, 1875-03-27
THE STORY OF .FIFINE.

PoH"eh .''itH leta III 4le. ooe'oty uau hui l"A'o
E's 10 Wnmpum l'arlls at tho ttmo wo SPEAK of'
nnd It waH mt until the Hon. l'raEg' Nt,o was
rrostY 'n.tri III" founder of Watnpim Napi,a,
wont 10 caneroaa AZ LII reprsacnthlIyc, TINT lio
saw anything OF "aoc'oty.' Tho Hon. 1'rARE
WIS barn til Ohio hunewhere, ntNl hin car-
liar nasocialinnH arc cost,cetcd with p;g
fr,yiuu. ka,n,ulo1v ow,,cd tho ,d,u. n,ll
r,,nl;nu ,1rovo t,,cn, A. In r,ow IN In
faa.''., ] T.. .ts,'. o. go" W ~
lcafhal 10 arl'o berea'aa Al wcll ~ r'es, anu,
taking Mr.. 0rea'sy'a advice. went WoAt I'LL he
car,n 10 Wau,rsm Rapids, whore lo sctllo,it ,nnr-
-riol. Init mn lnttl factory norls.packi,g o.
talaishmen. = town., aid ono Of lie lie lanason,es.
t"rt'''le' ovor accumulated III tho West. -
It wns nitcr t1!oBo achievements In practical
lifo TINT tho Honorable llragx went into politics
anil hed lt,nae,f rotur,,e,, Ia f,oupro.a, uao-
.o's' ~ no s"" ,,, ~ III "asnnSton aoa 'ao n'a'
time, stfacls tl'a ltohorahle HfaRe Will dcll-
coHs nwo-it was all so strange to him, 30 t1ifer-
ent from ,ork, A. ono OF Tho first ,,artics 10
a., ,,nnro..,1 .stt,, l,,o Irnr.,,,n Inaof.,an .nI
~ 'aip cnnoa WILL. '''o '''ona''o ''7oe"eo "'''l
charming grace Of manner OF person present
tliat liz begged to bo introduced to him, aud,
sass :, .nn, ' ,nayono,t @ ~, s IL. s' oat ~ ,.,,
so't "a "'"''ea "''s''". ~ ""s ~" 4oeu W."
1hat WIS lte ""s tul"rHo" ts'ht " "aa q 'oEo'9h
diplomat An attacEc TO ono OF t'Ie legations.
"jsoslau,'l II I don't make .lipiomatist Of
nv a1!a,y, tl,cn /" cs,c, tho Honorable 1,raec;
a,,1 ,ho commitment o., ,o,.o1 t,,o ,tr,,,,"t
",'' NV eo'i"a'"t ,',, 'aao" ~, Nv "'l'u.'s -,
~hnn no hoattl " tnat no 'nslto" !Hsn 10 o'no
with him at tho Welckor'a OF tho day, aud tanght
him low to drink Burgundy.
"Slisty ~ was tic familiar alhreyIa!tou OF
Thomistoctca AtcglnulH Tomkinp oty non an,l
heir OF lIo Honorable 1Isngs. nt that time a
youth Of 13, p,trsN,113 tls cnlIeso csn1sss-biil-
ia.,ls and wl,isky-pi.nch cl,ieIly-as Michigan
ffn$rnrui1,. ~ fall
rattlo-patutI with no great amount OF b1ai,Is but
nIcuty Of 1ifo, anil vary popular. Ills roilegu
eareor waa nipped in tho h,ld soon after bv
rone rather obs!rOrcrnuA akyla,king, AMI
'sthe oil mRl' cA}tod "Alisty" to Washington
to prepare ll',nFelf for II diplomatic cnroar.
Misty" tnnk Franel, aAd Spanish teachnr
aust went into Washington fast Ifo will, unAur-
FassabIc vim. After couple "f yeasa tho "olsl
Legation at European, Court, al,d Misty sailed
Tor Paris In goefu anticipation. lIo l,n,l n,rls-
etful Of nhejsnis, Iater Of trndit W,lcl, n,atlo
balshors clerks how to him till tlsy showed i!,cir
l,era was 10 necessity 10 report at Tho place nf
his destination Immediately, and Misty was DE-
scr1ninr.l to lave good tims.
lilo anccoeded wolerfuily vol. Aone Of Ills
which t'oa1 around tho "Atnericnn colony" ii,
patiss-ilnyorons tales which aro told to now
comois ovor tha sccond bottle In tho studcn.
rosta,lrants OF tl,a Latin Quartor. 1t was Misty
WHO titu tho Sff4eHt ue rt 10 u lhI{- most Will
Mllo. Antoniho's corset-lacos. 1t Wa ha WHO
captured tho magnificent hcllnat Of = Cent Gard.
ns hn was marching OFT parable, with llu.-,look
aud line, and forever t1ingraced tho warrior by
overwhelming him with the lne1tingui4tlnblo
la,,Ehtor Of tho mob. 1t was S1iaty who iu-
yeiGtcl the Brooklyn l,arSon, In Europe OIL sick
furlough With bronchitis, into q totc-a-toto with
Nile. Antouiue At tito l.ocl.or DO Cnnealo, aud,
while the minister Waa dcop in lin efforts to con-
volt tho interesting creature, introduced Two pf
u 1fntfAat t1uriN1nnRr1 thu IL
waa Misty who wont 10 tito Communist lnuetiny
At Delfoyiilo, and nearly frightened Paris into
hyaterics by firing of 1o1nai, canles for signal
rockets from tho windows, aftcr turning of tho
gas.
On night ~ Misty was returning from n ques.
tionnbe Lall at Questionable honr, alol, an
] unfrcquontod stroot. llc Haw; drunken Turuo,
! cra2od with abatntLo, puraninE litto girl, WHO
brnto caught tho shrinking CHILD by tho llnir,
! stisty stopped Ills cab, Jumped quickly out,
! knocked tho fcllnw down. and kiolel him into
sAo gnttor, Mt thu nanla tine trying to compose
, Lllrriai1iy, and tia Tnrco.s rising, drow lls
! bayonet aud uAAatie AtHty with yilnlietiva fnry
Tile child scroanel loudly, tho police ca1ne. and
tho NIahos waa the arross Of all three. W1cn
little girl to him. Sho wus ragged arl.i toar-
Hofcd. but q very pretty croature about 10 yoara
Of Hgc, With decp olive akin and !argo brown
oycB full Of entseety and puthos. "Wiat Ia your
she anAworod q bnt osory ono ca!ls MO Fitine-.
except my mother" -
Twill alio not 10 useasy a1,out yon Fjllue p
Tho elllIl's eyes filed ui' with tears. 20, yery!"
size criod, "aul s!,o ~ 70 sct,, too" Ij.en slse
told hor |ittle story. sllo lived Numero COL Nue
do Bac, aH si1ie'ne-atd they wore very poor.
Itor mother was LOO IL, 10 20 ont or work, and
tho littto girl huppoftcl both hy, Be.ling cigar
| lighters ahont tho oafos md tue loorh Of tho
| tloRtrcB. Last eyenlug she waa. later ont tlln,l
| ,,aItn1 pn hal 1Dat hnr &y1,hu fhn 1urcn