Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-05-22

| w hat dye maney
The Sinnit's had brakeman put inty
| Jail fur thirty days Ne daughter wor
readin it aloud ty me out the paper
! Dim gittin so OF behave hardly any
| thin Oh see in some O. thin papers now
adays," commented Rafferty,. with sigh.
Look how they misripresinted Mark Han
ma. Wan day they'd come out wild a pic
ture shown dollar marks all over is
clothes. an the next they'd take it boick
an show i'm wild a plug hat an a Prince
| Albert coat. Some av thin whit so far as
| ty say his first name wor Marcus there
by insinuatin' he wor Eyetalian. Shtill,
! thots got nothin' ty do wit the Sinnit' $
putin brakeman ty Jail. 1t seems loike
there's always thrubble av some koind an
| the railroad.
| What road whor he Employed amp
| "Oi dunno But by frayquint illusions
| ty him bein' a shtock brakeman, OF gather
| thot he must how been worruckin' an a
| cattle thrain. Take the paper an see fur
| yersef.'
After a careful perusal Mr.. Rafferty, an
| nounced:
| There's ayther some misundersh andin
! here or some mighty poor grammar. This
paper says he wor broker. Though what
| he broke besoides the law there's nothin'
| ty show. But he's wan O. thin folks thot
| kin listen ty the whistle blow at half
wink o Shape, an git off ty go ty a
| ball game ony day he feels like it. He as
| sociates wild milinaires an nabobs an
| capitalists"
|
| jail!' exclaimed Mr.. Dolan.
| They've done nothin else"
| ITS the mishtake the cinchery.
| Whatll ii lade. to? You know as well as
OF do that there's nothn' makes the ordi-
| nary person SO shtuck up as associatin.
wild people av wealt an prominence. The
| Mkt ting Wen how II be select arishtoc-
racy paradin around, sayn' that they
lived in the same jail wild this swell break
| er, an loike as not findin' people thot'u
| pass EN- out free lunch an blarney an the
strength av it,"
No. sor.' said Mr.. Rafferty,, yen niv
yer git me ty think that's it's onythin but
detrimint till mans social shtandin ty
go ty JAIL"
lis ty preserve thot same way o. thinkin'
But how're We goin' ty do it if they puts
me crane deily crane I'm there? Av
toorss' II Inc law wor such as ty sind i'm
" jan, there wor nothin' fur him ty do but
go But he oughty how thought twoice
whlE he committed his original o.finse an
considered the harrum he moignt be dom
III his country, If it gifts ty be the rer-lar
Ting ~ nov Engraved invitations ty recip-
tons issued from thot place. an pink teas
an shtrawberry festivals an the band
pawn I. an carriages at the door, it's as
IKE as not thot in the coorse ay tonne
wei be foindin' more people tryin' ty Git
MY the lookup than thryin ty kape out.
Ar hevvin knows the burdens ay the tar-
payers Is heavy enough as they are!'
Greatness.
hope" said Col Stilwell to an ac-
qua1ntance whom he had recently made.
that you will allow ne to have the ex-
trcme pleasure of int;cdrcin' friend of
mine. SO that the pleasure Of his conyuh-
sation can be added to the other features
which go to make the accidental meetin'
Of this little pahty of friends a most MEM
orable an gratifyin' event, sub"
Certainly. colonel" replied the host OF
the occasion; bring him along. Who n
her
don't think you have evuh met him. He 10
vey exclusive
Does he live here?'
mo. And OWN to that circumstance
it's natural that you shouldn't fully appre-
Gate the fact that he Is one Of the most
remarkable men with whom it will eyuh
be yoh privilege to claim acquaintance
It will sound like flight OF po'try, sub.
of successful contradiction. that Major
Mott IL the pivot around which this entiah
solar system revolves. suh!'
That sounds very much exaggerated"
was the gentle remonstrance.
Il can prove the. assertion In the first
place. most anybody will admit that so fal1 |
as We have any means Of judgin', scientifi-
cAlly or otherwise, this earth ts the moaf
consequential planet that circulates through |
space"
ut certainly Is, SO far as we know"
'.And thuh's no use Of takin, anythin. ne |
don't know a. the basis OF an Argument |
1t Is also matter Of common notertety |
that among the continents of this earth /
the one which excels IN fertility Of soil /
grandeur Of scenery. masculine chivalry |