The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1897-01-23

floor, and here's the railroad running
straight through the middle of it"-he
was leaning over the back OF the seat
now, holding the map spread out before
his unwilling listener-"plenty of room
for sidetracks over here, you see, and
for the shops that the roads going to
build. Then here are the spurs down
to the rolling mill and the furnace on
: the bank of the river; this one goes up
to the coal mines and that to the iron
mines across the Little Chiwassee. This
piece of grounds reserved for wooden
mill, and that stflp down there by tho
river is taken for ~ swing factory
baby swings, YOU know a sawmill, a
planning mill, sash and door factory,
a" &c -~
:: Philip made two or or three wild passes
: at his human bluebottle, succeeding
finally in interrupting with promise
to call upon Mr.. Eench at his office and
pleading WEAKNESS as an excuse for not
! Investigating the subject on the spot.
Fench folded his map and rested his
case with the PROMISE; but he kept up
running fresof enco1niums on the new
south and Allacooehee, which the effort
at postponementh had only changed from
particulars to gensyalities, while Philip
i leaned back in the corner Of The seat
and gave himself up to an ecstasy Of
loathing. While the endless tale of
prosperity continued the light went
out of the sky, and it was quite dark
IL. / -. 60 3~nkn
the car to call "Allacoochee!"
I Thorndyl1e gathered up his belong
ings with sigh of relief and presently
found himself standing under the glare
of an electric lamp on the station plat
form, trying to hazard a guess at the.
best hotel in the place as the names
: were shouted out by the knot of yelling
Z, hackmen.
: "Here you are for the Allacoochee
Inn!" :-,
! Fright dis-away for de- Mountain
housed" ....-... A. :
! "shut yo' .fiah-trap, niggah!-yass,
sab, right hyah, sab; bus TO- de Hotel
: Johannesburg"
Notwithstanding the poets doubling
question, there is always more or less
in a name; and the Hotel Johannisberg
l. gained a. guest that night upon no bet
I! ter grounds than that the word awoke
+: pleasant memories in the mind of o
man who knew Europe rather better
+; than he did his own country. AS the
/ omnibus jounced along over the I'M
/. paved streets, Thorndyke amused him
! self by picturing the probable contrast
! between the backwoods tavern and its
high-sounding appellation. He was
rather more than surprised, therefore;
when the omnibus stopped in front of
three-storied building standing in
"a park-like Enclosure and ablaze
with gas and electric lights; and as
constituent rose into admiration when
d 1iveried servant r,shered him into the
magnificent rotunda hoored with mar!
BILE mosaic and wainscoted in quarter
: sawed oak. Everything about the place
was cosmopolitan and modern, from
! the convenient telegraph Office in the
corner to the suave clerk, who might
have been swift Importation from TIE
bestappointed hostelry in, New York. =
/ '%Glad to welcome you to Allacoochee,
Mr.. Thorndyke," !, he said, Hospitality,
when Philip had registered. We're
/ little crowded tonight, but can give
you a good room 81 the second floor,
IL that will answefa'ei
''i'm not particularly SO that it's com-
fortable," replied Thprndyke, glad to
: have his forehodings dispelled. SIS
dinner, il you pp s. +" corrected tho
clerk, affably, sdmmoning a call-boy:
""Show Mr.. Thorn1yksfto his room-No.
49," And Philip followed his coffee-col-'
ored guide to the~elefutor with an un-
comfortable con6jctiop growing upon
him that he had SOMEHOW en2 r stamped him.
SET as provincial y Suggesting supper
The meal was tkkeellent and well
served; and the cmnfort of his room,
after two weary nights in the sleep
ing car, made ThoEndyke late riser On
his first morning ID Allacoochee. After
Or
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