Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1889-10-12


deducted the S5. struck old Penny
packer for $50. Let's see what you've
written.
Rush, little embarrassed, tried to put
off the evil moment.
Nonsense, manl' said Archie. "Out
with them. You know this is not sup
posed to be poetry. I'm not critic;
anything with rhyme will do, so long as
you get in the magic word Damascene. ="
So Rush pulled the papers out Of his
pocket, and puffed vigorously at his cigar
with an assumed air OF indifference
Archie spread the sheets out before him
cracked the soft shelled almonds with
one hand while he held the manuscript
with the other, and read the following
lines:
Like tho blushes that paint the sunrise
Are the blushes on her cheek;
And the thrush's note in the woodland
hear when she doth speak.
Like a feather that's lightly blowing
lsber white and tiny hand;
All, <aes the fairest maidsn
In ell the broad green las.d
But tas sweetest charms sic owneth
Are ser hands SO pearly white;
For she washes them with Lamascene
Each morning and each night
"Bravo! bravo!" he exclaimed. "You
could not have done better # you'd been
in training for month. This is just the
thing" And, hastily glancing over the
others, "Ah, l see you've dropped little
humor into these. That's good; but it's
the sentiment that fetches old Penny
packer. You've more than earned your
money; so hope your conscience is at
ease"
Rush treasured him on this point by
pocketing the money, and at the same
time he told him that his prospects at
The Dawn office were improving; but he
didn't say where his assignment had
taken him, for fear of betraying himself
if he spoke upon subject so near his
heart
Nov, Rush, my boy" said Archie,
looking at his watch. II don't like to ap-
pear rude. but you know / told you
had three receptions this evening. One
ia that Of the Daughters of Sappho, who
co.'s; but that won't keep me long. I'll
get programme and flee. The other is
at the house of the California million
aire, McMulligan, who owns a palace in
Fifth avenue; and that will not delay
me either. for the genial McMulligan
! himself has promised me a printed list
of his guests. Then we will fly to my
uncle Archer's. where we are sure to
have a pleasant evening"
So. donning their overcoats, the two
set out
They walked down to Delmonico's,
then in Fourteenth street, where the
Daughters of Sappho were having a
grand time The meeting had been
called to order when they arrived. and
Mrs. Lavinia Hopper-Walker was begin
ming her essay on THE Weaker Sex"
which she proved to their entire salts
faction to be the male.
"Who behaves the most calmly in
times of emergency" asked Mrs. Hop
per- Walker, 1.-THE woman or the man?
need hardly say it is the woman. The
woman will endure suffering without
Ainching. while a man in the dentists
chair has been known to kick great holes
in the wall while his teeth were being
filled" lApplause. "Who are seized
with panic at fire?-the men or the
women? Statistics will prove to you that
half the trouble during FIRE in theatre
or other public hall is invariably caused
by the pushing and crowding of the
men, who will stamp out the life of any
one who gets in their way. If this is not
proof that man h the weaker vessel,
what is? To me it is sufficient" (Great
applause.
But Mrs. Hopper-Walker thought that
the others needed further proof; for she
continued to present them with stastisti
cal evidence for half an hour longer at
least In the mean time Archie found
the president of the club, Mrs. Merrie
May, VINO gave him programme OF the
evenings exercises and printed synop
lis of the different speeches. While
Archie was attending to his duties, Rush
was looking about the room at the strange
people ranged along the wall A gentle
man with very high forehead and IA
blonde beard that grew in irregular spots
about his face wherever it could pierce
,he surface tapped him upon the shoulder
lfter while, and said:
Il saw you at the Office of The Dawn
he other day, SO presume you are
-eporter and would like some points fol
n article for your paper-the names OF
ne distinguished people here this even
ng. etc." And, before Rush could say
rat he was not there as representa-
I'VE of his paper, the man ran his fin
! GERS through his struggling locks and
lrawing himself up to his full 8 feet 4.
,nches, said, "The lady reading the ad
| lress is Mrs Lavinia Hopper Walker
tdding, in a most impressive whisper
my wifei / am Tobias 7. Hopper
Walker I. stands for Tartar Ny
mother was Tartar"
Rush thought that his wife was Tar
tar also, but he didn't say so.
Mrs Lavinia Hopper-Walker is a
most remarkable woman, sir. She can
take the floor against any man, and shut
| him up before he knows where he is"