Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-05-08
4 cossIp's CONFESSION.

the maid have caused our nail ana
drawing-room to bristle with holly
For some reason or other-it is not
well to excavate too deeply into OUT
reasons-I am touching up their wan
ing decorations with sprlgs of misae'
toe. Being the Sage's Junior by TWEEN
ty years, 1t should be my duty to look
after acknowledged people are so
easily led away; but, as it is holiday
time, | think he deserves chance.
Five p. m. She came! With laugh
ing lips that matched the holly berries
she threw at him host of good wishes
for the New Year, and 20. how much
besides"
what smart decorationsw she
chlrped delightedly. "How bright the
holly is! love looking at 1t, but hate
packing my fingers in the arrange
ment."
"All the brightest things Of the
world are prickly," he said feelingly
"Holly-roses-glrls ;"
mot girls. Girls are like nettles-
harmless to those who know how to
handle them"
by the way" she jerked out, evk
IDENTIFY for the purpose Of changing the
conversation, II am longing to intro
duce you to my Phyllis. This is her
first visit to London, and talking to
her is like talking to Judge. She says
such naive things.
"It's scarcely wise to invite man
to meet pretty girl till you know how
many naughts there are in his In
come"
"But when it's all one big naught-
as he says it is-there can't be any
harm,' she laughed.
"I'm keen on hearing some Of Able
Perosi's work. They ought to give
his Resurrection Of Lazarus over
here"
Another prodigy They say he Is
only 26! Mr.. Kipling must have set
fashion in Juvenile genius. Since
his debut, twelve years ago, all sorts
of precOcious artists have revealed
themselves"
Talking of Mr.. Kipling, have you
read his "reminiscences of Westward
Ho? They are absolutely jolly, aren't
they? So inspiriting. But he mod
estly refrains from telling US how
Gigs otherwise BEETLE, put his talent
to practical uses at an early age. As
= small boy he was, Of course, tagged
by the bigger ones and once, when In
the act of smuggling a parcel of con-
traband gOods-cider, | think 1t was!-
he suddenly met the hOusemaster-the
gentleman he calls Mr.. Prout, you
know! Well, Mr.. Prout, on various oc.
,asions, had evinced condescendlng in
terest In Kipllngesque anecdotes, so
the y0ungster, feeling retreat to be i'm
possible, greeted the enemy with the
most astounding yarn that ever tickled
mortal ears."'
splendid"
"The ruse succeeded-more than sue
ceeded. The housemaster was fas-
cinated-just as all of us are fas-
cinated today-and the better to hear
the tale 1.-THE youth was putting and
painting under the combined weight Of
his load and his iniquitles), volunteer
ed to bear a hand with the parcel, and
thus, all unconsciously, was the means
of steering the precious cargo into
port"
The Sage laughed unbelevingly.
'Pm afraid we must take the story
cum gran0," be said.'
mot a bit Of it. The tableau, a.
seen by Stalky, MacTurk & Co., from
respectful distance, Is a memorable
item In the school history"
II should like to hear what he has
to say about the promise Of universal
peace"
80 should |. If any one could ex-
press wink of poetry, he could. Tell
me, what do they mean by Bulling and
Bearing on the Stock Exchange?
suppose, translated. it means process
by which somebody wants to get the
better of somebody else, doesn't it?"
"That is the long and short Of 1t, I
fancy. But what has Bulling and
Bearing to do with Kipling"
20, only that thought he might
translate the process into diplomatic
language and call 1t the European
Jungle Book"
an these matters, I'm afraid, he
loves to call a spade spade. Even in
fiction, he practices the fine art of ~
Ing truthfully"
"There Is such thing as being too
truthful. Like Phyllis; we were at q
sale this afternoon, and the shopman
showed us lot Of tumblsd things
NANCY fur necklets among them-and
said, persuasively: They're much
worn, madam They look sov she
answered quite seriously"
"She must be unique young lady!
I am anxious to see her. We must
take her to something; say the Opera
Comique? We are having an extend.
ed Carroll season, and every one 10
going Alice In Wonderland mad"
The Butterfly laughed. Have you
heard that q club for the baldheaded
Is about to be started In Brussels?" she
asked. EVERY candidate must display
a smooth dome Of twenty-one square
centimetres."
ION pain Of being blackballed? I've
often thought that the hairless needy
might earn a livelihood by being tat.