The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-11-14

| from safety rather than starvation.
We seven got so that we hated the
| sight of each other only a degree less
| than we abhorred the average Bear
| Cityite cached in the other cabins.
Fling a dozen society swells into pig
sly and they will herd together; not be-
cause they weary of each other less,
/ but to avoid the pigs"
NO wonder she was popular" Satir-
| zeal emphasis feminine emphasis or
The personal pronoun. "How and when
/ did she arrived"
In an old newspaper some fellow
unexpectedly fshed from his chest.
There she was on the front page, photo
! 9ravured to the life. Rare and radiant
| she looked to us poor devils socially
| starving under the north star. A Til
nook squaw from ST. Michaels with her
( hair done up in beads and fish oil would
/ have sOothed our eyesight. Imagine
! he etfectthisr avishing produced
upon our esthetic sensibiIities, as we
tackled her up on the wall and wor-
/ SHIPPED. The golden calf of the Israel
ties was nothing by comparison.
( Dear me! All this masculine
spiutter over a mere picture?" And
such is the divine perversity of the sex
that she seemed vaguely disappointed.
sure. But such a picture! It grew
upon us as a Botticelli Madonna is said
! to permeate your very being if you
! only look at it long enough. AT least
/ that was the way came tofeel"
I "fes?' Miss Lamar's lip rured; for
/ little as she professed to care for man
+ in the abstract it did not seem right
ithat man as an individual should waste
ehis alteration on a picture, while the
treal article abQunded in other parts of
q the globe. '--.9' '.' '.''''''.
yes" he blandly continued. 81 was
/ the seventh man, you know: That is,
: ! came into our mess as nhmber seven,
/ which, being considered a lucky nu-
'meraI~~I say!" he suddenly sat bolt
upright. Are you at all supersti-
I1ious?" ......... ...i........ $3.50.
d. "Of course, I am" She shuddered
! alphabetically. eff you had been
! No. - now"
Il think I should have given up
| right there; but being the seventh
rman,i | said to myseIf:liI will find
the original of this picture some fine
d day., ..r. 70. .,....,.,..,...... .........
f ."AAhai with a chilling accent, as if
Ito show that her interest in the
h Belle of Bear City would relapse in
i to Indifference if that aggravating
/ creature Pushed herself beyond the
/ photographers stage of existence.
Il kept ON Saying it an winter"
continued Sterling, abstractedly
f''Lateriop, when we struck it rich
and the others forgot,I would go up
to her ladyshiP, after a wash and
! brush-up, and repeat my vow. Then
/. the boys would satirically intimate
tthat our belle had made at least one
permanent mash"
As. Sterling .enthused himself over
bis words, Miss Lamar became iron
icalIy skeptical ................... 49,.
/ This is good enough for, a play.
We must consult Fitch" Fitch was
her manager. 'But when luck
/ evihced itself in more solid way by
j making you suddenly rich, / suppose
her ladyship had to take gallery
seat--Y'. ..I.... ...,. 49,. 1872 .~.,,
"On the contrary. she .hecona INV
bright particular more. than ever.
II had named INV claim Bear civ
/ Bellies, 10. = How the bows did
'rlaugh. But When I began to sluice
j, out ten dollars to the pan, they said
!. No. : was all right. and that tbe
! Belize wasono firt--''I d, .Ip,rri..'. g.] +
h., Here Sterling, with a side aglance
at the. actress, meditativelv add,d..,.
>. 81 have often wondered if tbav
were right" D., ......,. ,.. .,
r II suppose You found that opt lone
| AGO. if there Vas an ~ orioinrai to thai
IIphoto-or was II. 4 ni3eewspainneerr5 'Tbev
iprihf anVone's' picttireF h6wadayS.
iliter8lFV fbyone's. s.Tt il rather, = t,fsI
l,tinctf5n r,to1b4 let aloney Nine, vnt,
,ask3 81 DBol1, on he news stanls.
such caricatures," e..r
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