The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-25
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Jollikins and Smith were neighbors In
deed, they had played together as boys
had gone TO the same college, and seemed
destined to jog along through life always
within hailing distance of each other
Their modes of travelling along the great
highway of humanity, however, were
different Smith was always for going at
top speed, bent only on getting there. +"
He didn't pay much attention to any
thing along the road. His eyes and at
tentfon were always fastened upon the
beyond. Somewhere over the horizon
line he expected to find a place where
he could sit down and rest and enjoy
things. But for the present he must
race and~not allow anything to distract
his attention from the cool. restful
spirit-satisfying spot which lay some
where in the distance.
1t was tennperamentaI with him. When
he was in college he was in a hurry to
get through. When he left college he
Tiarried the first girl that he took
fancy to because he felt he must lose
no time i'll settling down to the
gait which was to bring him to that
precious spot which was the focus of all
his thought, the summit of his supreme
desire. They had one child, daughter.
Jollikins was different. JelIikins be-
Heved in resting at times by the road
side; in inhaling the perfume of the
flowers within reach. Occasionally he
was severely jostled by the crowd of sour
Tying Smiths, but he always bore the
brunts good-naturedIy. He had courted
a number of girls before making the
selection of life partner, and when he
did choose it was agreed that the girl of
his choice ''just suited him" This ver-
diet was in nowise intended as a ref1ec-
ton on the girl, it was merely intended to
convey the idea-an idea sometimes eX-
pressed-that Jollileins would have gone
far before finding another woman who
would have put up with his ways to the
extent that Jennie did
JoIIkins' ways" included a whole
bunch Of faults more or less serious For
one thing he had no push, which made it
certain that he would never get to that
mysterious there" And In addition to
having no push, he was thriftless. ETe
worked hard enough, but he seemed to
have no ambition to reach out, and he
lived up to all he made. The ultimate
fate Of Mrs. Jolhkins and her four chill
dren was matter of concern to all who
knew the family. Jollikins alone seemed
not to be worried about It, He busted
himself with keeping them happy In the
present and his success seemed to COM
pletely satisfy both her and them
Among the extravagances of JollilxinS
which caused most criticism from his
friends was photograph The idea Of
man on such a salary as Jollikins got,
with family to support, buying a pho
negraph!
Mrs. Smith, who noticed that Mrs. JoI-
lilcins did not have q new fall dress, said
it was positively sinful the way Jollikins
wasted his money. Smiths contempt for
such proceeding was such that he re-
ferfed to the purchase in way which
Jollikins showed he did not like, and
thereafter Smith scarcely spoke to him.
The only people in the neighborhood
who seemed to approve of Jollikins' pur
chase of the photograph were ''the kids
as he called them. 1t was JolIikins' de-