THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY , MAY ; ? , 18JM ) .
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THE OREEN JACKET.
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How Gertrude Olney Helped the Llttlo Seamstress *
! Ity EMMA A. Ol'I'KU.
Gertrude Olney and Allda Coryoll and
Bon Stacey rappctl nt .Miss Lubbock' door.
There was to be a "corn festival , " for the
benefit of the school library , and the High
school boys and girls were soliciting con
tributions for It.
Ordinarily , MUs Lubbock would have been
( jlad to sco Gertrude ; she had sowed for
the Olncys for years , and she and Ocr-
trudo wcro good friends. But the little
seamstress met them with a clouded face.
The reason was plain ; the three young people
ple Baw that Mr. Pattctson was there be
fore them.
Mr. Patterson was a prosperous hardware
dealer , with a name for being "close. " He
had not finished bis errand , evidently.
"It's fifteen dollars , Miss Lubbock. " he
said. "There was your sitting room stove
and the tin roof on the kitchen "
"I know , " said Miss Lubbock ; her face
flushed.
"It's been a considerable while It's Veen
owing , " eald Mr. Patterson.
"I know. It has worrledime , Mr. Patter
son. 1'vo tried to pay you ; I " MUs Lub
bock gulped and was silent.
"Well , " Mr. Patterson said , as ho rose ,
"I just thought I'd stop In. Good morn
ing. "
"Good morning , " said the poor little
seamstress. Her face kept Its suffering red-
nose , and Gcrtrudo could sea her lips trem
ble. >
ble."Wo
"Wo came , Miss Lubbock , " Allda began ,
"to ask you for a contribution "
To ask poor Miss Lubbock for n contri
bution now ! Gertrude Interrupted hastily
and talked with anxious cheerfulness for
several minutes , and then marshaled Ben
and Allda out at the door.
"Say , " Ben said feelingly , "ho was roughen
on Miss Lubbock , wasn't he ? Asking her
right 'before all of us I"
"Ho was just terrible , " said Gcrtrudo
warmly.
'Allda Corycll , however , forgot Miss Lubbock -
bock speedily. W.hcn Ben had left them ,
BIO ! asked Gertrude when she was to go to
Carleton to buy her now Jacket.
"Next Saturday , " Bald Gertrude.
"Dark green , you said , " said Allda.
"That's what I want. You know , " Ger
trude explained , "I do really need a Jacket. '
Lubbock with the money she had Intended
to p nd for a jacket , and that the bill was
{ 15 , and that she would like to raleo the
other five when Gertrude said this the
family smiled at each other and did not
say very much. Hlght actions and kind
deeds wore so frequent and common In the
Olney family that nobody gushed over them ,
( lertrudc'n father silently took $ ! ) from his
pockctbook and handed It to her.
"I'll give a dollar , " said Hugh , and his
mother promptly subscribed the other.
'If your jacket wears out , Gcrty , " said
Hugh , "I'll lend you my overcoat. "
"Or mother will let you tnko her old
Paisley shawl , " said her father.
"And there are always horao blankets and
the buffalo robe. " said her mother. She
put her arm around Gertrude. "I will make
your Jacket sleeves smaller , dear , " eald she ,
"and make a new collar , s.nd It will look
beautiful. "
II.
Gertrude 'took the money , bright and early
on Monday morning and went down to Mr.
Patterson's store.
"Mr. Patterson , " she said , "I have come
to pay you that bill of Miss Lubbock's , that
fifteen dollars. "
"You have ? " said 'Mr. Patterson , blankly.
"You ? What for ? "
"Because. " said Gertrude , "I am so sorry
for Ml. s Lubbock. She would have paid
you , Mr. Patterson , If she could have , and
I want to pay you for her. "
i.Mr. Patterson regarded her dumbly. "Is
It you money ? " ho naked.
"Ton dollars of It. Father and mother
and Hugh gave the rest , " Gertrude answered.
Mr. Patterson reddened slowly. Ho said
ho would give her the receipted bill , and
turned to his desk.
"I s'poso you'll take It to her ? " ho sold.
"Yea , " said Gertrude , "I'm going now. "
But Mr. Patterson called her back when
she was almost out at the door.
"Look here , " ho said , "I kind of halo to
have you pay that money. It seems funny
for a llttlo girl like you to go and "
Mr. Patterson frowned downward at his foot.
"I don't really know , " ho said , "as It
behooves you and your family to do that for
Miss Lubbock any more than It docs for me.
Don't really s'poso you'ro any better nblo to.
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"IT IS HEALLY PERFECT. " G ETITIIUDE'S MOTHER SAID.
'Allda ' looked as If she agreed to that. AllJa's
father was well off , nnd Allda hail new
jackets frequently. "But I shouldn't care
so much about It , " said Gertrude , "It Aunt
Malvlna 'Hawortb wasn't coming. " Aunt
Mnlvlna Hawortb , was Gertrude's mother's
aunt , and she spent a fortnight with them
every spring. "I do want to look nice when
Aunt .Malvlna comes , " Gertrude confessed ;
"sho Is used to haying everything lovely. "
"Yes , Indeed , " said Alido , with full un
derstanding. "Go to Hiker's ; they have the
nicest coata there. "
Gertrude tad Indeed taken comfort , think
ing about th a now jacket. She was a pretty
girl , tall for her age , and pretty clothes
wore becoming to her. Her father had al
ready given her the ? 10 ho thought bo
could afford to let nor opend for her Jacket-
Today , however , Gertrude thought about
something .bcflldre . green jackets. "Mother , "
Bho said , " 'when wo went to Miss Lubbock's
for a contribution for the corn festival Mr.
' Patterson woe there trying to collect $15
that 'Miss Lubbock owes htm. "
"Oh , dear ! " said ber mother.
"Right before us , " said. Gertrude , "and
Miss Lubbock felt dreadful ; her face was
n rod as fire. "
"Tho poor llttlo . woman ! " said bor
mother. "Sho Is as honest as the day Is
Jong , and'there Is no harder worker ; but It
IB difficult for her to make both ends meet. "
"Sho used to knit hoods for me , and
ecarfa , " said Gertrude , "and when I had
diphtheria ebo helped you take care of me.
She's Just splendid ! "
"Yea , she Is , " said her mother.
AH through dinner Gertrude was thouglit-
ful. Strange , that she could sco clearly but
one thing : ( Miss Lubbock's shamed nnd piti
ful face. Queer , that she could think ot
nothing but bow miserable it was that Miss
Lubbock should owe a .bill eho was unable
to pay , to so 'bard a man as iMr. Patterson.
Warm "hearted " girl that Gertrude was , It
worried her. And she really believed that
there was but ono way In which that wor-
rlment could bo relieved and that would be
by 'managing , somehow or other , to got that
bill paid lor Miss Lubbock.
"Mother , " said eho , abruptly , "does my
jacket look very 'bad ? "
"Not at nil , " said her mother.
"I were it all last winter , " said Gortrudo.
"Well ! " She put on her hat and went to
tbo postofHco for the noon mall ,
'Allda Coryeil was there and Gertrude
walked part of the way homo with her ; she
wonted to . "Allda "
say something. , she
eald , "you know that fifteen dollars that
Mr. Patterson dunned Miss Lubbock for this
morning ? Well , I'm so sorry for her that
I I can't stand it ! She can't pay It , poor
Miss Lubbock , nnd I've just made up my
mind that I'll pay It for her. "
"You ? " said Allda , her eyes strotcheJ ,
"Yes , mo , " said Gcrtrudo firmly , "It's
got to bo done , that's all , But you see , I'vo
only got the ten dollars father gave mo for
ray Jacket , " '
"Gertrude Olney ! " said Allda ; her Jaw
dropped. "You don't mean Gertrude Ol
ney ! "
"It's all there is to do , " said Gertrude ,
simply , "and I'm going to do It. But that
ten dollars la all I have and tbo bill is fif
teen ; and I thought , Allda you wcro there
this morning when it happened , and I
thought maybe you'd want to give n llttlo
toward it , " said Gertrude.
"Goodness ! " said Allda.
"Not unless you want , of course , " said
Gertrude ; thinking bow full AlUla's pocketbook -
book always wag.
"You do think of tbo funniest things ! "
eald Allda , looking injured. "I'vo Just
spent three dollars for skates and "
"Nev r mind , " said Gcrtrudo turning back.
When Gertrude said to her father and
mother and ber brother Hugh that evening
that the was going to pay a bill for MIw
I know she's honest , and I didn't mean to
bo hard on hor. Tell you what I'll do : I
I know her woodshed leaks. I'll send a man
to fix up the steps , and I'll put a tin roof on
her woodshed. I'll do that for her or for
you , " said Mr. Patterson , and bent a look of
actual warmth upon Gertrude , "and you can
tell here I will. "
Gertrude looked back at him with aston
ishment and joy. For Mr. Patterson It was ,
she knew , a great , .a very great thing. "Oh ,
thank you ! " she said. And she and Mr. Pat
terson shook hands.
Bon Stacey joined her , going homo from
school that noon. "I hear you are going to
pay that bill for Miss Lubbock. Allda
Coryeil told me so. She said you were going
to do that Instead of buying1 you a new
Jacket , " be said , bashfully.
"Goodness gracious ! " said Gertrude ,
warmly , 'impatient with Allda Coryeil.
"Sho thinks you'ro awfully funny ; but I
don't , " said Bon. "I think you'ro flrst-rato !
I was awfully sorry for Miss Lubbock my
self. Say , let mo give a llttlo toward it ,
Gertrudo. I can as wall as not , and I'd
like to. "
"Thank you , Ben ; but it's all done. I paid
Mr. Patterson this morning and took the
bill to Miss Lubbock , receipted , and oh ,
Ben ! you ought to have seen her when ]
gave It to her. She couldn't Bay anything ;
she put her arms around mo and cried ; am !
I cried too , " said Gertrude.
"Well , " Ben Stacey Bald , thoughtfully nnd
wltb determination , "I'm going to do some
thing for Miss Lubbock anyhow. It you
can , I can , and you BCO If I don't. "
"Are you sorry you didn't get your
Jacket ? " Gertrude's mother asked her , a
week later.
"No. " said Gertrude stoutly. "You've fixed
up my other ono splendidly , mother. No ,
I'm not sorry ono bit. "
"I was down to see Miss Lubbock this
morning , " said her mother , "and she took
mo outside the llrst thing to show mo her
now front steps and tbo now tin roof on her
woodshed. .That is what Mr. Patterson has
done for her. And there was the cord ol
wood that Ben Stacey ordered for her and
went down himself and piled up In her shed ,
And she said , what Is true , that It has all
como of your paying Mr. Patterson thai
bill. "
"I suppose it has , " Gcrtrudo admitted ;
"and there's ono thing more. Allda Coryell
told mo sho'd been thinking it over , and
she asked her father it ho wouldn't take
Miss Lubbock BOIUO of their rod Spltzen-
bcrgB , and he's going to take her a bushel
of them and some cabbages and turnips ,
too. "
"It Is really remarkable. Ono young girl , "
eald her mother , "docs a kind and. gener
ous thing , and In ! "
"There , mother ! " said Gertrudo.
They were making ready for' ' Aunt Mal-
vlua Ilawortb , Shu came the next day and
filled the IIOUEO immediately with her whole-
BOUIU , cheerful presence , Aunt Malvlna was
not a very old ladyAhougb eho had grand
children ,
"Sealskin cloak and diamond earrings1
Hugh said to Gertrude ; "don't she Ipok
splendid ? If you ain't rlcb yourself , It's
kind of nice to know somebody that is , ain't
it ? "
They all sat that evening In a jolly circle
and visited.
"How both you children have grown ! "
said Aunt Malvlna. "I believe , Gertrude ,
you are as tall as Edith , and Edith is IE. "
Edith was Aunt Malvlna's granddaughter :
"I think , " said Aunt Malvlna , with pe
culiar interest , "that you are quite as tall
as Edith. Possibly a llttlo slenderer , but-
well , I will go rlgbt and get it now , It is
In my trunk. " And she rustled out of tbo
room , mysteriously.
' "It U a jacket , " eho said , returning ,
"that I bought for Edith , but it was a little' '
snug for her across the shoulders , nnd It
didn't qulto suit her , anyhow ; she wanted
a black ono she had seen , with fancy cuffs
and collar ; you know Edith la n spoiled
monkey , " said her Indulgent grandmother ,
laughing , "And so I gave her the money to
buy It , nnd I told'hcr I should bring this
one and sco If it fitted yout Gertrude. I
despise sending things back to the stores
when once you have bought them , " said
Aunt Malvlna , who always made presents ,
however valuable , with the sarao off-hand
manner , "Try It on. "
"Well well wclll" cried Hugh.
" " Gertrude's echoed.
"Well , well , father
His eyes twinkled.
And her mother Iniiglied softly. It was n
dark green Jacket , lined with red Bilk ; the
material was the finest , nnd It was heavily
and beautifully braided , It was , Gcrtrudo
realized , staring nt it with wide , bewil
dered eyes ono of the handsomest coats sbo
had over seen.
"I do believe It fits , " said Aunt Malvlna.
She buttoned It ; she scanned it closely and
eagerly. "Well , " she pronounced , wltti
profound satisfaction , "If that Isn't a beau
tiful fit ! Now , Isn't It ? "
"You would think It had been made for
her , " said Gertrude's father.
"Talk about tbo paper on the wall ! " said
Hugh , eyeing it.
"It Is really perfect , " Gertrude's mother
Bald.
Bald.Hugh
Hugh pulled Gertrude before the p.laps.
"There ! " Would you know yourself ? Don't
you look Hko a swell , though ? "
Gertrude looked. "Oh , Aunt Mnlvlnal"
she said. "I don't know what to say. Ob ,
what shall I say ? " She caught her mother's
smiling eyes. "Oh , mother , " she gasptd
'and it's green ! "
" ' " echoed "hurrahl"
"It's green , Hugh ;
They wcro standing around her In an ad-
nlrlng ring , and instigated by Hugh , they
lolncd bands nnd circled arounJ ber In aBort
Bert of rejoicing war dance. Aunt M.ilvina
and all. "Hooray ! " Hugh shouted.
'Hooray ! It's grcenl"
Gertrude's mother was laughing Vlll her
cheeks were rod. But she looked proudly
\t her pretty daughter , and thera was n
mistiness In her eyes that dl.l not come of
aughter.
"If I were to tell you , Aunt Malvlna , " she
said , "why your beautiful present Is so
singularly welcome , and why we are all so
glad , so very glad for Gertrude's sake "
"There ! Don't mother ! " Gertrude pro-
ested.
"Go on , mother , " Hugh shouted. "I'll tell
f you don't. " And he did tell.
Aunt Malvlna made no remark , but nbo
stroked the well-fitting shoulders of the
iacket , and smoothed the sleeves and put
icr arms round Gertrude and kissed her.
Ilrtliury Ciinc Soon DlnpoNcil Of.
DOVER , Del. , May 2. The trial of Rep
resentative Mark L. Davis , charged wltb
offering Francis H. Lattomus , a fellow mcm-
aor , a bribe to vote for John Edward Ad-
dlcks for United States senator In the last
legislature , began today. The first witness
called was Mr. Lattomus. Ho testified to a
conversation between him and Davis during
which defendant agreed to lift a mortgage
from 'the ' witnesses' farm in return for his
vote for Mr. Addlcks. Representative Davis
denied the story told by Representative Lat
tomus. Gilbert S. Jones , a reporter , said
: hat Representative Lattomus had declared
that ho had not been approached with offers
of a brlbo for his vote for senator. The
case was quickly argued and after a charge
by Chief Justice Loreo was given to the
jury.
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Silver Service for Kentucky.
LOUISVILLE , Ky. , May 2. The contract
to furnish the silver service for tbo battle
ship Kentucky was given to a Philadelphia
firm today at a cost of $6,000. The service
will bo composed of more than seventy
pieces , and next 16 those of the battleship
Indiana and the cruiser New York will bo the
handsomest in the navy. The service will
bo ready for presentation when 4tbo Ken
tucky puts to sea in , November.
1MB Price for AbctUos Mine.
ATLANTA , Ga. , May 2. The famous as
bestos mine at Salt Mountain , In White
county , has been sold for $200,000 to Ban
croft & Kenrlck , mining engineers of Lon
don. The sale on the basis of $200,000 Is
the greatest amount ever paid for a mine
In tbo state of Georgia , not excepting that
of some of the gold mines In the 'iiorthern
part ot the state.
PATTI AND THE MAD KING
Soul-Tryinp Appearance of the Great Diva
in an Empty Theater ,
TEMPER ROUSED BY HER RECEPTION
< 1ic Co 111111 nii(1 * of Crazy
Wore Olie-j-cil nnil < hc llexult
< > f the KtiiK nnil
It * K.Milniintliin ,
When Adellna Pattl , now Baroness Coder-
strom , was spending her last honeymoon
on the nivicra , she met an old friend , Mmn.
Fischer , a well known German singer , at
a dinner , relates the New York Sun. The
baroness was most extravagant In her ex
pression of delight at the meeting.
"You must know , " she said to the other
guests , "Mmc. Fischer helped mo through
the worst ordeal of my life. Ah , how nngry
and how scared I was , and what a. fool I
felt , and how kind you were , my friend ! "
Then she once more Hung herself upon
Mmo. Fischer's capacious Teutonic bosom
and embraced her. After the transports bad
subsided slightly some one asked for the
story of the ordeal.
"Oh , It was long , long ago , " began Pattl.
"Ja ; thirty years , " assented Mmo. Fischer ,
who has left the stage and grown old and
fat , and Isn't nshamcd of It. Paltl , who
etlll contemplates farewell tours , and Is
Insistently young- , and plays the role of
blushing bride most charmingly , looked de
pressed for a moment , but soon cheered up
and wont on with her story.
When she was In the first heyday ot her
fame , nnd all Europe was going mad over
her , Ludwlg II , the mad king of Bavaria ,
sot his heart on having her sing for him
at his private auditorium In Munich. Ho
wrote letter after letter , begging , Implor
ing , offering extravagant sums of money ,
but Pattl resolutely refused to go. She had
heard too many stories ot Ludwlg's freaks ,
ot his frenzied adorations , his curses and
his unreasonable cgrnmauds , and she was
desperately afraid of him. But , at last , the
king offered her n sum so enormous that It
seemed ridiculous < to refuse It. Then the
singer plucked up courage and started for
Munich. She was accustomed to honors al
most royal when she visited the European
capitals ; and , as Litdwtg had been so de
termined to have her , she expected to bo
greeted with great ceremony in Munich.
When she and her maid alighted at the
station not oven a carriage was there to
meet them , and they bad to Inquire the
name ot the best hotel and call n cab Hko
any ordinary travelers. That was the first
shock to the diva's nerves and temper. After
luncheon she started out to see the town
and , Incidentally , to examine the posters
announcing the great honor conferred upon
the citizens of Munich by a visit from Eu
rope's greatest singer. Not a mention of
her name could she find In the town. She
rushed back to the hotel and told her maid
to pack the trunks. She would shako the
dust of Munich from her Louis Qulnze
boots at once.
Halm for Her
Just at that moment a resplendent officer
was announced. Ho saluted her with pro
found respect and admiration , which wcro
balm to her smarting pride , and delivered a
letter from the king. The letter stated
curtly that his majesty would await her , at
7 o'clock precisely , In the royal palace , where
Mmc. Fischer would
his slngcr-ln-ordlnary , ,
glvo her further directions. JIme. Fischer
would also sing with Mmo. Pattl the ducts
which his majesty wished to hear. A pro
gram was Inclosed.
To tbo utter Tout nnd demoralization ol
the Bavarian army'as'represented by the
gorgeous officer , PalU" burst into tears of
rage and stamped her foot viciously.
"I have never been treated so brutally , "
she said. "I shall leave at once. Tell the
king so. I will not sing never ! never !
never ! " The crescendo "never" ended on
high C. The officer's knees knocked to
gether : but , to the honor of Bavaria bo it
said , ho retreated only to the door. Then
ho stopped and pleaded with the Irate prlma
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To make this shirt waist three yards of nainsook thirty-six Inches wide will be re.
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donna. She must net disappoint the king.
Ills majesty had been wild with excitement
ever since ho know sh would como , nnd
had not slept or three nights , so great was
his Joy nt the prospect of henrlhg her. The
ruffled plumage subsided somewhat undr ( !
this skillful treatment.
"Hosldos , " added the officer , "you know
our king Is Is Is well , he Is "
"Crazy ! " snapped I'attl. "Yes , that's very
comforting , isn't it ? 1 don't know why I
over came. " Just then she caught sight ot
a postscript which she had not read.
"Tho king commands Mmc. I'attl to ap
pear in pure white , without any color what
ever , and not by any means to wear a satin
gown , but soft wool. Silk Is painful to his
majesty. "
1'atll fell into a chair helpless with wrath
and said whatever , thirty years ago , was the
equivalent for "Well , that's the limit.
' 'His majesty will have to be pained. I
have no whlto woolen gown except my
peignoir. Clo tell the king I shall not obey
any such silly orders. I'll wear a red
velvet. "
"Red ! " groaned the officer. "Oh , no ; no.
Red sends his majesty Into fits. If your np-
peav in red he will scream and Tmvo convul
sions. Oh , do bo patient , madatne. 1 will
bring Mmc. Fischer to you. She under
stands the king's nerves. She will explain. "
Ho lied from the room , and , shortly after ,
Mmc. Fischer appeared upon the scene.
She was fat and good natured , nnd was a
favorite with the king because ot her Avon-
dcrful blond hair , which ho required her to
wear loose about her shoulders whenever
she sang to him. She soothed I'attl Into
good humor , and the diva really began to
bo Interested In his nervous majesty. Mine.
Fischer also attacked the whlto wool peig
noir , and transformed It into a most becom
ing Greek robo.
lloforo 7 the royal carriage arrived at
the hotel nnd I'attl wont to the palace.1 Sbo
was led through dimly lighted rooms ami.
corridors Into Ludwlg's private theater ,
which was in utter darkness save for the
moonlight that entered through the win
dows. I'attl stood upon the -dark stage ,
whllo nn orchestra , somewhere out ot sight ,
began a soft prcludo. Through the gloom
she could Just make out n whlto face In
the roynl box opposite the stage. Not an
other auditor was In the great hall. The
whole thing was most uncanny , and I'attl
felt cold shlvera creeping over hor. She
shook with nervousness and fear ; and when
she should have .begun . ber aria not a sound
could she make. She opened her mouth ,
but her throat was paralyzed from nervous
terror. There was a pause. The king sprang
up and leaned forward out ot the box , his
whlto face gleaming In the moonlight. The
violins repeated the prelude. I'attl gath
ered herself together and made ono horolo
effort. Her voice rang out Into tbo great
empty place , and the king sank back Into
the dark box.
"It was the effort ot my life , " said Pattl
in telling the story. "I was dcsporato ;
but , when I found my voice , I sang against
It all. I put my head back , and clinched
my hands , and sang sang well , nlcht wahr , "
and she turnup to Mmc. Fischer.
"Never better , " nodded the placid Ger
man. "It was wonderful a marvel. "
A lloyul Krodt.
Pattl finished the aria from "La Travlata"
triumphantly , and stood flushed with vic
tory. Dead silence. Not a sound came from
the gloom before her. She wont off the
stage In a temper. His majesty might have
given some sign of approbation. Mmc.
Fischer was behind tbo scenes , and Pattl
waited with her for .the signal to sing the
next number. A messenger appeared at the
door. Ills majesty bad had enough music
and had gone to his apartments. For a
moment Pattl stood stunned. Then she
laughed. The rudeness was so colossal that
it was funny. Mine. Fischer took the diva
to suptfer , and then home.
The next morning Mmo. Fischer called at
the hotel once more , accompanied by the
court chamberlain , who bore'tho promised
chock and an autograph letter of thanks
from the king and some Jewels of great
value. Mmo. Fischer's explanation ot the
concert fiasco pleased Pattl more than the
Jewels. King Ludwlg , she said , was in one
of his maddest moods , wild with regret ,
cursing himself and cursing Pattl. He had
walked the floor all night , groaning that he
was a traitor , a , damnable traitor ; for
Paul's volco had so ravished his senses that ,
for ono moment , ho had gone over to Italian
.music and bad been false to Wagner to
Wagner , the ono musician who alone had
satisfied his majesty's soul.
"That was better than having bored him , "
added Pattl , shrugging her sholudcrs.
ho wasn't so
"There were moments when
crazy , after all , that poor Ludwlg. "
' .MI3IN OOTT , IT IS UXHEAHD OF. "
Auxtriim Olllccr's Comment oil the Dc-
' Fleet.
< ruction ot Ccrveru's
Captain Taylor gives an amusing account
In the May Century of his Interview witti
nn Austrian lieutenant , who boarded the
Indiana Immediately after the fight at San
tiago :
He was In full uniform , with a brilliant
display of cpaulots nnd gold lace , whlto
waistcoat and trousers. Ho found us cov
ered with tbo sinoko and dust of battle ,
lining to salute -
groups of half-naked men up
lute him as ho passed , their faces streaked
witlb powder smoke nnd coal dust. Ho
reached mo on U o bridge , finally , In a state
of pollto bewilderment , and presented his
captain's request for permission to pass In
through our blockading lines and bring out
from Santiago Austrian refugees desiring
to leave that besieged town. After refer
ring to him to Admiral Sampson and tell
ing him Ho would bo found some distance
to the westward , ho asked for news , and 1
told him wo had just corao out of action
willi Cervcra's squadron. Ho showed great
surprise and said :
"Then there has been a battle ? "
"Yes , " I replied.
"And the result ? " ho asked , eagerly.
" \Vo have defeated them. "
"But where Is Ccrvera's licet now ? " ho
inquired.
"His flagship , the Maria Torsa , Is
there , lieutenant , " I answered , pointing nt
tbo same time to tlio beach a few miles
distant.
"But I sco nothing tlhero but some smoke ,
captain ! "
"It * la tbo smoke of tbo Teresa burnlns ,
lieutenant ; It is a wreck upon tbo beach. "
He was silent , and I continued :
"Close to It on the beach you will sco
another column ot smoke ; that is the
Oimcndo burning. On this Bide , nearer to
us , is the Pluton , sunk In the breakers , and
tbo Furor is near it. but is on the bottom
In deeper water and Is not visible , "
"But , " ho Interrupted , "you have then de
stroyed half tboso splendid vessels of Cer-
vera's ! "
"Walt , lieutenant , " I continued , "and look
n few miles further to the westward and you
will see another column of smoke ; that Is
the Vizcaya , on the beach near Aserradcros ,
As to tbo Colon , it is still farther to the
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you will s s It presently n your captain
steers in that direction to find Admiral
Sampson , who Is that end of our line. " j
ills eyes ranged along the shore as 1
pointed out the different vessels.
"Mcln dolt ! " he exclaimed. "Then you
hnvo destroyed the whola of that splendid
eqiiftdron ! I did not think it possible. "
After n moment more of silent astonish
ment , ho said , with n pollto sympathy which
concealed eager professional curiosity :
"And what Injuries , captain ? What losses
laa the American squadron sustained ? "
"None , " I replied.
"Hut , captain , you do not understand ; It
Is what casualties what ships lost or dis
abled thr.i I aek. "
"None , lieutenant , " "I said. "The Indiana
was struck twice , suffered no Injury , no
osa. The other ships are virtually In the
Bamo condition.Vc are nil of us perfectly
ready for another battle as much eo as bo-
for Ccrvcra came out this morning. "
Ills astonishment was now complete.
"Meln Oottl" ho exclaimed again. "Ad
miral Sampson's licet has destroyed thcso
; rcat Spanish ships , and without Injury to
Ills own squadron ! Sir , It Is unheard of ! 1
must go to Inform my captain. "
AllS13\T-MIMii ) MK.V.
One ot tinI'rlvlloKr * "T UriiltiH l-'rc-
iim-ntly Availed Of.
It Is ono of the privileges of genius to bo
absent minded , and If ono may judge from
the stories told ot famous men It Is a privi
lege of which they largely avail themselves.
Mr. Kdlson Is not the only man of note who
has been so completely absorbed In his work
that ho has qulto forgotten such an Impor
tant appointment as his marriage. Sergeant
Hill , the famous advocate , was Immersed
In the Intricacies of a case ono day when a
messenger burst Into court with the an
nouncement that his bride was already nt
the church awaiting his arrival and the
sergeant had barely time to throw down his
brief nnd present himself at the altar to
preserve his wife and his reputation.
A famous bishop of Salisbury had qulto
overlooked a similar appointment until his
footman reminded him of It ; and another
famous cleric was 'busy ' fishing Borne miles
away from the church while his brldo was
awaiting him at the altar.
A new story of Kdlson proves that his absentmindedness
sent-mindedness on his wedding day was
nothing exceptional In the magician's his
tory. Ono day , after spending many hours
In his laboratory engrossed in an experi
ment , ho Joined one of bis assistants nt
luncheon In an adjoining room. When ho
had helped himself he continued to Bit before
fore his untouched plate , brooding over bis
problem until ho began to nod from weari
ness , and gently foil asleep. Whllo his
master was sleeping the assistant removed
his full plato nnd substituted an empty ono.
When Edison awoke ho looked at his empty
plate , rubbed his eyes and looked again.
"Dear mo , " ho eald at lost , on be rose to
leave the room , "I'm hanged If I haven't
eaten my lunch and forgotten all about It. "
An amusing story is told of a famous
English archbishop. Dining nt homo ono
day he had occasion to find fault with the
soup , and spoke to his wife on the subject.
On the following day the arcablshop was
dining nt the house of a nobleman. Again
the soup WAS faulty , and quite forgetting
that Jie was In A tstranice house , ho turned
to his wife and said , "My dear , 1 nm sorry
to say the soup Is again A failure. "
Mr. Jiwtlce Keonh , tha great Irish Judge ,
was a terrible victim to absence of mind ,
One day he ln\lted several barristers to dint
with him and , as the hour approached , wcnl
upstairs to dress for dinner. The guests ar
rived , 'but his lordship was not there to
receive them. After they had waited an
hour a servant was * ent In search of tin
minting judge , who was found In bed , sleep
ing peacefully. The judge , when ho had
reached -his dressing room , had quite for
gotten the purpose for which ho went nnd
had Innocently retired for the night.
The late M. I'asteur was never more absentminded
sent-minded than one evening when ho was
dining with his son-in-law. During d < nscrt
he was observed to carefully dip each eherry
Into his finger bowl with the professed ob
ject of getting rid of any microbes that
might ellng to the fruit. During a deporta
tion which ensued on the dungur of microbes
the professor became so absorbed In his sub-
jeet that , wanting n drink , ho took up the
linger bowl and gulped down water , microbes
and all.
It was Isaac Newton , the firoaj natural
philosopher , who casually vised his niece's
finger to Jam down the hot totuccn In hla
pipe ; and a bishop of Salisbury who dili
gently scratched n neighbor's log when a
gnat bit his own.
Sheridan Knowles had n memory which
was always playing him false. Ono day a
stranger mot him In the Strand and said
Jocularly : "You owe mo nn apology for
not keeping your engagement to dine with
me last Thursday. " "Dear me , " Knowles
answered , " 1 beg n thousand pardons ; It had
qulto escaped my memory. " It was arranged
that the engagement should hold good for
tbo following Wednesday , nnd Knowles made
n careful note ot H in his diary. When ,
later In the day , the dramatist was telling
his experience to a friend , the friend asked
him , "Who Is the gcntlcin in ? " "Well , " aid
Sheridan Knowles , "I'm hanged If 1 haven't
forgotten. " And his address ? You have that
of course ? " No , not even that , " dismally
confessed the unhappy man.
Sllll more absent-minded was the professor
ser who took n bunch of srapus to an Inva
lid friend. During conversation the professor
ser unconsciously began to rat tbo grapes
ono by ono until the bunch was exhausted.
"Ah , well , " ho said cheerily , on parting ,
"you'll soon bo about ngalu ; only , mind you
cujoy those gropes I have brought you. "
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UUFFALO , May 2. William H. Kennedy ,
n relative of James Kennedy , ono ot the
grain contractors , was shot In tbo rlgbt
breast shortly utter 1 o'clock nnd badly
Injured , nnd an unknown man was shot
In the left breast and will probably die.
The shooting occurred at the foot of Main ,
street and In said to have been done by n
man named Skinner , who , with about twenty
others , is under arrest. The trouble was
caused by the grain shovolora' strike.
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friends , which will bo augmented by others
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