, 1875-02-06

StEAE' Ia NDHIt UlSIlIlCLtY
TO close obearSers of him. y. aiv rata tnH.p manp
ilhi vcnt'lrei 10 aycr that thsy cnnit
nbHn!ntefy Fcc hin, Etpw. 1fa hal hean mlt IL
onc Or Two trades. hut without avnil. Fault h.J
hoeh foind with Ills Bize. rouplo all dnrj,r.s
tl,at he was tan voung To bn so tail He se.
like largo pioee Of fu.nitura in small hon.aae
ltnom could not DO found for h,n,. It Wan nncss
nary to take down 1oots to let him In or on
ausi olson, intismed By drink, said augn1p a1
Int grow t,Ii;'' and without ifu.1'11ns fn1t1Mss
s,reet srsesh' IT. Turned ,na It'll ss you.l & Into ID
LINEN. naa voty badly indeed. l1c was nftsn ~ ~
he aaid very empty-and alWava worry tall. II
suffered moro from emptiness, ho NODDED mora
lilnE than most prnplc, stng to hih oxcc tlonn
lin In public house " out Whitoolape,' WITT W.T.
It Was held tllaL "a giant pots'-aB be van atyj.,
In tho eiehborIool-woud attract visitors ~
the bar Of tho establishment and that great cnn.
Tho oIpar!monat disappointed ospeoaston. eeasS@
d,a.,,lrsencnt md yct gratifo tlleIs cur1ostv "
pocring III ut tho ci,ilk of tho doorway az
end .he giant had ACCEPTED permanent ii; suS st.S
mora profitable employment, anil attached him.
bolf 10 IL csrHsa1. travelling tho country from Ian
to fair. md market town to market town. Lon,
don he rarely visitcd,-althoush now and then
lie hal been much tempted by handsome ut1ors
tu appear ulnn the stAEo b. pansol4llrnca Al
Christmas. Upon tho whole. le preferred tia
country.
''1t's dnll. but then perhaps it anits mo ths
botor on that account, for, yon nee. I'm dull too"
l deprecated eucll q statement. I teudered
him Hearty lhankh for Ills uloBk Intelligent tDf
interesting conversation,
1t 3 very KIND OF you to aay 60. ar, bnt tia
british public Inns quits tnado vi, their a,inis
that wo gans arc dut! lot and that BestlcH tba
nattor.-for It's never any good Whstcvcr arEu.
lug asainss tho British public. II ono csnt
agree viii, it, ono must alIl, up. and that coues
to mich the Banlo nort Of Thing. I'm dnlI Ia
begin with, and now I'm dulIer than I'd any
right to be owing to-owing TO peculiar citcuu.
atanccB."
Hero, ml,cl, to My surprise, he burst into
Sudden f(ood Of teHra.
had uoticotl previously That his articulation
llsl th'ckuucd. 6omathing-no doubt the b,ap.
dy-nud- -watcr--had had to do with this, iuiuc.
lug, perhaps, III addition. certain dispostiouto
sentimental emotion md expression. Still tbo
Ri1nt could not he sad to DO intoxicated, uh
was axcl:ud, M much, l think, by thr unuau.
amount Of narrative ho bad delivered himself
Of, aud bv the sound OF his own voice. As BY any
Weep not" said to him. scarcely knowing
Hha. said.
"plcase let me-" ho answorcd faebtv, an
t7oea me sn much good. I'm vcry unhappy.
I'm ous OF tho most miserable Of men. TN ID
IoFo.'
Swell, and why mott syro'y man Of your
magniiicrn. proportions nood uut tcspair Of auo.
cezs Surely a.iy woman-"
'1t IL plain thtt you do not know Miss It'd.
ulGr," ha Interrupted.
coufossod that. to my sincere regret, I DID
not oujoy silat privilege.
"A.d, Of coufsc, you don't know 1ocks,s
Van 7"
snid thought not.
an bee ;s y'T Ter IL por ef fno voa
see her without asking, If you Pay your aluls-
sion at the door. Aud you'll sec me, But that's
nothing. I'm nobody. Besides, you hare eeen
me: But Miss T,adlor will surprise you. You'll
perfect woman. They cali her the Peruvian
Poati or the Princess OF Ltlipnt. But tbAts
only jockor's WY. She's English. and ,speats
no language but hcr own; but ehe epsals that
very freely, especially when aho'B roused. III
nonsense about Iornvlzu as . matter OF ftet
an inch suco hhe was ~ years old Amazing
isn't IL? AnI q, delightful ca!l's
"Wall. what peopla call dwarf. Perfection
in \ small compasa, that'a my view OF aer.
There's nothing ot the dwarf really about boz,
when yon'vs onca overlooked her small sizo.
And tl,sn l,oH charming she sl but you must
Beo her to appreciate her. Far my part, lose
hcr to distraction. can't call 1t by any Other
nAfnc.h
it was plain thai he loved, as a eiant
might 10 expected to love, IN large way:
rto, indeed, and turned up his eyes Ia
lauguishiug fashion tint had aornathin3
almost Of crazne NJ about it. This giant in lora
was rather groteHquo sort Of creature, 1t must
"Aud Miss fiddler is obdurate inquired.
Hiss Iltdlor iB ndauaut. Dliss Fiddler viii
not llhten to nc, or lihtens to mo only to mock
mo. In plain words, she ohaHs me."
"What ia hor objection to you ab Buttor7"
"Well, her objections are of a WI
general kind. But chiefly she finds tauli
With my size. The fun aho 1nakea Of r.,
on s.thAt accouutl It's wonderful Ito heis
her. laugh i'll spite of myself. / laugh a
sharp things. Sill its hard, you know. I'ysA
difficulty IN believing that lta really 50 ridiculous
to 10 80 tai! As Sue makes It out to be. But sla
thinks lis very ridiculous indeed. perhapt Il
appears go to her, you know. sho being SO htlla
And then she calls mo stupid"
~ Bat that may not DO such \ bud sign. Tw
hcard Of many. lovers wlD like 10 Ia
oal'od sssurid BY their nistreases. Very
that eoncoals some n4easurs Of truo affection ta
you."
nd think so II conld, but I cant. No, saa
thinkH mo tall and stupid, and ieel that slss
right. an tall aud stupid, and that'e the fA't.
I'd alter 1t ii could, but I can't. I'm sure n
ba worry glad to change placcs with bIiehtel
aud shorter man. Bu. ] cant grow brgnsel
though Two tried that tuo.
you've tried to grow shorter Z"
AYES, over aud over again. I'm forever tr1.
Ing to grow shot.er., curry heavy weights %
my head; lit that box for Instance" As b
spoke he drew FROM boucath his char IL substso.
misunderstanding BLACK box will iron hanilea. !
trisd to rnise il, but l failed oomp;o.eiy. u
scanned to- be OF enormous weight. '.F's
walked miles and miles with that box on ~
might compress ms. bat Il hasul as yot
so far as ! cau. aee: I've tired oil mauuts
OF wuys indeed Of packing myself into smaa
spsec. but all III vain.. Miss liddler ony laugh
al ue, 'Come to ma whom you're shorter. Dudl?
(sho aluayB calls nle Doddy-it's not ny ral
name, which il something very diEoreus, but
somehow it soeuaa to please her to cali me- thit
and don't object; how can III Come ton
when you'ra rhvrtor, Doddy. ahe says 70 ~. ~
'and then. perhaps, wo'll see about IT, Sat
only says Perhaps you observe No, ,he t neset
heavily and nosily. '''rho PLAN truth is sha
I'm too long, and she's too Short"
ayes, suppose that's tho long aud the sh9s
OF it, said abruptly.
For q moment he seemed hurt At Whist d
might reasonably have thought to be Levitt! %
my part. Still his look WAS meek aud dit3dtDk
~ must TO-" hc said, ribing. "Ive n.n1
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