Staunton spectator and vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1896-1916, 1911-03-17
Force Of Example


In the first place the Royal Bazaar
conducted prize contest and gave
away lot of things-watch fobs, sets
of Dickens, trips to Niagara, house
hold magazines, feather busters, base
ball bats and red-eyed ostrich
feathers. 1t was the opera tickets for
1.-THE Sultan Of KaboO" that fell to
Big Tim and to Maggie.
Big Tim drew left F 60 and Maggie
drew right D 10, which are entirely
too far apart for lovers. Therefore.
Big Tim exchanged tickets with his
friend, Sullivan, the ice man. This is
how Tim and Maggie came to sit to-
gether for the first time in their joy.
GUS lives in the parquet of a really
splendid theatre.
After Big Tim had found the place
for his hat and Maggie had begun on
her peppermint chewing gum, two
very fine people wedged in past them
and sat in F 64-65, adjoining. They
were people of so fine texture that
Big Tim couldn't keep his shrewd,
gray eyes again from the mans
sparkling solitaire, and Maggie knew
she would give her eyes for a fluffy,
creamy dress like the lady's. And for
a minute old, ugly Envy crept in and
spoiled the lovers paradise.
But Big Tim soon saw that the
mans thin, patrician face was very
set and stern, and that the lady,
though beautiful, was unhappy. He
nudged little Maggie and explained in
a horrible audible whisper:
"Mag-Mag-the big bloke's mad as
hornets and the lady amt any ways
tickled to DEATH
"Our temperaments are absolutely
incompatible" the lady was saying,
YEARLY. GAS far removed as Plato
from Cinderella" And she sighed
The man answered with a look of
pain, ut is your perspective, your
superactive habit Of analytical intro
spection Elsie. That is all"
Listen, Mag!" commanded Big
Tim, in another thunderous whisper.
"De high society guys is slingin'
L
break your purity jawbone."
"This is the end. Elsie" the man
murmured, desperately; Il suppose
you will never understand" And Big
Tim, hearing, took it upon himself to
explain.
"I'll tell you how it is, lady. You
see, the Sultan's girl wants to hook up
with the w. U. messenger from Room
gitang, and de Sultan's dead sore on
de DEAL"
The man endeavored to frown Big
Tim into silence, but, failing, laughed
outright; and the lady gave little
sigh of relief and regarded Tim with
twinkling eyes.
John" she whispered, "the big
fellow simply won't let us quarrel.
We'll have to wait until we can car
ry it off in private"
But Big Tim, who possessed a won
derful sense of hearing, had even
caught the whisper. He turned to
Maggie, who was watching the red
headsman of Mogadore sing seesaw
songs with Little Miss New York off
right centre. mag" he whispered,
SO that thu man in the box office
heard. Its lovers quarrel. Now,
if it was me an you, we'd make up"
And Big Tim kissed the rosy Mag
right there in the costly parquet.
The fine lady saw and, somehow, a
tiny tear trickled from her brown eyes
down, down, over pretty, pink cheeks
upon the fluffy, creamy gown of
Worth. And when Big Tim saw the
tear he thought that the man had
forced the tiny drop, and he scowled
But Maggie was tugging at his arm
"Tim," she whispered, Look. They're
together-the lovers-Roxane, the Sui
tan's daughter, and Fantan, the mes
senger."
Tim looked and saw that it was
true The brave, royal messenger haG
the dainty little princess girl in 6
shell of a boat on papier-mache sea
of blue, and they were singing and
cooling. And Big Tim could under
stand this.
ooh, Magi" he cried; and with 6
hundred insignificant people looking
on, he kissed his true love again ant
again. AS he looked up frcm the las
fond salute the fine people were leav
ing. The lady looked radiantly from
her brown eyes.
"Bless you!" she said, as she passed
Big Tim; and "Bless you'll" she muir
INJURED again to Maggie. The man!
face was wreathed in smiles
"You understand now, llste," b,
was saying. "It's just lie that"
And he jerked his thumb at BIZ
Tim, who was holding firmly to Mag
gie's plump, warm hands. D
STONE.