Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-04-02
WHO SHE WAS

- f-Gf-- 49, 49,
both hsois ito LIS trousers peck,
ca TEsuty year, srPsnsDes 0.
married If hti uHls Lin viz
All lie knew that this bis.d form
q address p-esagsd persuasive
Sttaek O bis poekst-bogk- Wbs1
Mrs. Siupkios waited noosy s5e
sd3resssd hin a. lt1bty. dear :
il tbsir or5insry domestic Inter
eourss Il was plsia M. s O.
~Siupkins,'
-H1bby, dsrliag,- ali Mrs
Siupkiss. i really m1s; have :
DsW boonst this spring. In quite
ASHAMED 70 e i-.o IL street
NJ. Sinpkins grosusi
Il ssE ons >; Brna5ssy sore
yestsr3sy, e0.ti1as5 Mr. s -
bsa.tiizl Thing - stylish soi %
ebssp-only fourteen dollars
I12i's says IL TINE, b.Crte1
fg-t5 NJ. Simpkios. Here's CO..
rup:io1 Il every department. q tie
GoTsrrusnt; silver worth oily g
cents q dollar; a1d-b1, rh.;'s
tie rss q taking q seooo-y 70
vCusr
Mrs.. Siupkios arose. All passed
over = Der L1sba1d, sst dosu Il
lis lap, sni PIT her sr1ns a-ouo1
lis Dsck She was 70 longer
yong. Her cbesk ha1 lcst soae-
thing u 81 beautiful b.ocm, All
her figure IS giF.isbDess, bat there
was il the action that which recall
ed 70 Air. simykins the days Of long
ago, When be vas proud 70 hold Der
and when be would cheeifQIly
have paid for a hundred bonnets
year IL she lad asked for them.
any, dear be said relenting >
little, "dO you know VIA, 81 vii
buy =
"Yes," she said, simply. Il: viii
buy that bonnet"
Mr. simpkins sighed. ard bis
pOckeibOok came slowly forth from
his pocket. There" be said,
handing Der the money; II can't
see the sense in woman having 50
many bonnets. There's a whole
barrelfnl up in the attic now
Mr. Simpkins arose with a gus
ture Of impotence, and, iaming on
his hat, stalked down town 70 bis
business. He stopped on his way
and bought 'sl2 box Of cigars,
and luncbed that noon st a fashioua-
bic restaurant at an expense Of
$3.50; but, these were necessities,
and Mr. Simpkins did not have
bsrrelful Of old cigars in the attic.
Whether it was at the remen-
brance Of his wife's little act Of
girlishness that morning, or wheth-
er his heart was tinged with a
slight feeling Of renorse for bis un-
graciousDess, Mr.. Simpkins took
his way home up Broadway that
night with warmer feelings toward
womankind than be had known
for a long time. In some way
every woman be met appeared at
tractiye-a psychological phenome-
non which other men besides Mr..
Simpkins have observed in their
own experience. In fact there was
scarcely woman who had passed
him that afternoon whom Mr..
Simpkins did not notice, in respect
either Of eyes, hair, teeth, or dress.
al DECLARE" be said TO himself,
al had no idea there were so many
pretty women in New York"
But when Mr. Simpkins reached
10th street there descended from
23d street stage vision Of such
perfect female loveliness as made
the heart Of Mr.. Simpkins fairly
leap into his throat. Clad in what
seemed to him the most elegant
and bewitching Of summer cos
tunes, and wearing the most piqu-
ant Of hats, tied beneath the chin
with a bow Of cberry-colored rib
bons, the long ends Of which float
ed saucily over her shoulder, this
celestial being tripped across
the street to Stewards, raising her
snowy skirts as she went, and
en- possont an ankle suf-
fciently bewitcbiDg to cause Hiram
Powers 10 dispair to smash to in
fnitesimal atoms all the craven
images he had ever attempted
10 make. Mr.. Simpkins stopped
'hort and gaze after her. He was
10 longer a young man, but the fires
n youth still smoldered within his