Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1893 — Why He Was Polite. [ARTICLE]

Why He Was Polite.

“I was coming West over the Wa bash the other day, anti had for fel-low-passengers a Missouri stock raiser, his wife, and a Boston exquisite deeply enamored of his own shape,” said O. N. Hapgood to a St. Louis Globe-Democrat man. “The Missourian was a big, burly fellow with a four days’ growth of beard and the tan of forty summers on his face, but his wife was young and very pretty. The Boston irresistible took a seat facing her and strove in various ways to attract her attention. The husband caught oil to his capers, and bought a copy of an illustrated humorous paper, which he handed him. This amused him for a time hut he soon resumed his occupation of staring at the lady. . “Then the husband sent him the morning paper. He read the baseball news through, readjusted his cravat, and resumed his old tactics. The Missourian then invited him Into the smoker to enjoy a Key West with him. As they puffed the fragrant weeds the exquisite's curiosity ped out. He was eager to know if he had mashed thz entire family. “‘I say,’ he began, ‘I cawn’t see why you show me so much attention, dontcherknovv. You must like me pretty well for a new acquaintance.’ “ ‘Like you!’ blurted out the Missourian. ‘You blankety-blanked fal-low-faced dude! I find it cheaper to buy base-ball literature and cigars to amuse you than to unscrew your neck for gawking at my wife.’ ”