Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-12-29

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"where are you going with that hat
on'" queried my wife in tone of extreme
solicitude.
took OFF the article designated, looked
at it from various points of view and then
put it on again.
"What's the matter with itS" asked.
"Don't you See that straw hats are call
ed inf Here IL Is away in October, and you
are still going around as il in fear Of u
sunstroke."
"The weather Is warm"
"That has nothing To do with IL. It's
custom that dictates such matters. Peo-
pie already say that you have very little
respect for established opinions and are as
odd as three men have u right to be. II
they see you with that hat, they will Ger
tainly think you are theosophist."
"They will'" cried in dismay. "Here,
burn the article at once What hat shall
wearS"
"Take this of Jim's. It's his latest"
Jim Is my brother-in-law. There seems
70 be an even heat between him and the
fashion plato rs to which shall show the
newest style the sooner.
"Iook wellf" asked
"Yes, " responded my wife, with an air
Of pride. "Now you look like somebody"
The ambition of many people 10 present
the appearance Of being somebody" with
out the labor of actually acquiring the
right To be so'ormed the subject of my
philosophical meditations on my way to
call on friend, Charles Verrin, to invite
him TO come round that evening with his
wife.
They resided In pleasant fiat. Only
Mrs. Verrin was at home, and / hung up
my borrowed chapeau in the hall and went
into the parlor TO await her appearance
She was young lady, not long married,
and thought appeared in less cheerful
mood than circumstances should warrant,
so after delivering my message inquired
as To the cause of her apparent detection.
1t came out presently that she and her hus-
band had had n little tiff, and the world
was now wrapped in cloud Of purple
gloom. ONCE the mood Of confidence was
yielded TO she was anxious to have some
one advise her.
alt was like this" she said. "Charlie
said-no, / said-we didn't seem to have
as much money TO spend as formerly. And
he said that on account Of the hard times
he was Obliged TO call In good many of
our foolish eXpenditures-just as though
/ had been extravaganti And I asked
what / had spent money for foolishly. And
he said he didn't know, only money was
hard to get and did not seem to go far,
and he worked like slave and all that.
And said that he ought TO have known
1t would cost something il he got married,
and he ought TO have thought OF IL. And
then he said, 'All a woman cares for Is
money! and away he went In n rage, and
had no time to explain anything"
She was in tears by this time, and as !
was expected to make some consolatory re-
marks l uttered the usual commonplaces
about 1t being difficult for two persons to
see things from the same point OF view,
but that these little disagreements did not
amount to anything with people of sense,
and that everything would come right,
and so on.
"Al You have TO do Is to be as nice as
you can be when he comes home, and the
chasm will be bridged and peace restored.
was so engrossed in my thought of the
lady's unhappiness that IL en6irely escaped
my mind that had hung up Jim's derby
in the hall. A straw hat took my eye.
put it on and passed on my way to the city.
Unfortunately, while crossing the bridge,
there came gust Of wind, and the hat
and parted company. The hat went into
the water, giving me in parting a glimpse
of the name, "Charles Verrin," conspicu-
ously printed inside. Then / recalled the
exchange l had made. walked block
bareheaded, and at the shop Of n dealer In
such articles purchased a new tile.
The rest of the day was uneventful.
Business kept me in town till evening.
When returned home, my wife was just
going forth
"What do you think" she cried. "Poor
Charles Verrin has been drownedi They
found his hat in the river, and somebody
went up TO the house and told Alice about
it."
"What manner Of fool was thati" in
terrupted.
"She is distracted. They are searching
for his body. They had quarrel this
morning, and he went away in pet and
hasn't returned. Oh, do you think he has
drowned himself because Of 1t or because
of hard timesi"
"Nonsensel wore his hat of by mis-
take and lost It."
"Oh, Gus, did you, reallyf"
Don't you see this one I've Just
bought"
But Polly had not so much as one glance
to spare.
"Come," she cried, "let us go and tell
poor Alice that it's only her husbands
hat that has been called in.'"
1t is said that body passing through
the air must move with a velocity OF 80
feet "A second To produce high @. don't
know what note a meteor makes in falling
they seem seldom to fall in cities, where
the fact could be observed, but choose des-
olate regions to embed themselves In the
soil.-but there was in my ears rush Of
wind fully two tones above high G, and
the fiutter of feminine drapery was like
the rush Of mighty waters.
"Must be going for the DOCTOR" mur-
INJURED the policeman.
"Five minutes TO catch the last train, I"
suggested the eXpressman. Suddenly there
was n shock and collision.
"Just coming round to see YOU" ex-
claimed one of breathless couple, rising
from the ground a moment after. "Some-
body stole my hat, and II ever"-
"Now, don'tW rebuked his wife. "It's
all right. We thought we'd come and let
you know that Charlie wasn't killed, and
we've made up our quarrel, and we're new
er going TO have another as long as we
livep'
Then we all hummed In unison the
words OF the refrain of the woman's COL
lege song;
'Tis very hard TO be saint,
But all should thus endeavor.
Exchange.
Something Wrong Somewhere.
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