Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-05-10
THE BROAD STREET TURN.
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lNym Cnnlie.
burt Cline IIalstcad, broker, Broa,
street, turned over q new leaf on New
Year. met him az Dr. Halls churc'
In the morning. Tie had q rcforme,
look In the CORNER ~ his eyes. II an
through" be- saId In a calm, business
like manner.
Everything that Cline ,iii was done Ia
q buslness-iike manner, whether u VA
purchasing bouquets io seni to lIcll'
trquhart or having III. bald head sham
poocd. I've known him To get OF cal
sni chase q new.boy for two blocks u
get q cent change, becsus. II VAS bu.i
ness aud he would not b. svindlci, and
I have known him to write q note t0 N-d
lIarrigsn to get q free box aud ther
spend two hundred dollars on fower'
and supper before the night VAS over
With nrosd street pecullariiy he In
Insisted that that WAS business too.
Ibslle,e that anywher. Cllne ~oald
be called good fellow. lie held strict
Nv Ia the busines. principle of sklnnlns
III. fellow man alive on Broad street and
blowing la . pile when the boy. ~er'
not on the financial warpsth.
One day, cline, .. I ssid, turned 4
leaf. lie did II msthodicslly, calculating
and frmly. lie va. polishing hi. dom'
before the glass, aud az be- laid the bru.l
down he said, II must get married"
Everything Ia that bachelor room wa
..tonI.hcd. The alsbssier bsther WIS
had stood bent over Ia the corner for q
year prepared to take header Into the
turquoise cusphior, gave q little start
as u her mission were done. The bron"
vrnu. actually turned her bronSe head Z
little, ss u looking for . sea Ia 90 back
to, aud whole row of dead bouton-
nler-. fell OF the maniel With q perfum
cd gasp,
Al TIL. was With what Cline himself
would have called q "dead calculation.
N. proposed to sail the sea ~ mstri'
mony. 10. had BEEN living for fifteen
or twsn,y year. what Matthew Arnold
would have called a aot wife life. Ths
other sort of thing would b. cheaper.
| Bc.Ide., when a bachelor cant coint
III. top hair over any more lac h~gin- Ia
think about getting tone. u VA. bu'l-
ness.
Very puDctilious aud Discreet ws'
Cline. lie proposed a. get married just
AZ he proposed to buy Nashville aud Ten
ne..-e. Ii VA. a good Investment.
Then be set about In the most rttrs.
ordinary manner. ~ don't want said
he, 'aby giidy beauties around. They W
teen around I'LL I'm tired. want a ms-
tur,. sensible, sober, economical, tidy,
Ie,.l.hesde,i, modest, healthy, good trm-
pcr.d, prudent, afiectlonaie, sagaciou.,
lovely. mothsrly, grntc.l. .terllng WON.
an. .IrI. b. blONed, Girl. make me
weary, aud I'm going to organize the
baslne.. of getting What want. can
give an hour a dsy Tor the next wear to
the findlng of what want, aud I'm too
old q bu.inc.. hand 10 have what don't
want"
when YOU get one ~ these financial
broad street Intellect. .gusrely down in
business, he know. what be ]. about and
dos.nt make auy mistake.
n he l. going 10 get q wife or get a
c.netery plot, he Il going Ia get the
worth ~ hl. money.
~ Cline at foriy.iour organized hun
.elf. lie set up q matrimonial bureau
/ In that private Office With cathedral Win
dow. put hi. numbsr eleven gsiter on
..ntiment chuckoi the for grt-mc-not-
out of al. soul aud came down Ia hard
pan.
N. would advertise. les, be would.
No non..n.Ical rot about cultured gent
desiring Ia meet cultured lady, bat
! straight business proposition. u would
| involve immense clerical sy.iem-Nery
we'll. would get typevritsr, dictate an
swcr. for an hour every morning.
"fir.t thing To do-gct typewriter
mu.t IT, bu.ine.. glrl-girl bsd--bu'
have to put up with lt-no women type
writer. In the market, all gitl., d-n
I shame"
One morning there came Ia Cllne''
general Office Ia Broad street girl la 4
baby waist, With pearl-grsy pell.ss
over her shoulder. ani q carnsllsn ring
on her fingcr. One of Cllne's Young
men noticed her fret standing by the
door. lie told m. afterwards that what
h. poticed was the absurd chip sailor
hat With blu. ribbon and an anchor on
I II, aud be wondered II she hadn't bor-
rosed Il from her little brother Ia come
down town In; IL set up so perky and
.,ucily ON top of her ridiculous Mad oi
brown hair. n. u .he might H. = lieuten'
ant In the salvation Army.
! IT,. astonishing what these young d'
lots notice.
/ lie went around and .ald. "what can
Ne do for you, madam
Madam !. n Kind ~ Office .qnelcher
kept for girls Who venture away fron'
their proper sale.room. Ia where young
men can get back at them aud pay them
oii In their own coin,
.I am A typewriter,." .aid chip hat,
very mcekly. III came to answer an ad-
,ertisement."
Then they directed her into the little
ofilc. With cathedral windows, using \
sign language of their own aud tel"-
graphing Ia each other by winks, Que oi
them even whl.tling few bars, plani.-
.luo, Of "when the Robins Nest Again.
Then they .aw the chip hat 60 through
the fatal glass door on the other side oi
which Cline kept his grim official sever
lty.
lie wa. signing checks. II was one OF
the most serious moments of Ills lie. lie
looked up aud saw the chip hat cooked
on top of the brown hair. IL aggravated
him lust q little, a. II q deacon should .-e
one of the New York ballet girls In hi.
country church and she should bow 10
him sweetly. lie leaned back in his ca
thedrsi chair, stuck his leg. out straight
and fastened his commercial eye on his
check book.
"weIl, Young woman" (chip hats that
are ''dsrlings" 10 front Of the Iiljoa arr
always "young women IN Broad
| street,, 1 want q discreet confidential
.ecrrtary "a answer correspondents,
she's got To be here st ten o'clock ever,
morning, attend to business strictly and
she can't get away tili two or three,
The salary IL twelve dollars week. do
YOU think YOU can get down to thai
Kind Of drudgery for that plttance and
keep the business In this room
All that Cline ever heard MAS de-
mure little eyes, slr," that had the sug
gestion Of tremolo In Il that one get.
from fresh raspberry jelly.
"Ali right. Icsn't bother with yot
to-day; come tomorrow" and Cline Eel
20 signing checks aud chip hat wen
away, aud the young man outside poket
his nose through the crystal portal of hii
barrier, puckered hls llps and nlppes
two or three bars OF "l'he Maid will
the Milking Pair after her.
The little ofiice with the cathedral
windows took ou new feature. Ther
VAS an instrument under the sash, with
q black tin roof over 10, aud little ssll
or hat, With blue ribbon on Il, hung OF
the bronze peg opposite the door.
Snow, theii," said Cline, putting on
S.~llllau ii s.l sSrisf hss. a