Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-11-21

entered the whole motive power was furnished
by countless pairs Of human arms turning the
wheels Oftentimes the owner OF a pair Of
| arms would rent one of them by the day. and
leave it and go home to do be pleased with
the other. This saved confinement In the close
| air Of the factories and enabled the man to
know, We often speak of hiring hands. Here it
| was literally done. That was all any one could
| do. They didn't degrade men by calling them
'hands"
A still more ingenious way of using power
| that with us is entirely wasted saw in another
shop. Here young girls were working. With
their fingers they were dong all kinds OF fancy
work for themselves, but they we're also chew
ing gum, and their jaws were SO attached to
machinery that the motive power furnished
was turning pondercps wheels and running
great factory.
But my whole stndy OF these interesting phe-
nomena was interrupted by an occurrence for
which 1 could never see that was to blame.
We were walking in the fields. this young
woman who had been so kindly showing me the
way and myself. when suddenly she knelt at my
feet ard began as follows: ''Oh, unknown
stranger, You are my destiny have loved you
ever since l have known You. Will You be
mine?'
was somewhat surprised, for this WAS q little
out OF my line. l had been bold enough to
beau" a young lady home from prayer meet
Ing once or twice, and had once even cut out
q cross-eyed fellow who wore scarlet mittens,
put hdu never come WITHIN BeVeral IuIiOuSs
OF popping the question, to say nothing of
having it popped to me. But here was the
young girl kneeling before me, and must say
she looked very pretty; with her upturned,
pleading eyes. Did this people enjoy per-
petual leap year as well as perpetual youth?
How could know that this her first and
only love? A damsel of two hundred and forty
odd summers had had time to have experiences
without number to which l was a perfect
stranger: had no fault to find with her age.
but she had had altogether too much exper
fence for me. l couldn't let my wife know
more than did. Then this strange country,
with its queer customs-how did 1 know but
what she would be swapping me off some day,
as she did her face and eyebrows, when she got
tired of me? No, said to myself give me a
little brown-eyed girl know up in New Eng
can only get out of this scrape.
But the young woman waiting-and /
never keep young women waiting.
Nay, fair creature, l said sadly, at cannot
be. You are too elastic, fear, in your make
up. You would not be domestic enough. 1
couldn't keep you in evenings, for part of your
physique might be out shopping in spite of me.
wouldn't know where to find YOU on living
questions You have 80 much selt-control, and
yet you are not concentrated enough in your
inter"
Then, in the strength of her maidenly dig
nifty she spoke: young man, you shall be
mine, even despite your will"
And she stretched out her arms to embrace
me. He'd; but as l turned to run those dread
full arms heightened again. like jointed fish
poles, her legs grew as long as ostrich's, and
she pursued me with the speed of the wind.
At length fell into her remorseless clutches,
breathless, gave one last despairing YELL and,
as il usual in stories OF this character woke I'D,
most conveniently.