The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-05-20

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HE WAS POLITE.
The Henpecked Little Man Was Not Ac.
custOmed to Artificial Women.

custOMed tn Artificial Women.
She was a sumner, and as she swung
into the well filled bridge car every man
in the a felt in duty bound to keep
his seat in order to have a better view
of her queenly figure and her exceeding
ly attractive face.
She moved ON through the car until
she reached the~:enter, then she paused
and glided gracefully into the space oc-
cupied by the sliding doors in the side,
and leaning her splendid self languidly
against the glass gazed in a dreamy, far
away fashion ut the grayish blue river,
with its ever changing panorama of
moving vessels, with their putting smoke
stacks and Tapping sails.
The a had begun to travel on it's
way to New York, when a small man,
who looked as though he might have
been a very much married ma and a
much more henpecked husband, and
who occupied the end seat near where
the divinity was leaning against the
door SO gracefully, noticed the interested
glances of the other male passengers,
and looking up quickly from his paper
became suddenly aware that a very
pretty woman was, as it were, on exhi-
bitiOn, and also that he was, to use a
slang expression, mot in it," rs he had
to almost twist his neck out of joint in
order to catch even a fleeing glimpse of
her.
Accordingly the small, henpecked
looking man determined to be polite, in
order to obtain a position where he
could enjoy an uninterrupted view Of
the vision of female loneliness; SO he
stood up, and reaching over, touched
the statucsque blond gently on the left
arm.
She never moved; it would seem that
the panorama on the river had so chained
her attention that the mere offer of q
seat was a matter SO trivial that it did
not rouse her.
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, fol-
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 a ferryboat which wa:
vending its old fashioned, weary wa,
across the river, and paid no more at
tention to the little mother-in-lawet
looking man than if he had been at tn,
north pole.
The understood individual, however
was not to be ignored; he had made III
his mind to give up his seat, after du,
elaboration, and no G-foot blond, how
ever beautiful, could freeze him out O.
his polite purpose. His face was a pic
ture Of determination Of the now O.
never sort rs he reached over once NOR,
and took a firm grip on the young WON
ans forearm at a point about midwa,
between the wrist and the elbow.
AS he did so an ashy pallor oversprea2
his face, which was quickly followed
by a beetlike redness, and the little man
dropping the arm, made his way to tn,
door, followed by the smiles Of the res
Of the passengers, who enjoyed his dis
comfiture immensely.
The pretty girl remained standin.
until the door was opened on the New
York side, when she walked out will
the rest Of the passengers. AS sh'
moved along the platform she swun.
her left arm in Il careless way, and, a
the knowing passengers heard the joint
in the artificial member squeak, the,
realized why the little man had failet
to make any impression upon it's other
wise stunning owner.-Brooklyn Eagle