Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-01-12
SHE HEARD HIM TELL jim.
The Pretty ryp~wrttrr Va. Her rreubi
like the R-.t Oft.

The Pretty ryp~wr,trr va. Her rreusies
like the R--t efr..
"And what did you saw" inquired the dim
girl eagerly.
IL told him that would never toler.,, A
again, answered the stout girl de,crmin.dl,.
1T Is just like nv case. sighed the slim siri
sadly. men think are devoid % feeling.
Yesterday morning he came down 10 the once
ten hours late. When I am two minutes l.,s
he makes as much fuss IL he had swallowed
his toothpick.
'Bu,. oh, what hilarious. joyou. Jag hs
must have had the night before Severthel--s
his attire looked ~ II he had just stepped cut %
. handbon"
Men ALWAYS try 10 brace up the morning
after, my brother Jack saws" interrupted the
stout girl. with well posted air.
but his eves-two great round burnt holes
IN an army blanket heard him tell jam thai
his tongue had coating on az thick enough 10
plant potatoes and rich enough 20 grow goose
berries There were thirty-nino letters 90 he
answered. too. dear. one Wa IN . square
pertumed envelope. which he hastily jsmmed
IN his inside pooket-his wife couldn't have
written him 60 eArlv could shey'
"She might, said the stout rirl reaectiveiv
They say wives sometimes write their hus-
bands notes 10 remind them % daily eommi.-
sions"
heard him tell Jim that he Was shaking hl. a
suspension bridge while twenty freight trains
were going over IL At full speed. ne va. ter
ribly muddled. too.
Was he really muddledg' inquired the stout
girl interesiedly.
"Awfully, He could scarcely iuteliieertly
answer the correspondence and whom "a. bust
ness OF the day piled up on his desk be couldn't
handle IL at he in a terrible stew. \
heard HIM tell Jim that his head f,lt a. rug n.
~ 4. a
around forty times ne fast. lie leaned his fore-
head constantly on his hand. aad I heard him
tell Jim that IL was hot a. the blasts Of the
hottest and biggest furnace in-well Won know
what he said-and was thrabbing like the tripl.
expansion engines of aturn-screw Atlantic liner
in race"
Poor fellow was the svmpathetie re-
joinder OF the stout girl
oh. he doesn't deserve any svmnathv." said
the slim girl sharply. Il offered him INV sym-
pathy-all the good it did. 1 ventured IN my
Are you feeling very unwer. Mr.. Pre-
miumg
What do YOU think the brute said2"
What said the stout girl eNpeciantlv.
Miss foundthekeys. just suppose Won mind
repeating the dreadfally wicked adjective he
used"
The wretch
81 afterward heard him tell Jim that the
English language was inadequate 90 express. a
tenth part OF has emotion. 80 partially forgays
HIM. When o clock came be CLOSED his de-k
with bang. with lot OF unfinished business on
IT. heard him tell Jim that while insurance
was all right generally. he didnt give q green.
goggle-eyed. Chinese dragon-joss conhagrAtion
II the Capitol burned down-he was going
home to bed. Then he gave me enough copv-
ing and work to keep me busy for a fortnight.
saying that he expected it at > O'Clock this
morning
''what did Won saw. dearl"
81 just told him il was his typewriter
wasn't his slave, and that I would discharge
him on the spot"
Heavens YOU didn't tell him that 90 hi.
face, did you!' cried the stout girl. appre-
hensvely.
NO. admitted the slim girl. hesitatingly,
but 1 SAID 1t inst as soon as lac got out %
hearing"