Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-06-17
Specimen d" Young People,

Specimen Young feople.
Eurdelte, the Jester CT the Ha'rEess.
eviaentlv thinks ,h.t youGg ladies and
gentlemen should knoT enough 10 be
able to converse in;elhgioiy ana DOT as
silly coots. Here is his tAkc Oh on silly
young ueoYi,:
on tie way TO Batfdo two young
people 60. On the train somewhere east
OF Cleveland. They were gong cack
TO school. They were net silly. igno-
rant country yourg people. By no
manner OF Iaeaas. They represented
SEMINARY AID college culture. for the
young man was on his way back to
Cornell. They dropped into seat
opposite the pilgrims. and they TALKED
ana the passengers in the immediate
vicinity listened to this highly intellect.
ual Interchange of pulsing thought and
throbbing sentiment.
"Sly." exclaimed tie impetuous
yout:., q" j heard something about you."
"Od you!" she replied, What was
it?"
"Shan't tell"
THAT real mean. Who told you 2
"Oh, l know" he asserted: 1t par
a!yz-d me-
"Well, what was it about 2
"Down there az Chataqua, that time.
Oh, that paralyzed me. Te-he. te-he. =
What che exclaimed, in tones Of
Intense surprise. as though 1t was the
first time she ever heard vi such place
-" Chatauqua!"
saw yes, you know. Ont there with
"With whom? Te-he."
ION, Pshaw! Te-he, Te-he."
81 don't know what you mean"
"Oh, no you don't! Well it para
lyzed me
:" Well, l don't care anyhow. it ain''
So"
well. got it pretty straight. Il
just paralyzsd me-
"Who told you?"
you'll never tell told your
"No, indeed l won't
"Weil, got it from Will Bank. II
just paralyz-d me.
"Oh, l know what you mean now.
Well, what of that Te-he, te-he."
law we'll, a good deal OF it. Te-he,
to he
"Why that was nothing. Te-he. Te
he"
Jaw, that Just psralyzsd me-"
a. don't believe you know anything
about it, any how. Te-he. Te- he
"Yes, do know all about it. just
paraly zed me, tell you"
We'll, what did be say about the
other?
"Oh, he told me sll about that"
"What did he think?'
81 won't tell you"
"Oh please do!
IAN, you're too anxious.'
"Indeed, think l ought 10 know.
you II get mad il tell you" Then
suddenly remembering that he hadn't
mace the remark for thirty seoonds-)
1t just paralyzsd me-"
No, l won't set mad
Eyes, you will"
"No. l won't"
Eyes, you will. It'll paralyzs you.'
"No. l won't get mad. Not at you"
"Oh pshaw! Won't your
"lndeed won't. l will be thankful
to you. I'll do something for you
some time"
"Oh hush, you paralyzs me-" he
well tell me, won't you?" she
pleaded.
I'll you are real sure that you won'i
get mad?'
Indeed and indeed I won't. VIVA.
did he say about it?
"Well he said he didn't care. II
paraly Zed me. Chen with u sudden
inspiration of genius he added And
don't you forget it..
"Are you sure he didn't"
+ Z" He said he didn't. o, I was par.
alyzsd. Te-he-he."
"Well I'm glad"
"Yes, thought you would be-"
"Wby %
ooh. because. Te-he."
well why did you think so?'
Well because"
"But why? Te-he."
"Oh because"
"Well you must have some reason ~
"Oh, know: 1t Just paralyzs me
I tell you. TIE he-he."
At this interesting point in the con
versatiOn, the passengers got out at
Silver Greek, to conceal their emotion.
The Je ter was weeping. The man on
the wood box was swearing under his
breath. The fat passenger was pur-
pie in the face, and the sad passenger,
lifting his hands to heaven, said:
Immortal gods, dwellers on high
Olympus! Did lever in all my callow-
est days profane the sacred quiet of the
day with such collosal, aven-daring,
maddeping. soul-destroying im becili,, ?
No, q thousand times no, by all tn.
voiceless gods that guard the awful
gates Of eternal silence, NO, by thunder
| / never did"
You bet your life you did," said
the woman who talks bass, aud with
out breaking the deadlock the Senate
40 journed.