Thomas County cat., 1886-11-25

Young women within the week. The
great glove house of Bing, Flamme &
Jonsing offered him five times the sal
ary he was receiving in Newark, and
he moved to New York, taking the
position in society and business circles
to which his fame justly entitled him.
In seeking the advice of such a man
as this hlr. P. Livingston Tidd thought
that he could not go astray. After they
had finished their luncheon, and Mr..
Van Klick was reveling in the turgid
delicacies of plum pudding with hard
sauce. Mr.. Tidd-whO could not eat q
mouthfui-said:
'.And now. Billy, having finished
business, let's turn to softer subject.
1 feel that the hour can no longer be
delayed. My bed feels 'sif twas filled
with tin kettles; l can't lie still min
ute; and as for eating-it's bur-
leSque.
..Is thatnew-forty-thrce broad
ribbed-diagonal-cutaway suit of yours
home from the taiiOr's?" asked the
pride of Bing, Flamme & Jonsing.
looking shrewdly over his pudding
spoon.
Game las night. But somehow l
don't care for clothes now, Bill"
''Go eat bricks, said Mr.. Van
Klick. with immense contempt. "How
you gointer win a girl without clothes?
You want to put on that suit an-an-
yes. overgaiters."
"What?' cried Tidd. ''Oh, I say,
that's coming it too strong"
''Overgaiters." repeated Van Kick,
firmly "a plug native got clipper
that YOU can have, size. six and three
eights-and red rose. What e woman
can't stand up against to save her
soul.' said the speaker, impressively,
drawing on his profound experience
in matters of the heart, ''is style. Be
tOney and you re winner"
Then Mr.. Van Klick made draft of
a note which the lover, who was be-
coming maudlin as the night grew
near, tremblingly copied and sent to
the address of the placid-faced young
woman. She was thus informed that
Mr.. Tidd had been elevated in business
to a place of great Importance; that
his income had been doubled; that he
yearned for companionship and found
a single existence hollows and that he
would call that evening at eight o clock
Having dispatched the note, MIR. Tidd
went about his duties so tlustered,
agitated and perturbed that he hadn't
the faintest of notions where he was.
At six o'clock ne dashed nervously up
town in his Office coat. entered the
wrong room in Mrs. McPherson's
sang hymn with turbulent vehemence,
whistled with a species of breathless
frenzy. refused to 60 to dinner in
voice of savage irritability. and when
Billy Van Kick arrived with the over
CATERS, red rose and plug hat, he was
received with cold disdain. Mr.. Tidd
had decided not to 60 forth that night,
and he would not trouble Mr.. Van
Kick to remain. Thereupon Mr.. Van
Kick bowed cOldly, and was about to
withdraw when his friend seized him
in his clammy hands and begged him
in his hour of need. Mr.. Van Kick
considered moment, and then, light
ing a cigar and peeling OFT his coat, he
went to work to induce the gulping p.
Livingston Tidd to array himself in the
tinery at hand.
At precisely eight o'clock a woe-be-
gone and pitiful-lookinS man stood at
the door of the placid-faccd maiden
with his hat awry and a pair of white
OvcrgaiterS on his feet that tOed in.
"Now, mind what say,' said Billy
Van Kick, clutching the lovers arm
with one hand and the bell with the
other, and speaking in a peremptory
voice. ''Be sure and do the elegant;
pull down your cuffs and put on an
easy smile, and toss off few jokes.
Then take little flyer into poetry,
an if she shows a strong list t.
leeward jam her up into the wind an
keep her there. After this take her
hand in yours and tell her the hull
racket"
With reassuring squeeze of the
arm the faithful friend gave the bell a
mighty jerk, scudded down the steps
and took up a commanding position
on a fire plug across the street.
There was bust of retreating foot
steps in the passage and the door was
thrown open by one of the six sisters
of the beloved of z. Livingston Tidds
soul. She smiled cheerful welcome,
asked him if he was well. and said that
Minnie would be down in a minute.
The mouth of Tidd opened and his
head shook. but he could not utter a
word. He stood as though rooted to
the spot until Voice which f1oated
gently through the darkness from
across the street said:
''Go on in, YOU chumpr'
He started, took off the shining hat.
dropped it as he crossed the threshold.
stumbled against it and sent it spin
ming down the passage.
''Merciful heavens" said the Voice,
plaintively. Ego light on that hat. will
yOu?"
Then the door closed and Mr.. Tidd
wandered into the parlor a0d wished
that he were dead. Shortly after that
the girl with the placid face, and she
had, too. a plump figure. pretty
hand and kind heart, came tim lily
in, and the six sisters arranged them
selves on the s.airs while the fat moth
er of the family sat on the top step and
cried with the kcenest enjoyment.
There was an AWFUL hush. Mr.. Tidd
stepped on his feet, and found his
hands of meaSureleSS size He had r..