The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-08-17
AN UNWILLING
TETE-A-TET
AND THE APpARITION THAT AP-
FEARED AND INTERRUPT
ED 1T.
COMEDY OF THE LEAN MAN AND THE FAT
The Chorus Of Yellowstone Park and the
Geyser that Spous. -Mr. Butler Takes
Counsel Of Col. Andrews as to Tray-
eIing and Denarts for the West,
cling and Departs for the West.

Senator Marion Butler and Mrs. BUT
Ter spent yesterday in town. The Seha-
tor came up to look after getting ont
his paper during his absence from the
State. and to look up the best route FOR
tour through the West. lie goes 10
Texas. where he has some speeches 70
make, and from thence to Denver, Sait
Lake City and other points for Il similar
purpose. He will also visit Yellowstone
National Park while away, and see ne
sights to be seen therein.
The Senator was making the round OF
the railroad Offices while here, ana called
in the general passenger Office oil the
Southern to get rates, time tables, etc.'
relative to his journey. 1t CHANGED that
Vice President Andrews, of the South
ern. was in the office when the Senator
entered The genialty and engaging
ways of Col. Andrews are become as III
t g proverbs, and when Mr.. Butler mace
his debut in the office the Colonel arose.
and taking the Senator aifectionately NY
the arm. invited him into his private
sanctum. where the chatter of the
clerks and the clatter of type writers
would not interlard the conversation.
Mr.. Butler went along, much like Il
boy on his first morning to school, MUIR
muring some bootleSS protest about be-
ing in hurry, having little time. etc.
The Senator was not prepared for SO
much cordiality and the boyhood
romances about traps and trap-doorS.
and racks and thumbscrews came back
to him.
The Colonel sank comfortably into his
leather-bound office chair with sigh of
sweet satisfaction. pulled up another
chair just in front of him and invited
the Senator to be seated.
Now the office of the Colonel is on the
ground floor, and the large window front
ing the street gives perfect facilities to
rassers by for inspecting the interior.
This the Senator noted and accordingly
sat on the edge of his chair in the pro-
testing attitude of the man detained
against his will. 1t was lost on the
Colonel if not on the passers-by.
The Colonel. like all fat men in q
confidential mood leaned forward and
placed his fingers chubbily on the Sena-
tor sssknees. The Senator is tall. The
Colonel is low. And as the latter looked
up and the former looked down there
was a tableaux. AS the vice-presdent
is an enthusiast on the subject of rail-
way travel and was in loquacious
mood into the bargain, the tableauX was
somewhat, prolonged. Meantime the
Senator was striving to look absorbed in
the conversation and to keep the tail If
his eve on the window at the same time
The Senator impresses YOU as man who
can see much out of the tail of his eye
and likes that method Of inspection
The Colonel was dilating on the beau
ties and wonders of Yellowstone Nation
nj Park. He advised Mr. Butler to co
there by all means. ''Why, Senator"
said the Colonel, would you believe It?
there are geysers out there hat spout
continuously 200 feet in the air." When
the Colonel uttered the word spout" the
Senator transferred the tail of his eye
from the window to the speaker. He
wished to make perfectly sure that there
was no guile hidden any where about
the person Of that particular observation.
Then the Colonel plunged into a descrip-
ton of the many features of unsurpaSS-
ing interest" as the railway tourist
pamphlet has it. until the attention and
spine of the listener ached.
When the Senator had heard all about
the Yellowstone spOuters. he finally man
aged to get back to rates and time tables,
but not until his chief factotum in
Raleigh had passed by. and seeing the
tableaux. asked: ''Why. what ig nv
boss doing in there?" with much empha-
sisi on the there.
The interview was perfectly innocent
and legitimate. But in the hands Of.
saw the esteemed Progressive Farmer. if
might contain all sorts of betrayals and
dark conspiracies. Even the Caucasian
mas been known TO find food for patriotic
Tears in such small moftarc