Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-23
The Great American Institution of Divorce.

thumb or a slight headache. TIL misfor-
tunes Nv these people ARE beyond belief.
I say. Hinnissy. it is tn jooty Nv tn law
to marcifully release thin. Ye take tn
case iv friend firm Coke City that 1
was readn' about tn other day. There
was a martyr FIR We. Poor fellow! Me
eyes filled with tears thinkin' about him.
Whin a young man he. marrid. He was a
fireman In thin days, an tn objict iv his
etarnal affection tn daughter Nv tn
most popular saloonkeeper in town. A
great socyal gulf opened between Thin
He had fine prospects iv ivinchooly bein
promoted to two-fifty day, but she was
heiress to a cellar full iv Monongahela rye
an pool table, an her parents objected,
because iv tn difference in their positions.
But love such as his is not to be denied.
TIL bold sutton won. Together they eloped
to Pittsburg an were marrid.
FIR a short time all whit well. They
lived together happily FIR twinty years an
raised wan Nv tn popylous families iv peo-
pie who expect to be supported in their old
days. TIL impechuse lover, spurred on be
tn desire to make good with his queen,
slugged, cheated, an wurruked his way to
tn head v tn railroad. He was no longer
Greasy Bill, tn Oil Can, but Willum Aitch
Bliggens, TIL Prince iv Industhree All tn
diff'rent kinds iv money he liver heerd Nv
rolled into him, large money an small,
other peoples money, money he'd labored
FIR an money he'd wished FIR. Win he set
in his office countn' it he often left call
FIR tin o'clock FIR fear he might be dhream-
in an not get to tn round house on time.
But bein' an American citizen, he soon felt
as sure v himself as though he'd got 1t all
in tn Probate Coort, an tn arly Spring
saw him on private car speedln TO New
York, tn home iv Mirth. He was ray
cieved with open arms be iVry wan in that
gr-reat city that knew the CONFIRMATION w
TIL safe. He was taken FIR yacht rides be
his fellow Kings iv Finance. He was tn
principal guest iv honor at modest but
tasteful dinner, where there was large
ARTIFICIAL lake iv champagne into which tn
comp'ny cud dive. He become tn prize
package iv tn Waldorf. In tn on'y part iv
New York ye liver read about-ar-re there
no churches or homes in New York, but
on'y hotels, night restaurants, an pool
rooms?-in tn on'y part iv New York ye
read about he cud be amy night sit
tin where tn lights cud fall on his bald
but youthful head. An little Angelica
Gumdrop, tn lady next DO tn end iv tn
those big eyes iv hers that said SO little an
meant how much.
AN how was it all this time in dear old
Coke City? 1t is painful to say that tn
lady to whom frind was tied FIR life
had not kept pace with him. She had
taught him to r-read, but he had gone
an taken what Hogan calls TIL postgrajate
coorse Women get all their book larnin'
befure marredge; men afther. Shed been
pretty active about tn childher while he
was pickin' up more iddycation in tn way
iv business than she'd liver dhream iv know
in. She had tn latest news about tn
throuble in tn Methodist Church, but he
had private wire into his office.
"A life spint in nourishin' tn young. Hin
Missy, while fine to read about, isn't amy
kind Nv a beauty restorer an I've got to
tell We that tn lady prob-biy looked difrent
firm tn gazelle he used to whistle three
times FIR whin he wint by on Number
Iliven. It's no aisy thing to rock tn cradle
with wSn hand an ondylate tn hair with
another Be TIL time he was gettin' out Nv
tn selln' class in New York she was slow