Evening journal., 1907-10-22
Personal and Pertinent

TITS your move" she smiled
lie smiled back at her, his hand lowering above tho
checker board.
"Realyg" he asked looking at her in witty sort OF
"Huh-huh" she softly answered
Really he asked again
"Huh-huh," she breathed. and demurey dropped her
His success began to ntoxcatc him and he felt that
never before had he been in such strong form never mad
his wit been keen his manner engaging. His
spirit scared and he looked upon his opponent with
kndlng
"Therel' he said making his move at last
There she asked giving his ejaculation the appear
ance Of having been conceived in subtle hmor "rhereg
"rherei" he repeated.
They made eyes at each other and she moved one Of
her lie briskly moved of his
NO. MOI" she family murmured "You must take me-
Il must whatg" he cried. making motion.
Take mel" she whispered
Take your"
She nodded her head without looking up and the next
moment he had taken her, and two hearts beat
And will YOU always think of meg she asked he
was bidding her goodby after he had measured her
ger for the ring.
How could help it?" he asked
"Always2 she insisted.
"Always!" he repeated
"Wil You think of me you go home to-nightg"
Every step OF the way
They parted at last.
'Ie loves mel" she whispered to herself "oh he
loves met knew it from the Maybe this WON'T
make some Of them jealous And I'm the first girl he
ever loved and it's TO be a diamond bandl Oh OH"
And as he walked home he turned troubled face up
TO the moon. halted suddenly and the night:
when she began that funny business taking her
ought TO have tight kept my fool mouth shut;
that's what ought to have done"-New York Evening
SUM-
Manager Hanlon Of the Cincinnati club said the other
day 20 a reporter:
1T beautiful thing devotion of some people to
baseball
"A business man told me last night how he had occa-
sion recently to say to his Office boy:
Look here, Harold, you have been away three times
this summer of the death your grandmother
Now you ask to get off fourth time the excuse
What do you mean BY itg
THE boy answered respectfully
am sorry 60 have TO tell you, sir that grandfather
was a bigamist' Washington Star
Louis James. the veteran player relates story OF the
early days of his career when he a member Of a
my by night eonoinaton doing melodrama in the small
The soubrette Of this company possessed in addition
10 her hstrlonic abilities, considerable skill as pianist
For long time the young woman had been desirous OF
anofding the audiences some example of her musical
manner
One evening in Dubuque the audience was somewhat
surprised at the rise of the curtain behold splendid
grand piano placed at the foot OF huge mountain the
scene being the Rockies.
From the flies the steop path of the rnoup-
tam the soubrette Sped with all the pursued
AT the base Of the mountain paused breath Then
Win start observing the instrument she stopped as IL
enrapured Caspng her hands ecstasy the soubrette
delivered herself of the following lines:
The hendish savages have killed my parents and my
only brother they have burned cottage and stolen
our cattle but Heaven be praised they have SHARED
my piano Music shall be my consolation And now,
ladies' and gentlemen. with your kind permission shall
Prayer -Harper's Weekly.
Il wonder why Jonahs name is used as a svmbo o,
haru luckF said one fisherman.
That's easily explained" answered the other "He let
the biggest fish on record get away-washngton star
Old coachman Exercising superseded carriage horses,
Well all can is, when the ladies went out with
me they used TO take pride in maxim themselves look
looks like patients OF them eve ana ear nos
pitals.-Punch.