Sunday Washington globe., 1902-02-16

year His attentions to Miss Sweet are very
marked.
Then there was Mrs. Seymour Smith
grass widow, and Mr. Hodgskiu Hopkins
Mrs. Smith had a beautiful daughter Just
budding into young womauhood. Mrs
Smith had been separated from her husband
about ten years. The cause Of the sepaTa-
ton was the aforementioned Hodgskin
Hopkins They had lived in a town in New
England, aud when the final separation
came she hew to Washington and Hopkins
followed She obtained a position in the
Treasury Department and Hopkins IN the
War Department She left her daughter
with a relative, and It seemed there was
nothing in the way to prevent the course OF
true love between her and her guilty para
mour from running smoothly, but they
were entirely too bold, and were "hred"
out Of various boarding houses. Finally
she reuted apartments in the house OF
widow lady aud Hopkins lived elsewhere,
but she procured and gave him night key,
aud when all were supposed to be asleep ne
would creep stealthily into the apartments
of the fair grass widow and remain III until
the early morning But one fatal morning
they slept too long, and as he hastily made
his exit he ran into the arms OF the irate
landlady aud a terrible scene ensued, aud
Mrs. Smith was turned out into the street.
bag and baggage, About this time they
formed the acquaintance of our iandladY
Miss Sweet, and took up lodgings in her
house where they could, in the language Of
the little lady, do as they pleased" Be
il understood that this privilege of freedom
cost extra. At the time Of which we write
Hopkins had been turned out of his position
on account of drunkenness. and was living
on the earnings of his mistress.
Besides the dodgers already referred to,
there were two or three old maids who were
in the same line" and some three or four
other miscellaneous people. all serving the
great U=ited States of America as clerks in
some Of the various departments of the
Government, all we'll fed and well paid, but
all as vile yes, more 10 be detested than
poor fallen, bedraggled Mollie Darling
down in the Division.
The following paragraph in colloquy
between the temptress and the young
country girl who came to Washington on
the PROMISE of her Congressman to put her
in the departments, is so true to life and
present conditions that we also reproduce
IT, as an object lesson merely:
You must make him rgaHt to obtain a
position for you.
"I do not comprehend just what you
mean Miss Sweet, for / don't know how I
could make him want to obtain me place
any more than he already does"
"Oh. that is easy enough. AS / said you
are young aud beautiful and most fascinat-
ing. 1t is easy enough to see that he is
already impressed with YOU, and you can
make him do anything you want him to,
In other words. make him love you"
Jennie drew back, frightened and indig.
naut. This to her was criminal, sinful,
shocking. When she could find speech,
she said
How dare you talk that way to me3 DO
you think would be guilty of such thing
as that? He is a married man with grown
uo daughter older than 1 am Such senti-
ments are terrible"
"Ha! hal hal" laughed the little lady II
once was almost as foolish as you are, but I
long since found out that I was in error.
soon learned that such ideas are old Rip
Van Wrinkle notions. That we live in fast
age and that we have outgrown all such
squearnish notions and ideas. Why. my
dear, suppose that he is married, what diff
ference does it maker He is rich and hand
some and can help you to a place, make
your father and mother comfortable, and
nearly every one in Washington would say
that you are foolish to throw away such a
golden opportunity.
IL am working at a very small salary, as
could not undergo the Civil Service exam
ination, aud yet you see my house elegantly
furnished brand new piano was brought
over last week and presented to me by a
gentleman friend. He is dear fellow and
very much in love with me, and buys me
anything I want. tell you we have some
gay old times"
IF he loves you and you return his affec-
tions, why do you not marry him" asked
Jennie
Marry. iudeedp and she laughed until
she became almost hysterical My dear
little. unsOphisticated, he is already married
and has been for twenty-five years. His
wife is old and ugly. and he don't care one
snap for her, but he IS very much in love
with me l call him Johnnie and he calls
me 'Sweete, and we do lead his wife a ter
rible chase sometimes"
But do people countenanoe and sanction
such a thing as this here}"
Certainly they do. for SO many of them
do the same thing, and people who live in
glass houses must not throw stones
The GLOBE has something like a dozen
cases similar to this within its ken at the
present writing Even old man Gage had
to settle a few during his term Of Office on
appeals by the wives of some of the highest
underlings in the Treasury Department.
Machen's Rural Free Delivery has some
notorious cases which the GLOBE is prepar-
ing 20 veutilate when all the facts are
authenticated. While preparing the fore
going a friend who happened in for a
friendly chat made the observation. Wash
ington IS next door to Hades for an innocent
young girl seeking Government employ
meut"