THE C1TIZKN, FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1000.
OTEEiyolliDS,
.ICfts n the Clouds That Dark
cno the House of McCaskey.
By O. HENRY.
'iiObpJ-'BM. 190G, by McClure, Phillips t
Co.
Wa May moon shone bright upon
private boarding house of Mrs.
-Mjrpby. By reference to the almanac
largo amount of territory wljp (,,..
-Bcovered upon which its faVsalso
1L Spring was In its wlJb
Say fever soon to folj. Tllc pnl.Us
wrc green wlthiiej-lcavea nnd buL,rs
Sot tho westerpr., ,i. ,!
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summer resort agents
The air and answers to
"PIO'S FACE, 18 IT ?" SAID MItS. M'OASKEr.
Xawson -were growing milder. Hand
organs, fountains and peuuchle were
playing everywhere.
Tho windows of Mrs. Murphy's
boarding house were open. A group
of boarders were seated on the high
etoop upon round, flat mats like Ger
man pancakes.
In one of the second floor front win
dows Mrs. McCaskey awaited her hus
band. Supper was cooling on the
table. Its heat went Into Mrs. Mc
Cuskey. At 0 Mr. McCaskey came. lie car
ried his coat on his arm and his pipe
In his teeth, and he apologized for dis
turbing tho boarders on the steps as
he selected spots of stone between
them on which to set his size 9, width
D.
"As he opened the door of his room
he received a surprise. Instead of the
usual stove lid or potato masher foi
Jilm to dodge came only words.
Mr. McCaskey reckoned that the bo
jalgn May moon had softened tho
breast of his spouse.
"I heard ye," came the oral substi
tutes for kltchenware. "Ye can apol
lygize to riffraff of the streets foi
Bettln' yer unhandy feet on the tails
.of their frocks, but ye'd walk on the
neck of yer wife the length of a
clothesline without so much as a 'Kiss
me fut,' and I'm sure it's that long
from rubberin' out the windy for ye,
and the victuals cold such as there's
money to buy after driukln' up yei
wages at Gallegher's every Saturday
venln and the gas man here twice
today for his."
"Woman," said Mr. McCaskey, dash
ing his coat and hat upon a chair, "the
noise of ye is an insult to me appetite.
"When ye run down politeness ye take
tho mortar from between the bricks ol
the foundations of society. 'Tis no
more than exercisin' the acrimony ot
a gentleman when ye ask the dissent
of ladles blockln' the way for steppln'
tetweon them. Will ye bring the pig's
"face of ye out of the windy and see to
the food?"
Mrs. McCaskey arose heavily and
went to tho stove. There was some
thing In her manner that warned Mr.
McCaskey. When the corners of her
mouth went down suddenly like a
Uarometer it usually foretold a fall oi
crockery and tinware.
Tig's face, is it?" said Mrs. Mc
Caskey and hurled a stewpan full of
lmcon and turnips at her lord.
Mr. McCaskey was no novice at rep
jBrtee. Ho knew what should follow
.the entree. On tho table was a roast
sirloin of pork garnished with sham
'Tocks. Ho retorted with this and drew
he appropriate return of a bread pud
afllng in an earthen dish. A hunk of
'Swiss cheese accurately thrown by
3ier husband struck Mrs. McCaskey be
low one eye. When she replied with
m -well aimed coffeepot full of a hot,
Tjlack, semlfragrant liquid the battle,
wccordlng to courses, should have end
ed. But Mr. McCaskey was no fifty cent
lablo d'hoter. Let cheap bohemlans
onslder coffee tho end if they would.
Xt them make that faux pas. Ho
ivns foxier still. Finger bowls were
wiot beyond tho compass of his experi
ence. They were not to bo had in the
Tension Murphy, but their equivalent
sras at hand. Triumphantly ho sent
the granltewaro wash basin at tho
liead of his matrimonial adversary.
Mrs. McCaskey dodged in time. She
xeached for a flatlron, with which, as
ai sort of cordial, sho hoped to bring
the gastronomlcal duel to a close. Bnt
m loud, walling scream downstairs
-mused both her and Mr. McCaskey to
-ptnse In a sort of Involuntary armls-
tfHce.
On the sidewalk at the corner of the
Amaaa Policeman Clear? was standing,
.v
with one car upturned, listening to tho
crash of household utensils.
" 'Tis Jawn McCaskey and his missis
at it again," meditated tho p.oi.uman.
"I wonder shall I go up ad stop the
row. I will not. Marr'd folks they
are, and few pleasures they have.
'Twill not last long Sure, they'll have
to borrow more ilshcs to keep it up
with."
And Just then camo tho loud scream
below "fairs, betokening fear or dire
extremity. '"Tis probably the cat,"
said Policeman Cleary and walked has
tily in the other direction.
Tho boarders on tho steps were flut
tered. Mr. Toomey, an insurance so
licitor by birth and an investigator by
profession, went inside to analyze the
scream. He returned with the news
that Mrs. Murphy's little boy, Mike,
was lost. Following the messenger,
out bounced Mrs. Murphy 200 pounds
in tears and hysterics, clutching the
air and howling to the sky for the loss
of thirty pounds of freckles and mis
chief. Bathos truly, but Mr. Toomey
sat down at the side of Miss Purdy,
millinery, and their hands came togeth
er In sympathy. Tho two old maids,
Misses Walsh, who complained every
day about the noise in the halls, in
quired immediately if anybody had
looked behind the clock.
Major Grlgg, who sat by his fat wife
on the top step, arose and buttoned his
coat. "The little one lost?" he exclaim
ed. "I will scour tho city." His wife
never allowed him out after dark. But
now sho said "Go, Ludovlc!" In a bar
itone voice. "Whoever can look upon
that mother's grief without springing
to her relief has a heart of stone."
"Give me some 30 or CO cents, my
love," said the major. "Lost children
sometimes stray far. I may need car
fares."
Old man Denny, hall room, fourth
floor back, who sat on the lowest step,
trying to read a paper by the street
lamp, turned over a page to follow up
the article about the carpenters' strike.
Mrs. Murphy shrieked to the moon,
"Oh, ar-r-Mlke; f'r Gawd's sake, where
is mo little bit av a boy?"
"Wen'd ye see him last?" asked old
man Denny, with one eye on the re
port of the Building Trades league.
"Oh," walled Mrs. Murphy, "'twas
ylsterday, or maybe four hours ago!
I dunno. But it's lost he is, me little
boy Mike. He was playln' on the side
walk only this mornln' or was it
Wednesday? I'm that busy with work
'tis hard to keep up with dates. But
I've looked the house over from top
to cellar, and It's gone he is. Oh, for
the love av hlven"
Silent, grim, colossal, the big city
has ever stood against its revilers.
They call It hard ns iron; they say
that no pulse of pity beats in its
bosom; they compare Its streets with
lonely forests and deserts of lava. But
beneath tho hard crust of the lobster
is found a delectable and luscious food.
Terhaps different simile would have
been wiser. Still, nobody should take
offense. We would call no one a lob
ster without good and sufficient claws.
No calamity so touches the common
heart of humanity as does tho straying
of a little child. Its feet are so un
certain and feeble. Tho ways are so
stoop and strange.
Major Griggs hurried down to the
corner nnd up tho nvenue into Billy's
place. "Gimme a rye high," ho said
to the servitor, "naven't seen a bow
legged, dirty faced little devil of a
six-year-old lost kid around anywhere,
have you?"
Mr. Toomey retained Miss Purdy's
hand on tho steps. "Think of that
dear little babe," said Miss Purdy,
"lost from his mother's side, perhaps
already fallen beneath the Iron hoofs
of galloping steeds. Oh, isn't it dread
ful?"
"Ain't' that right?" agreed Mr. Too
mey, squeezing her hand. "Say I start
out and help look for um!"
"Perhaps," said Miss Purdy, "you
should. But, oh, Mr. Toomey, you are
so dashing, so reckless. Suppose in
your enthusiasm some accident should
befall you, then what"
Old man Denny read on about the
arbitration agreement, with one finger
on the lines.
In the second floor front Mr. and
Mrs. McCaskey came to tho window
to recover their second wind. Mr. Mc
Cqskey was scooping turnips out of his
vest with a crooked forefinger, and his
lady was wiping an eye that the salt
of the roast pork had not benefited
They heard tho outcry below and
thrust their heads out of the window.
'"Tis little Mike is lost," said Mrs.
McCaskey in a hushed voice, "the
beautiful little trouble making angel of
a gossoon!"
"The bit of a boy mislaid," said Mr.
McCaskey, leaning out of the window.
"Why, now, that's bad enough, entire
ly. The chllder, they be different. If
'twas a woman I'd bo willln', for they
leave peace behind 'em when they go."
Disregarding the thrust, Mrs. Mc
Caskey caught her husband's arm.
"Jawn," sho said sentimentally,
"Missis Murphy's little bye Is lost,
'Tis a great city for losing little boys.
Six years old he was. Jawn, 'tis the
samo age our little bye would have
been if wo had had one six years ago."
"We never did," said Mr. McCaskey,
lingering with the fact.
"But If we had, Jawn, think what
sorrow would be in our hearts this
night with our little Phelan run away
and stolen In the city nowheres at all."
"Yo talk foolishness," said Mr. Mc
Caskey. "'Tis Pat he would bo
named, after mo old father in An
trim." "Ye He!" said Mrs. McCaskey, with
out anger. "Me brother was worth tin
dozen bog trotting McCaskeys. After
him would tho bye bo named." Sho
leaned over the window sill and looked
down at the hurrying and bustle bo
low. "Jawn," said Mrs. McCaskey softly,
"I'm sorry I was hasty wld ye."
'"Twas hstv Duddln'. as ye say,"
uld her husband, "and hurry up tur
nips and get a movo on ye coffee.
Twas what ye could call a quick
lunch, all right, and tell no He."
Mrs. McCaskey slipped her arm In
side her husband's and took his rough
hand In hers.
"Listen at the cryln of poor Mrs.
Murphy," she said. "Tis an awful
thing for a bit of a bye to be lost In
this great big city. If 'twas our little
Phelan, John, I'd be brcakln' me
heart."
Awkwardly Mr. McCaskey withdrew
his hand. But he laid It around the
nearlng shoulders of his wife.
"'Tis foolishness, of course," said
ho roughly, "but I'd be cut up some
mcsclf If our little Pat was kidnaped
or anything. But there never was any
chllder for us. Sometimes I'tfb been
ugly and hard with ye, Judy. Forget
it."
They leaned together and looked
down at tho heart drama being acted
below.
Long they sat thus. People surged
along tho sidewalk, crowding, ques
tioning, filling the air with rumors and
inconsequent surmises. Mrs. Murphy
plowed back and forth in their midst
like a soft mountain, down which
plunged an audible cataract of tears.
Couriers came and wont.
Loud voices and a renewed uproai
were raised In front of the boarding
house.
"What's ui now, Judy?" asked Mr.
McCaskey.
' 'Tis Missis Murphy's voice," said
Mrs. McCaskey, harking. "She says
she's after finding little Mike asleep
behind the roll of old linoleum undet
the bed in her room."
Mr. McCaskey laughed loudly.
"That's yer Phelan," be shouted sar
donically. "Dlvll a bit would a Pat
have done that trick. If the bye we
never had is strayed and stole, by the
powers, call him Phelan and see him
hide out under the bed like a mangy
pup."
Mrs. McCaskey arose heavily and
went toward the dish closet with the
corners of her mouth drawn down.
Policeman Cleary came back around
the corner ns the crowd dispersed.
Surprised, he upturned an ear toward
the McCaskey apartment, where the
crash of Irons and chinaware and the
ring of hurled kitchen utensils seemed
ns loud as before. Policeman Cleary
took out his timepiece.
"By the deported snakes," he ex
claimed, "Jawn McCaskey and his lady
"the bit of a hoy. mislaid?" SAID MB.
M'CASKEY.
have been fightln' for an hour and a
quarter by tho watch! The missis
could give him forty pounds weight.
Strength to his arm."
Policeman Cleary strolled back around
tho corner.
Old man Denny folded his paper and
hurried up the steps just as Mrs. Mur
phy was about to lock the door for the
night.
Student Humor.
"When a student does not know the
answer to an examination question he
does one of three things," said a Uni
versity of Pennsylvania professor re
cently. "If he is a good student he
will simply leave a blank space, whilo
if ho is not he will either try to bluff
it through or else pass it off as a joke,
These latter cases are rare, and tho re
sult is generally painful and does
harm to the student who wrote the pa
per. Occasionally, however, there will
be a real gem, which does the student
good by putting the professor In a
good humor and so making him un
consciously mark the paper less severe
ly. I came across two such gems In
one paper recently. One question was
'Who was St. Bruno?' to which the
student replied, 'St. Bruno was a Great
Dane, a brother of St. Bernard.' The
other question was, 'What was the dif
ference between the major prophets
and the minor prophets?' Here he an
swered, 'It would not be right for me.
a sinner, to make invidious compari
sons between such holy men. "Phila
delphia Becord.
When England Shook.
In the course of its long history Eng
land has known a few serious earth
quake shocks. In the days of Willlani
Rufus one was felt throughout the'
country, and In 1274 an English earth
quake destroyed Glastonbury among
Its other damage, while part of St
Paul's cathedral fell in as the result
of an earthquake In the sixteenth cen
tury. Perhaps the most recent serious
shock was that which inflicted much
damage In the eastern counties in 1884,
A Mansion House fund was opened for
the sufferers. London Chronicle.
WOMAN
FASHION
An Advanced Style.
So many of tho summer gowns are
designed on infantile lines that the
appearance of tho average woman
would be rather droll if it were not
for tho effect produced by elaborate
detail. On youthful figures the result
is charming, but tho mature woman
should think twice before Investing in
a number of tho alluring little one
pleco frocks, with tho baby waists,
baby sleeves and demuro baby air.
A YOUTHFUL EFFECT.
If one's face is careworn and slightly
hardened by tho flight of time a dress
on baby lines only accentuates the
fact.
Tho curlass-llko upper garment with
an attached skirt is one of tho most
attractive styles of the moment and
Is most charming in soft summer ma
terials.
The model shown in tho sketch is
unusually smart and attractive, with
tho close fitting bodice portion and
softly falling skirt. Tho sash draped
about tho figure gives a very youthful
effect.
Embroidered Lingerie.
Any girl who embroiders may pos
sess dainty lingerie this year, for tho
work Is quite simple, and tho garments
may bo bought already stamped.
It is a good Idea to have tho gar
ments match throughout, and this Is
easily done, for tho separate pieces
can bo had bearing tho same pattern.
One of tho simplest and most ef
fective designs is in French polka
dots, which are stamped on the ruf
fles, tho edges of which are scalloped
In buttonhole stitch.
Conventional scroll designs and lit
tle traveling vines are also good.
There Is really no end to the pretty
trimmings that may bo put on lin
gerie, and the girl who can design her
own patterns is particularly fortunate,
for sho it is who can have distinction
and character in all the pieces.
Butterflies make a most charming
design, especially when bits of lace
or drawn work are used in tho wings.
A. girl who has never done fancy
work will find that with a little in
struction and patient work she can
embroider lingerie and blouses that if
bought in tho shops would cost large
sums.
The. Veil Sachet.
The veil sachet is the latest adjunct
to tho dressing table or chest of
drawers. Tho sachet is made in the
same stylo as the better known hand
kerchief case, but more oblong in
shape. It is lined with quilted satin,
delicately perfumed with powdered or
ris root and tho outside covered with
silk or satin, plain, not brocaded, so
that the following lines neatly exe
cuted In fancy lettering with pen and
India ink may bo the more easily read:
Folded in this dainty case
Are flimsy veils for thy fair face.
A flower or butterfly may also be
added, either by etching or embroid
ery, and the sachet finished off with a
corded edge and ribbon ties.
Tho Gray Vogue,
Gray is having a great vogue just
now for both men's nnd women's
clothes. The gray man is in much
evidence, and he has chosen a partic
ularly silvery one of gray for his sum
mer suit.
Tho gray favored by the fashionable
woman is one of the new grayish rose
colors, with a subtle touch of rose be
neath the gray. Dull silver lace is
used to trim such a gown when It is
expressed in silk or faced cloth, nnd
another successful gray visiting gown
is in sort gray satin embroidered in
gray silk and dull silver, tho latter in
a pewter tone, which shades well with
the satin.
The Popular Mimosa.
Tho quaint flower which, with the
violet, has stood for trembling shy
ness is tho popular flower of the mo
ment abroad. It Is used on every man
ner of hat with green foliage. It Is
worn on tho corsage and In tho but
tonhole. It goes well with all the dull
shades of yellow. Including sulphur,
nnd therefore is a boon to the mil
liner.
SATURDAY
NIGHT TALKS
By REV. F. E. DAVISON
Rutland, Vt
300COOCCOOCCOOOOOOOCOOc8
A LESSON IN TACT.
International Bible Lesson for
July 25, '09 (Acts 17: 16-34).
In his mission
ary journeylngs
Paul came to the
celebrated city of
Athens, the seat
and centre of art,
eloquence and
philosophy, the
Intellectual capi
tal of tho world.
Wonderful City.
It was his first
and only visit to
the ancient me
tropolis and It
made a deep im
.,t.
pression upon his
mind. It was a city of temples and
statues. Art and learning here had
their home. Around him were the
sculptured forms of Minerva and
Jupiter, Apollo and Mercury, the
Muses and other representatives of
heathen mythology. It was said by
an ancient satirist that it was easier
to find a god at Athens than a man,
for thirty thousand divinities were in
cluded In the Greek and Roman pan
theon. They were heroic, fantastic
or impure, but the city was full of
them. There were streets so crowded
with sellers of articles connected with
idolatry as to be almost Impassable.
Wonderful Opportunity.
It was in such a presence that the
apostle now stood, and God gave him
one single opportunity to declare his
message. How did he do it?
A committee of distinguished Athen
ians waited upon the famous preach
er, and Invited him to address them
on Mars Hill. It was the opportunity
of a lifetime and a smaller man would
have made a miserable failure. To
preach In church behind a pulpit, to
a devout and sympathetic people, who
will accept whatever the preacher
says simply because he says It, is
one thing, to face such a company as
the Athenian audience is quite an
other. Those people were critical,
logical, hard-headed, accustomed to
look into things, and accept nothing
on tho mere ipse dixit of a speaker.
They prided themselves on their In
tellectuality and piety, and had no
idea that a mere peripatetic Jew
would bo able to instruct them in
either morality or religion. Yet they
were desirous of hearing all the new
things, and they politely Invited Paul
to deliver his message on that popu
lar rostrum of discussion, Mars Hill.
Wonderful Tact.
The apostle's first word shows that
he Is not only a cultured Christian
gentleman himself, but is master of
the art of winsome speech. He dis
arms criticism with his first sentence.
Instead of railing at Idolatry as the
old version Implies, he courteously
declares that his observation has led
him to the conclusion that the Athen
ians are "very religious." "I passed
by, and beheld your devotions," he
says, "and as I did so, I saw an altar
with this inscription, 'To the Unknown
God.' That is, you worship all those
you know, and for fear that you should
be guilty of impiety ignorantly, you
put up another altar to the unknown
God. Now I have a message to deliv
er to you In regard to that unknown
God." And then the preacher pro
ceeded to talk to them of the God
that made the world, and all the peo
ple In it. And In the most logical,
sensible, courteous, and Christian
way struck a blow at idolatry that is
absolutely unanswerable from that
day to this. Wonderful exhibition of
tact! If you are going to win any
one, you can never do it with an ec
clesiastical blackjack. If you want to
convince a Catholic, you had better
steer clear of attacking the Virgin
Mary. If you want to win a Jew, bet
ter keep your hands off from Moses.
You will never gain a Baptist by
splashing over him the waters of im
mersion. To go at a heathen by de
nouncing idoltry as of the devil, will
only strengthen him in his views.
To tell a man he is a fool because
he doesn't believe as you do, puts it
out of your power ever to influence
him to believe as you do. You can't
split people's heads open with the
battle axe of controversy and intro
duce orthodoxy through the gash. The
trouble with most modern controver
sialists is, they have no patience with
anybody who cannot see exactly as
they can, no matter what their birth,
surroundings, education and training
has been. Paul caught the attention
of his audience and held it to the
close, first by the wonderful tact of
his approach, and second by his quo
tations from their own poets, which he
cited in support of his doctrine.
The tactful person always seeks to
And some common ground on which
to stand, instead of some bomb proof
fort from which to bombard the
world. Paul argued that the very
fact of an altar to the unknown God
proved the religious instinct in the
soul, and he caught at that blind feel
ing after God and sought to direct it
aright Whatever the outcome of that
sermon, certainly the people of Athens
would have no hesitation In declaring
that those who listened to Paul that
day received a lesson In sacred elo
quence that compared favorably with
any oration that had ever been deliv-
1 nrad from tho summit of Mars Hill,
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