Show 3Ir Thompsons Return Shes a good looking keen eyed girl of gr 18 and I shouldnt wonder if shes a stenographer sten-ographer in some business house in New York Ive seen her come over on the Pa vonia ferry and take a suburban train on the Erie road several times and I always admired the independent and self reliant way in which she carries herself She isnt bold or brazen but sails right along as i she had certain rights and was bound t n maintain them One day last week as site left the boat n middle aged mnn of pleasant pleas-ant features who had followed her overcrowded over-crowded her with his elbow and turned and smiled and began an apology She I caught on like a Hash He had poked her to create an opportunity and if not I downed then and there he would pester her again A dozen of us saw and heard I what happened She turned oh him extended t ex-tended her hand for a shake and artlessly exclaimed Why 11 Thompson is that you Why the last I heard of you you had runaway run-away to Boston with a servant girl and your wife didnt care a cent You must have got backl Ho had He had got back so much that his face fired up the words he wanted to utter stuck in his throat and he made a mysterious disappearance about five seconds sec-onds later Knows her biz observed a man who was walking behind the irl You bet replied his friend Shell make somebody a staving good wife New York Sun |