The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-07-12
Loving Thy Neighbors,' A New
Yarn By Henry Whipperwil Johnson

boys in my younger days and | was
kinda sweet on her myself.
From borrowing sugar, talking
over the backfence and doing other
things which womenfolks does when
their husbands is hard mt work, the
wives become as thick as moths in
an old fur coat during the days that
passed; and, of course, me and Joe
gets & big kick out Of talking over
the good, old days before we is
caught in the matrimonial grabbag.
Annie, since ! last seen her, has
developed into corking good eyeful,
being always kinda easy on the OPP
ties, and ] mentions as much to Joe
one night during the cigars and tells
him of how none of the boys back
home had 4 look in with her while
| was on the carpet. Joe hands me
back the same compliment on my old
lady, which, il do say it myself, is
the real spiff in class A feminity,
and he wonders how she managed to
take up with galoot like me after
the way she used to make up to him.
OF course, | tells him that she has
got a lot more sense now than she
had when he knew her and naturally
appreciates bigger and better things.
Joe and me laugh these cracks off
because there amt nothing that can
make us get mad with each other,
"That was n nice drape Joe's frau
was wearing last night" | remarks
to the handouts while devouring a
flock of hog and henfruit the next
morning.
Naturally" she replies, 'you is
bound to raise n lot of hurrah and
hallelujah over what some other wo-
man is wearing and never pay any
attention whatsoever to what your
own wife has on"
"Tut, tut" consoles, "They amt
no use you getting hefty over me
passing admiring cracks on Annie,
why i thought you two DANES was
like couple of sisters"
"To observe the way you makes
over her every time you two gets to-
gethCr one would think we was spit
| spittlc twins and you was nearsight-
ed and couldn't tell the difference.
| Nov, honey, there amt the
slightest excuse for this claptrap you
! is raising over perfectly harmless
situation. Why Joe and me was the
best Of friends back on the goose
greens and Annie was just an old
| childhood sweetheart of mine"
That's just what knows and
from the compliments you two is al
ways handing each other one would
think you was in your second child
hood. Joe tells me that that pot
washer of his is always lambasting
him and handing you lot of verbal
! applause, asking him why he don't
do this or that like you does. He,
being numbskull, thinks il is a
great boost to his boyhood pal who
1 knows is biting him in the back
Before ] could think up smart
answer to this flapdoodle, she starts
boo-booing and shifting, throwing
her head on the inside of her ell
bows, raving about how miserable
she is and how she wishes the
] Goosenberrys had never moved into
the Joint next door and wrecked heI
life. a......#
Lock here" | snaps severely
"you has the wrong sort of bee in
your bonnet, sister. You know blame
well that man of my temperament
is hard TO please on the female mar
ket and the best proof that Annie
Cahooney hasn't got anything that
would write home about is evidenced
in the fact that Joe GoosenberrS
married her and you know that his
preference in anything amt up tC
my high standard. They amt moth
ing in the world that clodhopper like
Joe Goosenberry would be satisfied
with could turn my color either "ont
way nor the other"
as that SOP snaps the wife
"That shows just what you think o.
me, you conceited son Of hentick
Why, Joe GoosenberTy would have
gladly led me to the altar and beer
satisfied any day in his life and If
hadn't been fool enough to allow ar
oily-tongued blowhard like you tC
flim-flam me into matrimonial
mares nest, | would have been Mrs
Joseph Goosenbeiry today, instead Of
the mop-rag of al unappreciativS
nammy-pammy like you turned ou'
to be. suppose then you would BIZ
over making love to me as you has
peculiar weakness for carrying or
puppy canoodle with Joe Goosen
berry's wives"
"0f course, by the time she fin
ishes this repartee | is well on my
way to the carline, but my ears !;
burning for the rest of the day.
Being, as | am, man Of unusu
ally broad vision | could not under
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