The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-13
AGende Being
That, Why Everybody
Made Mark 81 Him.

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seemed to increase it's speed and II
flashed down in front Of Mr.. Dolly
pegs imploring face with harsh and
cruel emphasis.
Dear met" murmured Mr.. Dolly.
pegs. Dear met"
For Mr.. Dollypegs was a gentle soul,
and so that wondering world may
know a 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 q
car.
He was, then, one of those creatures
who seem to find It impossible to 70.
main seated when a woman Is stand.
ing, and every time he entered q
mans private Office he took or his
hat and bowed. He never interrupted
never contradicted and never raised
his voice. He never stared at any
enc and IL any one stared at him he
moved away. Whenever he gave an
order he prefaced Il By Please" and
whenever he received a service he
said Thank you very much"
He had = way OF patting horses ~
he passed them, particularly the steel
skeleton constructors attached to ped,
dlera carts, and when he walked down
q residential thoroughfare he started
all the dogs tails wagging like a for
est IN big wind. Children smiled Al
him instinctively and he could look
&C q baby in its carriage with such
"a eye of admiration that the infants
mother had all she could 90 to TO
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 a car.
Again the car came down, but this
time It stopped, though in a grudgins
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,
EYES," 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 a testy old gem
tlsman on q lower floor (who had been
shaking the elevator gate until the
building rattled) got on and began to
squeeze Mr.. Dollypegs all by himself.
Dear met" thought Mr.. Dollypegs,
Dear mel"
He was the last man to leave the
car, and as he walked along the street
to the az" station he stepped OF the
sidewalk four times 10 avoid jostling
his fellow pedestrians, On the first
occasion he stepped into a puddle Of
water; on the second he collided with
a pushcart: on the third an automo-
bile nearly had his life, and on tho
fourth a truck driver swore at him.
Dear mel" said Mr.. Dollypegs, AZ
everyone turned around to grin at the
object OF the truck drivers flowers Of
speech. Dear mel"
At the 81" station he was stepping
TO the window to buy his ticket when
q thin man in a hurry lodged ahead
Of him; then a medium sized man In q |
hurry; then a youth who trod upon
his foot; then a girl who raked his
with the feathers in her |
hat; then a full-faced ornament Of
seciety; then an irritable gentleman |
who showed It, and finally, taking ad-
vantage of a lull in business, Mr.. Dol |
lypegE placed a quarter in the window, |
saying:
"One, please"
The ticketsellsr gave him ten pen
MES and a bent ten-cent piece for his
change, winking at exc ticket chop
per as he did so, and the ticket chop
per, who had been watching Mr.. Dob
lypegs' endesvors to purchase = tick
Of, winked back to the ticket seller |
and reared in frightful voice Tick.
stat"
Dear mel" thought Mr.. Dollypegs.
~Dear moi"
On the elevated he gave his seat 70
a cynical featured member OF the fair
sex, who thanked him not.
Dear mel" thought Mr. DollyD0gs.
Dear mel"
A gentleman with a fresh fab in q
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.
lleman, the gentleman moved close 10
him again and scowled at him.
Dear mel" thought Mr.. Dollypegs.
Dear met
Upon reaching home Mrs. Dollypegs
OF him for being aVe minutes
early and MI Dollypegs sought seclu-
sion and comfort by walking over 10
The canary's cage in the corner and
at the family pct; but the
canary opened its beak In horrid bel.
igerencY and made a feint toward
Mt. Dollypegs. a. though II would picR
his face on for two seeds.
And right then and there Mr. Dolly.
pegs turned.
How dare youl" said he. "You If.