Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-03

for me. 1t seemed to me that nothing but a
sudden, happily-contriyed and brilliant
tour de force could break this iron front and
make a diversion in my favor; so l SHE'D
NV hat into the arena, and followed it with
skip and jump, shouting blithely: "Ha,
ha, here we all are, Mr.. Merrymanr'
Nothing could be deeper or stiller than
the absense of applause which followed.
But kept on; there seemed no other way,
though my confidence, poor enough before,
had got a deadly check and was in effect
gone. tried to be iocund out of heavy
heart. l tried to touch the other hearts
there and soften the bitter resentment in
those faces by throwing off bright and airy
fun and making the whole CHASTITY thing a
iovousIy humorous incident, but this idea
was not well conceived. 1t was not the
right atmosphere for it. 1 got not one smile;
not one line in those offended faces relaxed.
1 thawed nothing of the winter that looked
out of those frosty eyes.
A Series of Explanations.
1 started one more breezy, poor effort, but
the head of the expedition cut into the
center of it and said: "Where have you
been?"
saw bv the manner of this that the idea
was to get down to cold business now. So
L began my travels, but was cut short
again.
"Where are the two others? We have
been in frightful anxiety about them"
"Oh, they're all right. 1 was to fetch a
cab. l will go straight of, and"
"Sit down! Don't you know it is II
o'clock? Where did you leave them?'
"At the pension"
"Why didn't you bring them?"
Because we couldn't carry the satchels.
And so 1 thought"
Thought! You should not try to think.
One cannot think without the proper ma
chinery. 1t is two miles to that pension.
Did you go there without cab?"
'I-well didn't intend to, it only hap
pened So"
''How did it happen sop
Because l was at the postoffice and re-
membered that L had left cab waiting
here, and so to stop that expense 1 sent
another cab Toto"
''To what"
"Well, i don't remember now, but I think
the new cab was to have the hotel pay the
old cab and send it away"
"What good would that doo''
"What good would it do? 1t would stop
the expense, wouldn't ito"
SPY putting the new cab in its place to
continue the EXPENSE
L didn't say anything.
he story oil the Telegram.
"Why didn't you have the new cab come
back for you?"
''Oh, that's what did remember now.
Yes, that is what did. Because L recpl-
lect that when Il
well, then, why didn't it come back for
you?"
"To the postofice? Why, it did,
"yery well, then, how did you come to
walk to the pension?"
IL don't quite remember how that hap
pened. Oh, yes, l do remember, now L
wrote the dispatch to send to the Neither
lands and
''Oh, thank goodness, you did accomplish
something! ] wouldn't have had YOU fail
to send-what makes you look like that?
You are trying to avoid my eye. That dis
patch is the most important thing that
You haven't sent that Dispatch
"I haven't said didn't send it,"
"You didn't need to. On, dear, L
wouldn't have had that telegram fail for
ANYTHING. Why didn't you send it?''
''Well, you see, with so many things to
do and think Of They're very particu-
lar there, and after 1 had written the tele-
gram"
'Oh, never mind, let it go, explanations
can't help the matter now-what will he
think of us?''
.'Oh, that's all right, that's all right, he'll
think we gave the telegram to the hotel peo-
pie, aud that they"
''Why, certainly! Why didn't you do
that? There was no other rational way"
Confusion W worse Confounded.
eyes, 1 know; but then I had it on my
mind that must he sure anu get to the bank
and draw some money"
We'll, you are entitled to some credit