Daily Republican., 1888-03-06

There were only six persons in
street car that was rafting lazily
along uptown tho other afternoon.
One OF them was young lady Of
pleasing appearance. She was calcu-
lated TO attract attention from her neat
little bonnet, with its aigrets noddipg
wantonly among the olive MORE rib
bons, down to the little kid.encased
feet resiing lightly on the wooden
mating. The effect of her dress and
It's several fashionable attachments
was irldescent and dazzling. To add
to this she had pretty face. Her
black eyes, though well behaved, Ind
no timldity In their glances and helped
to make up the dazzling entirety.
The car stopped and a man got on.
Robust, well dressed, well jeweled
and well along in life was he. He
looked prosperous merchant, club
man, zone Of the boys"--and he looked
at the girl. And he kept on looking.
He was evidently one of those valua-
bic individuals who had done the
same thing before, though not at the
same girl. His lips got into that pc.
culiar preparatory attitude so often
noticed in Washers, so that If the girl
should rest her eyes on him for a mo-
ment the lips could jump qulcEly into
a smile OF an interrogatory nature.
The girls black eyes. In their
Frances from this object TO that, lit on
the mans lace once or twice, only to
dart Indignantly away. But he kept
looking, and she was evidently aware
OF 1t.
Suddenly she shifted her position,
so as to squarely confront him, and,
bending forward slightly, began gaz.
ing at his feet. 1t was curious al.
most mysiified look that took posses
sion of her pretty face. The man
looked startled. bent forward, and
looked at his feet. which were all that
a well-dressed man could ask for In
appearance. He looked at the girl
again She was still manifesting
curious interest in his shoes. She even
shifted her dainty form again and
looked harder still at his feet until the
man drew them In bit. Still she
looked. Again tho man himself looked
OF them, and then while che seemed
more puzzled than ever over them, he
looked absolutely puzzled over her.
He was evidently getting uncomfurta.
BILE, and his lips lost that peculiar
preparatory attitude and In no danger
of breaking into smile. He drew
his feet in still more, showed them out
and looked at them, while she showed
symptoms OF terror; then he drew
them back till his heels were plump
against the woodwork under the seat.
At this impressive moment that
American trait whereby when per
son stops and looks at anything every
one who Notices the act stops and
looks too, although there ia nothing in
particular to see, began TO make 1t
still further uncomfortable for the
masher. An elderly lady who sat
little distance from the man, and
who noticed how mystified the duz.
cling young woman seemed to be over
something In the direction of the
mans feet, adjusted her glas es and
looked down, too. She OF course saw
nothing but the highly polished shoes,
but the man got very uneasy, and
drew his feet under sideways as far as
he could, while he tried 10 look calmly
out OF the window. The lady at the
end OF the car, seeing her neighbors
puzzled over something, bent way Tor
ward and looked sidelong at the mans
feet. He diew them clear in till they
rested awkwardly on the toes. The
iridescent young lady was gazing at
them MS hard as ever
The car stopped and another young
lady of fashion got in. She knew the
iridescent young lady, and the latter
whispered something in her ear, and
both began looking hard, very hard at
the mans feet.
II was more than he could stand.
He got up and stepped quickly and
awkwsrdly off the car. The eirls
looked at each other and smiled.
The woman nearly opposite loaned
forward and asked in an undertone:
Say, what was tile matterl"
so, nothing" said the irridescent !
girl with charming frsnkness. "The !
big goose tried TO fiirt with me, and |
simply got him out of the way by look. |
ing at his feet. That will always
make them get out ofthe way No man
can stand 1t. | don't sit still and let |
men keep gazing impudently and in. I
sultingly al me. No girl need to. Just |
look at their feet. They'll co.
As soon as the prosperous looking |
masher got off the car he climbed INTO |
a bootblack's chair The boolblack |
look surprised, for the shoes wero al |
ready highly polished.
"Do you see anything the matter |
with them?" asked the man.
mo, boss, nothing the NATTER
well, lere's dime for your opin
ion" and he walked OIL, asking him.
self what that demued pretty girl was
Cooking at.
Suffer not disappointment by employ
Inc tim mans taauraE ~ hint FIR n n dia