Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-11-09

intention of hiding with as little
awk wardness as possible the tell
tale garment that was obtruding itself.
He would better have left it alone,
however, for as he clutched at the paper
burst entirely and pretty girls laun-
dry was outspresd to the view of car
full of amused spectators. The GENTLE
man now thoroughly uncomfortable
hastily jsmmed the clothing under his
overcoat an ordered the young lady to
leave the train with him a: the next
station. AS he passed the young man
who had originally excited his Ire that
grinning person inquired if he might
now be permitted to remain in the car.
The gentleman scowled, and the young
lady kept her gaze cast upon the ground.
When the two had disappeared even an
old minister, who had witnessed the
comedy joined in the laughter.
A. woman is usually quicker than a
man to discern humbug; yet l have q
feminine acquaintance who, being sud-
denly compelled to earn her own living
and possessing good education, decided
to become newspaper reporter. Pro-
vIded with potent letter of Introduction
to city editor, and also taking along q
proposition that her first job be an inter-
view with a certain conspicuous actor,
she got the coveted assignment. She
first went to the theatre. Here she was
courteously sent from the box office to
the stage door, and thence to the mana
gers room, and in that way oscillated
from the front to the back of the theatre
like a pendulum; and, like pendulum,
had nothing for her pains but q record
of the flight of time. At last
she ran upon functionary who
at the evcwed risk of losing his place,
told her to go to a certain gentleman,
mention functionary's name she would
receive the desired address. This made
necessary car rioes on difficult routes,
and a long walk, but the woman set
blithely out. Her exultation was great
when the gentleman readily granted her
request directing her to an apartment
house where the much talked of actor
was in hiding. She undertook another
long walk in jubilant spirits, pioturing
her triumph as a new reporter. She was
a little surprised, however, but not dis
mayed, to be met at the door by SER
want who assured her that the actor did
uot live in that house.
''Madam is misinformed, he de-
olared, with grandiose air, 'fthis is not
an apartment house,
The new reporter was very tired. She
was sorely vexed. She was q woman.
Sho did what any woman. feeling herself
insulted. would do. She burst into
tears. Then, to her added discomfort,
she found she had left her handkerchief
at home in her hasty departure. not ex-
peoting, she grimly told herself, to at
tend funeral. She heard In the dis
tance the Welcome tinkls of the car bells,
and hurried toward them, but her
abundant tears made her so pitifully
ridiculous she tramped, on though car
after car passed her. Footsore and nerv-
ously bedraggled she reached at last the
house of a relative and sent up q request
that he meet her at the door. At the
sight of his face, looking shocked at see
ing the tear-stained features of his
blithe kinswoman, she went of into the
twentieth flood and utterly bewildered
him BY dropping her head on his shoulder
and convulsively sobblnE.
''Oh, oh, brother, have you got
handkerchief
Next day she went back to the city
editor and told her experience.
'Oh, forgot that you were new at
the work he said. s'Some folks are
hard to interview, but actorsi oh, no.
Tins fellow. guessing your ingenousnsss.