Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1889-12-14
TIE WOMAN IN GRAY.

Ally frleDO jenkins drew dHOIneT Ol
my office chairs toward him, laid his feet
across it and emitted a long drawn spiral
Of smoke from the lips from which he
had Just removed the stem of a meer-
schaum which was my chronic envy. /
had in vain endeavored to beg, purchase
or purloin the said pipe.
mo use, old boy" had been his inva-
riable reply. This pipe belonged to the
old 'Studenten Lagen, and cling to it
as to sort of relic"
Zach! those old Vienna days! How
merry they were, and how full of work.
Jenkins, NJ D., lay back in his chair
and watched the spirals expand and grow
dim until they blended with the general
.murky tint of the atmosphere in my in
.ner office and mused We had spent the
preceding two hours or more preparing
specimens for the microscope, and, now
that the evening was well on its way,
had laid aside work for our customary
good night smoke Our friendship had
been a strange enough one. Meeting
first at Bllroth's Klinik in Vienna, the
exchange of a casual remark inspired by
the feeling of camaraderie among stu
dents of the same sciences had led to an
acquaintance full of pleasure to both.
II l-4S-l -I..e+ I,i,,,- thAra with face nninxed
to the Orient, when | turned my relUct-
ant steps Parisward on my return to
America.
"Good-by, old fellow. may write to
you some time, but not now"
when | have made the welkin ring
with the name OF the famous DR.. jenkins
you will surely hear from me; until that
l shall be too busy to carry on much
correspondence. Peace be unto you.
He wrung my hand in parting, while
the merry look in his eyes, that made
one forget for the nonce that life was
not all joke, dimmed a little.
"'And to you, peace" and l turned
away.
Three years passed, and walking rapid
ly around the corner of Chestnut street
In the early dusk, on my way to my
office in Twelfth, ran unceremoniously
into a pedestrian coming with equal
momentum from Twelfth to Chestnut.
81 beg pardon, sirl didn't see you, "
said l, hastily, as l recovered from the
rebound and was rushing past him.
ats only fair to suppose you wouldn't
have bumped yourself against me to
your detriment if you had seen me, sir;
SO accept your apology in its entirety. y
turned in amazement to see what
manner of man was my late opponent
who should answer my amende honora-
bic in this wise, and we both burst into
a hearty laugh.
1--WE were both a bit shaken in the
conclusion, l believe" continued he,
Iaughingly, ''but it did, if you'll pardon
me, sound a little asinine in you to ex-
plain that you didn't see me. May
ask, sir, if you run into people that way
when you do see them?"
AS he had spoken had turned little
and the light from the street lamp on
the corner had fallen on my face.
"Brown, as ivei Old boy, how small
the world is"
"Jenkins!"
A hand clasp followed that bridged the
silent years and made us chums again
and in Vienna.
stYou shall come home with me for the
night" said l. "Come; no refusal.
dwell hard by. By the way, which hote
are YOU at, Jenkins, and I'll send AROUND
for your traps?"
.rm not at hotel-my traps are
foo numerous for transportation-and
can't remain away from my Office to
night. even for the pleasure of staying
with my long lost Brown"
"Ofice?" had stammered. 81 dom
mite comprehend. In Philadelphia
Precisely. You grasp the situation
with amazing clearness. Sixteenth anC
Girard. Been there two years"
And so it was. For two years we wht
haEaved each other at the antipodes haC
,,-oTlrad the streets of the same grea
c;+r scarcely more than stones throw
mart. How odd it all seemed.
We took up the old friendship wher
we laid it down, and again plodded OF
orr way together. We studied, we in
1eg.irated, we made elaborate chemica
end physiological experiments and re
obes And yet the welkin had no
So sUr-a With the name of Jenkins. Tn
,,,o .S patronynnic, Brown, had no
at,od ont its octupus arms and draw
- Il the gaze of all the worla;
1T,;-cs were in this stage the evening
etorv opens. jenkins watched tn
o ~ smoke blend with the surround
rings % So ear rhile-then spoke, as on
Who had been wrestling Win d o'gnt
problem; :. -, 70 me to be quit
eoralIy divided in this world bro WI
~ 40, ~ YOU? The rich are 10y iio