New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1916-01-01


his matchbox instead And l gave it
up on my voyage.
Il alter myself from time to time"
said Stngaree. as he struck light.
1T must be IA wonderful life.
But StinGaree lit up without word.
and Kentish had the Wit To do the
same They smoked i'll silence for
some minutes. y gray ash had grown
on each cigar before kcntish demand
ed an opinion of the brand.
ITO tell you the truth. said StinSa-
rec. Il have smoked strong trash so
many years that ! can scarcely taste
it,"
And he peered rather pathetically
through his glass
Didn't the same apply 10 the maya
zine you We're reading?
no: | have always read the papers
when could" said Stin2arec, and
suddenly be WAS smiling "That's one
reason why | make speciality of
sticking up the mail" lie explained.
Mr. kCnti@h was not to be drawn
into Il second GeiverHnce on the bush
ranging career is il Il good mum
her:" he asked. uolding toward the
MAGAZINE
Thp uu~hrungpr licked it up.
",,.lud enough for me"
"Wh;u date"
"Ninlh Of Uccemher.'
NEARLY three Iaunths AGO. | was in
london them" remarked Keuti-h IN a
reflective tone
"EraIlyt' cried Stiucarrc. uIllrr his
breath. His voice WIS as SOFT rs the
ntIf,r-S. ilu there was Suppressed in
forest in his manner Ills dark eyes
,-rr, only loss aiiglt thHu the red
clear that he took from his teeth as he
y-iu},p \u1 hc hcIl II lil>e a ron
,,oi44rur. !ctwprn finger aud Thumb.
for nil his ruined ualatc.
II was" reuaafcd i<cutish II didn't
sail i'm The middle Of the month";
40 thinks vGu were in town iii near
II ChrtSi1sas." ana Stingarcc gazrd en-
vi0us!y. 1T must he hard 10 reHiizc.'
he added in some haste
har,ler"
'J~~athcr from n cartoon. that the
now law court; are in use at last"
e! was ut the opening"
."rhcn Won mav have seen this opera
that have been reading HboHtE
EnntiSh asked what II was although
.,
'it Ni'V"
loIdhihe.
"Rathcr. was there the first night"
..,rh. Inuco ven ,vnrc,' cried Stin"a.
rec. ana for The next quarter of an
hour his armed Scoundrcl. the terror
Of a diStric; rs LARGE as England ana
Wales. talked of nothing else 70 the
man whom he was about to bind to :,
tree. Was the new opera equal to its
predecessors? Which were the best
numbers? Did Punch do ii justice. or
was there seine jealousy in that rival
hothed of wit ald wisdom:
Tnfoytunatelv, Guy Eentish had no
ear for music, bll, Il" made clear re-
mort of the plot, could repent some of
the lord chancelor's uuiI,S. and was in
tious banter from which he was given
more than one extract. AMI in default
Of one of the new airs, S:ingarec round
eI off the subject Iy dropping once
more into
For he might have been a Hooshian.
a French or Turk or prooshian
Or perhaps l-tai-i-an.
~ pe','''i's i-," I''..
n halon,r to o.har nations
lie remains an Enslishuan,
81 understand that MIGHT he said OF
both of MS " remarked Kentish looking
t,e ont,ow boldly IN fbe owes "Iut
from all accounts should have
thought Won were ont here before the
DAYS of Gilbert ana sullivan
80, ,,.os. ron1iod etinn,roa with.
ont frovn ar hesitation pat Won,
,,ar also ho,o bo,,1 th,+ am fond q,
nueic-,pv can rot Nv only opnor
,unitios AZ , rnln- tho hushrancor
continued smilin~ mischiovous,v at his
,i..ar ..,cc,,r on tho stations hove &C.
casion ia visit from fine to time. On
ono ,.Dooa ladv nlava1 and sane Pima.