Life — April 27, 1899 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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* Pp like to been there,” sald Mr. Dooley. “ Where's that?" Mr. Hennessy asked. “At Shekel Island,” sud Mr. Dooley,“ sceiu’ me frind Mack ap’ me frind Tom Reed meetin’ be the sad sea waves, “Ye see, Mack was down there with Mark Hanna, He was tired ont with expandin’ an’ anxiety Cr fear me frind Alger'd raysign, an’ says Hanna, he says, ‘Come down,’ he says, ‘with me,’ he says, *to Shekel Island,’ he says. ‘Tit th’ home Iv riches,’ he says, * where us millyonaires are rested from takin’ care tv the conuthry,’ he says. ‘There, tn tht shade Iv th’ coupon threes,’ he says, ‘ we wateh th’ sea waves an’ wondher,’ he says, + whin th’ goold that's In thim can be exthracted,’ he says. ‘They'se nawthin’ to break th’ stlence,* he says, ‘but th’ roarin’ Iv th’ ocean,’ he says, ‘an’ that sounds nat’ral,’ he says, ‘because “ts almost like th’ sound In th’ stock exchange,’ he says. ‘A man,’ he says, * that has th’ ticker eye,’ he sass, ‘or th* coupon thumb,’ he says, ‘ts cured inno time,’ he says, * "he says, *fy with me,’ he says, ‘They'se nawthin’ to keep ye here,’ be says. ‘Iv'ry one tv th’ Cab'net, Includin’ th’ Secretary lv War, ‘lll stick to his place," he says, ‘like a man,’ he says. * An’ Mack wint with him. Me was settin’ on the beach in a goold chair, xurrounded by millyouatres, with th’ prist- dent iva tank fannin’ him an’ th’ threasurer tv a di'mon’ mine poorin’ hts dhrink, an* though he was feelin’ well they was something on his mind, ‘What alls ye?’ ast Hanna. “Twas thinkin',’ siys Mack, ‘how pleasant ‘twoud be if me ol’ frind Tom Reed was here,’ be says.‘ Twould be Paradise If he was here,’ he says. When, 10 an’ behold, who should come across th’ studded beach twaddlin’? through th? banknotes that had been dropped be th’ good farmers ty Shekel Istand, but Tom Reed."—Ciicago Evening Journat. A CRKTAIN young heiress, the daughter of a Southern millionaire, entered the leading Jewelry establishment of Los Angeles, and, after looking over the stock. selected a tur- quotse and diamond ring valued at two hundred and ditty ollars. She made out a check for that sum and passed It to the clerk. The alert young man glanced at it, and, looking Inquiringly up at the young woman, xaid: “There ts some mistake here, I think.” The young woman flushed, and asked if the check was rie rightamount. She was told it was, but—. “But she exclumed, frigidly. “Do you mean that my check 1s not acceptable? Give {t to me at once, pleas The clerk complied, assuring ber as te handed It over that her signature was good for ten times that sam, ‘The girl ran her eye over it, and then turned a deep crim- son, “Oh! she exclaimed, “I see! And then she pro- ceeded to make out another. She nad signed the first “ Your own sweetheart, Jessie. -Exchange, ‘Tuk women of a Misstssippl town organized a Red Cross Auxillary Soctety, and amoug their contrituttons to the com- fort of their absent herves Wasa case of home-made pajamas, ‘The box containing these was sent to camp, but no acknowl edgmentof its receipt was returned. So the good women telegrapbed,, “ Anxious to know If you got the pajamas last Now, the captain had been sitting up with the boys the night before, and when the despatch was handed him be was trylug to reduce bis swollen bead with a wet towel, and his mind was somewhat confuse of the reltef society were astonished ly the receipt of thls despatch: Great Britain. ‘The Inter- ‘8 Company, Bream's Bullding, Chancery Lane, England, AGESTS. Established 1823. WILSON WHISKEY. That’s All! 9 Every Evening at 8:00. The Drury Lane Sensational Play, ‘The Great Ruby. Mats, Wednesday and Saturday at 3, SCOTLAND'S BEST. RODERICK DHU M. F. Frame, Sole Agent, 11 Broadway, N. Y, R. F. PENNO AND COMPANY: NEW YORK. Ait index Finger, By Talls Nbrojal The Measure of a Man. By E. Livingston Prescott. CHARLES SCRIBNEN'S 6ONS? NEW YORK. Inthe Klonayke. By Frederick Palmer, Ilastrated. The Stolen Story, and Other Newspaper Stories, Jesse Lynch Williams. Plutarch's Lives, Engitshed by Sir Thomas North. Vo! ume IIL, London: J. M. Dent. “Story ts ale ontof whole cloth; probably made up by my enemies to ruin me poiltically, Admit am not a total ab- stalner, but never had the pajamas last week oF at any other time.”—Argonaut. A CORRESPONDENT, quite by accident, fell tn with Mr. Kipling on a train. He at once went over to the author and made a faithful attempt to get from him some readable optntons and information, After Mr. Kipling had answered half dozen of his questions with monosyllables, he sud~ denly turned upon the young man and sald decisively: “It’s really no use for you to try to get anything ont of me. You see, I've been a newspaper man myself." Now, areporter with a dozen years’ expertence on metro- politan papers has not much patience with curt treatment, even from great men, so this reporter repited: “Yea? AtSimia, I presume.” That closed the tnterview.—Fitisburg Bulletin, Sweet SIXTEEN: And do yon have to expel students often? Co: .5GR PREX: Ob, no! 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