The daily tribune., 1909-04-16
AGentle Being
That. Why Everybody
Made Marx q Hin.


preached his floor.
But instead of stopping, the elevator
seemed to Increase its speed and it
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 gentle soul
and so that a wondering world may
know gentle soul IL 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
Ing, and every time he entered a
mans private once he took of his
hat and bowed He never interrupted
never contradicted and never raised
his voice. He never stared at any
one and II any one stared at him he
moved away. Whenever he gave an
order he prefaced 1t by Please" and
WucuefeT ue TtCtINcu beINiSc ht
said Thank you very much"
He had way of patting horses as
he passed them, particularly the steel
skeleton constructions attached to ped
dlers' carts, and when he walked down
q 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 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
ONCE building waiting for car.
Again the car came down, but this
time 1t stopped, though in n 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" 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 against the
side OF the cage when testy old gen
shaking the elevator gate until the
building rattled) got on and began to
squeeze Mr.. Dollypegs all by himself
Dear mel" thought Mr.. Dollypegs,
Dear mel"
He was the last man to leave the
car, and fs he walked along the street
to the IL" station he stepped on the
sidewalk four times to avoid jostling
his fellow pedestrians. On the first
occasion he stepped into a puddle OF
water; on the second he collided with
pushcart; on the third an automo-
bile nearly had his life, and on the
fourth q 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 bug his ticket when
a thin man in a hurry lodged ahead
Of him; then a 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 n full-faced ornament OF
society; then an irritable gentleman
who showed 1t. and finally. taking ad.
vantage OF lull In business. Mr.. Dol.
lypegs placed quarter in the window,
saying:
One, please"
The ticketseller gave him ten pen.
nies and a 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 a tick
ct, winked back to the ticket seller
and roared in frightful voice Tick
ets!"
Dear mel" thought Mr. Dollypegs
Dear met"
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 me-"
gentleman with n fresh fish In a
paper bag held his package in such a
manner that It dripped all down the
side OF Mr.. Dollypegs' coat, and when
he moved away and looked at the gen.
tIemnn. the gentleman moved close to
him again and scowled at him.
Dear mel"
Upon reaching homo Mrs. Dollypcgr
rounded on him for being Ave minutes
early and Mr.. Dollypegs sought seclu
sion and comfort by walking over "a
the canary's cage In the corner and
chirping at the family pet; but the
canary opened It's beak In horrid bel
ligerency and made n felnt toward
Mr.. Dollypogs. as though It would pick
his faco on for two seeds.
And right then and there Mr.. Dolly
naUs turnpd