The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1877-11-17

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San Frsncisco Chronicle.l
IL wonder do the little folk fall
in love with each other ?" inquir-
ingly remarked gushing young |
miss of some 10 summers more or |
less, to her companion, rs she
emerged from the Bush Street
Theatre, on the occasion Of the
last Lilliputian matinee.
81 wonder whether they do"
solilouuixed q Chronicle reporter
who overheard the, remark. II
guess II, Try and find out" he
mentally added. Aud no sooner
was the resolution formed than he
at once took steps to crafty his
curiosity and that Of the public.
Being a newspaper man Of con-
siderable delicacy, he determined
| not to resort to the interviewing
process In this instance, fearing to
shock the scnsibilities Of the minia-
ture woman by asking direct ques-
tidhs as to their love affairs, con-
sequeutly he applied TO one Of
those obliging functionarics intrust
cd with the manipulation Of the
stage machinery Of the theatre for
information.
"Blcss your heart" responded
the machinist, when appealed to
on the subject, "you ought to see
'em at it. They couldn't do it up
in better shape II they were grown
people and bred to the business.
"Then they do have their little
love affairs, just like ordinary
mortals?"
eyes, indeed. Didn't you know
that Commodore Mutt was engag'
TO Miss Jennie Quigley ?"
~ was not aware Of the fact"
swell, It's SO. And ! tell you
for so little a fellow, he can show
up as much green eye as one O
Shakespeare's characters"
."Jealous, 10 he 7"
"Jcalous Ms Othcllo. He don
begin to tolerate rivalry. VIII!
one Of IL ,sc old roostcrs that yo'
can always find around . theatre
dancing attendance OH the ballo
! girls or the actresses who fame.
, thew need attendance, brought
! carriage TO take home Miss Kirt
!, land. You remember hcr--tll
. pretty one American girl, she Is
And he tried to play the gallan
BY putting on Miss Quigley'
4 shawl. Up steps Mutt. as brave a
! if he were about to attack tn
A giant, and snatching the wrap on
Of tho meddlcr's hand. he sal
! with freezing dignity. 'Than
!. YOU; III attend 10 this young lad
i. myself The old fellow didn
4 know whether to be amused or II
y suited, but tho Commodore WI
}. awfully riled.'
1 .s,yhat did Miss Quiglcy say :"
q "Oh she acted like q little lad,
4 and wasn't half rs much cut up
). d good many bigger women migl
Il have been."
= "Was the commodore very dcmo1
n stratiye in his attention to his lac
IL loye?"
h. "Was he? lie was q good dc
n worse than q hen is about h
ID chicks. Why, you might ha'
as seen 1t from before the footligh
y If you had looked sharp"
III "How SO ~
pn .sOh, why he put in q good DC
IN more love business than ever "
r. written IN the play, and was
no ways lowering around where .
u was, showing his foot up AGAR
the ladder when there was no da
ger Of its slipping, and dozen
:. tlc things like that. | think too, Il
n Miss Quigley used to like to tel
him, for she generally took . go
Dr. deal Of time to whisper into
giants car, and the Comnlodt
IN. always seemed to get fidgety abe
ng that interval"
he .You don't mean to say Il
h q Mutt is jealous Of the giant =
i'm .Wcll, IaiM't sure; but It lot
The q good deal like it,
ote The reporter took his lea
Ks, musing, as he went along, VI
&C. the unrcasonableness Of man vi
,bt woman Is concerned, and marvc
ON muchly at the green-eyed mons
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