The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-25

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his chest, the beard of a patriarch. One of
the young women was tall and had the rosy
cheeks and pleasant eyes of her father, who
preceded her The other was the strange
lady. p. : .--
+ A universal perturbation followed her prog
ress up the aisle. If she, had known 1t. She
was small and fair, very daintlly and beau
| ttfully made; a pretty marquise whose head
| Greuze should have painted Mrs. Columbus
Lands, wife OF the proprietor Of the Palace
hotel, conferring with a lady in the next
seat, applied an over-burdened Adjective: ut
| amt SO much she's han some, though she is,
that-but don't you notice she's got kind
OF smart look to her? Her ben' so teeny,
! kind OF makes 1t more so, somehow, too"
| What stunned the gossips Of the window to
awed admiration. however, was the uncon-
| cerned and stoical fashion in which she wore
long bodkin straight through her head. 1t
seemed large sacrifice merely to make sure
| ones hat remained in place. = -. J.. '
| The party took seats q little to the left
| and rear Of the lecturers table, and faced
the audience. The strange lady chatted
| gaily with the other three, apparently. ,as
unconscious Of the multitude of eyes fixed
| upon her as the gazers were innocent of rude
| intent. There were pretty young women in
Plattville; Minnie Briscoe the prettiest,
| and as the local glass of fashion reflected,
"the stylishest.'; but this girl was different,
somehow, in a way the critics were puzzled
to dscover-different from the sparkle of her
eyes and the crown of her trim sailor hat,
to the edge of her snowy duck skirt. a.
! Judd Bennett sighed a sigh that was heard
| in every corner of the room. AS everybody
| Immediately turned to look at him, he got
up and went out. ~ ( ..,'. =
1t had long been jocose fiction Of Mr..
Martin, who was a wtdower of 80 years
| standing, that he and the gifted authoress
| by his side were in a state of courtship.
| No1x hn hon hao1 hor to
whisper: II never thought to see the day
! you'd have a rival in my affections, Miss
| Seliny, but yonder looks like it. I reckon
I'll have to go up to Ben Tinkle's and buy
! that fancy vest he's had in stock this last
| twelve years or more. Will you take me
back when she's left the city again, Miss
| Selny?' he drawled. ri expect, maybe, Miss
Sherwood is one OF. these here summer girls.
| I've heard of 'em but i never one be-
| fore. You better take warning and watch
| me-Fisbee won't have no clear field from
now on " ~ T." =:
! The stranger leaned across to speak to Miss
| Briscoe and her sleeve touched the>left shoul-
| der of the old man with the patriarchal white
| beard. A moment later he put his right
hand to that shoulder and gently moved it-up
and down with: a gentle caressing motion
over the shabby black broadcloth her gar
ment had touched. ~-~. 49,. .~~s
/ Look at that old Fisbee!' exclaimed Mr..
| Martin, affecting Indignation. Never be n
half as spruced up and wide awake in all
his life He's prob-ly got her to listen to
him on the decorations of Nineveh-its my
belief he there when it was destroyed.
Well, If I can't cut him out we'll get our
respected young friend" of the Herald to
do it" -! - : :"
"sh!" returned Miss ribbs Here he is -
The seats upon the. platform were all oc-
cupied except the two foremost ones in the
center Zone on each side of a little table
| with a lamp, a pitcher of ice water, and a
glass;, reserved for the lecturer and the gen.
tleman who was to introduce him. Steps
were audible in the hall, and everyone turned
ito watch the door, where the distinguished
pair now made their appearance ina hush
of expectation over which the beating Of the
fans alone prevailed. The Hon. Kedge Hal
loway was one of the cleaners of the flesh
pots, himself, and he marched into the room
unostentatiously moppng his shining ex-
panse of brow with a figured handkerchlet.
He was person of solemn appearance; a
fat gold watchchain which curved across. his
pondercus 'front.' adding mysteriously to his
gravity At his side strolled a very tall
thin, rather stooping-though broad-shoul-
dered-rather shabby young man with sal
low, melancholy face and deep-set eyes that
) looked tired. When they were seated, the
orator looked over his audience slowly and
} with an incompatible calm; then, assls al
ways done he and the melancholy young
| man exchanged whispers for a few moments
After this there was a pause, at the enc OIL
| which the latter rose and announced that
1t was his pleasure and his, privilege to in
troduce that evening a gentleman who needed
no introduction to that assemblage. What
; citizen of Carlow needed an Introduction,
asked the speaker, to the orator they had ap-
plauded in the campaigns Of the last twenty
| years, the statesman author OF the Hallo"ay
! BILL the most honored citizen OF the nelgh-
boring and fourishing county and city OF
Amo? And, the speaker would say, %that II
there were one thing the citizens OF Carlow
could be held to envy the citizens or Amo.
It was the Honorable Hedge HalloWay, the
; thinker, to whose widelyknown paper they
were about to have the pleasure and I'M
| proyement Of listening - go, II
The introduction was so Vehemently ap-
, plauded that, had there been present person
l connected swith the theatrical profession, ne
/ might have been nervous for fear the intro
, ducer had prepared no encore. 'kedge Is toe
smart to take it all to himself. commenteo
Mr.. Martin. HE knows it's half on account
! of the man that said it. - :. s-..s.
> He was not mistaken. Mr. HalloWay nae
learned a certain perceptiveness i. on tht
. sturnn Resting one hand upon his unfolde6
g notes upon the table,, he turned toward tne
s melancholy young man (who had subsldee
8 into the small Of his back In his chalr). ana
!, after clearing his throat, observed with suo
p. den vehemencc that ne must tnanh us eltSo-
s friend for his fattering remarks but ina
: when he said that Carlow envied Amo a2ial:
r loway. it must be replied that Amo grudgee
/. no glory to her sister county OF Carlow, Dnt
o If Ano could find envy in her heart IL "oute
}, ha because Carlow possessed a paper SO ster:
ling. 80 upright, SO brilliant, so enterprisins
:. as the Carlow County Herald, and journ !
st SO talented so gl1teo' SO enel lse'i'' ~ 1s'A
:, less as it's editor. !.
Q The gentleman referred to showed very fain
0 appreciation OF these ringing compliments
u There was "a lamp on the table beside him
d against which, to the view of Miss Sherwood
az Rouen. his face was silhouetted, and yer!
e rarely had it teen her lot to see a man iool
e less enthusiastic under public and favorable
= comment of himself. She wondered If he
r also. remembered the Muggleton cricket mattel
/, and the subsequent dinner oratory
g ITO be Continued To-morrow.l
d Change of Time Great Northern
u Railway.
. l. J,,1y tho fol1owine