St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-07-02
HER ARTIFICIAL ARAa.


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She Wa Q sumner, and - she swung
into tho well-Alled bridge car every
man In the car felt In duty bound %
keep hi seat, IN order 10 have . better
view Of her qusenly figure and her ex-
ceedingly attractive face.
she reached the center. then she paused
and glided gracefully into the space oc-
cupisd BY sliding doors in the side and.
leaning her splendid self lsnguidly
against the glsas. gssed in . dreamy.
far-away fashion It the grayiah-blue
river, with III ever-ehanging panorsma
Of moving vessels, with their putting
smolkstaeks and tapping saila
The car had begun to travel On fts
way to New York when . small man.
who looked - though he might have
been . very much married man and .
much more henpecked husband and who
occupied the end seat near where the
divinity was leaning against the door %
gracefully, noticed the Interested
glances Of the other male passengers
and looking up quickly from his paper
became suddenly aware that . very
pretty woman was, n It were. on exhi-
bition, and also that he was, to use .
slang expression, mot In It," as he had
to almost twist his neck out Of joint in
order to catch even . heeting glimpse Of
her.
Accordingly the small. henpecl<cd
looking man determined to be polite, in
order to obtain . position where he
could enjoy an uninterrupted view of
the vision Of female loveliness; 70 he
stood up. and reaching over, touched
the statuesque blonde gently ON the left
arm.
She never moved; Il would seem that
the panorama ON the river had 50 chained
her attention that the mere offer Of .
seat was o matter 50 trivial that Il did
not rouse her. r.s
The little man looked confused, but,
thinking he had probably touched her
arm too lightly, he laid his hand more
heavily upon the fair ones wrist in or
der TO call her attention to the fact that
she could sit instead of standing, for the
three minutes Of time which would
elapse before the car reached the New
York side as the train had by this time
Travelled almost half the distance.
But the fair maid kept her eyes fixed
firmly upon . ferryboat which was
vending its old-fashioned, weary way
across the river, and paid no attention
TO the little mother-in-lswed looking
man than Il he had been at the North
pole. r a' e
The undersized individual, however,
WAS not to be ignored: he had made up
his mind to give up his seat, after due
deliberation, and NO six-foot blonde, how
ever beautiful, could freeze him out Of
his polite purpose. His face was .
picture of determination Of the now-oe>
never sort, as he reached over and once
more took . firm grip on the young
woman's forearm ut . point shout mid
way between the wrist and the elbow.
As he did 20 IN ashy pallor overspread
his face. which was quickly followed by
. bset-like redness. and the little man,
dropping the arm, made his way to tho
door, followed by the smiles of the rest
Of the passengers, who enjoyed hi. dis
comhture imnensely. el : .tl
The pretty girl remained standing
until the door was opened on the New
York side, whenshe walked out with the
rest of the passengers As she
moved along the platform swing
ing her left arm in . careless
way and % the knowing passengers
heard the joints in the artificial MEM.
ber squeak they realized Why the little
man had failed to make any impression
upon the otherwise stunning owner
BROOKLYN Eagle.