The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1901-05-30
The testers Love Story

Fairs are held as "The Midway" that
there is King of the Midway. This
high office by right of might and abil-
ity has been universally conceded as
belonging tow. Maurcie Tobin whose
rather handsone-albeit trihe sombre
face illustrates this article.
The fame of this bright fellow is in.
ternational; it extends over all lands, it
is ubiquitous. # courses from Vienna
to Ghicago-tom Paris; to Omaha
Nashville, Atlanta and on to Buffalo.
Wit, smiles and laughter ever at
tend upon him, ever ut his beck and
call. 1t is one of the spices of his
humorous monolgues of his sardonic
witticisms that his face never changes
from certain half sombre stoldity
which ever envelops it. The most
beautiful flight of epigrammatic hui
NOR come from lips that are rs closely
set as a mold. 1t is i'm his clarion
voice that the mcrriment of his bril-
liant quips and gibes bctrays itself
The Knowing one of his hearers laugh
all the more, at Tohin's tlightv humor;
it takes on the added elements of in
congruousnesS and suddcnness. They
say that the" Kings laugh would spoil
his jest and so they think no more of
Tobin's flight masks-like face, except
that it is part of the great "barkcrs'
stock-in trade.
Yet behind this great testers fixed
look is hid a brave heart story: Il ro-
nance of the dynasty of the Kane
hamcha; of King of the dropping mag
nolia of the path of echoes; that land
of Dreams, Hawaii wherein figures
this one birthstone American lad and
the crcamcry-langourous-heart eyed
niece of the monarch, and this is
what Tobin, the "barker," " tells me.
To day iesting is my business; ,jcsting
Is my life; in my youth all life was Il
Jest to me. For everyone / had smile
and saw humor in the darkest things.
OiI,n indeed my humor mis-served me
for made jest of things too solemn to
be so treated. Soon became known
among my classmates, at Harvard, as a
giddy pate, light fellow, but a good
enough companion for a blue day. I
was held to have most despicably
trifling disposition, and my every
word and deed was held to he as the
turn of a jest, insincere. Alone, l had
many sorrowful mood; but the face I
showed to the world was always
merry. brought laughter to many
lips and made my own life Il merry
whim.
One day | found myself asking my
inner self a most earnest question. Fof
there had come into my life a maiden
50 beautiful in form and spirit that all
the world took on glorified look be.
cause of her.
In the enchantment of her presence
all life became rs nothing to me except
as it contained her. And so in the
stiffness of that soft Hawaiian summer
night with bclching Pelcs lurid light
on kilauea's summit height, and the
stars as silent witnesses, told her of my
love. | waited for the love light i'm
her eyes the herald of bliss from her
lips; then l saw only that soft look o
reproach, that | knew 50 well.
"Surely, Maurice" she said, "You
carry your jest too tar.n She turned he
head away and sighed. And |, seeing
no hope for myself said weakly, anC
like the fool | was:
"Ay, ay It was but a jest, only Jest
She turned on me and there was splen
did anger in her eyes as she spoke "Ol
1t was but II jest was it Well it is
sorroy one. Thou shalt, for this jes
alone hereafter. l go. Nay, do not pun
sue me one step farther. Farewell !,
She passed into the night, like tn
hopes of my life. Realizing .bitterl
all my folly, | stood dazed. Il came W
on me that had not spoken that las
piteous lie, that,
"Ay, ay, it was but a jest" she woul
have listened to Il renewed appeal
my passion.
Then the bitterness of my folly an
fate overcame me, and / fell upon I'll
ground and burst into tears.
And since then"
Here the "King" mounted his pc,
estal before the Hawaiian Village, an
in his soft wheedling tones, cried
"This way, ladies and gentlemen, t
the Hawiian Village! See the gre,
theatre see the beautiful Hula HUI,
, Dancers. In their eyes lie the vision
/ of love; their brown depths glorify a
, they look upon.
Thair vOices n ra an awaat that ooh N,