra
trance, re rekla? Postavi Sc
pfede me, oci il sviti jak ka-
hanky, ruce zat'aty a rovnou
ma me: Do tebe uz dlouho me-
isem zapalena a, vsak ty do
bre Wis, proc nejsem zapalena,
tulipane smradlavy! Ami jsem
dechu popadnout nemohl, -
mzitky mi v ocich tancovaly
To pfece uz bylo ma povaze-
nou. Ale ia mic ,po elem, ia
opet pekne po dobracku: Mel
ty, manzelko, rozum-pama'
|tuj, cos pred oltarem Panubo.
hu slibovala a hlavne pama.
tuj tady ma sve d4ti! Do smrti
by ma sobe nesly lidsky po'
|smech. ze jejich mama k sta,
~ po chasniku zfanfrnela!"
"Kdepak s, kazatelstvim ns
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MEKOTA.

"ZvrtaGila! Ouplne sc ma
mysli pomatla, - mic ia uz $
nj neporidim," zaloval LeSka,
zednik a zive trepetal rukou.
jako by komary zanan6l.
"Na kolenou jsem il prosil,
vSechno pred nj uvazlive roze-
bral a kazda rec nj je mar
most mad marnost. A jest6
jsem rad, re Sc u mn6 drzi, ze
s tim Polcovym mne do sveta
neutece! TAX to je! Taxi
Stall rozkrocen, kalhoty na
hubenych nohou mu velmi var
namely a sc svislych ramen Vi
sela mu uboze rozedrana, vap-
mem zastrikana kazajka, jako
hadr ma tycce.
To ted prave o sve zene w.
pravoval bratranci z hor, a
HAS mu znel tuze zastrene a
zkormoucene.
Uvaleny horak. vlnenym
sstkem kolem krku v cepici
berankem lemovane, ami hla-
YOU ami svalem v obliceji me-
hnul - dival sc ozSafne a NIL
cky, ably pri tom mohl lepe
premyslet.
"A mela by miti uz pfece
rozum!" vzdechl, "je tn pet
deti, dive nam umrely, - je tn
hospodarstvi, prace habadej,-
ia nevim, kde Sc ia rozpusti.
lost v nj bere?" pripominal 81
zkrousene a pomalu drbal Sc
"a uchem.
"Ctrnact let delala dobrotu
ami k te muzice nesla, - jer
tax donna a u deti. = a najed.
nou! Najednou zvrtaci!" to u5
ruka bloudAa v zatylku a po.
drbovala vzadu hubeny kirk.
"Kdyz ty jsi mekkota--'
vvbublalo to z masiteho bora
kova krku.
"M6kkota! Mekkota! c.
'bys ty, bratraace, delal, kdyby
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kuju, protoze je to cista pra-
vda, A v tom Kejral skoci a
praSti mne po hlave! Zarazll
jsem Sc O koktam, co re to de-
Ia - a ON jenom, ze pref uz to
vickrat nebudu opakovat! A
ia hned, ze budu, re je to pra-
vda - a. uz sc mi zas v oclch
cd rany za|blysklo. 1nu, prece
mi kabat ukradli, jak mohu RI
ci, re nikoliv? A sousede ma
me, - tohle re 81 nemohu dat
libit, = ale Kejral krici: ukra-
dli nebo neukradli? A ia: u
kradli!, A uz jsem j opet mel
ma prave a hned taky ma leve
tvafi! Sednu 81 a povidam:
Kejrale, ia uz ami muk, ale dial
jsi me facky nepravem, ia tt
odpoustim-"
Horak nevrle sc zachrul a
podival sc ma batrance jaksl
opovrzlive.
"Sousedi Sc zlobi, abych 81
to pref medal llbit, ale ia od-
povidam, ze jsem Sc jakziv ne
pral, a re on sc Kejral presved-
|ci, kdo ma pravdu.
,Bratranec z hor 81 odplivl,
zmeril 81 Lesku divnym pohle-
dem, ale mlcel.
''Hned "a tepla pondell sc
to dozvedela manzelka ma! -
Prjdu domu, - sedl u stolu a
place, az to nj klepe. Mic jsem
nevedel, = jdu k nj, = pohla-
dim j vlasky, - ale nez jsem
mrkl, uz me zac1re mlatit po
hube. "Na!' povida, "ty ko-
bylko, nedotrzena, ma! tebe NH
re mlatit kazdy kluk!" Vysve-
tluji, chci il wit "a ruku, ale
uz jsem mel ranu! Jdi ode me,
krici, a vickrat ma me nesahej.
ty zfackovanej hanbari!
Horak horlive .pokyvoval.
"A pax to hned zaclo S tim
Polcovym. A jak jsem slovo
rekl, hned manzelka, ma kfici:
ami te videt nechci, - takove-
no zajfce zpohlavkovaneho =
A ia vsechno v miru - ia nj
kdy nesvar, - ia vzdycky po-
tichounku, po dobrote -.
"No, Panembohem!" ma
jednou sc loucil bratranec.
"A CO tax? co talk? A jak
bys radil?" breptal uzkostlive
Leska.
- "Tak! Ze tva manzelka je
Nv pravu =" vyhrklo velmi
hlasite horaka, a Leska citii,
re mu duchu bratranec dava
po hlave, jednu, druhou - inu
- nikdo LeSkovi nerozumi!
A horak sci tezkym, Sirokym
krokem nahoru k lesu, "a KITE
rymz tahne Sc pet hodin hor-
ske silnice k jejich vesnici. -
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bude jednou z debutantek be-
hem letoSni zimni sezony.
takovou =" pomalu~ a jadrne
prirekl Horak a nehtem leve-
no ukazovadku skr4bal zcef-
naly nehet ma prave ruce.
"A to ia kazal pdl roku!'
zalostne priznaval Leska, zed-
mix. "To ja, bratrance, nerad
pestuju nejake svary a hadky
To ia radeji sam ustoupim, ru-
ku 81 dam nahubu, nebo 81 usi
zacpu. ia nam rad svaty po-
koj s kazdym a vsude. A ia
bych byl i tim Polcovym po.
kojne promluvil a vsechno mu
domluvil, ale manzelka zahlu.
ci: a to tt povidam, ty kobylko
pfetrzena, at toho hocha ne.
jakym brekotem netrapis, ne.
DO hned pujdu cd tebe!- TAX
ia jdu opet dobrou ma man.
zelku a predkladam il: Podi.
vel Sc, mas takove slavne pra.
te]stvo, tva sestra panuje ma
padesatikorcove zivnosti, tvl.
bratr We fraku panum KATE no.
81 a tva etka dolenskemu pa
nu farari hospodafl "a ty
tohle? Co tomu z te strany
fekmou? A jindy zas prijdu Z
kostela a vykladam, jaka je tt
svatost, tohle manzelstvi, all
ona hurtem: Ty nejsi manzel
ty nejsi muz, ty isl stara onu
ce, ma tebe NIUE kazdy pliv
nout a ty jeste reknes: Zaplat
Panbuh!"
Horak stoupl 81 pohodlneji
stroll ruce kapes a uprene po
zoroval bratrancovu postrika
nou kazajku. Ma jeho oblNej
sice nebylo videt, re no bra
trancova historic zajlma, ale
|slova nepropasl.
''Sel jsem ma radu k dolen
skemu panu farari, co bycf
mel delat, lie mi uz svetska O.
studa rosie mad hlavu. Pc
mysi - pfijdu do hospody a
nejaka priskvora hned ma me
jestli jsem zenu ma pet zapadt
zavrel, nebo, abych bezel to-
mu Polcovemu povedet, kdy
prijdu z hospody domu. Par
farar vzdycha, toci palcem ma
brise, pax sc zaskrabe "a usi
ma radi, abych to nechal Pa.
nubohu, ten lie to nejlepe roz.
soudi. Inu, inu - soudi to uz
trochu dlouho-" tiSe prirekl
ia bych cd nj hned sel,''-
procedil pomalu horak. eta
dyhle 81 vem sve a tuhle ia S
necham taky sve. A deti na
polovic.
Leska zednik vyvalil oci, =
spraskl ruce a podival Sc ne
bratrance nevlidnym pohleden
rka: "A to holecku, neni tax
snadna vec, = vzdyt' je tc
prece ma manzelka "a je tu
majetek, jak to budeme DELFT ?
A do smrti bych 81 vycital, =
proc jsem radeji ODE oci neza
mhOufil nepOckal, az j z
,,hlavy fantas vyjde."
Horak dvojsmyslne pokyvo
val havou a strucne prohodil
"Ty to Sc zenskymi neuinis."
Leska vyjevene pohledl ns
bratrance z hor a honem Sc OF
hajoval: "To sc velmi naram
ne mylis, ia svou manzelkl
vzdycky zrovna na rukou no
sill Pfikladne ii povlm, W
ctfnact let jsem il spatneht
slova medal, nerku-li abych 81
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zenu vztahl, jak to tax leckde
vidavam. To ia ne, = ia vzdy
cky pekne mazlive: co pax by
sis, manzelko ma, prala? Jen
mr4lcne, - ia il hned pro vodu
benin, dfivf nastipam, to ma
dobf jsem il nekdy We skopku
oplachl. A jestli pax bys We
ril, povlda: tohle zdimani pri
pradle me moe hubi, - ia ne
mel zrovna ma roll, ami We sto-
dole zaneprazdneni - hned
stoupnu k neckam povidam:
manzelko ma, ukaz! Nam ia
dost silly, ia ii pradlo vyzdi-
mann. A vsechno jsem il W.
zdimal, ctyri putny toho byly.
Kdyby to soused Vejrychl sve
zene vyzdimal, kolem prstu 81
il Ovine!"
"Vsechny zenske nejsou ma
stejne kopyto," bublal horak a
zdalo Sc, re zacina pomalu liz
chapat.
''To mas prikladne mou do
brou povahu: Pride kartouno-
va bahia, rozklada vselijake
satky, kanafasky a fertosky-
ia hned: manzelko ma, kup 81
co chces, bys byla jako rozlma-
rinka. A ona 1zasviti ocima,
re pry Sc pred babou "a me
must .stydet, abych hned tahl
re dveri. Je to, bratrance,
pomysl? Ia mou dobrou vnli?'
Bratranec sc jen znaminko
pravym koutkem usmal. Vic
mic.
'Prijde pratelstvo, - ia ka-
zdemu vypravuju, jakou mann
pficinlivou manzelku, jak Sc o
vsechno stara, jak deti k do
bremu vede, re bych manzelce
milovane treba hned nohy IL
bal a z vdecnosti pred nj klekl,
- ale ona ja|k cert; co to IVA
mis-, kobylko pretrzena, proc
mi pred pratelstvem ostudu tro
piS? A ia porade jako maslo
mic ty Sc, manzelko ma, ne
styd'! Ty jsi kvitecek pre-.
krasny a ia bych te medal ami
"a kralovnu re Saby! A me-
jsi il, bratrance, videt! Hned
re dveri muslin a ona pratel-
stvu vypravuje, re jsem mluv-
ka komediant, re il o zivot
pripravim."
"Tak ONO je to tax - vrcel
bratranec a ledovym pohledem
polil zednikovou zalostnou
ltvar.
"A jednou, kdyz jsem il to-
no Polcoveho vytykal a mirnf
i uvazlive sc ptal, jak il tako.
Ivy nerozum mohl napadnout
|vyhrklo z nj: Kejfal mi do.
dial, od te chvile sc ma tebe
kobylko nedotrzena, podivaI
nemohu a manzelsky S tebou
zit nebudu! TAX 81 prozkou.
mel takovou manzelku pople.
ltenou!"
Uvaleny horak ziveji Sc po.
hnul a zvedave Sc ptal: "A &C
to bylo tim Kejralem?"
Leska uprel ma bratrance
bledamodre, bezelstne oci: -
"Ja myslil, zes O tom doslechl
Inu, takove malicke nedorozu-
menl, a Wis, dodnes lituju, ze
jsem sc toho michal. Tedy,
abych tt to gruntu vypove-
del: Manzelka posle me me-
deli vecer do hospody, abych
donna neprekazel. lie prijdou
tetky a re sc uradi, co te Ho-
|nejskove v obecnim domku da
! il ke krtinam. Prisla re sveta
samadruha, nikoho nikde ne
mela, - ami kusa hadru ma pill
nu 81 neprinesla. Jdu do ho-
Ispody, abych tetkam nepreka-
Eel, Sednu mezi sousedy a
povidame 81, re bude letos zito
malo sypat, kdyz tn k nam pri-
sedne Kejfal z Ouzic. Nejak
prisla rec na Ouzice, a ia po-