The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-02-16
THE AMERICAN GENTLEMAN WITH
THE MOIST EYE.


llewas u tall, lean, sQuaro.shouldored
man, whose rather fine h0ad had u
plalntlyo droDp on the chest, ~ he sat
thcro wrapped In abstraction There
wns iro8h culOron his long yet square
chlnned face, the expression OF the
lower part of which was that Of alert
resolutions but In the high, narrow
brow, hollow NJ the temples and In the
full blue eyes suIlusGd with moisture,
over which fell the shadow Of the long
brown oyolnfhe', thor0' was u suggcs-
tlon Of emotional dronminoss ! re-
membnr how, az looked ~ him, there
Bret llHrlo's characters "Kontuck, "
ftr Instance, or Tennessee y Partner, "
The face rs whole expressed manli-
moss, quNnlncss, humOr and scnslbllty,
My own seat NJ table In the saloon Of
the 20 n steamer "rnsmanlnn, Of the
Northern aud Southern llomispheres
Connecting Link Line, one day out
nom her Australian port Of departure,
WAS az side table near the door but ~
dinner was being finished, | moved 10
ono OF the central tables for chat with
friend and bltwlio, II was opposite
10 ho latter W Whor0 was seated the tall,
lean man with tho dropping head aud
moi I eve.
noticed that ho raised his head and
glnpccd somewhat shyly, as II seemed,
uoros The table At the lady, She had
whispered 10 me that the face had inter.
ost for her aud | suppose the glance
revealed tuhlm some expression ofthat,
and pOlhnpt also sOm0 suggostyOnGss
Of sympathy, He looked across once
or twice moro, Just sweeping us men
with that slow llmpld glanco and NJ
longlh, oficr n preliminary cough or
two no uoryoualy addressed the lady,
Allcr the little slammcr over the first
word, ho was lluont enough, although
Nory deliberate, o. Is tho manner Of
Western men
- "Mmadam - said he, 81 guess when
You look across the table you SEQ n
mighty soft fool Yes, madam (re.
ilertycly), "l left Frisco In the last
outgoing steamer, proposing 10 make u
niN months tower IN Australia for bo-
hoot of my hcOllhi ! he'd bocn sick with
d,popsy Well, he'd gotten down
there 10 Sydney; and admired 10 see
what fine location II he'd gotton and
concluded % strike inland, Nit0r spond-
lug q day In taking In tho city, hut
that sume night, madam. ~ | lay In
my lone bed down Ia that there city, |
foil mhluking on my little wife 10 homo
up In Frisco, My heart began for
o. yurn on the poor woman, ~ he'd
boon roil lonely for the first time
ain took her from her mother
seven years back GuoW y0u'll start
out laughln' 1ght In my face when |
toll you rs ! never slcp'd wink Of
sl'cp for longing 10 bo oonsolng her
aud rcmgrso for having quit her
Bright aud Nlrly noXl morning, madam,
this ere gr0at soft galoot was In the
steamboat olllC0, buying llCkot homo
10 the llttlo woman by the nest steamer
My Australian tower was through In
glN days, madam, and the outside odgo
of II was Paramatla, fourteen miles In.
land from sydney don't mind yer
laughln' NJ me, strangers, Oi yer 80
minded spend tho balance of the
time whom I'm not thlnkln' about her
softly cusih' myself for tho darnodcst
iizllo ~ ever left the port Of Sun Fran
cisco, but don't 20 baok ON lt-not
nlokcl no, SIR OiNing mo rather
with that wonderfully eloquent blue
oyo), emo, sir, I don't wcukon on II,
not ono continental Fno' with u
little burst Of shy radiance that some.
how reminded mo OF II rainbow, I'm
kinder proud on ltl'
Thon ms oyclids foil, the head went
down on tho breast aud ho slid Into
f0yorlo, the wsltul sweetness Of which
was 10 be- discovered In the face, Our
lady murnurOd II fow words Of interest
nnd sympathy II little incohorcnt por-
hapi, and mdy conventional, for she Ia
tlmld little woman who docs not quito
know whnl 10 do with herself when
moved llut the molst.0yod man
eoomingly mother heard nor heod-
ed llor husband, u blunt Colonlst
throw out vaguely malicious hint that
the little woman IN Frisco might not
welcome with oNuborOnt rapture this
prucpluto and premature return Of hor
lord, who, lndoCd MIGHT llnd hor very
much not NJ homo (thO gentleman Ia Of
Irish e\lrncllon) hut ns little did our
ris.d.ris heed the libo, He sat tho very
prssontmont Of happy abstraction,
The man lntcreslodmc, and did not
lose him IN the general ruok Of passon-
gofs, lntor the same o1onlng ho gave
iuo q surprise found him In tho
emoklng.room, glass Of gr0g on tho
table IN front OF him, u little circle Of
cOgor dlsputOnls around hlml ho hlm-
eolf y0lublc, argumontntlve, aud In
decd v0olforous llo WIS on politics
American politics, A Republican, OF
course TO the core OF the marrow. yos.
he had boon mn ollco.holdor ho had
held n position IN tho Kan Francisco
customs during Garhcld's admInisira.
iIon, aud Ind gotten "lrod OUT when
Anhurs Presidency had given the call
10 tho Stalwurts llut this was mere
Incident What he wanted TO discuss
were general principles, TO believe
for n moment, forsooth, that the Demo-
crntio ticket would carry tho next Pres.
uonilnl olectIonl Why he'd take tho
nNump himself TO burst the hend OF that
Vbnr'l inl He'd boen on the stump be-
fore aud 40 on usgno I'D ndpsedni,
Ilowul constituting himself u nuisance,
especially 10 the British aud Australian
section Of tho smoking.roon, which
numerically was greatly In the nscen-
dhnt, aud No we hoolod him down, with
thrunia TINT ba would be turned out II