Evening star., 1897-11-02

bride It's awful. The smile is that of a
'possum which has been treed and knows
.here Is no escape. 1 mean that it's sickly.
Half of them may be putting on with the
innocent girl. Three days ago / had one of
these old jays in tow. What do YOU SUD-
pose he said to his wife? / was taking
them from the White House TO the treasure
anu passed by the fountain whicn contains
SO many pretty gold fish. oh look al the
beautiful little things he said with q prin
AT MS WIFE You are prettier than any fish
IN that pond She said, Oh" Well. L
wanted to throw him in, but of course /
was looking out for the coin
Here comes a newly married co,-nle
ANYBODY could tell that. You see he has
ms wlfe by the arm and is looking doyn
INTO her face with air of contentnent
.nat Is enough to make my blues leave me
70 see. noticed that couple coming up
pennsylvania avenue twenty minutes ago
lie was holding her arm :hen He will
SUCK TO the job until they reach their ht lei
thls afternoon. be is not afraid she will
escape, but he thinks that is part of a new
groom s business You see he helps her nm
the steps, and points out things to her. He
tells her that Is so-and-so Nine chances
our OF ten II is something else He feels
that he is bound to say something / have
seen many of these young kcow-atls noint
out the Corcoran Art Gallery as the patent
once, and pass the State War a id Navy
building OF as the les .delce of Gen Miles
Innocent
pride stares in wonder, and thinks It's so
she believes her darling Henry knows All
about it.
ITS very different with the man who
his mas neen married several years. He and
ms wife see for themselves He stops and
looks at thing which interests him. She
goes on and stops to look at something
which interests her. They are senerally
."eh!y yards apart. If he tells her that
building is such and such she disputes
lhe point and thinks it's something else
ihey are on good terms enough hut size
has found that her darling Henry IS net.
His Third Trip.
heres another couple They are rit,ir ?
up in hack, for which the hackman will
charge them dollar an hour. That Old
fellow will have to pull the line over n
mule mighty hard next spring to make IN
Tor what he is spending. He is fifty-fye
She's thirty-five. He's a farmer and
they've just married. Probably this is his
third wife. He killed all the Others by
making them feed the pigs, cook three hot
meals day. churn twice week and make
all the clothes. BY doing that he has saved
some money. and is spending it on this
young woman Watch him comb his fresh
ly trimmed whiskers. He carries that
comb around with him. and when he goes
INTO a building like the White House he
turns around On the pretense Of looking at
soihetnlnS ana dresses the hotel cobwebs
out of his whiskers. He's
Want a guide, sir?" The man, a bride
groom, just come up with his bride, SAYS
Yes, and away gees the yoluble guide.
AT the west door Of the treasury the old
one-arned watchman says many visitors
are in town. Lots Of them are funny
when they come in here" he says Il think
they take US for guides who want to charge
them for whatever information we give
them. Sometimes they come in three or
four in party and look around aimlessly
as il they didn't knew what to do It's our
business tc direct them, If they ask Some
thing You would like to know / politely
ask. No, 1 believe not the man answers,
and they wander on, asking questions of
people they think won't charge them. AT
last / see them coming back toward me.
and know that they have found out l will
tell them what they want to know without
charge. When the man definitely learns
from me that ] am noI wanting pay he
asks million questions. That's the kind
Of fellow the guides don't get to do busi-
ness with"