Life — November 9, 1899 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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A SOLEMN-LOOKING Irishman entered @ business house the other day, and, walking up to one of the men empioyed ‘on the lower floor, asked: “Is dere anny chanst fer a mon t' get a Job ay wu'rk here?" “Tdon't know," answered the man addressed; “ you'll have to see Mr. Mobart.”” n* ptwere Is he?” axked the Irishinan, “Up on ihe second floor,” was the answer. “Shall O1 walk up an’ talk t him?" querted the seeker y “No need of that,” replied the man; * Just whistle In that tube and he'll speak to you,” polnting at the same tne to a speaking tube. The old Irishman watked over to the tube and blew a mighty blast In It, Mr. Holart heard the whistle, came to the tube, and inquired: + What's wanted down there ?? “Tis O1, Paddy Flynn,” answered the Irishman, * Art ye tht boss?” + Lam,” replied Mr. Hobart, “Well, win,” yelled Flynn, “stick yer head out ay th’ second-story windy wholle Ol step out on th’ sotdewalk, OL want 1 talk t! ye."—Cincinnatt Enquirer. Tuexe was a sound of revelry by night, and Bullam Jones’ capital tnd gathered there in his new swell-front mansion the beauty and chivalry of the nelghborhood, and bright the faring gas and sixteen candle-power incandescent electric burners shone over scrumptious women and James dandy men, ‘The festivities were fully on, and Claude Pooodies* collar was at Its helght. Towering the full length of his cara above the assembled throng, Claude Puoodies moved through the crowded parlors PAT SIGGORS AT WiLL with the careless ease and aplomb that mark the habltué of the beau monde. (Sensation. Soft music’s voluptuous awell, thongh not tn tt with the other swells gathered under Mr. Billam Jones’ boxpitable slate roof, was doing Its hest, and there was a simultaneous movement as the orchestra suddenly burst forth with the tnspiring strains of— Not Strauss, Ah, not Sousa, Strauss fult, Sousa est, Admiring eyes followed Claude Pnoodles and his fatr Partner as they tripped the light gymnastic hoof over the waxed floor, the envied of all the envious. Mirth and muste retgned. No premonition of coming disaster disturbed the feast of Terpsichore and flow of frappe, and all went merry as a marriage bell. ‘The music datied, “Mias Verdigris, sald Claude Pnoodles, five minutes later, bowing before the acknowledged beauty of the blowout, “may {have the honor of the next two-step?” “1 guess 80," she replied smiling gractously. Me bowed again, more deeply. ‘Then there was a sound —an appalling sound! Its heart stood still, Ills face turned ghastly pale, but he did not turn other- wise. He backed away, instead, from the presence of Mixa Verdigris. Soctety, in {ts assembled capacity, opened tte ranks to let him ont, even as previously It had opened tts ranks to let him tn, and he faded, faded, faded from view. Its dress coat, rented for the eventog, bad ripped up the back.—Chicago Tribune, SMALL, MAYNARD AND COMPANY: BOSTON. Plain Talk tn Song and Parable. By Ernest Crosby. Differences. By Herney White. Ar. Dooley in the Hearts of His Countrymen, HARPER AND BROTHERS: NEW TORK AND LONDON. A Confident To-Morrow. By Brander Matthews. Illus trated by Willlam L. Jacobs, Jane Kyre. By Charlotte Bronte. CHARLES SCRIBNER'S 8ONS: NEW YORK. The Ship of Stare. By A, T. Quiller-Couch. Fisherman's Luck. By Henry Van Dyke. ToRDS, HOWARD AND HURLBUT: NEW YORE. Doreey, the Young Inventor. By Edward 8. Ells, A.M. ‘A Maid of the Firat Century. By Lucy Foster Madison. MHustrated by Ida Waugh. Philosophie Nuggets, Gatbered by Jeanne C. Pen- nington. DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY: NEW YORK. 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