THE ILLl'STWATED HKE.
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Selections from the Story Tellers' Pack
ASTom was told llii' ullii r ninli
liy a Ni w Yuik ft lend of Culled
Stlltl'H AlllllMHH.Illlll' " In ii t I mi
lomliig Hi, it statesman and Jiii--IM
s encounter with a young ml
logo mall onis ago. Mr. Choato li.nl :mii'
in Nrw Maxell tn witness inii' of llii' tiiniuUH
varsity Imal I an h between Vain anil liar
tanl. ami uas lemming to tlia city alone,
when lie was iiiioirlii'i In t In' ear liy a
Vail- Mludciil, wliu wiih brimming over with
i in lniilasni iiinl smoking a IntK'' pipe. Tho
I. q.l.ll lollN Ht III It'll t Hat llllllHl'ir (lllWII lll'Hllll)
ill' lunji r ami leinllcd In him tho fart
Hi it he I.Mr. Choatc) wiih an old friend of
hi- Mile hi ii i It in 'b) father. The older man
i' l.i.owleilgid the acquaintance with pleas
ure ami puke a few klmlly words, when he
ii 1 1 1 1 1 r r 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 liy the Iminai'liiiiH Hlinleiit,
ln talked mi ami nil wllhniil rest. J ill til II K
on Ills huge pipe ami blowing I he Htnoko
mil Inii. illy Into the ulher'H faee. The law
Mr oughod ami choked violently nver the
filiin s ami then put IiIh eyes mi the pipe
an. I l.epl t In-Ill there. The Htmlent liulk'e.l
i hi -. Ilnally, ami mistaking Ihe lunk for one
t .i1 in tral Inn fur the pipe, rcmiiw'il it from
hi' mniilli ami ga.ed at It lovingly.
lilrlhil.iy preHftit," hiiM tho owner,
l'i idly i egardlllg Ihe I I'eli lliK how l.
Imleiil?" Hal. I Ihe lawyer, quietly Hiip
I'l'i - 1 1, n a i ough. "1 hail no Idea you were
.i nhl."
Tliete wiih a laugh all nver the cat ami
i In . nil. go mull Ilnally withdrew, Inking the
in. I lit pipe with him.
collector nf li.nl neciiuiilH recoiled a
' ii rrnin a ileliiiiiient ilehlnr a few days
m. ih. il lias Hlarlul lilm In thinking n
i n Tin rolleclnr had heen chnHlng IhlH de
linquent fur alitint hI month, rclatis the
New Vnrk Tilhiini', nml had heeninn tired
r '('.ill tiuiiiirinw," "I haven't II JiHt ii'.w"
and ither excuses nf a vt ill 1 lit I" dilatory na
ture and thought il wiih time lo become
. i h ?i y '
' See here," ho wild the IiihI time lie
. ailed, "are jolt ever going to pay this
Mil "'
U Ii v. yen," leplled the ilclluquint, "I
iipp me I will pa j II mime day or other
lt.it In di hero yourself, young titan, I think
I caii hlinw yon n thing or two, How many
lull' haw- yon In Hint hitndle'.'"
limii forty. I guess."
II. .w long iIih'h It I a lu' yon to vIhII these
I'. i.ile -
i norullj I ran got ner nty rnnle In a
hn '
' Suppose cery one of them tdiould pay
up "
Tti.it would he line'"
nil It wool I. would If What would yon
do fur II living If inhn.lv paid pionipllv
Tho eolleetnr turned tho thought over In
Ii Im ii i 1 tu 1 fur a moment or two and looked
blank.
"Craolous!" lie mid, "I'd ho cut of a Job! '.
"Thal'H exactly my point. Don't, there
fore, lie ho Inlernally anxious to collect
every cent due to your people at one (Imp.
A few collections a day are enough. As
for my account, come around uomo day
next wick ami I may help you nut nf bitsl
nesH hy payliiK it. (iuod day."
He wiih a 1 1 1 1 1 1 h 1 1 man, hut ho had a loud
voice, rolutoH London Tlt-IlltH, and evidently
wanted everyone to know what ho sa lil. lie
ami u companion, who, he It said to IiIh
credit, Huetned ashamed of the i'oiup,iny he
was in, Hlood in he hotel rotunda last
Saturday night The Utile fellow wan talk
ing ahoiit Ireland and he said many hard
IhlngH aliottt the country and the people.
groat big man Hlood near liy listening to
t In little fellow's vnporlngs. He merely
smlliil until the little fellow Hiild In a
very loud tone "Show he an Irishman and
I'll show yon a inward."
Then the big fellow Hllpped up ami, touch
ing tho little fellow nil Hie Hhuilliler, said In
a heavy Iiiihh video "What's that ynu Hald?'
"I said tdinw me an Irishman and I'll
show ynu a coward," Hald tho little fellow,
whoso knees were shaking tindi r hint.
"Well, I'm an Irlshniaii." said the big
fellow.
"You are an Irishman" Well." and n
Hiulle of Joy Hilled nver the little fellnw'H
cniiiiti'iiance as ho raw a hole through
which he could crawl, "I'm a coward."
Senator John W, Daniel, the Honator-law-jcr
from l.yiichhtiig. Vn . Ih Uiiuwu in
Auietlca lis one of the most hrllllaut ora
tors In the I'ultiil Slates senate, sayn the
Saltiiday livening Post, and hn Is known
both in Wiuhliigtnn ami the south as one
of Hie most lgori.us of southern men. To
sie him. In hear him talk, lo reinemlier the
amount of wink he has done in his day, is
to hilleve htm a man "without a lazy hone
In Ills liody."
None of the traditional Indolence nf til
south, therefote, would lie associated with
Senator Daniel. Vi t wlcn he was nski il
tecettlly what would now give htm tho most
pleasure, he fiiIiI'
"Tho very thing whhli I intend to do and
which 1 always do at Ihe end of every term
go hack to Lynchburg and Kit inynolf a
nice, clean, comfortable so.ip box ami Hit It
up against the front door of a grocery shop
I Know, tin u sit out there and In si; In tho
sun HI. i an alllgalir while I whittle a ftlck
with a --h u p penknife
If ' want t" l.to'W w'uit nil ttbs.d ,t
d lighi life is, i o in e down lo Virginia and
Mi mi a soap box with tile.''
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It was Sunday In Pittsburg. DuWolf Hop
per and his company wero thcro. Now,
Pittsburg Is, iih aro almost all Pennsylvania
towns, very "Unlit," on Sunday.
.Mr. Hopper had throe friends In his room
In tho afternoon, relates Short Stories, and
Hie Intense, heat parched their throats to
ijitch an extent that Mr. Hopper touched Hi'
button; tho bell was answered hy a colored
bellboy whom Mr. Hopper directed In bring
up four quart bottles of Hluo Ribbon. Tho
boy departed, but hoiiu teturned with the
Informal Imi that as It was Sunday it would
bo impossible to not any liquid refresh
ments Mr. Hopper said to his friends, "I
will show )ou what thero Is In n name,"
and turning to the boy said, "Co nnd tell
the clerk that DeWulf Hopper DoWolf
Hopper, understand, wants four bottles of
beer."
The hoy again went down nnd soon re
turned with Hip much coveted refreshments.
"Now, my friends," said Mr. Hopper, "you
see what thorn Is In a name."
"Vas, boss," said tho boy. "1 done told
I hem dat Wolfe do Copper wanted dat beer
.Mid dey said If dat w.m't ernuff dey would
set 'em up ergaln."
Mr Prank A. Vniiderlip, who recently
teslgnc.l the position of assistant sei rotary
of tlto treasury to becntiu vlie president nf
the City National bank of New York, Is
noted among his associates for leadluess
In repartee. Only once during his career
in the Treasury department, relates tho
Saturday livening Post, was he known to
betray Inability tu frame a swift ami ap
pioprlale remark when occasion called. It
was mi the day his leslgnatlon was to take
place A gold ami silver loving cup, bnes
of loses and other tokens of esteem had
tiiitml their way to his desk and clerks fol
lowed In procession to bid him farewell
Among them was otto who had written a
brief tribute, which wan not without elo
quence. II slightly etnharrased Mr. Vaii
derlip. Looking tip front the panegyric to
Hie young author lio said:
"I wish I could write ISnglMi like ihK"
"And I wish I could Inspire It." was tho
Instant teply.
Mr. Vamlerllp bowed and smiled It was
the llrst Instance on record of his failure to
overmatch the graclnusnoi'S nf a lsltnr.
la hi es f nun his recent Kuropoan Itin
erary, which he undertnok to studv Inter
national llmim e and trade, tell of 1 is ira.lv
wit In Ills itii'i'tiimK wiih foieigu bankeis
nnd itll' lals Walking 'Tinier the l.ln
d.'tis ' with i ! nuan -' Hi man Mr Van
I. rlip wi u ''eg 'hi' 1" 'us if 'b
li'Miiiri os of tho t'niled Slates, ihe Ingenuity
of American workmen and the tlreles en
ilgles of American capitalists, the com
merce of this country must gain Miprcin
acy nver the world. "Already," ho do
clarul, "we aro sending 'ItiHian' leather
to Itttssla, 'Ithino' wine to Prance, cotton
fabrics to Manchester and sauerkraut to
formally."
During the discussion they encoiiuiercd
a regiment of Infantry, marching with
Hue slatelliiess ami alignment Tho baud
was playing one of Sousa's miirclns.
"Theto," said the Herman Hententloiisly,
waving his hand at the soldiers, "there Is
tlto symbol of ultimate dominion in all
things, and we. you see, aro the military
iiatlon."
"Ves, and marching to nn American
tune " was Mr Vniulorllp's rnniiueiit
Theic were four men in the nar suit of
an open car hound downtown on Klghih av
enue otic morning last week, topcrls tho
New Yoik Tribune. A poorly dresfcd man
climbed aboard and tried tn crowd into u
place alongside another man, win. so llnely
woven Panama hat told of his wealth,
"Hire, what are ynu trying to do?"
growled the man with the expensive hat,
glancing up from his paper "There's no
room here."
"I thought 1 could find room.'' said the
lour man. In a tone of apology.
He turned toward the rich mm. ami In so
doing showed li I m a copper button on the
lapel of his coat. The rich man star.'d for
a moment, then held nut his hand.
"I nay, comrade, we'll make rnntii fur
you." ho said, as he crowded over. "I
didn't know you were a (Jrand Army matt '
Tho poor man In turn mw the ci ppe
badge In the other man's coal.
"Where wero you?" ho asked.
"tiottysburg." answered the rich man.
"Ami you?"
"I was at Missionary Itblgo."
At Twenty-third street they got off tho
car, tho old soldier who was poor ami the
otto who was rich, and arm In nrm they
headed for the neatvst drinking plnro lo
IIiiIhIi talking It over. Tho button of ceppor
nnd the memories It called up hnl romcved
the dllfe encos which existed b 'tween their
Matlons In life.
John 13. Wllkle chief of the secret service
division of the Treasury department, never
set himself up among his fill 'ago friends as
a prototype of Sh rb ek Holmes, relates the
Chicago Clirenii lo. but II was d itlgeiou ly
mar achieving that dlsl met Ion tho nth r
d.u vi-lt. r fr m a wcmi rn -t.ite i nt red
In- . ll i m Washitifti ii b. img i Ict'rr if
Introdui i ion fi uin a iiimmiiii friend. lie
was accumpaiiiid by his daughter, a re
markably pretty girl The gill had a had
bruise un her cheek near the corner of tho
light eye and the visitor said smilingly as
they were having: "1 didn't strike my
daughter; she got that bruise In another
way."
The chief leaned back In his chair, hold
ing his briar pipe in his hand, and looked
thoughtful for a moment.
"I think I can tell you how It happ n d,"
ho hald. "On the morning of tho da before
yosteiday she was sitting on the side of her
berth III the sleeper li'i.m Indianapolis. She
leaned over to laco her hhoe, tho tar
liiichcd and she fell across the aisle, stilk
her head on the arm of the oppnMto scat."
The vlsitnr was aftoiindod. '"Were yra on
tho train?" he asked.
"No," replied the chief, ' but I reason In
tills way: Pir.sounl violence tu the iaso of
this young lady Is out of the qmstli n. Pain
ful accidents sometimes occur flum colli I
Ing with the edge of all open door In the
dark, but in that- case the bruise would
most likely have been on some prominent
feature, like tho temple, the cheekbone or
tho nose nnd not In tho hllght deprefskn
near tho eye. You have been on the sleep.T
for two days, for you told tuo so e.uly In
your conversation hero. The bruise Is n it
a very fresh one, so It seemed almost cer
tain that tho accident occurred from a fall
on the train, as much as. as not more than,
forty-eight hours ago. My teasonlng Is
quite simple, you see."
Ilolh visitors expressed their ainai tneiil
ami lock their leave. The father th 'ii went
lo the nllloo nf into of the higher olllcia's of
the Treasury department and In a straight
forward way explained that ho hnd cnlbd to
express his appreciation of the chief of the
secret service. "I have just come from his
olllce," ho said, "and In my Hhott Uiienlow
1 was convinced that ho is tho last man
who ever occupied tho place."
The nlllcl.il Fpoko about iho tnaltir to Mr.
Wllkle the next day nnd the chief told of
tho visit and of the sttppesed detect Ivo In
cident. "Hut It wasn't a clever thing at all." s.ild
ho, "and I must write a letter to tint man.
I didn't think It was going to make such a
fill's. Potno friends of my family came from
Indiana two or three days ago nnd I hi aid
them up at the lntiso talking about a pretty
girl on tho sleeper from Indlnnapdl-i who
fell across tho aisle from her berth while
dreslng and bruised her face When that
man brought his daughter Into tho otllco and
told where they came from It lust poppol
Ii 'o mi' head that hero m th girl my
ft 1 ti ' hod been talking nb. u' "
SI NDY SCIINi: ON Ni:illtSK HltillU Y Two Sn.ipsh-'s So. , i u w Pixle n a Up. nit Trip Into the Country
