Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-06-14

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The Han Mn Interrupts. |,
I do not, as a rule, thirst for the
blood of my fellow-man. I am will
ing that the law should in all ordina-
ry cases take its course, but when we
begin to discuss the man who breaks
into a conversation and runs it with
his own irrelavent ideas, regardless
of the feelings of humanity, 1 am not
a law and order man. The spirit Of
the "Red vigilanter" is reused in my
breast, and hunger for the blood Of
that man.
Interrupters are. of two classes:
First, the common plug who thinks
aloud and whose conversation wan
ders with bis so-called mind. He
breaks into the saddest and sweetest
of sentiment, and the choicest and
most fearful of pathos, with the re-
morseless ignorance that marks a
stump-tail COW in a dahlia-bed. He
is the bull in my china shop, the
wormwood in my wine, and the kero-
sene in my maple syrup. l am shy
in conversation, and my unfettered
flights of poesy and sentiment are
rare, but this man is most always |
near to mar it oil with remark, or q
marginal note, or story or bit OF
politics, ready to bust my beautiful
dream and make me wish that, his
name might be carved on a marble
slab in some quiet cemetery, far
away.
Dear reader, did you ever meet
this manor his wife? Did you ever
strike some beautiful thought and
begin to reel it oil to your friends
only to be shut off in the middle Of a
sentence by this choice and banner
idiot Of conversation? If 80 come and
sit by me, and you may pour your
woes into my ear, and I in turn wilr
pour few gallons into your listen
ling ear.
| I do not care to talk more than my
lshare of the time, but I would be
glad to arrive at conclusion just to
see how it would seem. / would be
so pleased and so joyous to follow up
an anecdote till I have reached the
"nub" as it were, to chase argument
home to conviction and to clinch as
sertion with authority and evidence.
> The second class of interrupters is
even worse. 1t consists of the man
and, I am panied to state, his wife
lalso-who see the general drift Of
your remarks and finish out your sto'
1 Try, your gem of thought or your ar
@ Igument. 1t Is very seldom that they
e do this as you would do it yourself
E but they are kind and thoughtful ant
y their services are always at hand
T. No matter how busy they may be
r they will leave their own work and d.
9 to your aid. With the light Of sym
I pathy in their eyes, they rush int
o the conversation and, partaking o
e your own zeal, they take the word
# from your mouth, and cheerful
,, suck the juice out Of your joke
handing back the rind and hoping fe
E. reward. That is where they get lei
pr so far as I am concerned. I am a
% most always ready to repay rude
in ness with rudeness, and cold preser'
a ed gall with such acid sarcasm as
Or may be able to secure at the momen
Y No one will ever know how yeal
in for the blood of the interrupter. 4
rs night I camp on his trail, and all Il
m day thirst for his warm ife's Gu
/ rent. In my dreams / am cuttiI
n his scalp loose with case-knif
while my fingers are twined in b
If clustering hair. ! walk over hi
- and promenade across his abdom
.ar as slumber. I hear his ribs crac
ed and I see his tongue hang over /
mt shoulder as he smiles deaths mirt
ass full smile.
,er / do not interrupt man no me
ct. than I would tell him he lied. I 81
no. him a chance to win applause or
md composed eggs from the audience
me cording to what be has to say, q
rrv according to the profundity Of
ve- .profund. All I want is simi
,ur lchance and room according to
ess strength Common deceny ought
nki govern conversation without its
en-. ling necessary to hire an umpire ai
our ed with a four foot club, to
IA nounce who is at the bat and '
ler. is on deck.
4 - 1t is once in q week or two t
ing the angel troubles the waters
ok stirs up the depths Of my con'
res sational powers, and then the chan
not are that some leprous old nasty 3
uise who has been hanging on the br
fof decent society for two xe'
,ked slides in with q low kerplunk
my fair blossom of thought,
YER has been trying for weeks to bio'
withers and goes to seed, while
q of man with the chilled steel and I
The per-riveted brow and wad Of
esteem on bis intellectual balloon.
ising big as an ink-stand, walks sic
man. avay to think Of some other
as il Izling gem, and thus be ready
men. bust my beautiful phantom and
.ched out my high priced bulbs OF +
been 1.-The next time open my mouti