The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-26
YOUTHFUL old party who has firmly /

!. A YOUTHFUL old party who has firmly held
d II dryasdusty position behind wire netting
II bookkeeper in a bank for twenty-five years,
whose legs getting wobbly at the top Of the third
flight of stairs when the elevator breaks down, whose
head is beginning to push up thru his hair and who
carries in front Of him slightest possible sugges
ton bay window confessed to the writer the other
day that the fires Of romance still burned bright
within him. 49, - ~ h.
ITO tell the truth, - he said when we made
fesson to each other 81 get letter without
saying to myself, here it is at last. Inside shall
find check for $l00 900 from unknown European
estate to which it has been proven that | am sole
heir or that has been left me by some rich old man
saw " ball av in the ana So hod
the letter unopened and myself resignng this posi-
ton with the bank to take effect next Saturday night
Then 1 buying little place OF ten acres near
San Diego with palm tree on it sailing among
the islands of the Pacific in my schooner nice
raadah craft. Or am camping out on the slopes OF
the Sierras with the blue above and the foothills
below listening to the wind in the branches overhead
How many hundreds of letters I have opened and
found-no check at all but bill or plain letter or an
advertisement of styles for But it will
come day. O. it will come"
j. Some naturally dreamers. They never get
wor ID 'A"' p''' ''''' A'A''' ''f'' ' 4
!; :'winds that trrmpet-cals, and seas that gleam,
And sounding suplit roads that wind and climb
i Far the hills Of dream,
Are not forever An their hearts,
'*Fosas perilous, and haunted reach and pool,
Ear-Shinlng spires under the blaze or noon,
And twilight shrines of Visions wonderful
/ Dusk, and An angry moon.
s.Dark crooked streets with lights peering eyes,
Plotters in half-lit halls Of palaces
Orchards and gardens full of lurking spies
And whispering passages"
Since this conversation I sometimes find myself
wondering if this banker is going to pull that check
out Of ms mai: You never can tell Inns is 70
Personally am waiting for good reliable aero
plane, from which your legs do not dangle out
behind as you fly. One that never disappoints and
does not much gasoline to give YOU hour
quiet flight before bedtime.
The habit Of sarcasm is an easy one to fall into
st sounds bright at the moment and It makes feel
that you brilliant person. But you are not On
United States senator his place and his popularity
The Washington Post tells good story about this
man whom It does not name but who doubtless
rthe late Senator ingalls, OF Kansas The senator had
an intimate friend who had written to him to urge the
appointment of another friend to position under the
government To this the returned very
Sarcastic answer and received the following reply:
'fMy Dear Senator: think it would be we'll for
you to reserve your sarcasm tor the rapidly
number of your enemies instead OF offering it to the
decreasing number of your friends Of whom I am
lone.'
It is said Mr. Ingalls, never forgot the rebuke, but
John D. Rockefeller was born at Richfed Springs,
on py s. 1882 and will be 81 years old in
week that Rockefeller hale and hearty old man
who had known what dyspepsia or indigestion
were. The doctor says:
He is commonly supposed represented in carica-
ture to be thin man, whereas he weighs, as
T could judge, about 100 pounds From my observation
il should say Mr.. Rockefeller is healthier and
rugged than the average of his years. This has
been true Of him always, far as know. He was
to fall out and for that he consulted specialists but
otherwise never knew him to be sick man. - .
From this it is not at all improbable that the oil
king will yet be playing golf the graves Of the
people who have been undertaking in his career.
i" - $3.50 '' ~
q; Mrs. Margaret Flynn is from Kentucky. She is
fine looking woman and is visiting in St. Louis. Whel
ION the street the other day she accosted by
leigaret 'masher'' named Harry Lynch. Lynch is
|barber and he knows than he did then. II
was Mrs. Flynn's first experience and she actet
promptly. She with friend when she was as
Ieosted by Lynch and another 49," '"->.;
''He1lo, girls,' Lynch said. ''Can't go with
tyou7"
The women did not reply, but fastened The
young followed