. WAX FIGURE
OF A HERO
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Origlnatl i
"Where did you first meet your wife.
tlalsteadr
The question was asked by a guest
f Austin Ilalstead after dinner, when
" the wives of the two men had retired
,. to -the drawing room and clears were
brought to the dining table, A smile
passed over HalBtead'a face.
. "That's a funny story." he said.
"Funny stories, especially about the
first meeting of wives and onsbanaa,
are always interesting." . :
"I hadn't been out of the Naval acad
' my a year and was as full of nonsense
s the day I left Annapolis. Our ship
was ordered to the Brooklyn navy yard
lor refitting, and, having a good deal of
' time on my hands, I spent it in New
IX Or K. -1 lounu uiu xuueu uuam a ifuuu
place to get away with an afternoon
and spent not only one but several
there. One day I was in uniform at
the time, having been ordered on some
official duty In New York connected
(with the ship I strolled into the show
. f wax figures along with one of our
. fellows, Tom Anderson.'" Tom was on
leave and in mufti. We went through
the place and sat on a wooden settee
to rest and watch the people. A friend
f, Tom's went by,' and Tom left me
temporarily to go to speak to him.
"I noticed that several persona look-
d at me scrutlnlzingly, suspecting that
since I was in uniform I might be a
wax figure of some great naval hero,
but as soon as they perceived that I
iwas merely a real live middy they lost
interest in me and passed on. Present
ly I saw coming a young girl of six
teen, whose dresses had not been let
-down to the length for women. In the
-are of a French maid. She was one of
the; piquant kind, full of 'animation.
- This was evidently her first visit to the
chow, and she was intensely interested
In everything she saw. She gave me
. an inquiring glance, then asked her
maid in French whether I was flesh
and blood or wax. Not getting a satis
factory reply, she came nearer and
.fixed her sparkling black eyes upon me.
"Of course it was a mean thing to do.
but what can you expect from a young
ster who has also the disadvantage of
being a sailor asnorer I loonea straignt
before me. Tom Anderson was stand
ing at a little distance, talking with his
friend, and saw the girl trying to make
' mei out He - smiled and ; ;called bis
friend's attention to the pantomime.
Tom bad as much deviltry in him as I
nd was equally culpable. Tipping the
iwink to his companions, be led the way
toward me. , '..'..
"'Did you ever see Admiral Farra-
gut as a young man 7 he said, loud
-enouch to be heard by the girl. 'Here
be is just as he was at twenty-one.'
' . . . . Ji ...... .. . ,.. '
"xne two stoou uviore me wunw
stared at vacancy The girl drew near
- to hear all about the great admiral.
"This waxwork,' Tom continued,
'was made after photographs .taken at
the time.'
"This was such a palpable lie that I
found it difficult to retain my gravity,
When Farragut was twenty-one, pho
tography was unknown. Besides, .the
uniform was then very different But
these facta had no effect on the girl.
"'No one would suppose,' said Tom,
'that the great naval hero could! have
been such a miserable looking speci
men of humanity in his early days.
"Look at that nose. Did you ever see
ueh a probosclB? 1
" 'I think he was very handsome.'
said the girl to her maid indignantly,
Then his handsbig enough for a
' No. 10 glove. And his feet they'd cov-
-er the Quarter deck of a line of battle
ship.'
"The girl tossed her head and turned
her back on the speaker. How I ever
retained my gravity I don't know. I
remember that I felt a horror of laugh
Ing. for it would have revealed a terrl-
ble slight upon the young girL I had
already had enough of the Joke and
wished that Tom would go away and
the girl would pass on without know
fug bow we had fooled her. When "she
looked away for a moment I gave Tom
an appealing look, which he understood
and drew his friend to another curl
sltf. "As soon as they had gone the girl
entered upon an animated dialogue
-with lier maid, in which the former did
nearly all the talking. ,
" 'Those men ought to be ashamed of
themselves to talk that way .We've
been studying about Admiral Farragut
at School," and It's a disrespect to
speak 'so even about his wax figure. I
jtuhik he was lovely.' " '
- "My heart melted more and more to
my charming defender, and I was be
coming dreadfully ashamed ok my de-
ceptlon. The maintaining of a fixed
position was tiresome, but I would
rather die than reveal myself. .
"1 don't -see.' the girl remarked,
how It is possible to make wax look so
lifelike. See the color in the cheeks,"
the veins. Those eyes can't be glass. I
wonder If he is a wax figure after all.'
"At this Juncture a fly lighted on my
nose and made my position intolerable.
The girl came very near and examined
me critically. Then she raised her taper
finger and touched me on the cheek.
This was too much. I broke Into a
smile and said bb kindly as I could:
"'Mademoiselle, you, have made a
mistake.'
" 'Oh, goody gracious" she gasped,
drawing away as from redhot iron.
"I would have apologized, but she
turned and ran away as fast as 6lie
could go, followed by her maid."
"And tbi second time you met?"
asked the dinner giu'Pt
"Oh, that was three yeai-3 later at a
t all on board the fiapship. She recog
! '.:ed me and laughed at tlie incident.
fell i'i love .with her,, and we were
-r'. d. 'I'-Jt tL' T-3 r.rC-,:v.3 f;:my
trial" T. A. MITCH III. I
Scotch Ceaselattoa.
A story is told of a canny Scot who
dealt in old bones, alternating bis
spells of labor with heavy sprees. Dur
ing the period of depression which fol
lowed each overindulgence John habit
ually took to bed and there diligently
studied the family Bible. .. During one
of these fits of attempted reformation
bis condition prompted his wife to call
In the Rev.,, Mr. Wallace, the parish
minister. who at the time happened to
be passing. , . .
"Oh, Maister Wallace, come In and
see oor John. He's rale bad."
"What's wrang wl" himT
"lie's feart to. meet bis Masker,"
said Mrs. John. : i i
Quick as fire canto the crushing re
ply:
"Humph! Tell'm be needna be feart
for that He'll never see'mP r
The Bonk of the) K lad erf or tea.
The Japanese have the most perfect
kindergarten system id the world. Ia
fact they originated this method of in-
structing by entertainment instead of
by punishment .Their play apparatus
for such purposes is elaborate, but all
of it is adapted to the infant mind.
which it is designed at once to amuse
and to inform. The little ones of Japan
even become somewhat,. Interested In
mathematics by seeing and, feeling
what a pretty thing a cone, a sphere or
a cy Under Is when cut out of wood
with a lathe. They make outlines of
solid figures out of straw, with green
peas to bold the Joints together, and
for the instruction of the blind flat
blocks are provided, with the Japanese
characters raised upon them. Pear
son's Weekly.
HcKtaler His Mother.
Dr. Rlxey, who for some years was
the private physician In the McKlnley
household, used to tell that when the
late president's mother sat down for
the first time to a White House dinner
what seemed to impress her most was
the prodigal supply, of cream. She
commented on the abundance and then
added, "Well, William, at last I know;
what they mean when tbey speak of
the cream, of society." - ,
; The president laughed. T admit,1
said he, "that there seems to be an
extravagant array of cream on the ta
ble, but you know, mother,' we can af
ford to keep a cow now."
V Dlckeae' Unfortunate Love.
Concerning Charles Dickens, it is well
known that though be married Cather
ine, one of George Hogarth's three
daughters, in 1830. he was later devot
edly attached to her sister Mary; Wny
be did not marry Mary in the first
place Is not certainly known, unless it
be that Mary, a young woman of great
loveliness of character, bud successful
ly concealed her own affection for
Catherine's betrothed in order to save
her sister-from disappointment Percy
Fitzgerald in Harper's Magazine.
' ' Friendly AH.
Jinks See here, old boyl You ought
to do something to reduce your flesh.
You are becoming fearfully stout
Minks Say, Jinks,' you are about the
fortieth friend who has made that of
fensive remark today, and I'm getting
tired of it it worries me.
Jlnks-That's all right " Worry re
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Whan my daughter was three Month old Eciania
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