The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1875-02-25
WHOLE NUMBER s62.

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not look again.
But something must be done. The
Senator desperately beckoned page "a
his side and, drawing q fvc-dollar bill
from his purse, inquired briefly, In sup
pressed tones:
"Would you like TO earn thisa"
20 yes. sir, certainly" vas the non
VERY wefI. You see that lady in the
front row of seats in the gallery, next
the rallied inclosurs above the platform
The lady in the brown cloak, mean.
want you TO hnd out quietly where she
lives. When you have discovered that
you can come TO my room and get the
bill. And, mind you, keep this to your,
self"
The hoy nodded, and laughed ~ he
turned away. he was hardly gone before
the inconsistent Senator would have
given q deal to call him back. He fell
a. II he kxd done mean and ungentlc,
manly thing, and he left the Capt. ol
thoroughly out Of humor with himself
When he reached home he was amazed
to find the page awaiting him.
"Welif" he said brusQuely. ss,,s-
swell, sir, the ladies t,0k . carnage,
and / hung ON behind. They came Along
the avenue, aad turned up Thirteenth
street, and then into this one, and they
stopped at the next house but one to
thiss
The boy paused, expecting the bill, but
got nothing from the surprised Senator
save the question,
whats the namew
"The name on the doors Carver, SIR"
The next morning At the breakfast
table the Senator plucked up his courage
and inquired of his landlady, under cover
Of q general conversation,
DO you know the family Of Carvers
on this streetf"
Il know q little about them. I know
they're wealthy and sristocratic, and
there's an invalid father and one ma den
daughter. They come to Washington
every winter"
Maiden daughterl I shouldn't say
she was more than eighteen" said the
Senator, incautiously.
You shouldn't, sirs She looks near
thirty to me-" .r.st t
You're sure there are not two daugh-
ters'" the questioner proceeded, waving
the point. sUl eal Isl n 7...sa a
"Only one, sir. don't believe they
see much company, the father Is such an
invalid. They're very reserved people,
alter this the lady who had attracted
this distant worship appeared every day
at the Capitol. Rain or shine she was
sure to be there. But so far from MOTTO
ing the Senator she never looked At him
except when he was speaking, Her com.
paniin, however, appeared SO much
more interested as decidedly to embar-
rass the Senator. He was afraid he had
been rude and that the lady with Miss
Carver was endeavoring to check his
forwardness by constant Espionage. He
was annoyed; but, after all. the real
would not look a. him. He could have
borne annoyance philosophica.ly If he
could but have won . glance OF interest
from her.
"Oh, turn those eyes upon mep read
that lay invitingly exposed in the win
from the Capitol on rainy afternoon
himself with q half laugh as he closed
his umbrella and entered the store:
al wish she Souldr'
"There's Senator - looking at val
entiues," whispered clerk in the back
OF the store to one of his mates.1 And ~
the whisper spread the Senator soon
found himself the object OF such general
attention thst he waited to make no pur-
chase but left the shop.
However, he went into the next one
and there searched for q valentine that
should be fit to offer Miss Carver Such
q valentine was hard to find. He read
sentimental rhymes by the dozen, looked
patiently at Cupids and flowers and mot
toes, and again finally found himself the
center of al eyes. t-r -l- b.
Confound it" muttered the Senator,
as he again rushed into the street. u
wish nobody in the city knew mei'
He went the length of the avenue,
growing more and more disgusted with
every fresh collection Of valentines he
looked over, and more annoyed 1t the
notice he himself attracted ogs.f
II want" be said at last. pausing be-
fore the twelfth salesman in a kind Of
despair: 81 want sensible valentine. !"
And the clerk responded, with covert
grin at one Of his associates:
THAT, sir, is what we haven't got"
But by dint Of perseverance the Sena-
tor at last found very prettily illumi-
mated, himsy affair, containing verses that
commenced thus:
aHaste meaeeuser of love and 6y
Unto the one who holds my heart" etc.
With th;s he vent home. feeling extreme.
,v sijlv hu, vithout at ali wsver;ng In
bi;s infert;or ~ send;nc the valentine
The dsv he;nv the IAN Of Fehruarv' Il
was mailed that evening. But before
sending the sudacious Senator had writ
ten within the wreath of pansies that
ornemented the lnst naoe "Ioye thv
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