The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-17
THEY DIDN'T KNOW ADoLpHUs.
he Was No Cad. hut WAS Merely Demonstrate
Ing tho Nniue OF Ills Gnods.

From tie Washington Ercning Star.
The young man who had i%rsinuatcd himself
into the ACQUAINTANCE Of everybody in the party
was n striking example Of how the hitter may
be mingled with the sweet. Tho young women
pronounced him lovely. and the young men
linked his name with fierce though unuttcrcd
malcdictions. 1t was q striking illustration of
the ease with which n mans motives may be
misiudgcl. lli3 irs' namc was Adolphus,
which fact was calculated To damage his popu-
ihr nj alnohS ~" ,ncn from the first.
They, were nd}niring the scenery.
sec how that mountain rises In the distance"
exclaimed onu Elrl.
IT. great, said Charley Chuggins. with en-.
You wouldn't think it's az big rs It really
+ Z, look at i, from here remarked DicRy
You'd think II was big enough IL You had to
WSmik TO me top. as have" commented Billy
1T reminds me" Adolphus murmurcd. that
the heights by great men reached and kept were
not attained by sudden flight, but they, while
incir companions slept, were toilihg upward III
The youns men glared al him, but one of tho
girl WHISPERED to the others:
''llaye you heard about Names engagement
one oi Inc young women remarked, attcr II
."lcs.' replied another. she has broken it.
lie has sent her back all her letters and she has
billy Bliycn was about to offer some opinion
wngh Adolpliqs interpreted:
10 lIt lbllif MIMI Tltn RllIS wax DDUI " Itu
donors prove unkind."
The girls looked al one another with ~ccstatic
"Mawt is a mic girl" said one. Then, turning
fanny, "YSs" he answered; 81 met her once and
seemed like The rcasing OF N,%,,iisiic music.''
Tho trouble was That She thought he wns
marrying. her for her money. commented tue
informant.
"AH,' came The response. with a deep sigh.
30 WhOn cav -irl "~ give r"nutr or trust. content
he nlp N 4 Inf Tim. ynll and inst ~
Il honestly think that Mnmc feels worse
about ii than he does commented the infor.
YES" said Adolphus; mans love is of mans
it Ca th NM HGmrt: It's m"man,s Whp Ne existence.
after that. ZONE, ri the Other young men
talked about baseball and kindred topics, but
W n psf, Of f., them en-. lq g d., along long, in E;o"m IN; o,l stSa
and held an Indignation meeting.
Its an outrage said one.
I'll bet he's an unmitigatcd cad, exclaimed
another. who had not observed the approach of
Anything going wrongi' asked that young
Yes; there is something going wronE,' re-
piled i Bill = Bliven aw who 2i is noted ted for Or his direct ct
talk. We are plain people. and we're tired of
hearing YOU try to show off every time any of
81 think l have succeeded in making an i'm
preston on the ladies' replied Adolphus com.
You don't expect us to be happy over that,
do you, when the means by which you did it
was TO provoke comparisons to our diSadvan-
tagel"
~ can understand your feelings. But you
cant blame Il man for doing business in n bust
ncss.likc manner" he proceeded soothingly.
y you mean to say that you make Il business
of this sort of thingf'
Every man who engages in commerce ought
to be prepared TO demonstrate the value Of
his wares. That" he went on, while reach:
ing into his inside vest pocket, lis what |
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