The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-19
The Real Offenders.

Childron, who are tOrmentcd constant
~ by grown persons through envy, in
nate cruelty. or mistaken kindness. arc
often regarded as great nuisances by
Keepers Of summer hotels and boarding
houses. Indeed, 10 seems as though In
certain months OF the year they are well
come only I'm the kingdom Of heaven.
They are accused Of prancing on the
piazza, yelling at their play, and in many
ingenious ways shattering the nerves OF
the mature. And yet these so-called
plaques are still at night, for they sleep
the sleep Of the unjust the traditional
deep. refreshing sleep of the murderer be-
fore execution.
There are deadlier assassins OF the
nerves than the abused children. Thin
are the partitions that divide the rooms
in the summer hOtel-thinner than the
partition between genius and madness.
Exhausted with the mOnotony of sum-
mer life. summer fare, summer amuse-
ments and summer novels you 90 10 bed
at reasonable hour. Just as you begin
to doze you hear a set, concentrated
voice. Mrs Sparrowhawk IS reviewing
her husbands conduct during the day;
reminding him OF his refusal 10 take her
rowing; questioning the nature OF his
talk with three or four men I'm a secluded
room and tho precise character OF his
rcdolent breath: objecting 10 the interest
taken IN a brazen widow from some
vague Western town. The voice never
deviates from its maddenng. inexorable
pitch You never cared for Sparrow
hawk before: now you feel drawn to-
ward him: you will tel him tomorrow
Of the climatic glories OF South Dakota.
or its the voice OF a maiden lady read
ing aloud from the eighth hundred and
seventy-ffth opus Of 1.-THE Duchess" for
tho benefit Of her companion who suffers
from insomnia and weak eyes. The voice
falls like the drip from a faucet There
is no compensation in learning the Incl
dents Of the plot for the tones are not
articulate Perhaps the reader has no
palate. She has certainly taken out her
teeth 10 give them a nights rest.
or q statesman from the Southwest
who had never seen the ocean-and in
secret does not think Gnuch OF it now
ne has seen its engaged in an animated
political discussion with a Connecticut
manufacturer. It's chilly on the piazza;
and the statesman brought his own
whisky from his far-distant home. You
do not dare demonstrate. for you fancy
him dressed chiefly in a belt constructed
for his carefully selected arsenal and the
partition would be as pasteboard TO
bullet
Then there IS the humorist who IN
alcoholic good-nature IS not content with
mixing ND the boots In the corridor. Rude
i'm health. he persists in sitting up until
nearly all the guests are I'm bed. with a
svmpathetic companion, no chooses the
corridor as a playground. lie Wlelcs
"a boot as baseball. and shows sur
nrising mastery Of off and in-shoots.
Fond Of music. he insists on going
through his repertory Of topical songs.
ue fears not the landlord, for his bar
bin IS monumental.
And YOU envy the courage or the new
Orleans man who I'm q New Brunswick
town this month shot two fellow-guests
because they regarded A. NJ as a most
a.,.,,,or,rlate hour for fun exhibition OF
animal spirits. ,r-o
PERHAPS. however, you are not sure
r,arksman and are not In the haDit OF
correcting q gun In that case you nhBht
80, renartee. following the example OF
- e,,ee+ at a Worcester hotel during
,,,,efcal festical IL was 2 O'Clock IN the
,,-C,.,,i,e. and eight roisterers In one sInall
room mad been for a long time Vociier,
C,s octet 4 weak voice was H."lu
+b~oueh the transOm I'm expos uia'ioil-
sWhat will you take?" was roared p pan,
"Chloroforrn said the mild-mannereu
40, And the octet disbanded. But there
ore e7iests who have no sense OF huiiio''
-Boston Journal.