The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-18
Nix. %. y. W. DAM.
Representative
New York Herald.
London.

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white waistcoat or recover his breath, the
smart rcporter followed the card into the
room.
The judge gasped i'm mute astonishmen
and turned pale ms the reporter. with ~
neat bow, sssid ''Good evening, jcdge."'
A. Hast the pcnt-,,p horror, indignation,
thunderoUs tones: "DO-you-sir-want
sir To ME, sir,
ship graspctl the hack of "a heavy maho9-
any chair, ready to brain the intruder ON
the spot.
II was at this critical and intensely cx-
citing moment that the superior GOODNESS
and strategy and consumniate cheek of
dauntlcss liner came to- his rescue.
fled ar dropped upon mis- knees and sued
for mercy. Mr.. Dam simply answered,
mo. SIR"
The judge u~lisarmed, fell back into the
chair and said: ''Then. what i'm the name
of goodness do You want"
took a chair, pulled of iii his "' si ".,I pa, his
hand In his pocket for his notebook, and
said: "Wall. You see. jetlge, it's this way:
American evidence, which nobody hut
YOU. I guess. is capable of answering"
Once more the judge rose to the occa-
the Lofty Sleigh, he yelled: leave this
house Instantly" and, turning to the
domestic. with q g~uivering voice he added:
w TSN Ass oN
The reporter then reluctantly wished his
lorrlship ''good-iay." bowed politely tn his
servant. and came away.
There wns once u little woman. says the
Boston Courier, who. as other little women
had had before her. was I'D unfortunate as
tn have n husband Who drank like "a fish.
and the more he drank the more heartily
he beat and abused her. She endured il
like am angel, and indeed. it is tn he
feared, that part of the sins of his mi sdo-
ing was to he laid upon her head, so
temptingly patient was she, and 80 far
was she from treating him as he deserved
to be treated.
But i'm course of time a kind fate inter-
fersd To save the little woman from the
further abisings of the brute. He took
one drink too many. and broke his neck
in am ill-judged attempt 70 carry himself
and too many potions of brandy on horse
back at the same time.
And when the man was dead the little
wife rc~nienibcrssi no more his brutality.
nor the size of tho stick with which he had
been wont to heat her, Rrievo,is To be
borne although IL had been. She molrnetl
and wcpt and lamentcd and told her
friends what "a paragon he had hcer, until
one of them could bear il no longer, but
famed out with cruel Kindness, and de-
nonnced the dead man as the drunken
brute hc had really been.
The widow looked mp through her tears
with IA world of rcproach in her eyes.
band,'' she said Indignantly. Then her
native instinct for truth asserted itself.
She dropps.i her voice and lowered her
that he was altogether adapted to liquor
And that was the most severe thing the
good little widow was ever heard to SAY
concerning the departed brute.
The sittl. King of spain.
A friend af mlins. who has been visiting
Spain. says the London sunday Times.
gives me the pretty account of
her visit to the queen regent and her sot.
the infant king. Says she: 1--WE paid IA
visit on our way through San Sebastian to
the queen. We found her majesty seated
in am inner apartment Of the villa which
has been lent to her by the Duchess do
Balena. She did not keep us very long
waiting i'm the corridor ere. she sent an
usher to lead III into her presence. She.
looked vcryc~lceant,snd was simplydr.sscd
ina IA White soft silk spotted with black and
had IA string of black pearls around her
neck. Her majesty entered into convs.rsa-
ton about her journey through various
parts OF Spain. and then spoke. very
agrs-cably Of ths. queen Of EnRland'S visit
tn her. telling ur how charmed she was
with the unaffected cordially of Queen
Victoria.
AFTER insisting upon o,ir taking tea. va.
wcrr led into the next rooin. where We.
found his Spanish majesty i'm "a rather
soilsd white frock, sprsswlinR an the floor.
As he did not riss. when we came In. his
royal mother spoke very sharply tai him
and he presently got mp and made MS a
civil sort of bow. We spoke to him i'm
Sp.nish and hc answcrrsi very readily,
and then we vcnturssi upon "a few words
Of English, which hc understood perfectly.
He has am English nurse and IN brought
mp rather after the style Of English chil-
dr,.n: he is very Ronsi.nat,r,s looking
Is the Sonora. Tacon. who ehucased the
Infanta Isabella. and goes with him every
where. especially on the beach. wl'cr,. his