The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-26
TWO KINDS OF TAKERS.
How an Interesting Tale Is Told by
Both of Them
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Then there's the man who will per
Sist in finishing his sentence, even though
you see the end from the beginning.
Him we may call the realistic talker.
Now, if two alert impreSSionStS are COM
municating with each other by means of
their tongues the conversation can run
like this:
80 you want to hear about Jack Car
son? Ancient history. Met his enemy in
Louisville. Latter dead shot and saw
Jack first"
Exactly Where'd they bury JACKIE
Local cemetery. Had big fortune;
daughter Mabel. a buaet. Sac grew up,
and of course"
"0f course. Englishman or Italian?"
Reginald Cecil Plantagenet-'
81 see. When did she apply for di-
vorce?"
One year. and by that time only half
Hump! how much at first?"
Cool million, and now no foreign
Naturally. Well, some American
"G Good Iwhen?"
Last month. Has money of his own,
hard worker and she'll"
BE in clover. Well. I'm glad you've
told me all this, for 1 always liked Mabel
and wondered what became of her.
Now, suppose our verbose and logged
friend had been telling about Jack and
He would have begun in a hard, dry,
matter of fact tone:
so you want to hear what became Of
Jack Carson. Sit down here by the win
DOW, and III tell you. Nice club this
Well, Jack quarreled with a Kentuckian
of the name of Breckenridge, man who
Always shot to kill, and Breckinridge
swore he'd shoot Jack at sight. Jack
never went armed. One day he was in
Louisville, and Breckenridge saw him
ana before any one could interfere the
KentuCkian-"
81 see. Poor Jack?'
the Kentuckian aimed full at his
heart and shot him, and Jack dropped in
his tracks, because he'd been hit in the
heart"
>"Too. bad. What became of Mabel?
Leave her any money!"
HE left his daughter Mabel his entire
fortune. She was beautiful girl, and
When she grew to woman's estate she
was considered great catch, and scores
OF. fellows paid court to her, but an
Englishman finaI"-
i tumble. Took her across the pond
and made her pay his debts, I sup
an Englishman by the name OF
Regir4ld cell Plantagenet Tudor Conyng.
name laid siege to her heart and won the
to England and induced her to square him
with his creditors and'-
How long did she stand that sort OF
/ tFeatmcnt?''
he was cruel, besides, and treat
ed her ahamefully, and in year she ap.
! p!ied"--.
"Glad she had the spunk. And O,
course she got it. He was probably 8
! worthless sort"
she applied for divorce, and wa.
lucky enough. to get it, although She
! spent Cne-half million or
81 understand What did she do then o.
| or, to be exact, $780, 900, on the mis-
cradle fellow Then she came hack r.
America and registered an oath that sh'
would never
Marry an Englishman I see."
would never enter into a state o.
matrimony with any member of tn
British aristocracy. But a young Roo
Good for him! He won her, did hep
"a young BcstonIan of means arc
ability net her at a reception, and it Wa!
! case of love at first sight, and the,
! were married within month. and thinl
that in this case the old adage, Mari!
''Nct a doubt of it. Those adage
don't always work, particularly the oil,
! ones. Get out of order from toe mucl
use.
THE old adage. Marry in haste an,
repent at leisure will not apply to them
for the Bostonian is eminently worthy o
4 her. and I'm sure that they'll be hapDy
But it's a great Pity that she e.~T me
that Plantagenet Copyrghame. for If r.
! hadn't cot his hands on the fortune
Shed have had twice as much. Righ
Won are Goodby old man, I must b
And the alert (and also somewha
! rCde) y0rng man hurries off, but hear
f1oating after him the ineXorable tone
| of his friend:
If he hadn't got his hands on tina
! fortune her father left her she woEI
have had twice 100000, or 100000, :
! bring to- the young B0stonian."