The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1905-09-21
MAKING
A show
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By D. ]. FINLlY.


Y T gard for my Uncle George
than for any of my rela-
tves. The rtasOn for this
was, doubtless. that he was
more communicative and
'ouipalllonable than any relative out
sue or my immediate ramlIy. He
would SIT down and spin yarns for me
ny the hour whenever we wero To-
gether; but there was one subject ON
Whlch, for number of years. had
ialled to draw him out; and that wos
oIten matter of serious Thought to
me, ana L determined to find good
ortunity TO get at the facts in the
Ohe evening, rs we sat together in
my uncle's comfortable mansion 7
round him In a very communicative
R2od, and, to my astonishmept no
Aached the subject which bad
sinised to bring up
4 My dear hoy" said he, 81 suppose
you have often wondered WHY / re.
manned an old bachelor?"
1es, uncle" said /, i'm an airv off.
hand way which did not at all betrov y
ne depth OF my curiosity. 81 am sure
ou must nave had ample opportunity
~ see the cream Of society and make 4
nIe choice OF n companion"
ell said he. 81 will tell you: and
story may be a good subject for
your dreams Of future speculation
When / was young man wos
rather fond of making a good show i'm
society. At times this was performed
ON very limited capital. Shortly
aIter settled in New York made the
acquaintance Of a beautiful and esti-
uhapie young lady, Miss Clorinda Swan
4 and lost no time in paving the way
foS matrimonial alliance with her.
One evening the subject Of conversa
non between us ran upon operas. md
the upshot OF il was that ] Invited
da to so TO the Academy of
Music the next evening. AS 7 have
said. my means were then rather linn
1ted. and now had just enough lef.
to pay for the tickets. but no surnIus
pr carriage, supper and ct ceteras
PWith these determined TO dispense. as
1 thought my fair Clorinda was too
sensible to be affected by the loss.
Fortune favored me at the start:
the evening was fine and the weather
dry, so at the appointed time | made
my appearance. dressed in the best |
81 ould afford, and waited patiently for
&rinda. She soon put ali my fears on
carriage question to flight by as
IS. me that she preferred walking
We chatted gayly on the way to the
,ademy, and were in due time for the
II u-hfo
iartha,' with n popular prima donna
the leading role. or the perform
pee / need not speak. The opera
$ all that we could desire, and was
k4ered most admirably
When the performance was over we
escended the stairs amid the CAV
kGong, and soon reached the sidewalk.
4ph, horror of horrors! 1t was
LCNVhat was I to do? To get
age. without having a cent to
it, made my blood run cold.
" thought occurred to me in a
lmt. and in nervous whisper /
ged ClOrinda If she had rubhers on:
M tc my dismay, she answered:
80; my boots are very light, too.
and could not think Of walking. We
must get carriage
"Of course. there was nothing left
s. for me to do but to face the music,
kudI hailed one of the many drivers
AsS ihXlOuS to get passengers.
II >Gy fair Clorinda to q seat,
few moments we were whirl-
Dng through the rain. Hardly
gone two blocks when Clorinda
was hungry, and asked me
and get supper. My feelings
Lr be imagined than described,
gght of my empty pockets,
TO reason her out of eating
night All my arguments
Hess, however, for my dear
o as not to be thwarted.
hat fortune might be-
- me by some means then mys-
rienu me- / ordered the driver to
tery tbe nearest restaurant. We en-
tOp " saloon and took seats at a table
rtu centre of the room. l deter
~. "a eat as little as possible, but
was not by any means SO del
N quietly took the liberty of or
what she wanted. In vain
und to see if by chance the
fSined an acquaintance; but
nav, not familiar face was
kTe the table, but my
Aehow signs of rest