The Saint Paul globe., 1900-06-11

nue. 1t occurred to. the newspaper man
that 1T was hardly good form 10 take a.
lady with him On business mission
Miss Nicholson was alive to the diff
culties Of the situation. and she insisted
on remaining outside while Pegler inter-
viewed the senator, which operaJiOn he
assured his fiancee, would not take more
tnan ten minutes. It was early In the
evening. not later than O'Clock. so that .
this solution of the trouble presented no
very serious difficulty a. first impressions.
senator Davis, however, Is a very thor
ough individual. When he is asked to
discuss public question he goes into
that question eXhaUstively. His perora-
ton occupied half an nour Then came
his firstly which took another half
hour BY this time 1t had grown very
dark being a mOorless night. and the
newspaper man was in a fearful state of
hllnd about the poor girl waiting alone
outside Brought face to face with a
crisis he informed Senator Davis that
the future Mrs. Pegler was waiting for
him outside, and asked permission to in
Vlte her IN, as 1t was becoming dark.
Good gracious, gasped the senator.
My dear fellow, your wife waiting out
slde-why l never dreamed of such a
thing What were you thinking about
that you don't bring her in?'
No, senator-nOt my Wife,! cried the
Mortified reporter. But Senator Davis. the
master of courtly manners, had under
stood him to say Mrs. PegIer without ref
erence to the future, and had started for
the street to bring the lady in Pegier
threw himself back In a chair and awaited
the issue. In came the senator with Miss
Nicholson, her face suffused with blush
es, and doing her best to explain that sho
was not yet married, but the senator was
so busy apologizing for the seeming rude
ness that he heard nothing. At that In
EI,-
torn introduced Mrs. PegIer, asked Mrs.
Davis to entertain her, and withdrew to
finish his interview.
Between pauses In the senator's dis
sertatton poor Pegler could hear Mrs. Da-
Wis asking his bride-to-be how large her
family was, whether she took an interest
In kindergartens, and numerous other
leading questions, all of which We're an
swRed in a shrinking manner by the
young lady, who said afterward that she
had made up her mind, as they all eN-
IDENTIFY believed her married, that Peg
Ter had been led to lie about it for some
ridiculous reason. and, therefore. # was
her bounden duty to sustain him in the
presence of the company AMI to adjust
matters with him later.
Before adjournment, however. Pegler'a
sense Of the fitness of things came to his
rescue. He told Senator and Mrs Davis
just prior to his departure that there had
been a little error, explained its nature.
and joined with them in the hilarity that
followed. From that time until his mar
riage three months later Pegler covered
evening assignments alone"
It's the general impression that poll
ticians are always prepared to make
speech" said the railroad man. as tho
laugh on Pegler subsidized, but sometimes
that's wide of the mark.
GOV. MERRIAMS FIRST SPEECH.
when William r Merriam, now di-
rector of the census, was first made gov
ernOr Of Minnesota. he was far from be
ing the easy, fluent eXtempOraneOu5 ora
tor he is today. At that time Merriam
pet horror was that somebody would call
on him to make a speech at an uneXpect-
ed moment and compel him to exhibit his
utter inability to respond gracefully.
Shortly after his election to the gov
ernOrship Merriam was requested to de-
liver an address at the opening Of the first
electric line in ST. Paul. Other speakers
on this occasion were Thomas Cochran.
of St. Paul, and Archbishop Ireland. Gov
Merriam prepared his speech, had It nice
ly typewriter, and started on the morn
ing Of Washingtons birthday for the
| scene of the proposed celebration. He
| missed the special car which carried the
rest Of the orators. and another special
was run out for the governors private
use He invited George Thompson, owner
Of the st. Paul Dispatch, to accompany
him, Mr.. Thompson having been belated
also
LAS the car approached Manchester col
Iege grounds the governor noticed a crowd
of men gathered on both sides of the
track. Every man had a little flag, which
he waved with shouting and gestIculauon.
as the gubernatOrial chariot approached
The governor grew apprehensive. At first
he tried to make himself believe that the
demonstration had no hing to DO W tn him.
but suddenly realizing that the students
of the college were out in force, and that
he would have to make a speech. the chief
| executive of the Gopher state was thrown
into q panic.
Heavens, Thompson! he gasped. T
believe those chaps want me to make q
speech-see 'em wave those flags?
"'Of course they do said Thompson,
It's Washington's birthday, and you'll
have to do It.
+" But / can't cried the governor.
'Confound it, man. I've only got ons
speech, and I'm to deliver that at tho
end of the line. Look here, what tho
devil am I to do? Here, mOtorman, 20
right through this layout as tight as YOU
can jump
4" Why that will never do interposed
Thompson; you must say something ~
ington's birthday-that Washington was
the father Of his countryman. and bsa
| seech EN- to let the eagle scream.
Just as the car had reached an ad-
vantageous position, right I'm the middle
Of the crowd, bump went the motor and
the outfit stopped. Merriam white-faced
and trembling, stepped out on the ree5
platform, took off his tall silk hat, bal~
anced it jauntily on his hip, stuck hl8
right hand In the breast Of his frock-
coat and began:
Students of Macalester.' he gaspcd.
tAh-er-students Of Macalaster-this,
students Of Manchester, in the-er-birth-
day-the birthday of-er-the-er-illIs-
trious - er - Washington er - George
Washington, students Of Macalester-3
" First IN war, first in peace and first
- prompted Thompson in piping
voice from the interior Of the car.
LAS l was ying-er-students Of
Macalester-this is the-er-birthday Of
er-George Washington, the father Of his
country Er-er-let the eagle scream
gasped the governor with last despair
ing effort
He boarded the car, which by this
time had been supplied with a new fuse,
and from there on to the end of the IRE
he famed himself with the manuscript
Of his prepared speech, while Thompson
roared with laughter loudly enough ID
set all the hens along the route cack-
ling"
| ARCHBISHOP IRELAND'S REPAIR
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speaking Of Archbishop Ireland re-
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