St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-16
SAINT PAUL.
SOME SUNDAY STORIES.

SOME SUNDAY STORIES.
lgnatius Donnelly tells story about
stowaway on an Atlantic liner, who ditfere d
somewhat from the usual run of stowawavs in
appearance ndgeneral characteristics The
big liner had just got well away into blue
water when the steerage passengers were
routed from between decks and all the odd
corners i'll which steerage passengers delight
TO plant themselves, TO have their tickets
Vised. At the extreme end of n long row
of fearfully diTty-lOoKing Polish Jews stood
benevolent-looking old party in plug hat
and linen buster.
Ticket" said the purSer, as he approached
The Wearer of the plug.
~ have no ticket, sir sadly answered the
mild faced passenger. II am stowaway.'
what surprised. We'll. stand back, MIR.
StoWaway, until you're called for
capt Harrison, of the Assyrian Monarch,
says Mr.. Donneily, is a ough-spoken fellow,
but a good officer, and kind-hearted. lie
rated the eulprit in good hard English Tor
about ten minutes And now. you in the
duster, what can You dor he asked.
II can preach, sir, y replied the sad faced
man in Il tone of quiet conviction.
Good God, preacher stowaway?' eX-
claimed the captain, This is a new DEAL
The geutlcmanly stowaway explained that
he had tried long and earnestly to save
uuIeN IUT IuG puIClluSe VI IL llckGI. 1lh
parish was poor. though ana the preachers
wife and babies had suffered by reason Of
the surrounding poverty. lie told how he
had nj last In sheer desperation handed over
70 his wife all the money he had in the world
and started out penniless TO win home for
them in the new world. The mans story
made an impression upon Harrison, who
turned him over to the Storage COOK as
rouStabout The preacher stowaway dill
gently peeled potatoes until Saturday,
when he received message from the captain
TO be ready to preach in the saloon on the
following morning, On that occasion the
officers and crew were dressed in their best,
the men were mustered ait 70 divine Wor-
ship, and the stowNway preacher preached
the sermon of his life. Mr.. Donnelly says it
was tirSt-rate effort, and instead of peellng
potatoes the lmpecunious divine was en-
plOyed TO lecture on one subject or other
every evening during the rest of the trip.
When New York was reached it was the cap
tain own cap that passed emong The saloon
passengers Tor the benefit OF the distressed
D. other, and he must have got 81 At least.
by the way added the sage, Il may as
well give you the rest of the story. Down ut
Carroll, To-. there is Methodist preacher
who has charge of a large and prosperous
church He has a fine esdence, and his
wife and family reside with him. His name
- Edward NJ acriot and he and the stowaWay
] met on the deck of that steamer in mid
ocean. without cent to his name, are one
and the same.
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ITS mighty sthill yen be afther kapin'
the day" said Mrs. Flaherty to one of her
red-headed progeny whose behavior had of
late been open to criticism. His rivrerence
was here the mornin'," continued Mikes
mother in voice of warming AN seq he TO
me- he SEE, Mrs. Flaherty,' he SEE. 'av yeZ have
any more throuble wild the scalawag. jist
yez tell me, an by the p'howers I'll turn him
into a rat "
"a Il
ms he stroked the fur of the family feline the
wrong way ana administered an occasional
yank to her tail. We'll, if it's rat / N 10 be,
there's wan favor I'm askin av yeZ. When
yez notice the long t'hai an the four legs
sIckin' out and Mike Flaherty is beyant The
p'hower aV speech, jist kape your eye on the
cat
did you ever see n more artistic kick in
your life than that" remarked an admirer of
Venona Jarbeau the other evening, as that
lady elevated the toe of her pretty slipper
10 Al direct line with the tOpmOst occupant of
the gallery. rs a matter Of fact, il was a de-
hgntfully daring kick, yet as the quesiioner
had expressed ii, thoroughly artistic one.
There are only few women on the stage
who can kick anything like as high as Yer
mona can and even these have never been
able 10 approach her in the delicacy of the
movement. ]arbeauS kick is acknowledged
III her native Paris the kick of all kicks, and
here in the West the little Coincidence is
cOucededly the most beWitching kicker III
the profession.
"Boo, hoo, hoo" yelled dirty faced
uTchin on Grand avenue yesterday. rubbing
his tear-stained visage with small pair of
gTimy hands.
What's the matter, little boyY'' asked
benevolently inclined lady, stopping to com
fort the distressed one.
Der wos lame NIUE went along here just
10 = hD wan tor hnt his
''Oh. well. never mind. bless your kind lit
lie heart" said the comforter in soothing
tones. God will take care of the lame mule"
I'LL" responded the fearful ten-year-
Old: that amt what I'm a-cryin about. |
didn't get Time TO throw no rock at him.
The street railway company has added TO
It's unpOpUMity by the issuance OF an iron
clad ediCt against the acceptance on any of
its cars of Canadian money The new rule
has bee" in force about week. ana during
that IN many people, most OF them ladies,
hive btuu put off cars because the only coin
they happened to have with them was of the
prescribed character. The rule, which was
made necessary by the banks, as may be
imagined. IS productive OF many Illuminating
scenes and every man whose wife, sister or
sweetheart has been compelled by one of Col.
LOwry's genuemanly conductors to leave n
car because she had only Canadian money
feels Il CALLING desire 10 punch the smiling
face of the railway king to tirst-class peak.
A st. Paul firm dealing in furs employs
sale ,man who might be a frst-rate man in
Boston or some Of those small Eastern towns,
but who in ST. Paul is a failure. The other
day ST. Paul gentleman. whose business is
of such character that he is compelled to
dress somewhat roughly, walked into the fur
store and asked to be shown mink skin
coat. The gentlemauly salesman sized him
up and SIN led satirically as he announced
the price Of such coat To be Sl25 1t just
happened that the roughly clad customer had
$500 in his inside pocket that he was willing
TO Squander for the kind Of coat he wanted
but as he remarks, he didn't feel like paying
a premium for civilily, so he wandered off
down street and bought an unplucked seal
for $3.50 The story has been told and re-
told, and some time the facts may reach the
eors of the employers of that flip young man,
and then.
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There was CONSERVATION in an Iglehart
street mansion the other evening The
daughter of the house, q very charming young
lady and accomplished, went early in the
evening in company with gentleman who
has acted as her escort for several months TO
attend one of the theaters When the hands
on the parlor clock pointed TO - O'Clock,
midnight, there was uneasiness. When
O clock arrived and the young lady was still
absent there was panic Her three brothers
started out to search for her; her father
girls mother went into Mysteries, and II took
The three hired girls to attend to her The
situation was easily explained as it turned
out. The young lady's escort had been taken
suddenly i'll, and had been compelled to leave
her at The house of friend of hers. There
was sort of social in progress, and then she
was prevailed on TO stay. A messenger was
dispatched to notify her parents of the de-
cision. The intelligent messenger had left
The message at the wrong house, hence the
excitement
AckeP Post "reminiscences.
After the routine business at Acker Post
Thursday evening the headquarters were
opened to the friends of the post There
were delegations present of tn e Sons of Vet
Grams and WOmen's Relief Corps. A pleasant
hour and half was passed III d social way
W j. Joy related his experience as private
and prisoner of war. He said that after three
efforts and much lieing he succeeded IN be.
ing accepted as volunteer and had his am