Show under the mistletoe ain t it awful said mime the way some girls hang around under the mistletoe 7 ly ter agreed sal ly shining her gum did you see the way amy briggs acted at the party last night scandalous one would think she had never been kissed before I 1 don t believe she ever had echoed sally just aa soon as that mr more house was an s h e moved her chair right over by the cl angelier an delier and when she got up to be introduced to him she had to stand under tha mistletoe and that gooda lie never kissed hr tall and when henry cane in she was right in the way 0 course I 1 wouldn t go under that mis a purpose explained mame but I 1 was a right there and henry ain t no quitter on a game like that he yes I 1 guess he kissed most every girl there be why sally potts he did nota he did too he kissed roe and mary hopper and sue white and I 1 een ahti t aing t catch mis hor ton but she and he well what do you know about that the trifler to but ain t that what the mistletoe Is there tor yes but they ain t no use ot a llan ma in a hog of himself just be cai se pi Is like amy briggs don t have no more womanly ut s in their way all th time ahat lt v morehouse didah like it either I 1 could tell he was ashamed of amy ano way he acted he s coming up to call this afternoon fix henry for mercy there he Is now and well what do you think of that amy briggs 1 with him you see said mr morehouse look ing fondly at miss briggs as they were about to depart amy and I 1 used to be warm fr er that Is we were engaged once and had a quarrel you know I 1 dian didn t expect to meet her at the party and she dian didn t know she was standing right under the toe waiting for me the idea scoffed mame when the door closed upon them dian didn t know she was under the mistletoe echoed sally scornfully ain t men the easiest though same here oh have you strutted down street all dressed up in your best a long tailed coat a stovepipe hat a silken fancy vest to find when by a glass you go your heart Is pained and sore from learning that tho hat you wear Is on wrong side before so have I 1 oh have you dressed up fit to kill and called upon a maid whose heair you seek to subtly win by calling cupids aid to learn alas when Us too late and made up Is her mind you might have won her but for this your necktie s up so have I 1 oh have you tried to get a ten by borrowing from friends and learned that every one has joined the new years never lendsy and have you eaten lunch at noon where beer is five a glassb oh well of course it you refuse we 11 let this question pass so have I 1 let it pass I 1 mean oh have you told your darling wife when crawling into bed that business kept you very late and covered up your head to find next morning when you woke a of woe and care be cause the sweetheart of your life has found an auburn haira so have I 1 oh have you tried to write a aleca to make a nation laugh a ticklish nothing as it were chock full of joy and chaff to find when all is written rot and it Is caid in type that you have picked a lemon that Is very far from so have I 1 poor setter dog A battle creek mien man had a get ter dog upon which hia heart was set the dog set a the electric line and the motorman ailed to abet the brake soon enough with t e result that the car set tied the setter T e company refused to settle or the loss of tl e setter where upon the owner set the law on it and re covered and costs which the corn pany settled or the dear little setter fhe man better setter again married man fixed A citizen wa overhead to make an un gallant remark on tl e street the other day he said his neighbor was speaking to him about the heavy expense connected with keeping a family and don t you find it so no I 1 use my wife temper tor a furnace 1 er fe tor a re her company manners tor su gar and then we have tongue all the year round so you see iny expensed are ery light |