Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1903-11-19
"One or nothing" replied zalinski

coldiy.
WELL all right" she grumbled. su,k-
liy, well all right Her mutter-
Ing rumbled itself away as she gath
cred up her charge and slowly followed
Iallnsk to the Casino.
In her arms the moon bathed face OF
the young one seemed to grimace with
suppressed deviltry far beyond the
years OF any onc-year-old rs he leaned ]
over his nurses shoulder and deliber-
ately winlSed at the unseen Black
Sheep that was pattering noiselessly
along behind.
In the Casino. the eighth piece was
being performed. Zalinski with diff
Guilty found a vacant seat near the
stage. He placed his hat on the seat
next to him (Which also happened to
be vacant) and gazed ut the all uncon-
scious Concini with baleful and tri-
umphant eye.
Zalinski was aroused from this pleas
ant preoccuDation by disturbance at
his side. His brows contracted to m
alarming extent when he saw the
nurse drop into the seat next to him.
The baby. playing with the watch.
gazed at ZaEnski with serious atten-
ton and knowing smile seemed to
settle over it's old fashioned face.
The leader Of the orchestra suddenly
addressed himself to the band. The
ninth number was about to begin. Con-
cini lovingly tucked his violin under
his chin and looked confidently over
the audience with the smile Of man
who is sure Of himself His gaze met
Zal;nsEi's md the smile at once be-
| came = smlrE.
Down came the conductors baton.
Tho eager hand took uD the challenge
With r1-sh Out Of the opening crash
| the roGo'lrfi"g melody quickly olsen
| a"oT itself and swept on with a fine
! sn'1oritv to mo opening OF COncini'S
| 500. The audience hushed. Concini
! 81 >oref forward. nerVOusly licking his
Inns ETe lifted his bow and the solo
was on.
| Down in t1ie third row the r71rse
Suddenly took her watch away from
the volcanic baby. But here strange
thing haDneral. The baby refused to
| howl accar7ic,g to programme. IT.
stead Of dci,s~ anything SO foolish. he
sensihlv looked around for something
| else with which to play. His eyes
fell upon thr flaming beard Of Zalin-
SKI in the next seat. In moment both
of his hands were tightly wound there
in.
With howl Of pain Zalinski arose
from his seat. The knowledgeable In
FAINT held on From, his expression he
seemed to be enjoying himself huge
| ly. The nurse was also obliged to rise
! in order to keep the infant from fall
ing. They stood there. an interesting
little family trio. The band stopned
| and set itself to watch this thing. Con-
cini's hearty outlaws gradually died
! away \ dead silence reigned.
1t was too much. With gesture
OF utter helplessness Zalinski started
for the door, the tenacious infant still
ortwined among his beard and the
giggling nurse keeping safe hold
upon her charge
| "Daddy"' repeated the delighted
Young one as the procession worked
it's way SLOWLY up the aisle. Its vo-
cabulary could hardly be called exten-
sive but no one could question its
| effectiveness.
That is how Zalinski thu famous vio-
linist. planned to discredit his rival
Concini. and shows the disastrous re-
suits Of his little scheme.
Put. above all, that is how the Bah
Bah Black Sheep shows whether or
not he has any Wool.-New York Even.
, ng Sun.
Longfellow and Holmes.
One afternoon, in the years Of which
I am writing, I chanced to call upon
Mr.. Longfellow just after he had re-
ceived Il visit from DR.. Holmes.
What delightful man he is.' sai(
he But he has left me, as he gener
ally does, with headache" When
inquired the cause. he replied: "Tht
movement of his mind is SO mucf
more rapid than mine, that often tinf
I it difficult to follow him, and If keeI
;, up the strain for q length Of time,
headache is the penalty
Every one who knew the Autocra
!. must have been impressed by this trai
ascrbed to him by Longfellow-the ex
traordinary rapidity of his mental pro
4 cesses. Not that he talked fast. bu
that his turns Of thought were SUI
: prisingly bright and quick, and ofte1
made with q kind of scientific pre-
cision, agreeably in. contrast with tn
'e looseness Of statement commonly cha,
, acterizing those who speak volubly an
- think fast.-J. T. Trowbridge, in til
% Atlantic.
" | r,-:--
Success in Law.
n No lawyer is good for much unles
he has a belligerent nerve; he must b
,g ready for good fighting when a fight
IN required. But in this modern age til