The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-05-01
NO ONE KNEW HIM.

was really what she said.
These were the words of Florence
Larkin 10 her brother. George had in
trusted her with that difficult commits
sion-to find out why Gertrude was on
and ON with him-why she was some
times so cordial and sweet and some
times so distant. And poor Florence had
to explain to George that Gertrude had
virtually said that he was too common
place. She could not marry a man that
nobody knew and nobody talked about.
He was good, he was successful, he was
kind, he was everything that Miss Edge
worth would require in one of her
novels, but he did not attract people s
attention. Nobody ever heard of George
Larkin.
After Florence had explained this in
the minutest way possible twice, George
seemed to understand what she was talk
ing about.
Does she want to see my name in
the newspapers"
81 should not say that, i" said Flor
ence.
DOto Ep0 VAIN iuS w Iluo uOWn
Broadway in plate armor and nail on
the doors of Trinity notice that she il
the prettiest girl in the world?'
"She did not say so, said Florence.
docs she want to see me more?"
~ should think you would do better
| II you went there less," said Florence.
IF all she wants is to have me talked
ako,,t Oh chon bowa har Aud
George Larkin flounced out of the ROOM
Ten days after, as Gertrude Clark
came down, rather late, to her breakfast,
the servant brought in pile of letters
on the salver. Gertrude's little sister
counted them there were 23. "What in
the world has happened?" said she.
The little sister cut them open, and
Gertrude read:
DEAR Miss CLARK-I think you know Mr..
George Larkin. Will you have the Kindness Ia
put his address on the note incioseds
DEAR Miss cLARK-Do you know your friend
Mr.. Larkin well enough to ask him to come
round TO our receptionf II is very informal,
but we shall be 40 pleased to see him.
DEAR Miss CLARK-I am NO enjoyed that
| forget Mr. Larkin's first name. Iwsnt to send
him card for our party. May trouble yor
| for his address,
| Twenty-three notes that contained
| such references 10 George!
| Yet for these ten days past George
| had not sent her-no, not "a carnation.
| He did send her note TO excuse him.
self from driving with her in the park.
| He was not even at her aunt's regular
family party, where he had begged her
to have him invited. George had Who'll
ly dropped ont of her life, and Gertrude
had begun to wish that he had not drop
ped out. .g
The reader shall know what had hap
pened. The reader shall know how a
nice girl may be suddenly walked up to
| find that her lover is not the unimpor-
tapt person which in his humility he
had made her believe The reader shall
know how one young man got himself
named from one end of continent to
| the other.
All this happened in a very large city
Of 1900, 900 people. which is the CAPT
tai Of very large country, which coun-
try is next to the republic Of Altruria.
This country was governed partly by
the principles Of the nation Of Altruria,
partly by the principles Of the devil
and partly by sort Of happy 60 lucky
| system which had worked very well for
| 100 years. In the course Of the happy
60 lucky arrangements it found itself
| in a scrape for the sort of ready money
that it wanted. 1t had some ready
money. which the people did not much
like, and it wanted some ready money
made Of beaten gold. And so the chief
magistrate of this happy 60 lucky
| country had issued his proposals fol
what was called popular loan"
Nobody knew very we'll how the pop.
| ular loan was to be taken mp, but every.
body was quite sure that his next door
| neighbor had better subscribe to it. Peo.
| pie went SO far as to say how much Mr..
Jones ought to subscribe and how much
| the Widow Smith ought to subscribe.
But, up till the moment when Gertrude
sent that unkind message to George by
| Florence. nobody knew very we'll how the
thing was going to turn out. 1t might
be that the popular loan would all bt
taken mp by set of sharpers, or il might
| be that it would not be taken at all. /,
might be that il would be very unpopu
! lar loan. And everybody was very curl
ous to see.
There was once an occasion when al
the nations of the world agreed that ev
cry person in the world should scream
as loud as he could at particular in
slant of time. When the instant came
there was q horrible stiffness over the
mundane creation. For everybody. in
stead Of screaming himself, had listened
to hear somebody else scream, and nc
one screamed but dumb man in China
and deaf woman in the Sandwich lie.
lands.
1t was something like this ABOUT the
popular loan. But at last the great day
came when, at Washington, they opened
| the bids.
Now, the credit of this nation was
pretty good and pretty bad. In very
bright, gilt edged times IL could borrow
money at less than 3 per cent. In those
times when there was trouble about the
sort of money that il would give and
take. il generally had 10 pay a on tio4
that is TO say, its per GEMS were
placed at l04. The different sharper,
and the different old ladies. the men and
women who had been coaxed mp to sub
scribing in different ways. were in gen