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About Cloverdale courier. (Cloverdale, Tillamook County, Or.) 190?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 21, 1916)
H e Laughs Best W ho Laughs Last # By SADIE OLCOTT try in g to keep from lau g h in g am i was now obliged to sw ing his c h a ir to face the w indow , p re se n tin g his back to the in q u irer. T he supposed bride, seeing a nu m b er of persons w ho s a t n e a r her en jo y in g h er d iscom fort, blushed to the roots of her h a ir a n d said ste rn ly to h er to rm en to r: "M adam , you h av e m ade a m istake. T he gentlem an is a stro n g e r to me. 1 ro v e r saw him before he took his ch air in tin s ear." “ Oil, land!" exclaim ed th e Yankee, th ro w in g up h er h ands. " I'v e know n lots o’ lyin’ done by brides to hide th a t they a re brides, b u t I n e v e r h ea rd an y th in g like th a t.” T he girl tu rn e d to D an as m uch as to say, "H elp m e o u t o f th is." "I re g re t," he said g allan tly , “ to con firm th e young la d y ’s sta te m e n t.” A dozen persons sittin g n e a r laughed outright. D an lost his eq u an im ity , m aking m a tte rs w orse. “ I'll bet a n y one here," he said, “th a t I ’m a single m an and th a t I n ev e r saw th is young lady be fore to d a y .” H e d rew fo rth a f a t poeketbook aiul began to co u n t out ton d o llar hills. Not a person in te re ste d b u t th o u g h t he w as a bridegroom d eterm in e d to stav e off being recognized a s such. T liej laughed all th e lender. It w a s very am using. D an looked a t th e girl, an d the girl looked a t D an. l i e tipped th e w ink an d said to th e o th ers; “ I suppose w e’ll h av e to ow n tip. Now for n w edding p re se n t.” T ak in g off his h a t, he passed through (he c a r receiving co n trib u tio n s. By tills tim e so m any p ersons had become In terested in w h a t w a s going on th a t a goodly sum w as collected, w hich Dan poured in to th e g irl's lap. “ If you d o n 't w a n t it," lie said, “give it to c h a rity .” “I ’ll give it to c h a rity ,” w a s the sh a rp reply. A few m in u tes la te r D an ’s station w as called, an d , say in g gobdby to fiD bride, he got out of th e ca r, leav in g her to p u rsu e her jo u rn e y alone T hen th e c o n trib u to rs laughed again, bu t a d ifferen t laugh from before. Dmi E v ersh am en tered a ra ilw a y s ta tion, b ought his tic k e t and, satch e l in lia ti. clim bed th e stei>s of a p arlo r car. H is se a t w as n e x t to u very p re tty girl, O utside on th e p la tfo rm w as a p arty of y o u n g sters w ho had been seeing off a new ly m arrie d couple. P assin g by I an E v e rsh a m ’s w indow , w h ere he sat n e a r th e p re tty girl, one o f th e p arty th re w a h an d fu l of rice a g a in st his w indow pane. T hen all of th em w aved goodhys and laughingly passed on. T ills h it of fun did no t tro u b le Dan m uch; but, seeing t' e p re tty g irl beside him blush a deep red. he fe lt so rry for her. ✓ “ I suppose." he said to her, " th a t th o se persons th in k th a t th ey perpe tra te d a very good joke." " I t w as horrid of th em .” T ills w a s th e beginning of a c o n v e r satio n th a t lasted till long a f te r the tra in sta rte d . M eanw hile those in the c a r w ho h ad seen th e rice th ro w in g did n o t doubt th a t th ey had a bri ie a n d groom aboard. D an w as got u| w ith sufficient resp len d en ce fo r a groom , an d th e n e a t tra v e lin g d re ss of th e g irl w as ap p ro p ria te fo r a bride. T hen, too, D an w as a lto g e th e r too po lite an d a tte n tiv e to h a v e been long m arried , a n d since th e y w ere trav elin g to g e th e r th ey w ere n o t supposed to be bachelor a n d sp in ster. In th e s e a t opposite th e girl s a t a w om an from New E ngland. T h ere Is n o th in g m o re in te re stin g to a w om an th a n a bride, a n d th is person w as a m o th erly c re a tu re w ho felt h er heart go o u t to th e young th in g w ho had but Ju st em b ark ed in th e sou of m a tri m ony, a sea th a t th e Y ankee had found a tro u b led one. She en tered into co n v ersatio n w ith th e supposed bride. “Nice d ay ." w as h er e n te rin g wedge. H ighest cash price paid for hides. “Q uite so," w as th e laconic reply. B ring th em or send th e m in . I will pay “ G oing fa r? " I th e cartag e. C heck m ailed to vou sam e “ 1 sh all tra v e l all u a v .” d ay as hides are received. R . D. “You m u st be tired ? " W erachkul, C loverdale. P h o n e Iff 8-<>. “W hy uo you th in k so?" “On, th e re 's a lot to be done in p re p a ra tio n fo r a w eddin’." T h e girl sa w a t once t h a t th e p a rty w ho h ad th ro w n th e rice had given a w rong im pression. B ut in stead of cor rectin g it. w hich w ould bo e m b a rra ss ing. sh e looked dow n a t an open novel In h er lap a n d said nothing. T he wo I m an w as n o t to be pu t off. “ Y ou're th e im age of a girl 1 knew in Salem . I w onder if y o u ’re an y re la tion to her. Your nam e a in 't Tw itch- ell. is it? " “No, it isn 't T w itc h e d ." “O r S au lsb u ry ?" “ No," a n d to sh u t off f u r th e r Inquiry th e girl told her h er n a m e w as Effle T robridge. “ I g u ess it's get som ep'n else to it now ." "S o m eth in g else! W hat else can it need ?” “ W all, I guess if d o n 't need n o th in ’ else, b u t o u r law s, m ade fe r m en. force us w om en to give up o u r ow n nam es and ta k e on a m a n 's—th a t is. w hen w e tie ourselves up to one o f 'em . If I w ns yon I w o u ld n 't d<> it. You've Safe and Comfortable got a nice n am e, an d I w o u ld n 't ta k e on a n y m ore W h a t's your m arried Leave Cloverdale daily at n am e?” 7:30 a. ra . arriv ing at T il la "I'm not m arried ." mook at 10 a. m.— in lima for T he w om an looked a t h er surprised, morning tra in to Portland. then said in a low voice: "I know th a t b rid es th e first day of Leave Tillamook at i p. m m arrie d life don’t like to ow n up to it. arriving at Cloverdale a t 5 T hey th in k nobody sj>ots 'em fu r b ein ’ p. m. Jist m arried . But. law s, an y one would J. M. T R A X L E R , Pr ep know th a t you tw o w a s Jist m arrie d .” D an. w h o h eaid th is dialogue, w as I Quality Counts In ever line of Merchandise, bu t none more especially than in HARDW ARE Our large stock is in every instance the bes>t t h a t oan be had and our aim will be to keep the high s t a n d a r d up. Builders’ Hardware, I Tools Shelf and Heavy Hardware Stoves. 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