St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-30
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man could not know this before he had
personally met Miss Kirwin, and, if the
| inward Guaking he felt had been out
wardiy visible when he was ushered
into bel presence after the matinee
yesterday, she might have given him
what is known in sporting parlance as
| 1.-THE laugh" But he managed to wear
! reasonably confident front. though
| bent Oil asking seemingly impairment
| question, and the sprightly singer re.
ceived him with a kindly greeting and
an Invitation to be seated in the cosy
! bower she called her dressing room.
A report had got abroad in Chcag
that Miss Kirwin was married. The
GLOBE heard of it, and desired to let its
readers know at once whether the re-
port was true or false. When he had
recovered his breath and finished
wondering stare about the prima don
| mas snuggery, the reporter asked point
| blank:
Miss Kirwin, are you married."
The abruptnesS of the question quito
stunned the ready -witted little lady.
Her face was something OF a study as
she looked at the questioner, but in II
moment she ans wered:
why, nor' Then a smile began to
break over her features, and with Just a
trace of ROBUSTNESS in her air she fin
ished: But l am willing to be, and
should like to be-
Now it was the intervieWer's turn to
be Mustered" but thoughts of the wife
and little one at home shot athwart his
mind, and to square himself he put his
foot in it by asking:
''0f course you would know it if YOU
were married. Miss Kirwin?"
Most assuredly." with an assumption
| OF dignity which the scribe thought she
used only in The Grand Duchess IF
l were married L should not be here,
because l am thoroughly domestic in
my habits and tastes. How could such
report get out? And in Chicago, too"
! The front elevation of this last sentence
was too high for the reporter, who sim
| ply passed it up.
But 1t isn't strange, after all" re-
| sumed Miss Kirwin. IA newspaper
man once came to me here in st. Paul
] and told me he knew all about INV mar
| rlage-c0uld tell me the name of the
man, the minister, the people who stood
] up with us, and, in fact, all about it. |
| was Delighted at the way in which he
| stated his case. but, of course. | was
compelled, although s0rrowfully, to
! spoil the pretty story"
Are you g0ing to be married, Miss
Krwin?''
This question was rather raw. and
| the ashy pallor of his brainworks told
| the queStiOner so as soon as it was out.
1t was desperate case, and only SuSie'S
| hne-edged diplomacy could clear the
| rocks ahead. She looked right at the
| laundering man and SAID, SLOWLY a ID
without 4 smile":
II hope to be some day. l am happy
as am, and st. Paul people are very
| kind 10 me- My health Is better this
year than it ever has been before on
our visits to the city,
| Her health being good, no husband in
| sight, unless TO her minds eye, hope of
marriage well developed, and all this
| topped off with the fact that Miss K IL
win was being urgently called to a
rehearsal of a new feature for last night.
there was nothing left for the visitor to
do but TO express. the hope that she
would secure partner for life who
would never drive the smiles from her
face or the laughter and light from her
eyes, and then quit. Which he aid. or
intended TO do, and took his departure,
| assured on una fashionable authority
that Miss KirWln is not married, and
feeling quite eIated over an invitation
to call again.
~
These are dog days. Fish won't
bite in dog days" This was the an
swer of Capt. Hardacre to Il query as
10 whether he had been fishing lately.
a bYstander winked and said that he
could give better reason fer the cap
taln's foregoing fishing for time. lie
told the following story: mot long
ago, when the water was cooler, the cap
tain went to lake not very far to put
in the day fishing. He hired boat and
a man 10 row it. He had rheumatism
so that he did not want to sit in the low
seat OF the boat, and stool was pro-
Vded. lii the excitement of the sport,
which was good, owing to the fact that
nSh were plenty, the captain forgot his
pains and aches and likewise the fact
that he was perchrd on a stool in a
rather frail craft. by CAD that is a
whopper," said he, making a lurch.
Presto! Odds, fish, BOUNDS, manp
were the CALCULATIONS that ended as the
captain pumped into the lake from his
high seat. Capt. Hardacre sought a
near by house To beg a suite dry clothes
but the only person there was a woman,
and she did not have piece of male
attire about the house. The captain
admitted that the emergency was suf-
fclent to Justify him in donnIng attire
peculiar to the feminine gender rather
than 20 to bed until his clothes would
dry. The result turned out satisfactory,
as the captain was cured of his rheuma-
tISm." Capt. Hardacre laughed at the
story told and remarked that he would &.
give nice thing to know who gave HIM
away.
"What is the hope down your way
regarding the quite ONE OF the present
monetary tightness?" asked a GLOBE
man of Col. Peter Gilmartin, who is
largely interested i'll manufacturing en-
terprSes down in Niagara county, New
York.
What are you people up here grum-
bling aud growing about?" retorted the
colonel. In all this vast section of
country you have reasonably good
crop in prospect. Your farmers will
begin TO realize on this crop almost as
soon as they begin to gath
er 1T. Then your business
men will begin to feel the good effect.
When the farmers have money they dis
charge their obligations all around. be-
cause they are honest men. This bIIngS
money into circulation in every channel
Of trade, both i'll country dealings and
city business, for when the country
merchant has money he will hasten to
square his accOuntS.in the city. Thus,
once the crop begins to move, money
viii be brought out that is not in sight
now, and all hands will be more flush of
cash. The Northwest can rest COM
paratlvely easy at this time, in my
opinion"
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"YOu can talk about your good times
and vacation fun all you please" said
Col. Charles Beach, advance agent OF
Lou SCOTS cool and comfortable play
house, ''but | want TO tell you that the
only proper kind of a party for days
outing is the one we now have under
way for next Sunday. Some of the
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