The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-04-30
Gentle Being
That's Why Everybody
Made a Marx OF Him.

preached his floor,
But instead of stopping, the elevate
seemed to increase its speed and /
flashed down in front of Mr.. Dolly
pegs imploring face with harsh anC
cruel emphasis
Dear met" murmured Mr. Dolly
pegs Dear mel"
For Mr. Dollypegs was a gentle soul
| and so that wondering world may
know a gentle soul If ever again they
meet. let us consider the case Of Mr.
Dollypegs as he stood there in the hall
of this office building waiting for d
car
He was. then. one of those creatures
who seem 10 find il impossible to re-
main seated when a woman is stand
ing. and every time he entered a
mans private office he took OFF his
hat and bowed lie never interrupted,
never contradicted and never raised
his voice. He never stared at any
one and If any one stared at him he
moved away. Whenever he gave an
order he prefaced it by Please and
whenever he received a service he
said Thank you very much
He had a way of patting horses as
he passed them, particularly the steel
skeleton constructors attached to ped
dlers' carts, and when he walked down
a residential thoroughfare he started
all the dogs tails wagging like a for
est in a big wind. Children smiled at
him instinctively and he could look
at baby in its carriage with such
an eye Of admiration that the infants
mother had all she could do to re
strain herself from bursting into tears
of pride. Such in part, was Mr.. Dolly
pegs. who stood in the hdN Of his
office building waiting for ear
Again the car came down. but this
time it stopped, though in a grudging
sort Of way, and the elevator man
opened the door with so much spirit
that Mr., Dollypegs nearly met dis
aster.
You seem to be In a hurry tonight,
William" he smiled at the operator,
Yes" said William, Jumping his
jaws; mo time for foolishness in this
car"
Whereupon all the other passengers
Jumped their jaws and only stopped
squeezing Mr. Dollypegs alaInst the
side Of the cage when d testy cid gen
tleman on a lower floor twho had been
shaking the elevator gate until the
building rattlcdl got on and began to
squeeze Mr.. Dollypegs all by himself
Dear me-" thought Mr. Dollypegs
Dear me-"
He was the last man to leave the
car, and as he walked along tho street
to the Il" station he stepped off the
sidewalk four times to avoid iostling
his fellow pedestrians. On the first
occasion he stepped into a puddle Of
water; on the second he collided with
a pushqart; on the third an automo-
bile nearly had his life and on the
fourth truck driver swore at him.
Dear me-" said Mr. Dollypegs, as
everyone turned around to grin at the
,bject OF the truck drivers flowers of
speech Dear met
At the III station he was stepping
to the window TO buy his ticket when
a thin man in hurry lodged ahead
of him; then a medium sized man in
hurry; then a youth who trod upon
his foot; then 4 arl who raked his
countenance with .he feathers In her
hat; then a full-faced ornament Of
society; then an irritable gentleman
who showed IT, and finally, taking adj
vantage of a lull in business. Mr.. Dol
lypegs placed a quarter in the window,
saying:
One, please"
The tlcketseller gave him ten pen
MES and a bent ten-cent piece for his
change. wiuking at the ticket chop
per as he did SO and the ticket chop
per, who had been watching Mr. Dol
lvpegs' endeavors to purchase a tick
ct, winked back TO the ticket seller
and roared in frightful voice Tick
ets'"
Dear me-" thought Mr.. Dollypegs.
Dear me-"
On the elevated ne gave his seat to
n cynical featured member Of the fair
sex, who thanked him not.
Dear me" thought Mr. Dollypegs
Dear met
gentleman with n fresh fish in a
paper bag held his package I'm such a
manner that It dripped all down the
side Of Mr.. Dollypegs' coat. and when
he moved away and looked at the gen
leman. the gentleman moved close to
him again and scowled at him.
Dear met" thought Mr.. Dollypegs.
Dear met"
Upon reaching home Mrs. Dollvpegs
on him for being five minutes
early and Ir. Dollypegs sought seclu-
sion and comfort bv walking over to
he canary's cage in the corner and |
,hirping at the family pet: but the
,anary opened its beak in horrid bel |
igerency and made a feint toward !
Mr. Dollypegs, as though II would pick
his face on for two seeds.
And right then and there Mr.. Dolly
pegs turned.
How dare you!" said he You 1T
lie beast"