Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1899-04-22
A STRANGE ExPERIENCEsp
THAT CAME TO TWO YOUNG
sCTONS OF ART AT A CAFE.

They were Young. shamefully
young. but they tried to hide it. and
thought they were succeeding fairly
we'll. They waded through indigesh-
bic dishes, invented expressly Tor
young men, who have net yet acqu +.
ed self-assertive stcmachs, and tried u
be nonchatant in the eyes Of the wat
er. They made each move with Il
federation, and, With due grav. y
discussed art. music and the dcamr,
and settled certain deep problems ci
humanity over which older men az
puzzling yet. In fine they were gac-
ting a huge and seTf-satisfartory pleas
ure out Of their superior exlsterce
when the girl came IN.
She was a dainty ana ethereal-loOk
ing creature, and she modestly took a
seat at the opposite table with only O
cursory glance Of curiosity in their d.
rection before she began at the fatigu-
ing task CT porting over the menu card.
The thin young man wLLh the wav-
ing hair and the white brow hung his
arm gracefully over the back Of the
vacant chair next him and began in a
much louder and more animated tone
than he had been using,
YES" he said. Cicero was right
when he averred that to study philos-
ophy is to Prepare ones self to die.
How true this is Onen when engaged
in some deep study that is periectiug
my mtnd for this worlds battles
think Of THIS and declare, with Mon
ta.gne, that after all the end Of our
race is death, and he who has learned
to die has unlearned to save. pre-
sumo You have read Montaigne?' he
added, addressing the others. but
giancing at the young lady, who was
however quieaiy reading a newspaper.
NO" said the young man with the
cuffs, as he turned himself so the
young lady would be bound 10 lc0l,
him straight in the eyes the next time
she glanced up. 81 have not studied
him deeply, and, moreover, l do no;
care to contemplate 50 dismal a thing
as death Life life With its endless
movements and beautiful co,oring is
what interests me most, although, as
McKuy says. IAN life Is as a game OF
wLis;-the biggest liars win. "
The thin young man was about 10
arrwer this with a crushing blow from
the great Carlyle, which should at
once crush any previous statement and
es abJsh his night to be looked az and
admired, when the waiter committed
the awful .ndtscretlon of setting down
before the angelic creature a common
vulgar plate of ham and eggs. AS the
spir.tueIle beauty, however, waded iral
the baze vands with great energy they
gradually recovered from the shcck
and returned to the attack.
Love and hate and friendship, war
pe5titrce ana b.oCdy murder, wine
women and song, ard the fate OF na
lions and of creeds were discussed. al
the philosophers and all the phi.cso
pliers OF all ages were dragged into th'
service. and an amount Of eruditlor
that should have won any woman'
heart was displayed, but all to no pur
pose. The divinity merely ate an,
ate.
It had just dawned upon them tina
she was, Of course, a rare and unap
proachable being, who was insensib,
10 the attractions of handsome AM
brainy men. when a fellow win
| flaming shirt front and a tie tina
would stop a tornado walked in witt
the stump of a cigar between his teetl
ard pumped himself down opposlt
the fair vision.
To the two onloolSers this was a hor
rible sacrilege. and each of the two fe
thnt it would be right to kick a.
coarse fellow into the street, If he wer
only not so large But the gaddes
only looked up and said:
Why, hello, Billy Awfully glad yo
blew in"