The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-07-11

ing. The Scribe being the telegraph eur
tor. really does less Faber-pushing than
any man on the staff; but as Jack Mark
away called his man Monday be
cause ME found him oh Saturday, we
will call the Scribe the Scribe for rea-
sons equally sound and consistent.
Yes. the Scribe was given an outing.
He determined to go to the Springs. de
went. He expected to meet some odd
characters by the way. One always
does meet odd characters on the rail
road. The Scribe was not disappointed.
He met them.
Among all these queer fish. however,
the lrrepressible was easily the queer
est The Scribe names him the lrrepres>
sible for reasons which will soon become
apparent As freak he would have
been a dazzling success i'll dime nut
scum. Added to this he would have
disputed the palm for left-handed beau
ty with either Quasimodo or Caliban
and possibly borne if off from both
The train was about to pull out from
the station when he dawned upon the
view in all the fascination of his pre-
eminent LONELINESS. Grinning from ear
to ear. he entered the car. begging his
"old Teddy" who accompanied him to
''squat and be happy Then he turn
ed to the Scribe and remarked with a
little cackling laugh that folks II some
times make fools OF themselves in spend
ing their money; wouldn't they, neigh
Dor?
"Eh?' said the Scribe, a little aghast
at his many destinations.
he was. as he informed the car later
about fifty-seven. He was bony and
loosejointed and his thin. striped coat
hung on him like a bag. He wore lit
tie shapeless brown wool hat, and his
face was framed in a short, bristling
pepper and salt beard.
In addition he had little twinking
merry eyes, and long shaven upper lip
that looked as if it must have first seen
the light in Killarny or Cork. Me
Dugall would have wept with JOY could
he have seen the IrrepresSibe
He went to the front of the train and
halooetl gaily to the conductor He
looked out of the window to jabber a
moment with a passing brakeman. The
train began to move. A well-dressed
young man leading a little fairy in white
with a face like blush rosebud. eyes
sweet as heaven and 4 smile of sun
shine, came in. He bowed to them with
a flourish. He turned to his ''old led
dy'' and advised her to ''rejoice" He
felt as frisky, he said. as the birds in
June. and hoped he'd be better man
He spouted a stanza or two of 1.-THE
Captain with his Whiskers'' and sang n
bar of ''lhe New Yankee Doodle" He
ended with the gladdest of rather
breathless ''hyahs. hyahs" and re-
marked that it was time to commune. :"
Wouldn't ms ''old Teddy commune" with
him now?
No. his ''old Teddy wouldn't. Evi-
IDENTIFY she. like the Scribe. thought he
ha, looked upon the juice of the corn
when it was strong once too often al
ready. She turned upon him sunless
gray face. to which deep lines extend
ing downward from the corners of the
eyes and mouth gave a peculiarly morose
aspect and in low, droning drawl. adj
vised him TO let it be-to let it be.
'Twa'n't no use to make SIGH fool of
hisself jist---
"Aw, pshaw, pshaw, pshaw. Aw.
pshaw, pshaw, pshaw. Hope I'll be a
flower. that needs nourishin'. | hone to
be nourished. Commune with me, ..old
Jeddy--commlme with me-
Whereupon out from the depths of a
big basket popped big ticker. His
''old Teddy" had evidently Thought bet
ter of it. She would and she did The
nungent fumes of the corn filled the
car. The Irrepressible embibed freely,
M al a4l IA 4 -
the Scribe. Misled possibly by some
thing clerical in his air, the Irrepressi-
BILE dubbed him the Deacon Wouldn't
the Deacon commune with him? he in
qnired sweetly. 1t was nothing but
corn he had to offer, but sich corn" 1t
glowed with spiritual fire; it was fun of
ardent soul. 1t made young the aged
and caused the young to gambol like an
unweaned calf. Join him in sweet COM
munion over the corn"
The Scribe declined. SO did the young
father of the little angel in white. so
did the laughing young conductor, to
whom the Irrepressible, with alarming
Wlnks and asonizing facial contortions.
ratified off the marriage service at
speed that made one blind and dizzy.
The little beauty in white looked ON with
piS iiHoctiit Dlue eyes ana her heavenly
smile, and her father with a laughing
Northern tWang remarked to the Scribe
that here was certainly one of the gay
est of gay old guys.
The Irrepressible then favored the
car with bar of Hold the Fort and
spouted stanza of "Stonewall jackson
way He sang line or two Of the
Bonnie Blue Flag and then seasoned
and stirred it up with LET the Lower
Lights be Burning" He assured his
''old Teddy" that he must Commune"
again, hopin' to be better man. He
"Pshaw. pshaw, pshawed' at her dron-
ing protest, and then as the ticker gim-
mered into view informed the car
that he had married his ''od leddy'' for
her money and she him for beauty; and
as long as She let him carry two purses.
(IEere he displayed them, cackling with
boyish glee) he'd stick to her like
sheep burr. Then he cackled again and
nndged. his cold leddy;;" and would you
believe 1t-that sunless old face of hers
not only cracked up into a smile but she
siggled-she actually giggled.
The train was made nm Of n few flats