St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1901-02-09

Is WnaL II Is. DAD. AnQ now, II
you have no decided objections, will
you kindly impart to the assembled
multitude the name of the estab-
lshment where you obtained that
delicious and warbly phrase that you
have just made use of willfully, ma.
ignantly and with malice afore-
thought"
EsI'n be modest about it," said
Henderson. 1T happened like this:
] was around the courts for a few
days, and"
That accounts for it" exclaimed
Lowe, striking Mackay on the shoul-
der and nodding his head EN-
phatieally. ssYou remember, we
wondered what had become Of poor
Henderson during those ten days?
It is funny that we never heard a
word about it. Had it hushed up, /
suppose. l remember saying to
Jumbles-eJumbles, I said, it is
some days since | have seen poor
Henderson. The last time I saw
him he was standing in front Of the
counter in one of those little indi-
gestion parlors, being fed with big
spoon by a little dark waitress with
a bunch Of pink on her left shoul-
der. Or perhaps it was her right.
/ noticed his face then. He seemed
mournful; something was lacking in
his eyes, yet withal an interesting
face, Jumbles, I said-'a face that
grows on one, Jumbles.'
"But Jumbles only said: All I
know about it is, I'm glad that it
does not grow on me-
@There is absolutely no deyiating
from the beaten path; cireumlocu-
ton is impossible" returned Hen
derson, In resigned voice; "but you
are about the most picturesque and
pedantie preFaricator that is per-
mitted by the police. You do pur-
loin the pretzel, and no error"
you're quite illiterate, aren't
you? / think that is what they call
that kind of talk. I was merely
lodging for an opening to finish my
hotel story. Il you will let me alone
I shall do So"
Let you alone? / should Like to
let you alone. In a ten-aere lot,
with not even a tree whose leaves
would be obliged to turn at your re-
marks. But proceed in peace. !
see that nothing / can do will swerve
you from your purpose to infiet that
story upon us, and Henderson sub
sided.
s'You see, it happened in this
manner" Lowe went on. 'Eschrubb
got off that horrible jest about the
hotel, and l thought at the time and
on the impulse of the moment that
it was good. I stood there and
looked at the hotel, and the more I
looked the funnier thought it was.
schrubb had escaped by this time.
He always had luck. Well, [ went
farther on down the street, looking
for some friend. / wanted friend
then, and wanted one badly. I
wanted to remark, casually, while
strolling past, as sehrubb had done:
Z suppose you can get only coffee
over there now.' Luck was with me,
for | suddenly ran across Stone. You
know Stone? Nice boy. Of course
be would do as well as anybody, SO |
started in to engineer things SO that
we should get past that place all
right. / just had to let that out on
somebody myself. Just had to-
couldn't help it. Ever feel that
way?
'sStone had to buy some shoes, and
he took long time looking over
them, and 90 minutes had elapsed
and it was getting dark. Then he
made me stop in somewhere with
him, and after that things got to
to perfection. When we
came abreast of the place I didn't
make a move to look across OF to
show that / had anything on my
mind
Don't interrupt him" demanded
Mackay, glaring at Henderson Z
note something evil in your eye"
II just dropped into the CONVEX
sationeasy, you know, like a stone
anchor from a punt. You could
have heard the splash down to the
place where the new post Office ought
to be.
" They're serving coffee pretty
much over there I said.
You're bright he said. How
10 you know
" Because says |, leading him to
The edge of the sidewalk, as schrubb
had done to me, and lodging
couple of ladies, because and Z