The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-08-30
Listening H Or Foe


 awful mean? mean quite lot mean. CT than most folks
 "Oh, don't know. Just how I feel about folks sometimes, guess. Maybe sometimes when they do like they oughta want to bite their ear off of 'em, and then when they-you know turn around and act reel kind of hard boiled, I get crazy about lem, see2 Tever feel that way?
 Honest, kid? Ain't you grand ? But, say, sister, listen. Did I ever tell you about this here-you know-Sade that works down to our place, that her and me went on our vacation together?
 Anyway, when we started thinking we'd go to the summer resort together we begun planning what we'd wear and where we'd go to and everything. I'm here to tell you there, was times pretty near went up in smoke. Here was me doing all my sewing and washing and ironing evenings, and getting awful tired and peeveder and peeyeder about every thing. all the time, and here was this here, now, Sade, acting like there wasn't nothin' that wasn't all to the good. Honest to Pete, grille, there was times when I'd give a weeks wages if she'd of registered one reel kick, set? /? Ornery? I'll say was.
 But say, sweetie, listen. She didn't put nothin' over on me, never let on wasn't just as glad about everything wasn't no more glad about than noth- in as she was, see?
 "And, say, cutie, lookout here. got so just about--you know-hated that Sade. She got me so sore.
 Honest, sweetie, it was the first time I was ever acrost the lake on a boat and you bet the next time I go any place that you got to go to it in a boat, l won't go there, see? PllA go some other place. But say, girlie, tookouts> Sade she was an for it seemed like, and she kept all the time step pin round the old boat and sayin' how swell it was and grand and everything. Believe he, I kep' up the pace, too.
 And, say kiddo, lookout. Pretty soon after we started the water begun to kinda-you know-climb up in kinda peaks like with white foam on top of 'em and the boat she'd slide up one side of them green looking waves and then slide down the other, and started to feel awful funny and everything, and
 
 abOut's funny as what felt.
 But did let on? did not. kep' right on talking about this, that and the other and saying to Sade how there was some reel swell looking fellows the other side the boat and she'd oughta look at lem and everything and wouldn't it be swell if we was to get acquainted with 'em and all and didn't she think they was swell looking and everything and. wasn't everything just grand and all--
 "And. say, cutie. listen. First Sade she kinda said a coupla times sure, the fellows was swell and sure we'd-yOu know--try. to sit at the table where they was going to sit and everything and then pretty soon after a while says something else and Sade she didn't say nothin'.
 'sThen I says, Say, darling, listen, says, 'ain't we having a swell time and all?' I says: 'Ain't you glad we come and everything? l says.
 Say, kid, lookout. Sade gave me one look and then she sat down reel kinda-you knOw-sudden. and she | flapped her hand at me like she was awful sore at me and she kinda-yOu i knOw-hollered You big egg your she says, you go and stay some place else, | she says, while you're feeling good, she says. This ain't no place for nc person to be glad about nOthin, she says,
 And say, dearie. listen. We got along swell after that. I'll say we did But kinda-you know-keep tryin' to dope it out
 "Say, dearie, lookout. Do you hon est think it wasn't just me bein' mean gettin' sore nit Sade when she was-yot know-acting reel swell and kinda failin' for her when she bawled me oui good:
 Honest, kid? Amt you grand7"