Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-01-07

5Ou III i,1ch-ilHCB, AOI ne WAS WHAT
few big men are, quick and agile The
big fellow VINO is catlike in his move
ments is the most formidable of ath-
letss. One thing that invariably
amused me was bis inordinate love OF
uniforms. lie would always stop when
he saw a soldier or the picture Of one,
and his love CT arms was little short
Of mania. He was al expert fencer
and dead shot besides. pardon the
liarentbesis, but ! feel it my duty to
warn you that nobody fights duel in
this little history, and nobody gets
Killed.
On leaving college he went in for
medicine, and his appearance in the
capital city OF Barseheit was due OBJ
viously To the geeat medical college,
famous the world eyer for It's nerve
specialists. This was Maxs first adj
venture in the land OF gu,turals | ex-
I planned to him, and partly unraveled,
the tangle Of laws; as to the language,
he spoke that, not like a native, but
as one.
Max was very fond Of the society Of
women, and at college we used to twit
him about it, for he was always eager
10 meet new face, trusting that the
new one might be the ideal for which
he was searching.
We'll, you old Dutchman," said /,
have you ever found that ideal wom-
an of yours ?"
bah! "-lighting a pipe she will
never be found A horse ard trusty
dog for me; those two you may event
ually grow to understand. or course,
| don't say, if the woman came along
the right one--I nishtn't so under.
I'm philosopher enough to admit that
possibility. l want her tall, hair like
cornsilk. eyes like the corn-fower, OF
brilliant intellect, reserved, and digni-
fiei, and patient. l want a woman,
not humorous. but who understands
humor, and | hare never heard of one.
So, you see, it's all smoke; and never
talk woman these times unless I'm
smoking, with g gesture which ex-
planned that he had given up the idea
altogether "A doctor sees so much
of women that he finally sees nothing
CT woman"
'Oh, If you resort to epigrams, l
can see that it's all over"
'All over. I'm so used to being
alone that shouldn't know what to
do with wife" He pulled seriously.
All! the futility of our desires, of
our castles, of our dreamsl The COM
placency with which we jog along in
what we deem to be our own particular
groove! l recall a girl friend of my
youth who was going to be a celibate,
a great reformer, and toward that end
was studying for the pulpit. She is
now the mother of several children,
the most peaceful and unorative wom-
an / know You see, humanity goes
whirring over various sidetracks,
thinking them to be the main line till
fate puts its peculiar but happy hand
to the switch. ScEarfenstein had been
plugging away over rusty nails aud
grass-grown ties-till he came to Bar
schoit.
Hope is the wings of the heart"
said |, when ] thought the pause had
grown long enough. You still hope?'
In a way. If l recollect, you had
an affair nce."-shrewdly.
l smoked on. l wasn't quite ready
to speak.
You We're always on the hunt for
ideals, too, as l remember; hope you'll
find her"
Max. my boy, / am solemnly con
WINGED that have"
Good Lord, you don't mean to tell
me that you are hooked?" he cried.
II see no reason why you should use
that particular tone, answered stifiiy.
oh. come now; tell me ali about it.
Who Is she, and when's the wedding?'
Il don't know when the weddings
going to be, but I'm mighty sure that
l have met the one girl Max, there
never was a girl like her. Witty she
is. and wise; as beautiful as a sum
mer's dawn; merry and brave; rides,
drives, plays the cello, dances like a
moon-shadow; and all that, with a
wave of the hand.
You've got it bad. Remember how
you used to write poetry at college?
Who is she IL l may ask?'
THE Honorable Betty Moore, at
present the guest of her highness, the
Princess Hildegarde, with pardon
able pride.
Max whlstled. You're a lucky beg
gar. One by one we turn traitor to our
native land. a Britisher!' l never
should have believed it OF you, of the
man whose class defamation was on
the frey subject of patriotism. But
is II all on one sioc2'
Il don't know, Max; sometimes /
think so, and then | don't"
How long have you known herr"
Little more than month"
"A month Everything moves swift