The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-10-24

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ia Washington state are sitting
Il took the seat with such alacriy as to
startle into silence one of the young men
a specialized. clerical looking young fel
low with college airs about him, who was
talking about the relative merits of water
and land transportation to the fair III Il
very enthusiastic way and incidentally en-
gazing himself in suppreSSing any remarks
that the hale and hearty young fellow with
the blonde mustache might attempt 10
make.
THE three gazed at me reproachfully.
as if they thought | was intrudins upon
them. The young lady was 4 unique bit
of western beauty, with bewltchlng eyes and
brown hair, which had an overweaning de
sire to 90 aStray on the sides and danSle in
the Chicago brcezcs. She mentally sized
me up and apparently approved of me, and
softcning the gaze. she turned i'll my d.
rection The hale and hearty young fell
low with the blonde mustache and diamond
pin ScOwlcd at me and the young fellow
with the clerical look and geld -rimmed eye
glasses vainly attempted to wither me with
hie, gaze. The young i9Gy perceived these
we'll meaning attentions Of her escorts and
became very gracious in her bearing toward
me.
Even u married man is tempted to dis
pense with his wife and children when he
gets seven hundred and fifty miles from
home ana meets pretty woman who beams
delightfully."-, charm!ngly upon him. l saw
that | had created the impression OF Il
single man and adjusted my facial cN-
preston so aS to look as Juvenile as pos
sibie. My nccrcmonious coming. in had
east Il damper upon the little dinner party,
but their conversational powers soon re-
viyed under the coaching of Miss Westerner.
IL don't agree with you at Ill about ihe
womans building, Mr.. SpinEs,' She said
in musical tones. 4 think it is the most
complete department of the faif. il thoH-
oughiy represents the status OF woman III
art, Industry, domestic llie-every tnlm@-
i ~ Lnl
in the sod-rimmcd glasses shifted III his
chair and smiled all over himself ut the
prospect Of an Argument and the more de-
iightful prosDect Of convincing ms pretty
sweetheart for that's what she WhS) by
the power of his clOqucnce.
= 'ArtiStically it is very good, he said,
but it is somewhere lacking Il
missing link. It's hardly the thing, you
know. for woman to put up buildings
and fill them up with trinllets of her own
make lis out of her line. Woman,
and he beamed upon the young lady. 'W0-
man. Miss Silvey, is i'll her sphere i'll the
realm of home. There she is queen.
but when she leaves home and goes to
drawing plans for houses and setting w
exhibits and running things she Spoirl it all
and drops Il peg or two from her dlviner
sphere
- agree with Miss Sivey altogether
said the hale and hearty young man dog
gedly, waving his hand in dismissal Of the
subject. oh, thank you, Mr.. Bhpp, she
said. That's 50 nice You have such
broad views. DO you like the .plaisanccea,
Mr.. BlippT Delighted with it, he said.
perfectly delighted IT'S Il grand congress
of fakes said the clerical Mr.. Spinks.
1T ought to be baniShcl from the grounds.
1t has no place in the same enclosure WIN
such 4 grand thing. as the arr bNiidln&.
Miss Silycy'S eyes lighted NJ al the mrn-
She cried. l could spend Who" ycar look
ing Ut The divine paintings there / bav"
only spent one day in ii yet am gong
th"re the first thing tomorrow morning
and stay all day Both Young men trieI
to speak ut once. but Ny Spnl;s spoke first.
And may 60 along anG "ni3Y the pictures
with y0u?' he asked. ! will be delighted
to have YOU. she said. ferclTal Hipp
looked very blue and buried his counGe-
nance IN Il glass of milk.
The conversation run on. SpnkS was
ccslatjcIlIy happy; blipp sank into deepest
misery The two rjYaiS--fOl II WAS too evil
dent that they were Such-glarcd ut each
other and consistently disagreed on every
point. SpinkS said he thought the ethno-
logical exhibit highly interesting. Biirp
said it was a musty old collection Of mum
mics that offended the sight ana ought 10
be ruled out of the fair. SpinkS said lie
thought the roller chairs an excellent
method of getting about the grounds and
tended for decrepit old women and m
vaIds. Miss Silvcy's eyes sparkled with
delight at this exchange OF pleasantIieS he
tween her two lovers. Sac glanced at me
roGuishIy. and encouraged the two young
fellows to 90 on.
This transplantcd love affair was IN
amusing comedy ANA | fingered al the table
H.; long as the young lovers kept it going.
in*tinctiyely my sympathy went 0ut 10
Pcrcival Blipp and | watched the progress
of the conversation, his defeats ana his
rallies, with that interest one feV!S IN tot
thp fortunes of Il hero 4 play
book. ! conceived Il strong liking for his
omen. honest face. l gathered from the
conversation that he was Il mine owner,
aud liked him all the better for thar.
SpinkS was 4 young lawyer. ana as Blirp
rose III nay estimation he fell correSp0il-
dinghy.
II took my first look at The fair the next
morning. | remembered Miss Silveys AN
moIncenlent that she was going to spend
thr day in the art building. and late Ill the
afternoon went there hoping TO catch
sight OF them | stumbled upon Blipp five
minutes after | got inside; lie seemed to
he wandering about in des,lltory fashion,
.,nziro at the pictures in Il FerfunctOry,
Iixintrrc%tc, way. be recognized ne ana
smiled i remember your face 1T the table
last night SAID he. my name is Percival
HlipD. Spokane Falls. Washington. Look
n,,f any apparent method or object. He
KEPT sending inquirinG, Chances ahead, ana
n,ntn,,tIy | recugilizcd. Il few feet away
f~nm MS. Miss Silvcy and Spink&. If they
were not enjoying the show, why appear
ancpS don't count iot ahL'hih% h'y
and alternately searching through It's leaves
fnr ti,n numbers and looking at the pictures
giving every symptom of pleasure.
..Hlipp SAW that | recognized them and
he bushed There they are he said half
guilty, they've been taking 1t in al! day