Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1898-02-15
NUMBER 7.

"INIi. IN ~ gIad t.. returned
Gibson heartily
Mrs Siesi u dRbt little tray con.
tanning matches, and the two men liz
cigars and went out.
When they were on the sidewalk.
Sigsby burst ont laughing and said
9Th, that was smooth. "
Dead smooth, assented Gibson
Sharper n tacks. amt we:"
sharp That's what ! call diploma
cy."
President ought TO know about us
Blessed if don't think he'd appoint Us
right off ="
THAT board meeting was great
play. old man. chuckled Sigsby
Takes brains TO do "a thing like that,
doesn't IL" returned Gibson
II tell you you got To bo smartcr'n
chain lightning to fool a woman. said
Sigsby
Yes, that was about the most bril-
liant thing ever had "A hand in Two
big, husky liars like III foOling one lit
tie innocent. inexperienced woman was
certainly a great achievement I'm
proud Of it.
They smoked and walked in silence q
few yards. when SiRsby burst out:
Hang you. Glib, you needn't make
man feel smaller'n two spot My
wife's good as gold but she's slower
than He seemed Ia have difficulty
in finding IA word that expressed the de-
gree Of slowness, 80 he said 81 Louis -
"You know your own business, old
man, but don't ever ask mo to take
hand at that game again II ! bad
thing like that "--Gibson Jerked his
thumb over his shoulder" smuggling
up under my vest, you wouldn't catch
me chasing any buttertics-nut Oh your
lifel'
They had reached the corner, and
Sigsby signaled "A passing car
Better come along. he sgid, with
his hand on the rail
mo, thanks Good nightv
Good night old mani
"Oh. Ben, I'm 80 gladl' said Mrs
Sigsby, sitting mp IN bod and putting
her arms around Mr Sigsby's neck -
he came in at D. IN. and stopped to
kiss her
There was a thrill in her voice that
told how glad she was.
lit wash I . very long hoard meetluT.
was it,
IN, no, ox,.,v ~ soon a. 1 cpnld
wanted TO get home before you went
10 sleep.
"Darling'-- Mrs Sigsby voice
broke, and she laid her little blond head
On tho broad breast Of her husband and
sobbed
She said it was because-she was -
glad-that he came home--early Chi
cago Record
Tn. Secret Of New York. GREATNESS.
Ernest Ingersoll writes an article for
St Nicholas on the Greater New York
his paper being entitled Reasoning Out
a Metropolis " Mr lngersoll says:
The secret of New York proud great
ness-wby she Is and always will be
the imperial city OF North America In
wealth and influence and commercial
power. even though some other town
may some tiIoc IN the future count
few more inhabitants-ls found IN tho
word Transportation
New York stands in the best place for
the distribution Of people ard things
the raw material for manufactures, the
products OF mills aud furnaces and
shops. the yield uf farms and mines and
forests and the goods going and coming
across the seas Valleys that f0rI easy
and natural roads open out south, west.
north and northeast, like the folds ~
fan, and the resources Of great com
try flow naturally along them toward
her Golfers In front II her l. the ocean
gateway. open to the fleets Of the world
New York Is New York because she
stands where the wealth of the new
world and the treasures of the old world
most easily and naturally meet, and she
will be grander and even more splendid
as time rolls on