The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-02-16
THE TIMEs-RICHMoND, VA, SUNDAY. FEBRUARY IT, 1890

~ ien Thev came across with a pal Of mine
Mai Burke shook hands warmly with Bul
lamy, and congratulated him on his presence
there AZ that particular hour Edison, b,
said. WINS on tho tower with the son Of the
president Of the United States and party
and they were going up to EiiIels private
apartment, where they were 70 nave high
old time Of it. II we waited, he would take
Us under his wing. BY the next LIT the great
man arrived. aud thgsavages OF Col Cody.
troop received him with a species OF war
whoop strangled in the birth, and shaping of
their distcnded cheeks, which, At appears, Is
the red Indian equivalent for "hurroor
Then the COMMUNICATE we with them
went 10 an upper room, where the phono-
graph was turned on, and astonished US with
recitations, n flute solo borrowed from Mr..
/ John Radcliffe, violin performance from
Mr.. CorrOdus and a charming song repeated
/ from Nile Leroux. We were Hospitality
treated by NJ. SALES. son-in-law TO NJ. Eifel;
and we descended together TO the second
platform, the great man having expressed a
wish 10 visit The Figaro office On the route
Tom Bullamy abruptly asked me was l mar
ried.
"No," answered. Il never loved but once;
my first love shall he my last"
Don't be so dramatic, he said "This Is
not an Ingoldsby show Why didn't you
marry tho girli You know, Willie, she was
awful spoons on You, and it was a confound-
ga shame Tor you % have Tilted her as you
did"
"WhatT exclaimed I. "Did Maude really
love met Are you serious In what you sayi
This is no joking matter. ! beg Of you, do
not deceive me-"
Love YOU, you absurd Donkey She wor-
SHIPPED the very ground you trod onl'
"Then why did she answer No when put
her "A certain question that night on Denmark
hilll All, Tom, Tom, YOU don't understand
women"
"You mean that She gave you the mitten,
as the Americans sayf
"She rejected my suit if that is what You
are driving at There was a rival, believe
me and he was preferred"
"That. / am sure, was not the cIse."
"What Of the sandy whi,kerel gentleman
who accompanied her 70 the Savoy church
the following Sunday, who took her 20
Brooks fireworks at the Crystal palace-in
fact, who escorted her Ike q shallow for
weel,si / could not bear it, and sought de-
struction I'm travel"
Tom burst into perfect tempest howl Of
laughing. "OtheII0,' Doe exclaimed, 'by all
that is lovely Why, that was Cousin Gold
finch from Favcr-ham. the best fellow alive,
a married man. But Muade cannot have
been inoarnast in rejecting sou. From what
hear she was frettng 60. months after you
disappeared
"ls she marriedp ! tmidly inquired.
"N0: nor promised. I'm afraid if Prince
Charming docs not come shortly she will be
tempted % turn nursing sister. or DO some
thing desperate. But, say, Willie, is 10 true
that YOU have been doing desperate things
yourself. They do report that you are a regu.
lar Benson-hayo run a rig on the turf and
been hard hit-dropped a pot of money"
Everybody who has ever risled a sou and
lost pretends that De has dropped pot Of
money. ! happy TO tell you that, as far as
am concerned, 10 is q gross exaggeration. /
have got back all 1 sunk, and a bit over.
was on Mous.ets mount for the AuteuI
steeplechase, and wa, lucky on the grand prix
day; but no more racing for me.n
II am glad Of that, and so will the mater
be- She would never consent TO Maudes
wedding sport"
"Aud Maude herself, do you think she
loves me stli'
By this we bad arrived at the second plat
form. "Ihere She is 80 said Tom. "Non bad
better ask her yourself"
"Sunice it that we flushed, grasped hands. .
and before our tongues could articulate, our
ewes had come 90 am UNDERSTANDING
Glow could you be 60 crueiF I said De-
proachfully
"Ahl Willie / thought you had moro CONF /
mon sense than 90 imagine when n maiden /
said No she could mean anything else bu. |
yes
"Now. We're busy" broke in Rear Admiral +
FlandingIo "lf / werea parson Ia contract
70 perform the matrimonial seryice-I hear /
pursers had that privilege formerly. Maude,
recollect this time you must say yes 70 tho /
Dulwich boy; and, Willie, bear in mind /
YOU must say Come % my arms, my Datch. /
olor girl As 1 can't splice the knot, pro- 1
pose that we splice the manbrace.n
Joined by the mater, we dinei that evening /
at the Grand hotel, where the viaHds econ /
stunned 10 the strains of an orchestra To the /
swelling bars Of o march, the soup was eaten. /
By the time we got % the roasts the edge Of /
appetite was biunted, and wo were in that I
comfortable frame OF body when a valse of /
Waldteufel can be enjoyed Auber helped |
forward the ontremets, and We hurried /
through the desert % the maddening precipi- /
tance Of Ingelbrechts dynamite Galop
Maude whispered that She preferred Mcndeis
s0hn's wedding March john Augusta.
O Shea In Detroit News.