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

| nation, to tell the truth. Dick has some
| body up" two-thirds of the time, and as
his friends are always welcome l could not
see why a change should be of particular
interest TO me.
1T isn't well" was Dicks peevish re-
| joinder. and 1 laid down my pen and turned
| to inquire the cause of his truculent temper.
1T is. in fact, about as bad as bad can be-"
And Dick began jabbng his paper knife in
my favorite lily jar, to the utter destruction
of my precious bulbs. You know Walter
Winn was first in our class, and the profess
sor was mighty proud of him, while the
women nearly smothered him with flowers
| when he delivered the prize Grafton on a
Manly Man. Since then Walter has been
all over the world. The governor left him
a pile of money and expressed a wish that
he spend two years in travel. The boys
were saying at the club the other night that
We would have 81 eat time when Walt got
back, because she has seen so much and can
talk so well. He used to be so bright and
manly, so ambitious, yet thoroughly UNI
spoiled, that We actually loved him. When
We got word at the club that he would be
here this week, We nearly had row over
who should have him first, and when 1t was
decided by lot, | drew him.
Dick concluded with a groan in which was
real tragedy.
We'll. if you don't want him, why don't
you turn him over to one of the others ?"
was my natural query.
Good heavens, / wish could" and Dick
began to stride back and forth, kicking
chairs and ottomans out OF his way and
doubling Jonah in a yeping heap i'll the
corner. Il offered to do 1t and foot the bills
into the bargain. but they wouldn't have 1t
that way. He came yesterday, with his
boxes and his man What's that? one
o'clock? l promised to meet him at the
club at two. / say, Sara, you'll treat him
respectfully and not let the girls guy him to
his face" and Dick slammed the door till
H. AZ IN ~
failed to elucidate, l naturally concluded
that the impending guest ought to be a
disciple of Luther Benson's, perhaps. Being
bent on missionary work. l arranged-in my
mind-for an evening under the benign min
lstrations Of Moody and Sankey, as a pos
sible antidote for the poison of which l de,
cided that this son of sin had supped, ana
when he was properly "meliowed l doubted
not the gold cure" might present attrac-
tons True to Dick, / sent the girls on to
Baltimore, because l argued 1t was better
that they should not come in contact with
such a man, and the visit had been piahned
for some time. anyhow.
Curious Sort of Man.
Dick and his friend came little after 6.
I was waiting impatienty for them in the
hall | wanted to welcome the boy so that
he would know that no matter to What
depths he had sunk we were willing to
help him up 1 thought him either very
feeble or very full as they came up the
hall, and the shock was almost overWheln-
ing when, on being introduced to me- ne
grasped my extended hand and yankei II
up to my chin with the pump-handle snake
and automatic bow.
Jaw, delighted. / assuah you" giboered
this bright, ambitious limb of masculin-
ity and all of a sudden it dawned upon me
that Dicks friend was not a sot whose
diseased appetite might be cured. but
cad, than which there is nothing more pitt
full in all this wide. wide world. one OF those
x.hn iS daSniSa1 those above
him. distrusted by those on his own level,
detested by those beneath him. Thank
heaven, our Dick is a man. every inch or
| him, and that is whole lot, for he stands
six feet high. | shouldn't wonder II he
makes a good many bad breaks, according
| to the rules of New York's 400, but never
| in all his life has he been called snob. and
| he hates the whole class. mus IL was
quite easy for me to divine the depths of
| his disgust when he found that his whilom
| bosom friend had degenerated in two years
! time till one could almost accept the mon
| key-man theory without question. Walter
winn looked like lamp post appareled for
! conquest How he achieved the metamor-
! phosis / cannot imagine. Two years ago
| he was comely young fellow, rather atm
| letic as to rowing, running and riding, high
| spirited and seemingly high minded There
| is a vacuum now where his mind used to
| be- and other Ills seem to have followed in
| quick succession. There are his shoulders.
| for instance. From his neck to his elbows
| Is a regular toboggan slide. Then his high
| collar nearly hid his ears and just below
the slightly turned-out points was the new
| old-fashioned stock of white lawn, tied
| butterfly fashion. He wore irreproachable
! linen with two small pearl studs, white
| satin wastcoat and his dress coat, trousers
! and patent feathers left nothing to be &C.
| sired When | looked at his head L con-
| Guided that there lay the line of demlrca
| ton. He has head shaped like an In
dams, running to point on top: Nhen
he wore his hair little long and tossed
! LII 1nfn ! % nd Nnd
| the George Fred Williams style of parting
| it in the middle and combing 1t down over
his temples till he looks like Running An
| telope or Ignacio. The vacuous expression
| of his Countenance matches the aching void
i in his head and is comparable to nothing
| but that inaneness that shrouds Tom Reed s
| face when the democrats are throwing
| clods at him, with the difference, of course
! that Reed is thinking and Dicks friend
| only thinks he thinks.
| Dick excused himself to get into his din
| ner dress. The boys were to do the cad
honor at the club at s. The hour that
| spent on that misguided youth is an hour
| wasted out of the precious few of my lfe.
can soothe a fretful baby, play marbles
with small boy or talk foot ball to a
youth but with this creature l could find
! no level at first, and simply experimental.
/ tried to interest myself in his travels, so
asked him If he enjoyed going about. He
gazed at me sleepily through his monocle.
| then with a half-suppresSed yaWn and lift
/, of his shoulders, he replied, languidly:
Such shame.
| MY dear madame, travelling is boah; a
beastly boah, / do assuah you. 1t is vuigah
to notice scenery, because it's all alike, don't
you know. Only cut on different pattern,
rocks and hills, and hollows and few
! levels Cyahs are dusty. dining accommo-
dations beastly Hotels horrid. People you
meet I'D with a'h common. On shipboard
one has horrible experiences. Why, once,
i assuah you. when my man failed to book
me in time, L had to share my cabin with
| a man who actually wore night robes in
| stead of pajamas, and instead of changing
his shirt each morning, changed his collars
and cuffs. Most extraordinary! The odah
of the machinery was most offensive. Quite
! made me ill. Unless you have to, don't
| travel. Great boah, indeed it isl
| And this from man whose feet had
| pressed the soil of every known cline,
| toped to have better luck with horses and
dogs. I remembered that he used to be
| fond of both. in fact, was quite noted
| cross-country rider. and could take pretty
| stiff fence, but fell down again.
| Il do not ride he responded, YEARLY.
"It Is so very boisterous, don't you know;
! gets one excited. and disarranges ones at
tire Actually, the last time + rode | per-
| spired Horrible isn't it? decided never to
| ride again. I go tooling sometimes when
the days are bright. My medical man in
sists upon it as a matter of health, else
would not. 1t boahs me. There is such an