Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-05-12
'AGentle Being
That. Why Everybody
Made Marx Of Him.

gentle voice as the elevator ap-
preached his floor.
But instead OF stopping, the elevator
seemed to increase its speed and 1t
flashed down In front OF Mr.. Dolly.
pegs imploring face with harsh and
cruel emphasis.
Dear mel" murmured Mr.. Dolly.
pegs. Dear mel"
For Mr.. Dollypegs was a gentle soui.
and so that wondering world may
know 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 a
car.
He was, then, one Of those creatures
who seem to find 1t 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 He 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" ana
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 constructions attached to ped
dlers' carts, and when he walked down
a residential thoroughfare he started
all the dogs tails wagging like for
est in a big wind Children smiled at
him instinctively and he could look
at a 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 hall of his
Office building waiting for car.
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 hurry tonight,
William" be 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 against thi
side of the cage when testy old gen.
sleman on lower floor (who had been
shaking the elevator gate until the
building rattled) got on and began ia
squeeze Mr.. Dollypegs all by himself.
"Dear mel" thought Mr.. Dollypegs.
Dear mel"
He was the last man to leave the
car, and as he walked along the street
to the IL" station he stepped of the
sidewalk four times to avoid jostling
his fellow pedestrians. On the first
occasion he stepped into puddle of
water; ON the second he collided with
a, pushcart; on the third an automo-
bile nearly had his life, and on the
fourth a truck driver swore at him.
Dear mel" said Mr.. Dollypegs, as
everyone turned around to grin at the
object of the truck drivers flowers OF
speech. Dear mel"
At the IL" station he was stepping
to the window to buy his ticket when
a thin man in hurry lodged ahead
of him; then medium sized man In a
hurry; then a youth who trod upon
his foot; then a girl who raked his
countenance with the feathers in her
hat; then a full-faced ornament Of
society; then an irritable gentleman
who showed it, and finally, taking ad-
vantage of a lull in business, Mr. Dol
lypegs placed quarter in the window.
saying:
"One, please"
The ticketseller gave him ten pen
niles and bent ten-cent piece for his
change, winking at the ticket chop
per as he did so. and the ticket chop
per, who had been watching Mr.. Dol
lypegs' endeavors to purchase tick
ct, winked back to the ticket seller
and roared in a frightful voice Tick
ets!"
Dear mel" thought Mr.. Dollypegs.
Dear mel"
On the elevated he gave his seat to
a cynical featured member Of the fair
sex, who thanked him not.
Dear mel" thought Mr.. Dollypegs. !
Dear mel"
A gentleman with a fresh fish in .
paper bag held his package IN such
manner that 1t dripped all down the
side OF Mr.. Dollypegs' coat, and when
he moved away and looked at the gen.
tleman, the gentleman moved close to
him again and scowled at him.
Dear mel" thought Mr.. Dollypegs. |
Dear mel"
Upon reaching home Mrs, Dollypegs
on him for being five minutes
early and Mr.. DoIlypegs sought seclu-
sion and comfort by walking over to
the canary's cage in the corner and
at the family pet; but the
canary opened its beak in horrid bel
Iigerency and made a feint toward |
Mr.. Dollypegs, as though it would pick
his face of for two seeds.
And right then and there Mr.. Dolly
pegs turned.
How dare you'll" said he. stYou lit