Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-01-31
A PASTE DECEIvER.
A Blighted Love the Result Of Indulging In
Sham Diamonds.

sham Diamonds.
From thu Detroit Free Pre..
"fou seem put out, jim" he said, - they
met In the post Office.
I'm all broke mp"
Anything wrong with the girrg'
"An wrong. See this letter? She regrets
that she won't be home this evening-very
sorry-caIl some time next year. and 90
forth"
And the occasion?"
Christmas present, you know-brooch set
with ahem-diamonds. Forgot to take the
Price-mark of, You knov-marked at sl65."
Il think discover"
Girl goes in raptures-willing 70 name
the day-mamma all right-governor asks me
TO take cigar with him. Sure go, and I
pr1ce $1,000 houses and look mp art furni-
II surmise that comprehend"
Everything lovely up TO . week ago.
Brooch gets out Of repair. Girl takes il to an
other teweler. See? Jeweler offers 20 sell her
peck OF the same quality Of diamonds for q
ana throw in set OF Shakespeare. Girl goes
nome c q .s ma :. ma tells pA hnaiel see
Cool reception; frozen out; no explana-
lions; good night on an icicle. Then this
tne crisls-the climax. Ta-ta, old boy; broke
up-gone up; see me later at the coroner'sw :
Preachers Necktie.
Eueene Field In the Chicago News
The Rev. DR.. F. W. Gunsaulus had an inter
estng experience out in Arizona last summer
1t will bear narrating. 1t seems that friend
In London, aware Of the reverend gentleman's
fondness for vivid color, sent DR.. Gunsaulus
bright red necktie. There is no other red
necktie in the world quite 90 red as a British
RED necktie; 1t is the contamination, the
apotheosis Of redness. When DR.. Gunsaulus
clapped eyes on that red necktie he was daz.
zled-nay, he was stunned by its terrific
splendor. As quickly as he could he put i,
away. Il must not wear il" said he to him.
self. 1T is too wicked for this part Of the
world. will reserve it for Arizona"
1t is true that DIR. Gunsaulus had 165 acres
OF wheat out in Arizona that needed lookinc
after, but it is more than likely that an ambi
ton to wear that new. splendid red necktie in.
spired In DIR. Gunsaulus a ceaseless yearnine
to go west. At any rate he went acco npanied
by his son, q little fellow Of ten or twelve years
of age.
To such Is have never seen Dr. Gunsaulu,
decked in that array which he affects when in
specting wheat or hunting rare bibliomania.
feids In Arizona, We will say that this costum,
is strange to the degree of weirdness. Its mos
conspicuous feature is black felt hat with al
enormous flexible brim. An especial favor o
spice-of wickedness, if You please--was givei
y Il
be candid, DR.. Gunsaulus. attired for Arizona
looked very like one of those heroic far western
characters Of which Bret Harte loves to treat
Now it happened that DR.. Gunsaulus Travelled
on free pass obtained through the kindl,
offices of one Of the influential lambs Of hi
flock. This free pass was made continuous al
the way from Chicago to Arizona and bacl
again. It fell clearly within the lines of tn,
interstate commerce act. for il was made out Il
the account Of (and was to be paid inn adver
Using.
This free pass worked all right until Dr. Gun
saulus struck the Santa Fe country. 1t was ther
that a coarse, unfeeling. one-eyed conductor
came through the train collecting tickets at tn,
point of a MISUNDERSTANDING horse pistol. ii,
had been sheriff of q county in New Mexico, ant
was Thing of Blood.
Tickets" demanded this fierce monster.
DR.. Gunsaulus mildly produced his free pass
The conductor read the free pass. The un
hallowed fire of scepticism illumined his cyclic
pean optic.
whats yer name?" asked the conductor.
"The Rev. F. W. Gunsaulus," ans vered th,
holy man.
The conductor took as rapid a view of DR.
GuAsaulus as his one eye would admit o.
mo, yer 6on'tm exclaimed the conducto
brutally. Eyer don't play that game on me
Yer no preacher"
too" demonstrated DIR. Gunsaulus
Come, now" said the conductor, sits n,
use of yer tryin' to come any monkey bushes
with me; reckon 1 know a dominy when se
him. ferl have to put up yer good money O
get off n the train"
saulus looked out o. the car window; il woul,
never do for him to be set down in that deser
Of cactuses and prairie dogs. He sought to rea
son with the conductor; every gift, every power
every artifice of eloquence at his command b,
brought to bear upon the callous creature. bu
oil win In, x-ot,, alo @l..,
gentleman's little boy plaintively but stout.
maintain that papa was a minister" the unre
generate heart Of that conductor was not to b
moved.
mo dominy ever wore necktie like that,
said the conductor. "'Yer'll have to put up tn,
stuff or git Off n the train"
DR.. Gunsaulus did put up, but not until b,
had secured a receipt therefor from the one
eyed sceptic. The ne 1t three hours were hour
OF misery, for not even SO long suffering and s,
patient a clergyman as DIR. Gunsaulas cares Il
be separated from his worldly possessions b,
the unfeeling agent Of q soulless railway cor
poration.
But about a hundred miles further down III,
road the mayor Of Santa Fe boarded the train
and he was happily able to identify DIR. Gun
saulus as being indeed entitled to all the per
quisites and courtesies involved in and entailec
by that free pass. So the one-eyed conducto,
disgorged the money and made an apology a
best he could.
1--WE been Twin out here now for goin' or
twenty three years" he said, ''and I've seer
every kind Of human bein' from bonanza king,
down to three-card monte sharks, but never
seen preacher with q red necktie afore! Say
pardner. yer a daisy, I'll bet, Although it's
Ggin the rules, I don't mind lookin' at yer Il
yer've got yer bottle handy!''
His Wife Should BE Satisfied.
From the Detroit Free Press
He was standing in q doorvay on Jefferaor
avenue and presently he halted pedestrian
with wave Of his hand and beckoned him tc
approach and said:
SLOW do I look?'
'why, you present a pretty shabby appear.