The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1935-09-06
One Swell Vacation
By G. w. Won BERNUTH
o. Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
WNU Serwoe.

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- four people again! I'll say Ten
years since I'd spent my vacation at
Maple View-you know, feller that's
unmarried likes to go diff'rent places
an see the world. On the train I'd be-
gun to wonder Ii I'd have to spend q
couple days gettin' acquainted. SO
when / sees them four sittin' there on
the porch. just like 1t was ten years
back, | don't contain myself.
We'll, for cryin' out loud !" hollers.
well. for cryin' out loudl" yells AL,
suddenly tumblin' TO who was. IF
1t amt old Herbie back here again ~
"say, whadda y know says May.
belle. She's AIS wife.
An Fred an Myrtle, they was just
as surprised as the other two, an boyl
did they give me the glad hand May
belle, she's one them impulsiye girls
(but no harm In her, y'understand)
she up an threw her arms right around
my neck an kissed me. Say, It was
grand
Just as Maybelle was takin' her
arms from around my neck suddenly
remembered that al usta be awful
jealous of Maybelle. But say, he never
bats an eyelash. If anything 1t was
Fred that was lookin' sour, an that
struck me funny, too, for all Myrtle
done tshe's pretty reserved, Myrtle)
was shake hands with me. / put IL
all down to imagination. An sure
enough, musta been right, because
just then, when | happened to notice
sweet-lookin' little jane an says
(you know. the way you do) some
babyl" Fred LATED an dragged me up
to her an says Miss Geary, meet Mr..
Herbert Dill, Herbie FIR short"
PLEASED to meet you, I'm sure, Her.
bic" says Miss Geary. Say, she was a
cute little trick. "You an mes goin'
to get better acquainted before my va
cations over, baby"
Well. everybody laffed, an | cd see
how we was goln to be pretty con.
genial bunch, especially when Al says:
Say, whatsa matter with us all goin'
over to Laurel Grove tonight?'
20. K. with me, If Blue Eyes here
Will come along" says |, not forgettin'
my manners.
Well, Blue Eyes says she would, so
about eight o'clock Al brings his road.
ster around, an we all pile into 1t. AL,
he was driyin', an he says: who's
comm in front with met" Maybelle
pipes up an says, u am" Wen ey'ry-
body LATED at that but In she gets,
an then Al says: Fred, just to square
things you got to sit In the rumble"
So of course, that only leaves me to
get In with Al an Maybelle, with Fred
In the rumble, sittin' between Myrtle
an Miss Geary.
"say, this is like old tines" / says,
To make room for Al's driving, May
belle moves closer to me. So then to
make more room put my arm along
the back Of the seat behind her,
thinkin' as / did 1t, that 1t wasn't so
much like old times, because In them
days Al woulda seen me dead before
he'd let me sit that close to May
belle.
Well, when we got outta the car at
Laurel Grove. Fred, he was lookin'
sour again, an when Aaybells grabbed
my arm an started steerin' me toward
the dance hall, he says to me. II
thought you ast Miss Geary to come
with you tonight" He said II kinda
nasty like, an / started to come back
at him but I didn't want to start
1 nothin' SO / says:
| Where's my blue-eyed baby1"
Right where you left her." says she,
/ kinda sassy.
Well we went In the dance hall an
danced a coupla dances, an then we
strolled oyer to the outdoor cabaret
| We set down at one of the tables May
belle was next to me. an after while
she begins maxim passes at me. | see
! that wouldn't do, so while the others
was standin' up watchin' the cabaret
show, | grabbed her by the wrist an
says: you come with me, grille" we
went down by the lake an / hired 8
canoe, but we hadn't any more'n got
pushed off from shore than heard o
hollerin', an there was the others
Fred was In tn lead. an he didn't stor
for water or nothin', he come right
out to where we was.
Hey, how do you get that way
takin' Maybelle out In cancer he
yells. an ! see he was mad clear
through.
Whats that t. your" says |, gettin
mad myself. IF Al don't mind, yor
should worry. Maybelles his wife, no
yours" An with that | give Fred {
push with the paddle an he sits righ
down In tn water.
Well, you never heard such yell al
that feller Al let out. He laffed an
laffed an laffed. ! thought he wa
laffin' because Fred looked SO funn,
settin there In the water, but then
heard him gaspin', "Oh, boy Oh, boy
Maybellel My wifel
"Well, amt she?" says |.
"Oh, boyl" says he, laffin' some more
"Oh, boyl you need to get hep al
right Why. Maybelle amt been m
wife FIR ave years. I'm married t
Myrtle now. an Maybelle's Fred