St. Paul daily globe., 1889-09-01
PEARL
He Goes A-Wooing but a Handsome German Uhlan Gets
Ahead of Him.

Scene-Ihe Sch00lr00m at the mouse
of MacTavish. Time-Five O'Clock on
blazing July afternoon. Enter Tammy
and Joe, christened Thomasina and
Joseph, twins, aged nine years, and
youngest members Of the family of Mac
lavish. They promptly take up their
abode behind screen. from which
vantage-ground they watch the other
inmates of the room with looks of in
tensest curiosity, coupled with derision.
Seated in low rocking-chair lounges
the prettiest girl, bar one, in all Stony
shire. And before her stands, arms
akimbo and hair disheveled, young
man named Johnny, who considers the
aforesaid girl to be the prettiest, bar
none, in all the three kingdoms.
"Oh, AliciaI' he says, admiringly, as
she holds up her pretty hands to display
ring upon the third finger of her slim
left hand. 'Oh, Aliciar'
Johnny" she says, decisiYely, ''if
you say 'Oh, Alicia! again shall take
this ring off at once. Do you hear, sir?
l shall take it off at once, and, and"
''And then you will put it on again."
he remarks quietly, with an air of as
surance that makes her laugh in spite
of herself. For Alicia knows, and she
knows that Johnny knows, that of all
| things in this wide world she, Alicia,
loves rings better than anything else.
"You remind me-" she said presently,
'of certain poet, who wrote play in
which came line:
Oh. Sophonisba! sophonisba, Obi
On hearing which one of the audience
groaned: oh, Jimmy Thompson!
Jimmy Thompson, Oh!'"
"Whereupon there was an end of he,
suppose" says johnny, totally un-
moved by the poets fate.
l do not know. He was not he that
l have heard much about. Besides,
who cares about dead poet! l." with
fascinating smile-"1 prefer living
-Johnny!"
'Oh, Alicia!" In rapturous tone.
"Oh, Aliciaw groans the mocking
echo from behind the screen, where
upon Johnny, dashing round it, catches
both criminals by the hair and drags
them forward, looking red and happy.
snow, imps! how long have you
been hiding there?" he asks, sternly, as
remembrances of various tender and
silly speeches rise to his mind.
That is not your business" says
| Joe. aggressiyely.
| OulN y,
''but we have enjoyed it so much"
"Thank you so much for such pleas
ant afternoon" adds Joe, with a grin,
which for combined WickedneSs and
! Joy battles description.
Little WretcheS!"
"Children," says Alicia, languidly,
ego to bed Immediately"
The culprits exchange glances of
! alarm and penitence-thep penitence that
arises from a conviction that after the
| playing comes the paying And then,
with sudden change of front they
assume pathetic and innocent express
sions, as of kittens who wonder why
boys and dogs do not chase each other
instead of chasing them.
| "Sister," says Tammy in beguiling
tones. ''do not send us to bed and we
will tell you all about the other couple"
now.
Tell me all about it. Tammy. You
are dear, good child. Tell me at once
what you mean"
'Bingow cry Tammy and Joe in one
breath.
'Bingow repeat Johnny and Alicia
in amazement. Surely the children are
mistaken. Surely BiDgo, the peerless
Bingo, the never-dirting, calmly polite
| Bingo, has never. never, fallen so far
from his high estate as to talk to "a
girl.
"Ye powersr' gasps Johnny.
"a grip gasps Alicia. ''Children,
you are mistaken. You cannot have
seen Bingo. our Bingo. in conversation
with a-girl! With farmer, with a
sticker, yea, even with a pig will Bingo
converse. Yet with girl. Johnny, is
the moon at its full?'
but, Alicia, it is true. The truest
true that can be-" Tammy gets astride
the horSehair bolster on the sofa, and
| flushes with Importance.
| ''Joe and | were on top of the hay
stack, eating strawber-Oh. well! never
mind about that" for Joe's face is a
study, and its predominant expression
says plainly, lust wait till catch you
alone, and thenp') ''and we heard voices
below us at the stile leading into the
four-acre meadow. So we looked down
| and listened"
| ''Ot course" from Johnny.
| "And there was Bingo talking to a
| girl. Yes, Alicia. She was such pretty
| girl, the prettiest girl have ever seen,
| and Joe says so, too" with a propitia-
| tory glance at Joe-bUt his expression
| is still vindictive, and Alicia begins to
yawn.) 'Well, Bingo took off his hat
| and he said, Miss Vivian! This is a
| pleasure"
MISS Vivian!" exclaims Johnny.
"Ahal no lesser star will satisfy our
Bingo. He waits for Venus herself"
''Miis Viyian!" echoes Alicia. "Now
I understand our eldest brothers sud-
den burst of extravaganza, and the three
new waistcoatS which he has bought
| this month"
$50 Joe and leaned little further
over the edge of the haystack, and we
| listened to every word they said And
Bingo had just taken hold of her hand
mot at all in the way that he takes
hold of mine when he wants to pull me
over the Stile, and somehow don't think
he euen thought of pulling Miss Vivian
over it-when just then Joe sang out:
'Bingo, the earl chiyalrys pearl,
Went a-philandering after girl" p"
Alicia filings herself back in the rock
ing-chair with shout of laughter.
oh! Joe! Tammyl OH OH Oil" D.
"Yes. he did, and Bingo jumped
around just like dog does when you
tread very hard on his tail, and he
looked-well. he looked so mad that we
lay quite fat on the hay and said nO
more"
| Lay lOW ouO OAHU HutulH quUbCo
Johnny.
'Oh. dear!" gasps Alicia, sitting
up and drying her pretty blue eyes,
.'how wish l had been there Chill
dren, it is very wrong in you to listen to
your elders. oh, dear! Bingo! Fancy
Bingo in love! He must be sorely
smitten before he would say anything
to a lady but Hot dayp or Good morn
ing.' And fancy the romance of saying
sweet nothings by stile How dc
wish had been on the top of the hay
stackI l wonder if they will meet
there tomorrow at the same time. Let
me see. Just $50. Johnny, do you
think you could pull me up to the top OF
| the stack? But mind, children. you
| must never behave so badly again. j
hope Bingo will punish you both. How
long does Miss Vivian propose to stay
1 in the village"
''AS long as her aunt remains there
1 suppose" answers Johnny, Dread
/ full old person the aunt is. Blows her
| own trumnpt from m0rnjnp fill niUht