Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1890-01-17

| 600DtiAnOc liner, the ClCy OK Chicago
But, say. I can't congratulate you on your
i good looks. You are as miserable in the face
as if you were going to commit suicide
Tom was a rattle; and he did rattle on,
never waiting for reply.
Jolly old lighthouse this-wers at a ia
| nous altitude; It's just like the crows nest
Of a whaier-Forth bridge bigger machine,
though-Have had such disappointmeutn-
| q, too, had my isappointment)-''got one Of
the Innan flags slowed away in my small
clothes, and meant to have hoissed it over
the tricolor just for a lark - no chance,
though"
| A series Of gutteral grunts rent the air. and
| out of the lift which succeeded ours tuznbled
q mob of copper colored, high checked
braves, contingent from the Wild west en-
campment.
Were in luck" said Tom. There's Maj
Burke, Arizona John, and hi my conscieacei
Rocky Bear, Lone Eye, Scares-the-wind, Blue
| Rainbow, Kills Kackward-the whole boilin,
OF em. They came across with pal of mine y
Maj. Burke shook hands warmly with Bull
lamy, and congratulated him on his presence
| there at that particular hour Edison, he
said, was on the tower with the son of the
| president of the United States and party,
| and they were going up to Etffel's private
apartment, where they were TO have a high
| old time of it. II we waited he would take
Us under his wing. By the next lift the great
man arrived, and the savages of Col. Codys
| troop received him with species of war
! whoop strsngled in the birth, and slapping of
| their distended cheeks, which, it appears, is
the red Indian equivsient for ''hurrool"
Then the company-and we with them
went to an upper room, where the phoAo-
graph was turned on, and astonished us with
Rotations, flute solo borrowed from Mr..
John Radcliffe, a violin performance from
Mr.. Corrodus and charming song repeated
from Mile Leron We were Hospitality
treated by NJ. SALES. son-in-law to M. Eiffel :;
and we descended together to the second
platform, the great man having expressed a
wish to visit The Figaro Office. On the route
Tom Bullamy abruptly asked me was mar
ried.
Mo- answered; 81 never loved but once;
my first love shall be my last"
Don't be so dramatic" he said. 'sThis is
not an Ingoldsby show. Why didn't you
marry the girls You know, Willie, she was
awful spoons on you, and it was a confound-
ed shame for you to have Tilted her as you
did" -
"What?" exclaimed l. 'Did Maude really
love mes Are you serious in what you sayi
This is no joking matter. l beg of you, do
not deceive me-"
Love you, you absurd donkey! She wor-
SHIPPED the very ground you trod onr"
''Then why did she answer No when l put
her a certain question that night on Denmark
hilla 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 rival, believe
me, and he was preferred"
THAT, am sure, was not the case"
''What of the sandy whiskered gentleman
who accompanied her to the Savoy church
the following Sunday, who took her to
Brooks fireworks at the Crystal palace-in
fact, who escorted her like shadow for
weeksa I could not bear it, and sought de-
struction in travel"
Tom burst into a perfect tempest howl of
laughing. "Otheilo," he exclaimed, "by all
that is lovely! Why, that was Cousin Gold
finch from Faversham, the best fellow alive,
a married man. But Muade cannot have
been in earnast in rejecting you. From what
l hear she was fretting for months after you
disappeared"
as she married!" timidly inquired
"No; nor promised I'm AFRAID if Prince
Charming does not come shortly she will be
tempted to 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 a regu-
lar Benson-have run a rig on the turf and
been hard hit-dropped pot of money"
Every body who has ever risked a sou and
lostit pretends that he has dropped pot of
money. l happy to tell you that, as far as
am concerned, it is a gross exaggeration. /
have got back all l sunk, and bit over l
was ON Mousset's mount for the Auteuil
steeplechase, and was 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 Naudeis
wedding sport"
''And Maude herself, do you think she
loves me stillf'
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 be so cruel!" said re-
proachfuliy.
"Ahl Willie, l thought you had more COM
mon sense than to imagine when a maiden
said No she could mean anything else but
yes"
"Now, we're busy broke in Rear Admiral
Fapdingle. "if l were parson I'd contract
to perform the matrimonial service-I hear
purSers had that privilege formerly. Made,
recoaect this time you must say yes to the
Duiwbch boy: and, " lille, bear in mind
you mast say Come to my arms, my Datch
eaor girl As / 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 arecon-
slImed to the strains Of an orchestra To the
swelling bars of a march, the soup waseaten.
By the time we got to the roasts the edge Of
appetite was blunted, and We were in that
comfortable frame Of body when valse Of
Waadteufel can be enjoyed Auber helped
forward the entremeks and We hurried
through the desert 20 the maddening precipi-
lance Of Ingelbrechts Dynamite Galop"
Maude whispered that she preferred Nepdels-
sohns wedding March. John Augustus
O'Shea in Detroit News.
He Knew Human Nature.
SmiSh-Tm going to give up smoking.
Jones-Do You smoke cigars or pipsl
"a pipe"
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