Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1890-01-31

hmy. and cougratrlated him On hi pfe10co
there ., that particular hour. Edison, b
snid, uas O The sower With the son Of the
president Of ths United States and party.
and th>r were going up to Ei6efs private
suarsmeuf, where they were TO have high
cd time Il IT, II ws waited, b you'll take
~ under his wing By the next lift ths great
man arrived, and the sAvago OF Col Codys
troop received him with species Il war
whoop seran.ied in the birth. and slappinS q
thair DESCENDED cheeks, which, IL appears, is
ths red Indian equivalent for s'hurrooT
Then the conpany-and ne with them
went 70 N upper rom, where tie phono-
uaph was turned on, and assouished u with
reciratioua, Cute solo borrowed from Mr..
John Radcliffe. violin performance from
Mr. Ccrrodus and eharmin: song repeated
from Nile. Leroux We were Hospitality
treated BY u SALES. son-in-law to n. Einel,
and Ne descended together 70 the second
platform. the great man having expressed .
wish to visit The Figaro Office. On the route
Tom Bullamy abruptly asked me- was mar
ried
"No,- answered; Il never loved but once;
my first love shall b my last
Don't be 20 dramatic, !" he said This Is
not an Inguidsby show. Why didrr you
marry the grill You know, Willie, she was
awful spoons on you, and it was . confound
ed shame for you to have jilt<d her Is you
did"
"whatr' exclaimed L did Naude really
love met Are you serious in what you sayi
This is no joking matter, l beg Of you, dc
not deceive me-"
Love you, you absurd donkeyi She wor-
SHIPPED the very ground you trod on.'
Then Why did she answer No when put
her = certain question that night on Denmark
hilli All, Tom, Tom, you don't understand
women"
You mean that she gave you the mitten,
As the Americans sayf'
are driving At There was a rival, believe
me, and he was preferred"
That, am sure, was not the case"
What Of the sandy whlskered gentleman
who accompanied her to the Savoy church
the following Sunday, who tooA her to
Brooks fireworks at the Crystal palace-in
fact, who escorted her like a shadow for
we4kst could not bear it, and sought de
struction in travel"
Tom burst into perfec, tempest howl Of
laughing 'Otheiio," lie exclaimed, by all
that is lovely. Why, that was Cousin Gold
Inch lTptL Nv tf tlit bes>i AilNtt
a married man But Muade cannot have
been in earnast in rejecting you. From what
hear she was fretting for months after you
disappeared"
Us she marriedt" timidly inquired.
mo; nor promised. I'm afraid II Prince
Charming does not come shortly she will be
tempted 10 turn nursing sister, or do some
thing desperate But, say, Willie, is it true
that you have been doing desperate things
YOURSELF They do report that you are regu-
lar Benson-have run a rig on the turf and
been hard hit-dropped pot Of money"
Everybody who has ever risked SOU and
lost it pretends that he has dropped a pot Of
money happy to tell you that, as far IS I
am concerned, it Is q gross exaggeration.
have got back all sunk. aud bit over
was on Mousset's mount for the Auteuil
steeplechase, and was lucky on the grand pri1
day; but no more racing for me-"
Il am glad Of that. and SO will the mater
be. She would never consent TO Maude'i
wedding sport"
And Maude herself, do you think she
loves me still"
BY this We had arrived at the second plat
form. There she is" said Tom. lyon had
better ask her yourself"
Suffice it that we flushed, grasped hands
and before our tongues could articulate, our
eyes had come to an understanding.
"How could you b. 80 cruelr l said re
proachfully
"Ah. Willie, thought you had more com
mon sense than to imagine when a nader
said No she could mean anything else bu,
yes"
Now we're busy" broke in Rear Admlra
Flapdingle. ''If were psrson I'd contrac,
to perform the matrimonial service-1 heal
purse,s had that privilege formerly. Maude
recollect this time you must say yes to the
Dulwich boy; and, Willie, bear in mind
you must say Come to my arms, my Datch
elor girl As l can't splice the knot, pro
pose that we splice the mainbrace."
Joined by the mater, We dined that evening
at the Grand hotel, where the viands are con
sumed to the strains Of IN orchestra. To the
swelling bars of . march, the soup was eaten.
By the time we got to the roasts the edge Of
appetite was blunted, and we were in tina,
comfortable frame Of body when valse OF
Waldteufel can be enjoyed Auber helped
forward the entremets, and We hurried
through the desert to the maddenipg precipi
lance Of Ingelbrechts Dynamite Galop
Maude viii ?ered that she preferred Mendels
sohn's "Wedding March."-John Augustus
O'Shea In Detroit News.