The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-06-01

innate friend of Mr.. Thompson, whose full name
is George Francis Thompson, but to Brown and
his friends he is invariably George, never Fran
els The middle name is never or hardly ever
used among the boys. All the way down the Ave
nue. Mrs Thompson kept talking about Frank,
her Frank. Frank was away In New York, had
been away several days. and wouldn't return for
several days to come. She was impatient for
Franks return. Life in Washington or any
where else unendurable without Frank.
She talked so much and so affectionatey about
Frank that Brown was greatly chagrined and
mortified He thought of his friend Thompson.
Poor George, he thought; where does he come
in since Mrs. Thompson has so much affection
to bestow upon this fellow Frank, whoever he
may be. He snid nothing, but walked along
silently by the side of Mrs. Thompson, reflect
ing upon the philosophy of the married state.
He didn't think of asking who Frank was, and
the strange thing about it was that Mrs.
Thompson seemed To assume that Brown
was perfectly familiar with her Frank.
Brown was puzzled. He was embarrassed. He
did not want to prolong the painful converse
/ tion or complicate the situation by asking any
/ questions or making any remarks. After a
period of silence Brown thought he would
change the subject, SO he asked Mrs. Ihomp-
/ son how George was. Mrs. Thompson looked
surprised. She wondered if Brown had been
dreaming, or if his mind was wandering.
/ "Why" she said, 81 have just been telling you
that he is in New York. | have been telling
you about him all the way down the Avenue,
and you didn'tseem to pay any attention"
"Oh!" said Brown, ''pardon me; thought
! you said Frank"
''Yes, Frank. to be sure" said Mrs. Thomp-
son; 81 always call him Frank. Frank is his
/ middle name. There are several Georges in the
family, and we call him Frank for distinction.
Besides, like Frank better than George"
"Frank is pretty name," said Brown. A
new light had dawned upon Brown, and 1t
lin nafl q a l.
ject Of Mrs Thompson's affectionate remarks
was not another fellow. Frank was George
and George was Frank. Nobody was wronged,
and Brown was glad OF it.
A little incident which reflects a strong light
upon the ways of Southern society before the
war happened in Washington recently. A mem
Der of Congress from State not so far North
as Vermont and not so far South as Louisiana
was in his room at the hotel one day, when hC
was informed that man at the door wanted tC
; see him-a colored man. "Show him up" sale
the Congressman, and the visitor was shown
up. The colored man entered the Congress
} mans room with his hat in his hand and grea
deal more show OF respect in his demeanor thar
usually characterlzes negro who thinks h
has a claim
"I's one of yo' constituents" said the negro
IAN was thinkin' you might get me jol
in the Departments"
, The Congressman started Immediately to ex
plain how difficult it was to get job in any o.
( the Departments. The negro respectfully bu
r firmly pressed his suit, and the Congressman wa
Q about to dismiss him with the stereotyped assur
! ance that he would do what he could for him
t But the negro had stronger card to play.
: "Missa Jonesn-let us call the Congress
t man Jones-"Missa JONES'" said the negro
= and his head dropped, his eyes sought tn
t foor and his voice faltered, "Missa Jones'
he said, ''what wants to tell you is that you
my brother, an think ps right to 'spect yo
TO help me-"
! 'I'm your brother you say, JONES'" repeate
+ the Congressman. The negro's name was Jones