Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1935-01-03
One Swell Vacation
By C. w. Won BERNUTH
@. Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
WNU Service

~ lOuI pCOplC dSdlu IL say ACh
years since I'd spent my vacation at
Maple view-yOu know. q Teller that's
unmarried likes to 20 different places
an see the world. On the train I'd be-
gun to wonder If I'd have to spend
couple days gettin' acquainted, SO
when ! sees them four sittin' there on
the porch. just like II was ten years
back. don't contain myself.
We'll for cryin' out loud |" ! hOllers
"Well. for cryin' out loud" yells AL.
suddenly tumblin' to who | was III
1t amt old Herbie back here again !"
'Say, whadda y knOwl" says May.
belle She's AIS wife.
AL Fred an Myrtle. they was just
as surprised as the other two. an boy
did they give me the glad hand May
belle she's one . them impulsive girls
(but 40 harm In her. y'understand)
she up an threw her arms right around
my neck an kissed me. Say. II was
grand.
Just as Maybelle was takin' nor
arms from around my neck | suddenly
remembered that AL usta be awful
Jealous of Maybelle. But say. he never
bats an eyelash. II 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 I happened to notice
. sweet-lookin' little Jane an says
(you know. the way you do) some
babyi" Fred LATED an dragged me up
to her an says Miss Geary. meet Mr..
Herbert Din. Herbie r. short"
PLEASED to meet you, I'm sure. Her.
bie." says Miss Geary. Say. she was \
cute little trick "YoU an mes g0in'
to get better acquainted before my va
cations over baby"
Well. everybody lated. an ! cd see
how we was gOin' to be a pretty con.
genial bunch. especially when Al says:
'Say, whatsa matter with US all goin'
over to Laurel Grove tOnight?"
20. K. With me. II Blue Eyes here
will come along" says |. not forgettin'
my manners.
Well. Blue Eyes says she would, 80
about eight O'Clock Al brings his road
ster around an. we all pile into It. Al
he was drivin'. an he says: who's
comm IN front with me?" Maybelle
pipes up an says. y am" Well ev'ry.
body LATED at that, but IN she gets,
an then Al says: Fred. Just to square
things you got to sit 10 the rumble"
So of course. that only leaves me to
get In with Al an Maybelle. with Fred
In the rumble. sittiD' between Myrtle
an Miss Geary.
Say. this Is like old times" ! says.
To make room for AIS driving. May.
belle moves closer to me. So then to
make more room I 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 q 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 Maybelle grabbed
my arm an started steerin' me toward
the dance hall, he says to me. II
thought you asst Miss Geary to come
with you tonight" He said II kinda
nasty-like, an ! started to come back
at him but | didn't want to start
nothin' so | says:
where's my blue-eyed baby?"
Right where you left her." says She
kinda sassy.
Well, we went In the dance hall an
danced coupla dances. an then we
strolled over 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. I 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 Z
canoe but we hadn't any more'n got
pushed off from shore than ! heard q
hollerin' an there was the others
Fred was In tn lead an he didn't STOP
for water or nothin'. he come right
out to where we was
Hey, how do you get that way
takin' Maybelle out In . cancer be
yells. an see he was mad clear
through.
whats that t you?" says l. gettin
mad myself. IF AL don't mind. you
should worry. Maybelle's his wife. no,
yours" An with that I give Fred q
push with the paddle an he sits RICH,
down In tn water
Well you never heard such yell a,
that Teller Al let out he LATED an
LATED an lated. thought he wa!
latin because Fred looked so funny
settin' there In the water but then
heard him gaspin "Oh. boy! Oh boy
Maybelle! My wife!"
well. amt she?" says |.
"Oh. boy says he Iaffin' some more
"Oh. hoy you need to get hep al
right, Why. Maybelle amt beer m.
wife fr Ave years. I'm married t
Myrtle now. an MaybeIles Fred
wife"
Say, never heard the end Of It. Oh
sure, we made II up all right Whel
Fred realized that I'd thought May
belle was still Ais wife. he understood
everything Fact is he apOlogized &