Sunday Washington globe., 1902-03-09

college ana these young gentlemen WeAG 90
trying to their landlady as only a young
student can be when he wants to be.
II is Sunday morning, IN Mrs. Bobbins'
establishment and as breakfast is served at
a later hour upon that day than upon any
other, not an edible morsel has as yet ap-
peared upon the table, although the clock
in the college tower has chimed the hour OF
eight, and several of the boarders have
yawuinglv taken seats about the room
81 was down to the show last night,
said a tall, slender young fellow with a
gaudily trimmed smoking jacket enveloD-
ing his effemiuate figure and bah Jove, il
was deuced clever performance; it was
pou my soul " he added, as he yawned
wearily behind his bejeweled hand and
spread his slender legs so far apart that he
seemed in imminent danger OF dislocating
those useful members forever
This airy parsonage was named Horatio
S. Perkins, and hailed from up Boston way
somewhere. He was entered at the law
school, but spent a great deal more time at
the theaters; was supposed to write verse
was an acknowledged authority upon ali
points of etiquette, and was himself con.
ideut that he possessed a tenor voice of
pleasing quality Having about as much
sense as the average tenor singer, he used
his vocal organ upon all occasions and upon
but slight provocation.
II am glad you liked it, sarcastically
cried stern faced man of about fifty years Of
age and with iron gray hair trimmed close,
who looked up from his morning news
paper and over his glasses at the self-cOm-
placent Mr. Perkins, for can tell you
chat have formed decidedly poor opinion
of that performance" +" he added grimly.
"Oh you we're down there, were you,
Beall2" inquired Mr. Perkins slowly shift
ing his position about so as to face the
gentleman known as Beall.
No" snarled that sarcastic person, II
wasn't down there, and what's more, since
] heard some of the-no doubt-choice airs
whistled and sung both last night and this
morning don't intend going, as / think I
have heard all there was to hear of it
through the kindness Of gentleman who
awoke me last night by his singing aud
whistling, and who repeated the perform
ance again early this morning" he added,
looking meauingly az the self-satis6ed Per-
isins
Mr.. John c. Beall was a confirmed batch
elor; died-in-the- pessimist and
furthermore he took an almost iendish de-
Light in sueeriug at the fads and foibles Of
the entire human creation. He was en-
gagged in the shipping trade, where he was
supposed to make a good bit Of money, and
Ia his line of business no one drove a
harder bargain than he, or seemed to take
a greater delight IN doing so. Moreover,
he went out OF his way to do a person
a bad turn, and, an in all, was a hard,
sneering fault finding he-gossip.
You don't appear to like music, Beall
do your" queried Horatio, apparently un-
conscious of that gentleman's sarcastic hits
at himself
Il certainly do not, sir" angrily replied
Mr.. Beall, 'if what heard last night and
this morning is called music"
You refer to my rendering of certain lit
tie gems from the show / attended last
evening, l suppose, F" replied Mr.. Perkins,
not at all abashed by the scerbity of the
other; NOW there was one little part which
has Just occurred to me, and which I have
been trying to hum all the morning /
think that you'll like it, Beall. It goes
like this, " continued Horatio, opening his
mouth preparatory to bursting into song
but before he got any farther be was
stopped by an angry gesture Of dissent from
the enraged Mr.. Beall. who, slamming his
newspaper violently down on the floor,
said
II don't wish to hear any more music; I
have heard entirely too much of it here
lately. It's wonder to me, Perkins, that
you don't 60 on the stage, as it is pity
that the public should lose the benefit of
the wonderful talents you possess" he
sneered in as contemplate a manner as he
could possibly use.
We'll Beall," replied Perkins, wholly
unconscious of that gentlemau's sarcasm,
"it's a remarkable coincidence that several
persons have already said the same thing
to me, aud damme, old chap, I dou't know
but some day I might take a flyer into
theatricals," he added as he carelessly
threw one of his slender legs over the
other and assumed a more comfortable
position ia his chair
Yes, l would If we're you" sneered
Beall, nearly frantic with rage because his
remarks, far from effecting the results they
were intended to, had been misconstrued
by the innocent Perkins so far as to make
it appear that he, John G. Beall, who had
never passed a compliment in his life, had
passed one then. las you certainly would
create a sensation in any theatre, he added
ANluB hulu MS DOAluk rage 10 make no
ratio fully comprehend his meaning in its
fullest extent; something that he either
would not or could not do.
Further conversation on the part of Mr..
Horatio S. Perkins aud Mr.. John c. Beall
was cut short by the entrance of two of the
other bOarders who came into the room
locked arm in arm, and who after saluting
the gentlemen already assembled there,
became seated and eyed the empty break
fast table with anything but favor
These young gentlemen we're about
twenty-five years Of age and hailed from
some Of the middle states. They we're
students of the medical school and we're
very much given to talking of subjects re-
latiug TO medicine and surgery much to
the annoyance Of Mr. Beal and one other
boarder of Mrs. Bobbins
The shorter Of these two gentlemen, as
well as the stoutest was named Dawson.
The taller one was called Golden aud be.
tween the two they sometimes made things
interesting around Mrs. Bobbins house
Were you fellows down to the show
last night" iazily drawled Mr. Perkins
after the two had become seated
No answered Dawson assuming a grave
demeanor, we had a clinic to attend last