Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-07-26
AgcommoN CHORD.
Dstoa Free Press.

This was the touch of nature that wit
messed in an English inn:
II tell you, SIR, that O man " ought to
know what he is talking about" and whacE
went the stick of the speaker on the hoo'
with . good seventy-two power. 80
And tell you, sir, that If o man ct u
ought to know what he is talking about,
man at "A ought to know what he is talking
about to q greater degree and whack went
the stick Of this speaker on the floor, with
good seventy-four power.
"But increase Of age does not always
brig increase Of wisdom" said the hrOt
speaker, with reflective and knowing ar.
That | candidly admit" said the other,
with three-yolume wink in his aged eye
having a proof now before me-; and ne
took q drink from bis glass with the air Of
q man wko has said something worthy OF
preservation on marble.
DO yo3 mean, sir, to insinuste thai am
a foolT' inquired No. with look that ne
meant to be feroeious. 49,,
Perhaps do, and perhaps | don't, re-
Piled No. 2 evasively.
"Why, YOU dilapidated fossil, if | hadn'
more sense in my head than you have, d
sell it for frewood," and No. took drink
from his glass with an air OF a man who
deserved it.
"Well you might realize or you might not.
I've never seen heads Of superannuated idiots
quoted"
why, you-you-insultipg-
who are you calling insultin8f
Il tell you, sirr
And | tell you, Sir
"WhatH'
"Wbat2 Why, you can go to the de1il (;
that what
The old gentleman got up as if to start,
but instead Of doing so he made an unsuc'
cessful attempt to pull No. rs nose. he
missed it, however, and accidentally knock
ed his own grog over. Then he sat down
again and the two old men glsred vindict-
lively at each other.
No. presently said:
81 haven't been insulted like that for
years. was a strong man then ami just
up and seized my insulter by the throat and
flung him yards"
'Of course" said the other old gentle
man. That was my case exactly. A lew
years ago a fellow insulted me and l up and
caught him by the throat and flung him
miles"
(Which means" said No. holly, shat
you ieer at me still, that you insult me still.
Edespise you, sir"
Don't say that" returned his opponent
with a grin; II don't despise you; | always
look upon natural curiosilies with interest,
and that is how view you.
bah" said the other: You think your
self rarely fine fellow; why, my poor old
woman would have picked you up and
dropped you out of the window when sne
was alive; but buried her last month, God
rest her SOUL" and the old man forgetting
his quarrel looked very sorrowful
buried her last month"; inquired bus
npponent with softened tones and wettish
look in his eye
"Yes, last month.
"Dtary me, deary me; why it's not two
months since / laid my poor wife In the
clurchYard, after nearly fifty years of wedded
lie. Excuse me, sir, but may I'LL your
glass agsinT'
We'll. hardly know.
Never mind what we've said; we're q
coupe Of old fools to be qusrreling.
So we are. 80 we are" and the speaker
reached out his hand and grasped the with
ered old hand Of the other man.
Then, with reflIed glasses and all their
wrath gone away forever, they sat and chat
red about old times and far-away memories
They were strangers to each other, but they
felt like friends. One could tell how at his
wedding, the Squire and his lady danced
and the other could tell how his sweetheart
went to the other side Of Ike world with bel
father and mother, and how he followed her
and brought her back as a wife. They
could tell of their boys and girls, some lying
under the daisies, and some abroad, snc
some with their own little ones round the
family hearth; and after long chat the two
old fellows said, goodbye and God bless
you, with cordially, and with tears in theil
| eyes.