The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-05-01


it was the cars.
When the draft was sent on for paw
ment TO the bank on which it was drawn
II was discovered, alasl too late, that the
man with the cough was one of those prac-
slcai engineers who can put pair of jack
screws under $40 draft and raise il to any
required denomination while you wait
ne nad a preparation of pulp and a
powerful press, with which ne filled up
tne mark generally cut out of the paper
a. the end of the amount of the draft
ahen he could easily cut out such other
ngures as his desire for ready money
seemed to justify.
had the misfortune to drop into sew
erai banks in Cincinnati soon after this
aiair, and having, as / do, the air of q
plausible, unhung hellion from Tompkins-
VINE staten Island. of course / was at once
spotted by the eagie-eyed man behind the
wires, who had resolved that no stranger
should steal the banks fund anyhow
Finally, at the German National bank. I
was received kindly and a draft was sold to
me at reasonable price, with the under
standing that would be careful of it. A
CINCINNATI merchant said to me, however,
that 1t was not fear of my ultimate inten-
ton to raise the draft that led the other
banks to be rude. 1t was probably quite
another reason. But even If that were the
case, why couldn't they say at once that
they had no deposits with the New York
banks and so could not sell q draft? I
would not have told any one. / would
have respected their sGualor and misery.
NOW, OF course, am under no obligations.
On the street yesterday / ran into a
young man who was admiring his new
spring suit in the glass store fronts as he
passed along the street. l hurt him quite
severely. He reproached me, but am ac-
customed to that. A little reproach in the
spring Of the year does me good.
saw him coming a square away and re-
garding himself with ilI-disguised affection
In the big windows and allowing ladies
and children to get out of his way or have
wing knocked off, SO said to my COM
panion: "See me knock little North Car
DINA etiquette into that mollusk that we
see yonder."
with newspaper in my hand, reading il
carefully and trying to figure out what
show there was for a premature presi-
DENTAL boom which has the dressing re-
moved from it month too early. / got
up pretty good steam. for / weigh over
1855 pounds now. and living at frst-class
hotels all winter has given me fresh
vitality and filled me with animal spirits
and nigh purposes.
There was a sort of crunching sound,
such as one hears when the lion-tamer
inserts his head into the open jaws of the
wrong lion by mistake. The young man
staggered back over a dressed hog and the
two lay there together, as 1t were, one
dressed hog beside the other dressed hog
1t was touching sight. The overdressed
hog did not look so peaceful as the other
one did. He had a troubled look, which
was not shared by the one that had the
forced smile and chip in his mouth, also
q stick to prop his bosom open.
There are several street nuisances of this
kind who make it dangerous for people to
walk much in town. One walks along the
street reveling in the view of himself in
the store fronts; another reads the paper
on the street, and another goes along
counting his change, ever and anon steal
ing ride on some lady's train.
l shook hands with Governor McKin-
ley at Columbus the other day and added
him to my handsome and growing list of
eminent acquaintance. He looks more
like a statesman than any other American
l have been at all intimate with since the
untimely death of Daniel Webster. Gov
ernor Mckinley is an ideal statesman in
appearance and bearing. His head is well
shaped, his carriage is dignitied and easy
and his manner comfortable and refined.
Gentleness and refinement constitute the
two great primary elements of the gentle
man, and Governor Mckinley has these.
The true gentleman does not like to
make anybody feel uncomfortable. The
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a very busy man, and cannot pause in the
great battle of life to visit with the vari-
Gus governors with whom l am thrown in
contact so We merely passed the time 0 fday,
and when had taken in a good full breath
to explain this to the governor I dis
covered that he had gone. He was then
on his way to Rhode Island, where he ex-
pected to speak in public.
Columbus lis beautiful city, peopled
with class of excellent people. The state
house is also located here. l have spoken
of it before. 1t is plain structure. known
as the Buckeye Architectural Wart. 1t
consists of large stand pipe with lean
to at each side. 1t is owned by the state.
No private person would accept it.
The Columbus Buggy Company is To-
Gated at Columbus, and supplies a num-
Der of the smaller hotels with goods. At
Columbus | went to see melodrama. 1t
was called "a Woman's Vengeance, or the
Guilty Crime"
1t was thrilling piece. 1t supplies
eleven distinct thrills and three opportu-
mites to go out and get an anodyne.
The heroine of the play may be OBJ
served in the center of the stage at all
times. That is how you know she is the
star. She appears first as lowly. girl in
bingham dress and a diamond ring. In
this garb she is betrayed and ruthlessly
jollied into Il bogus marriage with low,
coarse man, who laughs hoarsely. spurns
her from him, speaks coarsely through his
hat and goes away.
She then resolves to become an heiress.
Her father dies on the stage, losing his
life and his artificial whiskers at the same
time His death leaves her wealthy. as
her father. though poor, has invented
machine for boring holes in macaroni,
thus reducing the cost of its production
over IS per cent, and so the girl, with
entirely new clothing AMI desire for re-
venge, goes abroad and acquires the
French language.
When she returns she goes to work sys-
tematically TO ruin the man who so ruth
lessly iolted her affections and then went
elsewhere. She goes into the stock market
and by means of cheap boy, who knows
how to buy in such way as 10 make
money and yet ruin her old paramour, she
has inside OF a. few weeks shaken Wall
street so that it has TO be replumbed
throughout, and then gets. the job OF dong
il herself.
Toward the close of the play she gets
ready for the denouement. LII ever write
another play shall by all means have
denouement. l did not think oil Ii before,
but it is certainly good thing.
All along through the play she is getting
ready and issuing invitations for tins de-
movement. Ii is very well attended, IN
deed, and passes off pleasantly.
For the denoument she changes her
dress. appearing in a scarlet plush CLOAK,
which envelopes her entirely. When she
gets ready TO forbid the wedding OF her
old and tough lover, who has made ar
rangements 10 marry stoop-shouldered
the Ptolemys, she throws this cloak aside
as boy would cast aside his garments be-
fore going in swimming. and stands up
before him dressed as she was when he so