Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1892-03-18
At CROSS PURPOSES.

"I.xquisite!7 echoed Mrs. Clever,
standing on tiptoe, to peep over her
husbands shoulder.
"Wh0's the artist?" said Mr.. Clever
putting up his eyeglasses.
"Donnayetti, of Rome" responded
some one who CHANGED to be nearer the
sight-line than he himself was
And what is the subject?" demand
ed Mr.. Clever, who, being a business
maM, was not quite posted in poetic
lore "A lady divinity?"
"Ophelia" interpo5ed Mrs. Clever,
briSkly.
OH" said her husband, "from Shak-
speare? King Lear amt it?"
"IiamIet'" corrected Mrs. Clever.
"Oh, yes, Hamlet" nodded her hus-
band Il knew it must be in some of
those comedies"
Its a tragedy"
"N.hat's the difference? It's all one
in the end. But really that pictures
something different from the common.
| wonder if | could get the artist to
IaiHt one for me like it?"
"iIardly." said a connoisseur, who
Wa standing near.
''"iI nii'''t - t'iI00' "990I Uo't VI
>'"\er' lo1lIl{. lWhlch WASH SJrlctiy
UHo: 1of ne dld.)
fcS, hut unfortunately DOnnaVetti,
of Rome, died twonty-odd years ago"
MI. CleTers countenance TELL
Oh said he, II was rather struck
by the picture that's all"
80 was l. S"iIi MIS-. CieFeF' Such
d SWEEP race any IIto shadows on the
" - 81 - 'oll'oI. @ano OILY loon ~
INC "Iue-h"9" "I'' IuSi0S along Ihe
SloTt,
thilih mere are one or TWO en-
cravings OF IT, GeI eAt"nt' Feilarhe4
"tt. Fouiette' tine cohnolSSenr. AND
" >'cel-eh9 gray ing i ieAV pest 70 Ill OH
i'.'Ii''il9' ) y" hIlo Nv,
1tiiS chIQ!llo9' Sal0 MI OleNef'
F'iINihS up L! ! ears
h III D<c. ScoFhIuiiy eCh0ed Ola
roulette. O1 Dohnayett. or home?
;j"rrid' chlmed IN Mrs clever.
" 2H' @"I a cllrom0 Yesterday WIN q
''5'' P?"nu oi Yea ilaI l oou9nI-
mere fed-and-yeIloW d2"b- Nobody
'3.'3ateS chfomoS nowadays.
20 Mf, ana mr; clever went home
rom Holoore M MI Plctufe-@alIeTy
"Fene' ioE d week 70 'he PuoIIc' 70 ne!P
S,l'!,' nm l'ii'9 ''i''il'S o'l d 'i''I0
''2I@illS Ihtell'. -, r,....- ....---.
- 'iSl - So" " Ny, oi 80 ,,I'II e2I-
f f,,i ~ " ',G'U'e pow t !4 tI I"y
- H,'ll' ',o nam WIN oiIe VI 'lloSo oIi-
1'a' ny lol ooi ANN, elS'i5 PRESENT
Il II carr be obtained. Although didn't
,"aI!y fancy 1t,
Maria was perfectly fascinated with
mat spraying woman Ill the water"
reflected MI. Clever. Tastes differ.
GIVE me good, re4-ho1 battle-Piece or
= landscape WIN PIenCy OF sunshine.
but II money IL BUY the ophella' 1t
shall be Maria 5 on the anniversary Of
our "eddln@-aay,
MT. Clever dealt IN hides and leather
on spruce street-a lucrative business,
although not an arlStociatlc one-and
just around the corner an old Jewish
plcture-dealer Iurked, IKE human
SPIDER IN his den. 10 MI. Ezra Elias
sen our hero hasteneu and explained
his wishes.
"1esh, yesh, l underestimate" nod
ded Mr.. EllaSSon. "Dere IS one at
Mentoni's, but it coshts ali, mine
faith, it cOshts its weight Il gold, 1t
ISL rare-very rare. And dere ish only
one in de country"
"What would it cost" asked Clever
with his hands in his pockets and one
foot tapping the fender.
"Sheventy-tive dolIarsh," said Mr..
Eliassen, after hurried calculation
that the engraving might cost him
twenty.
Order it, then, and don't let a soul
know who your orders for. NUNS the
word"
Il understand, sir. Underestimate"
Mrs. Clever made haste to her friend
Mr.. Poulett.
Mr.. POulett," she said, 81 must have
that engraving " hats-his-name,
OF Rome. l want to surprise my hus-
band; but it must be profound secret
from him."
"ltu cost money" said Mr.. Poulett,
clicking his penknife against his teeth;
for when he wasn't an art-critic for the
newspapers he was paying-teller in an
uptown bank.
a don't care what it costs, said Mrs.
Clever,
"SiSty dollars at least" said Mr.
Ponlett, whose conscience was less