The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-12
p Birthday cynjc.

N-N~--N-s +-eAAANNf anu the sounds of music
and laughter found their way disfa-+r,,
TO the street The drawing room curtairs
out partly drawn, revealed tn him
blanche and her two sisters and tb.
other members of the family with
| stranger or two whom he did not know
II was a cheerful spectacle but IFS eff
LSCt on John Savage was anything bur
AKIN. How unlikely. he unused thar re
ne without money or friends or o-cs
pects-Would be received into an 5ho1.
! Oh wealth He even waverod for a moment
IA ms determination TO ring the bell. ana
"o"-u nave passed on or retraced ~
way nad ne been certain that he had
- aIieaGy peen seen from the window 90
ne passed in front Of the stems
80 he walked up and pressed tho o.
tIIc button and waited gloomf1v for +b.
!, uoor Co open. But there c9rss n, 81
spouse 70 his ring. and a second aff--+
repeated after long delay. was .gua1,,.
without result ''''f
Ihen he hurried away angrnv Tb.,,
80, NJ answered knowing who was
sHeFe. he saw ii all distinctly lie b,.r
Deen observed from the win1ov ,-7 49,
nald instructed to disregard tbs rim
-Ie Hau received an answer-without
money Blanche cared nothing for him
Dlu ne need further evidenc. that tbs
- - "aS d hollcW thing, m0Ckerv a
sham' and that vanity ruled au7 H.
laushed again. bitterly once NOR. ..-
day! ais 'lFlh-
just what happened to John Savara +b.
rest OF the evening Is not pertinent B., f....
present narrative. Had he been "a trfe
CSHic' a genuine misantnroDe. he Womb
nave gone home after a while I'M a
cynical and -misanthropic but ,,,lis+ NJ,
ana INDUCED his cynicism and mis-
ahthropy in the seclusion of his cham
Dets' IN company with his pine and
DOCK. But despite his own firm b.r..
ne was after all. but poor aDol..- .
Tor genuine follower of Diogeues. and
Wen. anyway. the next morpfr,.- ....-
Is the next morning somewhere sra....5
the hour of noon-he woke up To- relrf,.
tAat MS head was aching horribly tr4r
ms eyes felt heavy mad taat a general
lassltude which seemed To- call for ..rT
lPpHca1lohS both without and wi.hIn
held possession of him.
Altogether he felt bad and had t-,.r,.
energy enough To reach over and omen
lne letter which some time I'm the r-
IerFa between mis- going Uut ou tho
previous evening and his present awaE-
enins had been placed ON the lear of f..
WIu"s desk which stood a few feet from
lhe mead OK the bed. When he did finally
take IL up in q listless kind of way .rI
WITH no Immediate intention of unar.r.-
1t, there was just light enough fi.....-
IN through the closed blinds Co euaII.
MIN 90 make out 1.-THE c. NleazIr.
New York printed Oh the upper I.r..
hand corner OF the envelope
co-,,,,+.7 -. 80 .,--'.i0' '' Nhs" h' "..
l'-t5 -.,u VIII" Ch"t plHil.at.ou WHO
TT, guy interest lH WI ns HE
velope lazily in his hand. Thought o.
CURED 20 him. and ne jumped out of ..
and threw open the curtains Tf. o..r.r
the envelope and glanced .,+ ite ..-+..,,.
TncIosel WIS a ,bl..l- r... ~ --.t
~, tt,. 49,, .'l " 10" ID ......-
- ''"'' 9'''I-7 i'ith t.aI I..
amount was IN payment for his t....
0-.'eI some wees ago, which .li
peen accepted The letter itself Wa
dated q month or $50 rrat-f,r.- and t.
uostmarly ON In. face ,f tr .,,......r
RESPONDED Ina ~ ~
7,.,,1- . 49,, mann 'H 7.
vas ''-II. 81. ana Hr c'ul. I'D
''lNe IL out d'stInclly-
But there was the check That WAS
the main Oh ne. whether tle letter u.1
wandered afeld I'm it's f.rrrl..,- rr.r. s.
York To New York ana lai ..-.
OCEAN ,- en-. - H. " e..
bo5 -, 49, "a ''' ''.' "L...'I t
90 D'ei ll'7i'1i Dy lIr chamDsruIl MIL
WHO had only now found it aEIiu slu.-
where; whether he had himself fuaIv.r|-
entity brushed it into "a corner Whom. DO
had become covered vim ,.....-. ..
hooks and ,tbor 5.-.-t
vyeII-rec.iI' tel -, ..ii'ol 'l L..
W.. eB W leu -a'lel.r apartments what
iIl'l'leLeo u. there il was a. sort of a.r.-
uay Prestn nj To himself. and with
note extending the EDITOR comp meuts
TO Mr.. John savage, and am Invitation .n
become regular coutri. .,,+o.- o.. ~. -,
Nrao-azf,e
Tbora W. ,,,+t,i-,.. .....-..,..,
s75 bIlt a. 1,f '. sl-tF I!s'tt9Ial about
erybod,- nd NJ I.- -.lIil5 51 mo II"l 't-
for m ,10r1ort i ,5i,Ii. ' I-iIl' -l. even
Visions a. f''t,,r iHuIl5e4 tl5 I3hcy "l-9
of letters ana 10 ti, I'm tli7 ll LIs "3ild
lined 49, ,C,tu ~. ~ Ile7e creams were d.s-
me me tihe' lhey were better, much bel-
cold draugbtSS tbnt W., We D"u -,, JF
and hair an bo ,lit' were 1s,I NOT 'Il water