Evening star., 1900-07-07
Mr.. JOBSON'S GENEROSITY
DOWN BY THE soBFUL SEA,

ozone. Or one of the piers he ran into q
| somewhat sporty" young Washington man
| of his acquaintance, sitting alone at one Of
| the tables.
"Howdy, Jobson," said the young Wash
| ington man Ever make the acquaintance
Of Miss Mamie Taylor?'
Miss Mamie Taylor?" repeated Jobson,
| looking around with a mystifed expression.
| who's she? Where is she?"
The young man grinned and pointed to
the long thin glass in front Of him on the
table.
1.-The new suumer girl" said he. BEST
hot weather drink that's been sprung in a
| hundred years. Never go up against EN-?
Have one?"
why, that's the drink I've been reading
SO much about in the papers lately, said
Mr.. Jobson. How is it, heady?''
MOT at ALL said the young Washington
man. Just gives you little bit of a jolt,
that's all. Take a couple of 'em, and you
can throw your head back and listen to the
music. Great things, Mamie Taylors. Try
one and see how you like it
believe 1 WILL" said Mr.. Jobson. sitting
down at the table. and few minutes later
he was introducing Mamie Taylor into
| his system with every evidence Of approval
and enjoyment.
Pretty neat, chr said the young Wash
ington man. Have another one. Need
about four O. those to get the right clutch,
as 1t were'
"This'n be on me-" said Mr. Jobson. beck
oning the waiter. and in a short time he
was getting on absorbing terms with Ma
me Taylor No. 2.
From then on until about o'clock in the
morning 1t was one continual procession of
Mamie Taylors, and when Mr.. Jobson rose
up and started back for his hotel he was
SO replete with sentiment and Mamie Tay-
lors that he felt he had been shamefully
neglectful of Mrs. Jobson. His utterance
wasn't particularly distinct when he got
to his room, to find Mrs. Jobson sitting at
a window, in kimona, waiting for him:
but what he lacked in clearness of enun-
citation he atoned for In the breadth of his
generosity and his deep-Seated remorseful-
ness over the past.
t'Did it keep it's little girl waiting all
alone, and afraid Of the burglarZes, until
all hours of the night?" said Mr.. Jobson,
turning up the light and smiling oleagi-
nously. And isn't 1t a shameful common
loafer to stay out until
Mrs. Jobson smiled good-naturedly.
why, 1 don't mind your going out alone
for what men call 'a.good time once In a
while. my dear she said. amiably. I'm
fact, think 1t does the average man good
occasionally to"
Say, you're a four-ply. triple-expansion,
double distilled Jewel Of the first water.
that's what you are" broke in Mr.. Jobson,
land, tell you what, it makes me sore to
1t does, for a fact. I'm an old. sour-na-
tured crank, that's what 1 am. and
Now, now interrupted Mrs Jobson
| you're nothing of the sort, and 1 won't
sit here and listen to you abuse yourself
You're just as good as you can be. and"
Nom not-not by a blamed sight. am l.,
put in Mr.. Jobson Don't you dare tell
me I'm anything else but bear and
mean tempered old reprobate-I know it,
and there's no use in your trying to tell
me I'm all right just to make me feel
good I'M
"Oh, you get a little nervous once in a
while, like other men," said Mrs. Jobson.
but you're thoughtful and kind and
Il wish l was, but l amt anything Of
I'll
regular peevish old cuss, and I've been
getting into a rut of late years in my way
| Of treating you, and I'm going to get you
out of that rut, and that's all there Is about
1t. 1t all came to me tonight that it, not
the real thing for me to blow you up and
yell at you and raise the dickens around
when any little thing happens to go wrong,
and I made up my mind to stop all that
sort of thing forever. I'm just going to
turn over a new leaf in whole lot o
ways, that's what I'm going to do. In
the first place, 1 don't believe you're as
well dressed as the wives of a lot of Wash
ington fellows down here who don't make
any better incomes than 1 do. and I'm
going to start right in tomorrow to get
you fixed up as well, If not better, than
any of 'em. Just hand me that pencil and
pad, and I'll take down a list of the things
you want-don't make any difference
whether you really need 'em or not-and
tomorrow morning you can get on train
and run over to Philadelphia and buy the
whole outfit"
But l can get along very well with
| what 1 have said Mrs. Jobson. "Of course
/ did want a new foulali this summer, in
| stead of having my last summers foulard
made over. but
well, you're going to have the finest
thing in the way of q f6ulard that can be
bought for money tomorrow" Interrupted
MI. Johson. putting down in large, uncer-
| tain characters "Foul;ird Dress the
pad. Just sou buy the goods, and the
best they've got and get it mace Up, that's
,lI A,,I tIat MI
belongs to the same guild as you do in
Washington. or the board walk tonight
with a gray tailor-madc dress that was
beauty, and you're going to have better
| one than that, just as soon as 1t can be
| bought and cut ard picccd together
Well, said Mrs. Jobsom. with finger
al her lip, Il was rather anxious for
| new tailor-made suit to. wear on cool even
| irgs down here. but
Bat l was such 4 mean, sungy Old schee-
| sickS that you were afraid to ask for II,
| that's ALL" interrupted Mr.. Jobson, making
| the note Gray, Tailor-M2dc Dress on
| the pad. But henccforih and forever. you
needn't be afraid to ask for anything that
| I'm able to buy for you. By tie way. what
| kind of hat was that you pointed out to
| me on the boardwalk the other morning and
| said you liked So
! ''Oh. that shepherdess hat" put in Mrs.
| Jobson Il did want to get one of those
before we left Washington. but there were
| so many other little things that l needed
more that L"
We'll I'd just like to see the shape and
| color of the shepherdess hat that you can't
| buy for yourself tomorrow. that's ALL"
| broke in Mr.. Jobson. Il tell you what.
| hate to think of what a close old screw I've
/ been for the last few years. I'll just put
| 'shepherdess hat down here, and l want
| you to see that you get good one. By the
| way, l notice that a lot of the swell women
down here wearing those becoming lorg-
nette things, with long chains around their
| necks. and I want you to get one of EN-
! they set a woman off immensely. Just you
pick out one that you like when you are
i making the rounds in Philadelphia tomor-
| row, and
You are so good" exclaimed Mrs. job
| son. moved almost to tears over Mr.. job
| sons sudden accession of generosity. II
| have been wanting"
well, whatever you want in the future
J you're going to get. that's all,' said Mr..
Jobson, thickly. but determinedly. Haven't
you helped to build me up all these years?
| Haven't you been right at my side through
| all of my struggles? Haven't you"
tremendous yawn broke of Mr.. Job
sons sentence, and 1t was plain that he
! was very sleepy.
There's no need of my putting all the
rest of the things down." said he, getting