The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-02-10

}"MODERN FABLES" by George AIDE.
( copyrighted, 1901, by Robert Howard Russenl )

Colonial Carrie the Romance ~.
out neassly eleven lays ago. Already -
sales count up Two Million. Three Wo,1-
were trampled to death yesterday ~ %
gain Sale where they we're handing tbs.
cut at H.1S each and throwing IN an r.sS
ing Of the Author sitting at his Desk ,h,nr
ing about the Plot"
us it a good StCry?" asked the Re,u-,u
Traveller.
ut is a ~Lollypaloozer. replied the pol,oo
nan. George Washington. Rsnisut.
Franklin. Patrick Henry. Georze the Th,-s
John Hancock and Israel Putnam an -
etuck on the Heroine. There Is a CO.
Blood in every Chapter end the Atnosnb.~.
IS so good that you can't make ou, NJ.
the People are talking about half The go
You'd better read the Book before Won =.
and see the Play"
lis 1T as good as Daisy Dean ~ NJ.
ware?" asked Randolph, mentioning -.
Terrific Success of the Preceding SUNNI.
20 prove that he was not wholly Ignoran,
81 DON remember it." said the Liter,-
COPPER. I'm like everybody else thas.
lays, 1 can't think Of more than one >,
Time"
Il OjiC VIII To- iCluI4cN from the Dad
then started for his Boarding House TO sea
IL he could put up a Talk and get possession
of his Trunk.
Arrived at the Corner where the Humble
Boarding House once reared its thra.
Stories he found himself at a Family Hotel
with Nine Floors, an Office with 900 Elec-
trio Lights in it and a Flunkey in Livery
standing ar the Edge OF The Sidewalk to Hft
Well-to-do People in ana out OF their Car.
riages.
Where is Mrs. Phillips now?" asked IN.
latter-day Rip Van Wrinkle.
The Flunkey looked at Randolph and saw
that his Collar was Six Months behind the
Style, SO he refused to answer.
Across the Street there happened 10 be a
Fan who remembered that there had been a
Mrs. Phillips in that Neighborhood. but
she had disposed of her Lease to a Syndi-
cate for 100000 and was now in Antwerp
having a Painter fix up a set Of Ancestors
In Oil.
All at once the Homeless Wretch hap
pened to think of the Art Student. his regu-
lar Dulciana and Sunday Night Standby.
so he dug for the House.
She was not at Home, but Mamma was.
Mamma came out and after A lot of hard
Mental Concentration and having him re-
call certain Incidents she managed to re-
member that he had been engaged to her
Daughter some eight months previously.
She said there had been so many it was
hard to keep Tab on the whole Bunch.
"And where is my Darling Fiancee now?'
asked Randolph.
"She Mourned for three long Weeks after
the SAD News came" reported Mamma.
Then the Color came back 10 her Cheeks
and she Smiled Occasionally and at Once
married a Divorced Man named Thompson,
who IL on the Stock Exchange. They lived
Happily for about Forty-five Minute and
then the Prosecuted Lamb gave him the
Run and forced him to a Settlement She
is now the wife of a Concert Tenor. They
are on the Road and appear at Quincy.
Illinois, this evening"
The Broken-Hearted Lover went out into
the Street again. He was very Lonesome.
Every one was whistling Coon Songs that
were New Ones on him. He bought an
Evening Paper and found that the Informa-
ton he was seeking had become Ancient
History. He asked about the Siege of Pc
king and the Boer War. and the Pedes-
TRANS threw things at him. He was afraid
to ask how the Election came out. OF who
was the Champion Pugilist, or what had
been the Scandal in High Life. or how
much the Transatlantic Record had been
lowered. The great World of Thought had
moved ahead Six Months, leaving him she'll
roaded far Behind. His former Friends
either had caught the Market right and
moved out of his Sphere or else they had
| landed Flat, so that he could not afford 10
| r~e-establish Cordial Relations.
In his own line Of business an entirely
| different kind of Dress Goods had come in.
He had lost his Grip. so he went back and
| shipped on the Norwegian Schooner.
Moral-If your line is Dress Goods keep
away from