- THE ROANOKE NEWS, THURSDAY, MAY 25. 1893.
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Well, what are you thinldng
Tho shoemaker, kneeling to
measure the foot of Charles Vane,
looked up as tho gentleman asked
this question, and turned red to
ma oars.
"Well, sir," said he, "I was
lumKing promiscuous like." And
no wtnii on measuring.
"You've got a, high instep," he
said, after a pause. "Ain't it
singular how providence favors
some and makes others as flat us
turtles. I suppose you'd like a
heel this height, sir; you're, I
should say, six foot."
"Six feet one."
"Lor'! an' I ain't quite five."
The little shoemaker stood up as
he spoke und pocketed his mea
sure. But tho young man still
looked at him with a puzzled air.
"What were you thinking of,
Glint?" he said again. "1 never
Saw your jolly face so solemn."
"Well, sir," said the shoemaker,
V "sinco you want to know, if
you'll excuse the liberty. I was
a-wisning l was you.
"Win-:"'
"AVell, sir, you are rich, you
know, and can do as you like all
uay; ana you are six toot one,
and good lookin' to match."
"And I have wished often that
I were you."
"You are making game of me,
sir."
"Xo I mean it. I have often
said were I young Glint over
there, hard at work all day, en
joying coarse fare, taking plea
sure in cheap pastimes, luxuriat
ing in his Sundays and holidays,
what would I not give? I have too
many leisures, I have a surfeit of
all things. It isn't good, for a
man."
"I'd like to try it, sir."
"And I should like to try ,the
daily toil the happy restthe
sharo finnetite the unii-it. tlmt.
sends you whistling to your work.
I'd change with you, Glint."
"Ahem!" muttered somebody
behind them.
The shoemaker and the gentle
man both turned. In the door
way stood a crooked little old man
in black, with a weazen, yellow
face. He bowed and entered.
"I over-heard your wish just
"Come till vez. mat!" vnllvl !
me servant oi trm hrmun "M oma
sez ye'ro makin'the other boarders
wait," and down went tho last
land boot with alacrity.
Led by some queer instinct, tho
new shoemaker Ktnmhlnd tiffVion.
ward, and saw at a table nine
men, three women and a girl.
Charles Vano remembered hav
ing envied lilmt his interchange of
kisses with this damsel at tho shop
door of moonlight nights, and to
have written a poem on humble
love. (
Alas! ho now knew also that tho
brassy ring with a glass stone
upon tho damsel's finger was his
engagement ring.
The damsel was not ugly, but
she was coarse, i tor finger nails
were darkly rimmed; sho had her
hair tucked into ix net, through
wmcn it poiced its ends at inter
vals; her apron was dirty, and her
waist a yard about.
The Htfonies of that dinner could
never bo forgotten. Even his
workshop became a paradise.
He rushed thither. Alas'
Waited a laborer with his hod who
wanted his browtn mtehml At-.
this, soul rose sunorinr tr sah
ivlr. Vano conquered the cobbler
tn i
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in Whip OordBengalines.
French ft k
'man Novelties.
now," said the little man. "I
over-heard also that wih nf vnnr
shoemaker yonder, and am here
in consequence.
"I can, if I choose, gratify this
wish of yours at once. It is a
whim of mine to do so. Come
now. were you in earnest?"
"I was," said the gentleman,
"Of course, I was," said the
cobbler.
The little man in black drew
from his pocket a parchment.
"Append your signature," he
saiu. "inis compact will accom
plish all that vou desire, but. nv
member, it is irrevocable
within the year both desire it to be
broken at the same instant."
"The old gentleman is mad,"
thought Charles. "I'll sign to
numor mm.
"It's I don't know whn " onid
the shoemaker, "but I'll sign for
an mat.
"Done." fiaid the old o-fintlomnn
"And now, remember you have
now cnangea souls, but you have
ioces, voices, apparent knowledge.
Watch the clock ten minutes,"
and pocketing the parchment
ne wniKca out oi tne room.
Jive minutes eight ten. A
sort of convulsion shook each of
those men. An agony impossible
to describe, was repeated twice in
eacn breast, ana tor ten minutes
more neitner fcne.w anything.
"A pretty shoemaker vou,
asleep on your bench. I say, are
nuM nhctnn rlnnV"
Mr. Charles Vane heard those
words and opened his eyes. He
seemed to remember, ahmirrllv
enough, to have mended a pair of
shoes for a Mr. He put forth his
nana ana arewtnem from beneath
the table.
"A ahillun." ssi.1 Iia
The bov took tho Twito unl
placed a filthy 10-cent stamp and
a greasy two-cent piece on his
palm.
Charles Vane dropped both with
"Ain't over your spree yetP'
he said, and went away leering.
Charles Vane arose and looked
about the room. It was the cob
bler's shop. Pah! how is smelled
of wax and gin! t -
He looked in. the glass. There
was tho cobbler's face and five
brief feet of stature. He glanced
over the way and saw himself
stepping into a little natty turn
out. "The old man spoke the truth,"
he said. "1 am about to taste
humble happiness."
He was conscioas of a queer feel
ing never experienced before.
After a While he began to believe
it was.hunger.
He began to remember, also,
that he had had no breakfast ex
cept a piece of bread and an onion.
He looked around for a bell to ring
for lunch. There was no belL
"Bo shoemakers starve?" he
I mentally. Just then the
"Do VOU exnpct, mo t.n rnnnil cnnli
dirty shoes as' those?" he said.
"Dirty, be jabers!" yelled the
man, and flew at him.
In vain did Mr. Vane strive to
remember the lessons in the manly
art of solf-dofoiise acquired from
Mr. Punchemflat. He was pound
ed to a jelly ; and Abigail Sprat,
hearing the disturbance (Abigail
was tho damsel's name), flew to
his rescue, wept, over "her ducky,"
and plastered him with brown
paner and vinegar.
When it smarted, Mr. Vane
against his will said :
"Ouch ! ain't it tart though ?"
"You poor, dear ducky,'" said
Abicail Sprat. -'But T'll'L-mo W.
and make 'em well."
And she did.
At dllsk Ahifn.il Srvrnf timrnool
a walk. He treated her to ginger
wer. rie oougtit peanuts, au.i
they ate them out of his handker
chief. He returned in a state nf WIa.
peril table desnair and sonn-h
garret. There he stared across
at the hotel, homebody at its win
dow hulked also at, tho mnnn
"H., )DV dor !" thonrrht Vano
"He will never change back nain.
x in nxcu ior nie. un ! wliat a
tool I've been wlmr, :i. fnrl !"
Somebody on the other side of
iue street saw, in a taint voice,
audiblo by some miraculous
means :
"Oh, what a fool I have
been !
" Who's that ?" caller! Vnnn
" 1 used to be Mr. Glint, now
1 m .Mister Vane," said the voice.
"Oh, ain't I wretched ?"
"You are laughing at mo," said
Vane.
"I ain't. Oh, I don't wonder
you got me in for it. It's awful."
" What has happened to you ?"
asiceii vane.
"First place the dinner," said
lilint. l had soup, and before I
could eat it they took it awav and
gave me fish, and that they
graooea anu gave me meat, and I
hadn't nothn to eat but. swnota
and things, and my digestives is so
nurt i m sure i shall die.
" Then I ain't got nothin' to do,
and I have to be as stiff as a post,
and I am afraid of the horses
they prance so. And then oh
you wretch! That's why vou did
it. 1 kruTw. I'll kill vou !"
"What?" asked Vane.
"Abigail Sprat!"
"Hev?"
" I saw her kissiu' you. And
you n mary ner:
"Hansr me if I will." mini Vm,
"Oh, Abigail Stfratt!" moaned
the wretch across tho street " I
don't think of giving her up. You
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won i cnange oacK, ot course? '
"Will you?" cried Vane.
"Yes."
At that moment, pncli uaw in
- . n ' " ' ill
the street below the yellow-faced,
crooked little man in IiIhpL- H,',
shook his finger at each and leered
and wugirud his head.
Then he took the parchment
irom ins Dreast ana tore it in two.
At that moment the two fnw.ru
from the opposite windows under
went tho sumo pugo of unutter
able acronv acrain anil fnnnA ul!
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darkness for awhile.
With dawn Charles ane iruwA
at himself reioiciii'j- in t lit ll.llTur
and Peter Glint rushed down
stairs to embrace Abigail Sprat,
who was makiiiL' th kitchoi. Hi,'
with redoubled affection. Bran
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