The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1875-09-02

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For mine eyes win rivet to his face; ..,,
And after 'we willboth our Judgments join
!! In censure ofhis seeming.n-Rossla.o F.'> 4
"What is the matter with Mr..
-. ''''zs.:' r >:.s.,o' :ssz1s.
The speaker was a tall, dark man,
with grizzled hair, black eyes, a long
nose, wide mouth, and the CONNER
cial feature of q pen behind his right
ear. He had several times asked him.
self the same question, but without
any satisfactory solution, and now
addressed it to a little, sandy-haired
man, who was standing with his back
to the Office fire. Both were clerks
in a government Office, as well as the
party whose health or department
was involved in the inquiry.
"What is the matter with Mr..
Pryme?'' IT,:
Heaven knows" said the sandy
Mr.. Phipps, at the same time lifting
up his eyebrows towards the organs
Of wonder, and struggling his shoul-
ders.
"You have observed how nervous
and fidgety he isf' '...'. ="
= TO be sure. Look at the fireplace ;
be has done nothing all the morning
but put on Goals and rake them out
again. .'',;:s''' '.''' ;z..*'' 4 - " :.
eyes, I have been watching him
and kept count" interposed Mr..
Trent, a junior official ; "he has pok-
ed the fire nineteen times, besides
looking five times out Of the window,
and twice taking down his hat and
hanging it up again"
II got him to change me a sover-
eign," said the dark Mr.. Grimble,
"and he first gave me nineteen, and
then twenty-one shillings for it. But
look here-a his entries" and he
pointed to an open ledger on thedesk,
"he has dipped promiscuously into
the black ink and red!" =
!: The three clerks took a look apiece
at the book, and then a still longer
look at each other. None Of them
spoke: but each made a face, one
pursing up his lips as if, TO blow IN
imaginary flageolet, another frowning,
as with . distracting headache, and
the third drawing down the corners
of his mouth, as if he had just taken,
or was about to take physic.
',:What can it be p said MI. Phipps
"Let's ask him" " suggested Mr..
Trent. =. ,s,>..,..,. - /,
g "Bettet q it, d . not" said Grimble !; "you
know how hot and touchy he is.
once ventured to cut a joke on him
and he has never thoroughly forgivel
It to this day" - 49,, ','rs !
:. 'sWhat was it about p inquired
the Junior.
"Why he has been married about
a dozen years without having any
children, and twas the usual thing
with us, when he came Of a morning
to ask after the little Prymes, but
the joke caused 80 many rows and
quarrels, that We have given it up"
"Where is he?" asked Mr.. Phipps
with a glance round the Office
= "In the secretary's private room
But hush here he comes
The three clerks hastily retreatet
to their several desks, and begar
writing with great apparent diligence
yet vigilantly watching every move
ment Of the nervous and fdgety Mr.
Pryme, who entered the room will
an uneven step, looking rather flush
cd and excited, and vigorously rub
bing his bald head with his sill
handkerchief Il Perhaps he notice.
that he was observed, for he lookee
|uneasily and suspiciously from on.
clerk TO the other; but. each face pro
served = demure gravity, and the lit
tie stout, bald, iAoridf gentleman re
paired to his own place. 81 The Morn
ing Post, damp and still unfolded, wa,
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lying on his desk; he took it up
dried it at the FIRE, and began to read
but the next minute he laid dow1
the paper, and seizing the poker mad.
several plunges at the Goals, as otter
against. the bars as between them, till
the metal rang again. Then he 70
sumed the Pos, but quickly relin
qluuished it, quite unable to az: BIZ
attention on the type. an incompe
tence peri ectly founding to the 9th
Ter clerks. laltI who oonside dered reading th,