Progresive Retail Merchant of Texas, Volume 1, Number 2, July 1915 Page: 53
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PROGRESSIVE RETAIL MERCHANT OF TEXAS 53
Ha! Ha! Hea! You too, say! may the saints of thunder away with
you. I hope the divel gets the both of ye, now! Sure, and I do."
"Ha! Ha! Ho! Ho!" laughed Wallace, still unable to control his
mouth.
After a bit, however, Wallace was dressed and ready to go home, but
poor Mike was sitting dejectedly, nursing his wounded foot.
"Mike, here, come on, I'll help you get straight," exclaimed Joe, as he
re-entered the caboose with a small package in his hand.
"Divil take you," muttered Mike, as he reached for the stove shovel.
"Hold on, now Mike," exclaimed Joe, uneasily, "I have the liniment
here in my hand, see," as he began to unwrap a bottle from the paper.
"Sure, Joe, me boey, did ye think of my poor hurted foot? Shure,
and ye be a foine boey, Joe. I hope the divel don't bother with ye now,
and say! of he does, call Mike Jenkins, I'll be after knocking his bean off
his body."
Joe gave Wallace the wink and they both proceeded to help Mike
get in shape. Joe got his clothes out of his locker while Wallace acted
the Good Samaritan and fixed his bath water for him. After grumbling
and much taking on about the blithering cooler, Mike got himself sufficiently
dressed to call for the red liniment. Joe and Wallace, in the meantime
had set their gripps on the back of the caboose platform and Wallace
seemed ready to explode, but Joe semed ill at ease, and was ready to do
anything for Mike.
"Sure, Joe, me boey, I'll say a prayer for ye tonight before I sleep,
I will that."
Joe smiled, and proceeded to open the liniment for Mike.
"Mike," he exclaimed, "this ispretty hot stuff and you had better not
put too much on at first."
Wallace was sitting over in the corner pretending to read an old
newspaper, but in fact not missing any of the frolic and silently shaking
with mirth. Joe wraps an old kerchief around Mike's foot and Mike proceeds
to pour half of what was in the bottle on his foot. The bandage
being too large-for Mike to get his sock on, he had to take it off, and
proceeded to rub his foot with the saturated kerchief, getting the fluid
all over both hands. Joe moved everything such as old shoes, hammers,
pokers, shovels and about half a dozen fuzees out of Mike's way, pretending
to be straightening the caboose, but in fact getting them out of Mike's
reach. After getting his shoe on the sore foot, Mike stood up and began
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Capital City Advertising Association. Progresive Retail Merchant of Texas, Volume 1, Number 2, July 1915, book, July 1915; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth41246/m1/53/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Austin History Center, Austin Public Library.