Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-03-17

SWORN Knight
This strange man, with his instincts as
fine as silk, had heart which was a per-
feet Well-sprtug of the unsecured milk OF
human kindness. He made friends Of every
body. Even JONAH who habtually snaps
at his own imag. in the mirror, Wagged
approval of him. l was proud of the way
my girls acted toward him. l rather ex-
pected that some of them would take de-
light in ridiculing him. Girls are not al
ways careful in such matters. When they
ind those who are not of their own world
and that, by the way, is much smaller
part of the universe than the most of them
magine-they are inclined to draw COM
PARSONS which are invidous TO the stran-
ger. L remember a very serious example of
this, which occurred at the diplomatic re-
ception at the White House last winter.
Some young ladies were standing with their
wraps on. waiting for their carriage to be
announced; they were the daughters of
men in high official life, and girls of
wealth. But 1 regret that the refinement
that should have been there was in this
instance lacking. The Chinese minister
and some members of his household came
along just then, and one of these young
ladies leaned forward and said. almost in
his face, oh here is the Pigtail Anha ssa-
dor; now, amt he a beauty" And then the
trio proceeded to discuss him. as he stood
where he and his interpreter could hear
every word that they said. Some of the
comments We're simply brutal, yet they
were drawing comparisons ebetween their
own manners and customs and those of
China. l was ashamed of them, and so
was the wife of one of the Senators pres
ent. for she approached them and repri-
manded them severely. / said to Robbie
that it was kind of her and the others to
take real interest in entertaining Mr..
Evans.
him." she queried, With one of her happy
laughs. "Rose-in- Blooms Mir. 'Redtop' is
genius. and genius must be protected.
am afraid that he isn't much of a Ward
In 1iCtA hut h..i !.
terrified. Yesterday met him on the street
and he turned to speak to me- He took off
that great sombrero, and kept it off while
we cOnversed and he threw away a cigar
that he had just lighted. That is more
than most of the men Of our set do. They
content themselves with holding their cigars
in their hands, and l think a cigar that
burns mat way is more offensive than one
that is smoked regularly
And he is SO generous" chimed in Nora
ny, he has given more for our Door
people since he has been here than we have
had altogether before. He says that his
sister would have been about as old as
am. If she had lived, and that he wants us
TO consider that it is her share of the fund
that he is giving"
Il IKE him because he never preSumes"
Louise looked up from the pretty cashmere
dress that she was working on. She had
given up the Saturday matinee so that she
could finish the frock in time for one of her
proteges to wear to Sabbath school. Just
red frock. Isn't it a beauty? Mr. Redtop
went with us to see poor Mrs. Lane, and
she was feeling badly because Sallie
could not go to Sabbath school. You know,
tue cnlld clothes are in an awful condi-
tion L promised to get something for her
TO wear, and that very evening a messenger
obrought fifteen yards of this dollar-a-yard
cashmere, and said the gentleman hoped
tnat II would be enough to make the kid a
dress. Think of 1t! fifteen yards of double
width cashmere for a seven-year-old child.
He never would have mentioned II to me
again. If had not thanked him for it when
l saw him here yesterday. ANYBODY else.
most, would have made us feel under obli-
cations; not Intentionally, perhaps, but the
feeling would have been there"
1t is true that Mr.. Redtop-we all called
him that, he seemed to like the singular
titA-was not an unabridged edition Of
Good Form he carefully protected his
men by making bib out of his napkin
But have seen men do that who dine with
the President in official capacity He was
lndlHerent as to the vehicle that got his
FOOD to his mouth also-knife fork or spoon.
~ Ilattered not. yet that was perhaps par
GohaDie. Tor L have witnessed a Supreme
court justice eating pie with his knife A
sluuy young guest of ours commented ON
tne fact that one evening at dinner he cooled
MS Sup py blowing 1t in the spoon; and it
was with q good deal of satisfaction that 7
heard Jennie tell her that she ala not think
that as bad as tipping the plate to get the
iast drop out, habit We had all noticed in
ramming his hands to the bottom of biS
trousers pockets, too. / did not like IL but
my dislike does not arise from the hal;af
that congressman alone have the right to do
II. But bad as that habit Is he did not in
uulge In the worse one OF walking along the
street Familiarity holding my arm and thou,
In his hand: he never even offered one of
us that indignity. Neither did no uSa no
tchouly nor musk On the whole 7 bava
concluded that the many charming things
mat ne CID more than balanced the infringe
ments on established rules. He certainly
knew how to please women Every morn
ing we found by our breakfast mates the
lovelfeSt flowers. Those for Rosa-inRloon,
were always half-opened rosebuds as mink
as her own cheeks. Later in he day the
flowers were supplement ted by bon hons tbe
boxes costing five times as much So the
CANDY. That was. of course, very bad form
but | could not bear to hurt his generous
heart by refusing the costly trif1es. At last
reared that Rose-in-Bloom would be spoIl-
Ell by him and suggested to him .hat she
was but child. and his way of treating her
might he hurtful >'
Spoil HERO he repeate3 aftar ma l., ,
sternation, why. you KANT spoiI tb,, La,
She's the prettiest brightest female I've
knowed since my mother and sister Iia5
l lowed ! was treatin her like a sister.
some, ana Ia be sorry to not Seems sc
thouSh m always gittin' off the trail and
stampedin the herd. S'pose now"-hrirht
ening up-"spose now, we call it a misieal
az an p saI tne game over again. Long of
reckon can play the next hand better I"
and / let him play" ''
Mr.. "Redtop" goteas much interested in
Rose-in- Blooms charities as he lid those
OF the older girls. Children seemed to 10
ms delight He went one dlv to seq the
little lame sufferer, who vas fading ONT of
life like crushed flower. Rose-in- Bloom told
me or the visit in her graphic way. Like
all men of strong vitality. he was ,nnst
tender for those who were under tribute
to constant pain.
on, Sara, You ought to have seen him -
salu Kose-ln- BIoom. He lust takes lane
up in his big. strong arms and walks and
sings Wash Me and l Shall BE Whittier
Than Snow and Home of the SOM till
she says she forgets her poor hurt hack
and imagines she hears the angels sirR-
ing to her. Sara. his voice had tears in
1t all the time. And we went and col her
a doll and some picture books that cost
an awful lot of money ana some fruit and
don't know what all. Jane said that she
thought he must he Gods uncle. because
he was so good. OF course | knew better
tnau that, but l didn't toll her So" And
that was only n small part OF his many
transformations charities for the little chill
dren.
One evening I asked Dick to tell me about
Mr.. Evans past. Where did he come by
his marvellous voice." I 1ueried.
You let his past lie buried. Sara" said
this loyal brother of mine. You need not
fear contamination ] would not have
brought him here had 1 not known him well
enough to trust him. You touch every
day the hands of men who are not hal