Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1904 — EMBARRASSING FOR JOE. [ARTICLE]

EMBARRASSING FOR JOE.

A pretty girl from one of the out townships was standing near the ribbon counter in Murray’s store the other day when Joe Jeffries approached, and seeing the other the clerks were busy, asked: “Is any one waiting on you?” “Yes,” she replied, blushing crimson, “I’ve had a fellow waiting on me for several months now, and ” “I mean,” stammered Joe, “is any one waiting on you in this store?” “Well—oh, not yet,” she said, looking up archly, “but if you haven’t got another girl, ——” But Joe bad fled.