Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-05
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chap. and n fellow possessing assurance OF
the coolest kind.
But his dream of peace was soon to be
violently disturbed for even as the re-
porter watched the park policeman, whose
eagle eye had caught sight OF the ngure
on the bench. came silently upon the scene
and without any preliminary motions ne
suddenly grabbed the occupant OF the pehch
In his muscular hands, and in another mo-
| ment he had Violently jerked him TO MS
feet, where the fellow stood droWsiiy rup-
bling his eyes.
In a few moments though, he had suf-
ficiently awakened to take in the SITUATION
and when the Waterman SAID 10 min
Don't you know that 1t Is agalhs. tns
law to sleep in this park. the hopo turned
to the guardian of the place, ana, Drawing
himself up in dignified manner he salo 10
the 20 iCeman: Att,
Fellow. do you know what park this
is w
Certainly cried the Waterman; 1T
Lafayette Park.
And L." haughtily replied the Knight .t on
the road. as he smOte hlmSeil olo" III INC
breast Jam Mr.. Lafayette.
The Disagreeable Man from Mount Pleas
ant who is continual source OF annoyance
to his fellow passengers. boarded the i4th
street car the other morning at Fairmont
street. and Immediately began to sniff the
air, which is his preliminary signal when
he is In search of trouble.
1t was one of those unusually warm
mornings at least for this time OF the
year and the Disagreeable Man Is fresh
air crank. even in the good old winter
time. AS he shifted away his trouble-hunt-
ing eye caught sight of the closed window
opposite and near which sat quiet little
man of most peaceful outward appearance.
This is the exact type of person that the
Disa grceable Man dearly loves to bully;
so clearing his throat as if to attract his
attention. he spoke thusly:
My friend, to keep that window down Is
very unhealthy; its entirely too hot In
here"
Sorry" pleasantly answered the other
man. but l guess you will have to put up
with it,"
.Disagreeablc Mani ask you to open it.
sir
date you. hut / can't"
Disagreeable Man-''Do you refuse to open
that window
Peaceful Mani certainly do
Disagreeable Man-'If you don't open it.
l will
Peaceful Mani bet you s. you don't
Dsagreeable Man-'If l go over there,
will
Peaceful Man-'Ill go you odds you
won't
Disagreeable Mani ask you once more,
sir; will you open that Window"
Peaceful Man-"No, sir; / will not"
Dsa grceable Man-"Tnen I will"
Peaceful Mani would like to you
do it
Disagreeable Man Gas he grabs hold of
the offending window)-'I will show you
mighty quick how I will open it,"
Peaceful Man tas the Disagreeable Man
tugs and strains in his endeavor to open
the window)-"Why don't you open it?"
Disagreeable Man getting red in the
face he hears everybody laughing)-"It
appears to be stucks'
Peaceful Manor course it is. I tried
to open it before you came in
And then. while the Disagreeable Man
was feeling foolish and was doing the beet
act. the other passengers just ''laffed
right out loud, and kept it up bolster
ously that he of the large-szed crouch.
swung off the long before it had
reached his usual disembarking place.
x X X \
Judge Harlan, who lives UP on the hill,
was a passenger on a 18th street car the
other day and was seated next to couple
of clerks who were deeply interested in
some discussion. which caused one of them
to raise his voice to quite high pitch
This appeared to make the other man
rather cautious. as he glanced wariIy
around to see II any one was listening to
the talk of his friend. At this moment he
discovered the presence of the dignified
justice. and turning hastily to his loud
talking comrade. he said For heavens
sake, lower your voice; you may have heard
that Justice Is blind but that doesn't nee
essar1ly mean that it's deaf also" Whether
Judge Harlan heard the remark it is i'm
possible to state. yet all the same, a calm
smile fitted over his face at the conclusion
OF the young fellows admonition to his
friend.