Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-25
Mr.. D0OLEY ON ROYAL DOlNGS.
BY Copyrighted. 1908 81 Robert Howard Rusen

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sophy begun to tire ~ tn dull. mo-
notynous life Nv tn Saxon coort She
saw that Ludwig was not tn man
she EXPECTED him to be- but coorsss
nat ure. who cud not understand tn
grop;n's ~ rayflned spirit
Whin she got to be fifty or
II sixty years ~ aga, she got
onto the fact that she had soul. {
Whin a. woman discovers she has ag
soul. Hinnlssy. It's time she was sint
Il to rest cure. It niver comes till lahss
. In life, an ye can't tell what she'E d
about It She may Join woman's5
club an she may go on tn stage,
It's strange how many ladies' with wan
leg in TIL grave wud like to see TIL
other In tn front row iv TIL chorus.
Ludwig did not know what was the
natther with his spouse. He had niver
suffered firm anything that he oud-1
dent thrace to food or drink. He
{ had no soul Min sildom have. Whin
We see man with soul, side-step
him Professor Giron had soul. They
was no soulfuller person thin Al
phonce Giron in ali tn land " Sax
ony. Although on'y a poor young
man hired FIR to tache bad language.
which IS Fr-rinch, 40 tn chtldher, he
was full Nv wicked impulses. He didn't
D.
Th. outcome was certain. If a woman
with a soul doesn't lose tn soul pref
ty quick an get back her. common
sinse, she'll lose both. Wan day whin
Ludwig was down at tn brew ry.
4 Sophy packed a few things In a bag,
Alphonse helped hlmsilf to Ludwig's
stogles, an they whit to tn deeps
an took tn nine-nine. They're In a
hotel in Switzerland now, talk1n' to
rayporthers an fxin up tn allimony.
: Alphonse thinks it ought to be lib'ral.
He wud scorn to discuss details. but
he feels Ludwig ought to raymimber
tn past an dig deep. Sophy thinks so.
too. but she knows If Ludwig is close,
about 1t. her an Alphonse can go to
Paris an make Twin writin' pothry.
They'se money in pothry II yea Know
how to get 1t out. They expict to start
up shop in Paris in about month.
Alphonse told. tn BARTENDER at tn Z
hotel so. They're gr-reat frinds. AL
pnonse an tn har-tinder, an often
spind tn afternoon together while
Sophy is upstairs talkin about her
soul. Nobody hears much about Lud-
wig or tn childher. But he's holdin'
out sthrong again givin' up too much
money.
'Ain't it a wonderful romance,
I1lbNlSSy - tidNhs 11lFeIl. III Gays Nv 81
chivalry amt entirely passed wfin
a woman Nv tn rile house Nv Hapsburg
can turn her back on tn glitterliv tn
coort an tn care iv tn cIlildher an
skip out with a Kindred soul about
III age fY her oldest. I've niver been
so excited about anything in me
life. I've looked FIR news about 1t in
tn pa-aper ivry day an me frinds
Nv tn press have not disappointed
me. Happy Sophy! Happy Alphonse
What a good time they're goin' to
have whin AIphonse goes out with a
pcne an comes home with a parcel :
iv pigs feet It's a beautiful. thrillin'
story"
II don't see anything about IT."
said Mr.. Hennesey. Its just a crazy
headed or lunytic Nv woman run
min away firm her childher..
'Hinnissy.' said Mr.. Dooley, stern
ly, 'Ye f'rget sophy's station Whin
an OF crazy-headed lunytic iv a: wo-
man sllips out tbs a crime; whin an
oil crazy-headed lunytic " duchess
does it, it's scandal; but whin an OF
crazy-headcd lunatlc w. princess
does it it's romance