The Sunday globe., 1901-06-02


down the house. At the first opportun-
ity | ran my eye over the audience.
Seated to one side, half concealed by
post, was a demure maiden. Intuition
( designated her as the guilty party. At
l recess | deliberately marched over and
accused her of being the writer She
hasn't confessed it to this day, but ]
must say | passed an agreeable half
hour. With the remembrance Of the
/ occasion, l can say with truth | cher
ish a regard for this vicinity"
BY this time the Judge had his audi
ence well in hand. He made no at
tempt at speechmaking; on the con
trary, telling his listeners in a half
conversational vein of the workings of
Congress-the steering committee, the
party whip, and many other details, all
interesting He concluded by a very
pretty allusion to the American flag
and the Betsy Ross Association and its
| work
! Believing the Judge would go to the
New Grand, | departed for the hotel at
once. Seeing Tony | called to mind
had neglected to give him and the 9th.
er boys the signal when to applaud. 1t
was not needed, however the audience
contributing an abundance thereof.
Tony where did that bouquet come
/ from?" | enquired as / caught up with
him.
I'D rather you wouldn't ask me. I'll
tell you any thing else you want to
know but that. | told you one time,
when you were lecturing me, that you
could not change the spots of a leopard
The spots will be changed after to-
night
81 don't exactly grasp what you
mean, Tony
after this / wear shoes instead Of
boots you will never catch me without
a cravat. ! am going to work and stay
at work"
"All very commendable resolutions
Tony and / congratulate you. l fail
to connect the bouquet however with
this sudden resolve
"A man will do most anything for
the woman he loves he said, more to
A himself than to me-
/ ] didn't need to be a Sherlock Hol-
/ mes to reason that Tony fell i'm love
/ with the lady presenting the bouquet
: to the Judge At the same time ! had
advanced little toward discovering her
identity.
/ And the LADY,
/ Now | tell you, first, last and all
. time, it is useless to ask me any more
questions With all respect, / tell you
nothing said Tony, as we reached the
hotel
l walked into the parlor A number
| of persons, some Of whom had just ar
rived from the hall, were waiting for
I the "Owl,' as the midnight train was
, called. In a few moments the Judge
with a party of friends arrived. Com
/ ing up to the desk, he asked one Of the
| bell boys to put the bouquet he was
carrying in a pitcher Of water, and not
to let him forget it. AS soon as he had
a moments leisure, 1 stepped up to the
| door and called:
Judge, you are not going to leave
those letters are you?'
He asked, What letters?' and see
! ing who it was addressing him, came
over to the door leading to the parlor
As he came into the room, | said:
81 didn't have any letters. It was your
note book / want to hand you. | tried
to follow Instructions
Without opening it, he thanked me
and placed the book in an inside pock-
ct.
81 felt tempted more than once" he
began during my remarks to pub
icly thank you for your efforts in
bringing about the success Of the af-
fair Tibbles told me everything; says
he wanted to scold you at times, but
| that you were worth a dozen men in an
emergency like this. By all means in
corporate those two poems of yours
into your Gazette report. Everybody
is speaking of them i'm the highest
terms. I would like a copy, printed or
typewrtten at your earliest opportun-
ity.'
Here is a copy | made in the early
part of the evening, practically the
same as / recited them. But were you
not playing Hamlet without the
Dance
"How's that?"
"A campaign speech without any ref
erence to politics.
81 do not think so. The major por-
ton Of the audience, you may have
noted. was composed Of young ladies
and gentlemen. They know little and
cared less of the makeup Of political
parties I wanted to tell them some
thing to which they would listen at
tentively. and when in the near future
they comment on the speech to their
acquaintance, that comment will be
favorable to mo"
81 did notice a large number of la
dies i'm the audience. ! think some Of
them are interested in the Eames Ii
brary. You remember you made do
nation thereto when you were here
last"
"I was supposed to be the central
figure this evening; but / can say-on
account of the decorations and the re-
cital-a little woman about your
height holds the center of the stage.
And you left the building before any
of the committee had chance to
thank you
81 am an enthusiast in almost every
thing [ undertake. But you have not
told me how your campaign is pro
| crossing"
| My stock, / can say, has advanced
materially since last report, The cleo
| tion being held tomorrow ! would win
| easily. 70 see, elections like every
thing else 20 in waves--up one day,
and down the next
| A whistle. a hasty handshake, and
the Judge and his party were making
double quick time for the owl
Suppose the Judge should be defeat
led. ] thought as ! sauntered homeward.
But then, defeated or elected, | have
made w my mind to 90 to Washing.
to-.
And when a woman says she will she
| will,
| You may depend on 1t;
And when she says she wont, she
| won't
| And there's an end on it..
The next Sunday saw Tony with a
new suit Of clothes, a Derby instead OF