The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-10-17
PERKlNSPASSES.


ing ofthese rare intellectual pleasures who
vas very miserable. The parted draperies
ut The windows revealed to him the
guestsof General Standish a! the very height
IL thelrsymposiac, the General himself at
last the acknowledged symposiarch but this
view seemed only to increase the melau.
choly ofthis unknown pplpoker. He turned
and paced gloomily, laedita!ivcly under
Lna great elms, on the lawn OF General
standish' 3 residencein Leverby.by-the-sea
OIce in while he glanced ut the open
window, hoping to catch one glimpse Of
le- he Searned to see, whose voice he no
.nd then heard with plngs OF pasaiOn At
.enght fair woman came to the porch
and seemed TO be about to venture out,
md Paul Perkins rashly stepped forward,
Is quickly 10 draw back again into the
shadows. For lie had seen one with classic
1row and heavy gold oowed speCtscles step
beside the Young woman, aad he heard
the philosopher say:
abe prudent, lady; the dew is falling III
you speak in this night damplety your lung
dir vibratG tho local chords in your larynx
gentle, that Inflammation set not in
"Dew" she said gently. surely there
is no dew, professor. That is but the Ii
;ense OF poetry. 1t is the exhalation Of
yrget9.ie1-to.which you refer. How beau.
tifully the moon functionates tonight
Leave NE professor, for awhile. would
mediate"
The scholar did as he was bid, returning
to bis fellows. Then suddenly the igir
woman rushed down the steps. out on the
Sreensward, her face strangely passionate
IN view Of the recent calmness Of 1t. She
clenched her hands as though in agony
Young Perkins saw her; heard her agi-
lated breathing, aud, vnable longer to re,
strain himself, he came from his conceal.
ment.
MINERVA" he moaned,
She heard him Shegave one quick glance
at the window that she might know II any
saw her, and, seeing no one, with impas-
stoned manner she seized the young
mans hand and Gercely dragged him to a
place Of concaalment. Thepshe yildlYturn.
ed upon him. and he saR her beauty, that
il was maryelously enhanced.
"Paul," she said, I'm 0abbergasted.
DOH 1Uu ~ DaSh w AAS'
He gasped,
"Drop that" she said fercely. "oh,
heir must be reaction, or-or III fiy-fly
of the handle. Stand there, PGrl Per.
kina, and let me talk slang to you until !
nring Minerva s:apdish back to earth
again"
And she did.
When the reaction came she said TO the
wild-eyed young man: "If you ever talk
anything more tome utdownlightY Yankee
dialect III let you slide of-away-no, I'll
let you slide; that's it. Oh, how much good
that does me! Now, that pops won and
is at last crowned one OF them, let me be
a risky girl again; and you, you up brace
mo, brace up, for my sake, Paul"
The young man became himself. In
place Of melancholy their was almost
"You make me pleased, Min. You're
woith my life, but hang me II / conld
have kept up this cultured mugwump
racket another month. 1t would have
killed me. hut the old gent will sour on
ne worse than ever, nov he's hghCock-
alorum, after trying so hard ever since
Blaine was nominated. I swear, Min, I've
tried the culture and mugwump dodge on
him ilr all / know, but it wouldn't
wash"
THAT'S it, Paul. Talk to me some more
like that. 1t does me good"
"But, Min, now am going to fetch
the old man round? I've played my
mo, you haven't. / am just Boston
girl enough to tell you how you can work
noise-no, racket--ah? I like that
that'll fetch him. First make him break
all up-no; what 70 that term, Paul?'
"BreAk him all up, you mean"
ayes, splendid, Break him all up by
Joining the-the-oh. the Pre- hibition
party. Tell him that's the evolution OF
mugwumpism. Thatll make him swear
ing mad. and when he swears you can
handle him, He hasn't sworn since
he's laid on this-no, been on this lay,
that's it. Then tell him he's got to be n con-
sistent mugwump, and you ara an appli-
cant for the Office OF son.in-law, make him
examine you, give youa certificate, and
send you 10 mo That's the way the commits
sion does, and I'm the appointing power
in this business, Commish or no commish.
chen iortaHy, justpraise his horseback rid.
ing. Tell him thereisn'ta a mugwumpin Bos.
ton that has better mount than he. Now,
II I'm worth having I'm worth bamboozl.
ing pop out Of his norsense to get,
But, Min, 1 can't praise hiI mount.
Everybody laughs at it. It's like
"A pair OF andiTons describing q circle,
Yes, | know; but that kind Of taff always
washes pop-no, that taft will wash with
him. There's the professor looking for
me. solorg" And, resumipR her intel
leciual cast, she returned TO the parlor.
The next evening, dressed for the first
time in six months In the most precise
garA Of fashion, Paul Perkins called on
General Standish.
"l'm here on business, old man, and
don't you forget It" said Paul Perkins
in most elegant though peremptory
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