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Show THE LATE WILLuTash An nngllnhman and n American wero i walking together long tne Bots rte Uou ' logne Th Engl imr tvaa lean and lank nlth round should--r nnd no cheat, and wore a drooping moustache and looe, ahnpeleas clot hen shoning that he wa an Kngllsh gentleman The American was built the same as the Englishman, and wai dressed the same as the Englishman English-man shoMng that he nas an American gentleman, and when ve eaj that ho was nn American gentleman of course we menn that he was a New York gentleman The Lnglthman and the American strolled on looking at the swarms of men ond women about them at the wo men who were so much les dowdy than English women and at the men, who were so much less dowdy than American men Then a fellow came ambling ulong, a fellow who dldn t look like a Trench man, a fellow who dldn t look llkf a man at ail He was plump and ptnk. his eyes were blue and head and bedded in purt of fat, and his hair was jellow UK kmea knocked together when he walked, nnd he held one hand on hts hip, and the other da In t lb on his chest The Englishman English-man nnd the American looked at him. and then looked at each other The Ln-rllthman Ln-rllthman looked amused Tho American look 4 thoughtful Welt what the deuce Is that!" ejaculated ejacu-lated the hrgllshman That?' said the Amerlcin "That Is the late Willie Ashe h the late Willie Ashe? asked tho Engllshmin 1- he dead?' And he guffaw guf-faw td lourll Mes he Is 1ead replied the American, serlousU 'He 1- quite quite dend! lhe PnIsbmnn screwed his monocle Into his eje nnd stared stotldty at the American He dldn t know If the Amerlcin Amerl-cin waa making fun nf him or not so he detlled not to commit hlmselr, and he meekl remarked How Interesting? es, said th" American ery Interesting. Inter-esting. Indeed' The lite Willi Asho was born on the stairs wis reared In tho boudoir and died at the altar" This was too much for the LnirMshman "bee here1 he exclaimed, 'What the dell are ou talking about? I am talking about the late Willlo Ashe,' said lhe American ' Well please talk nbout him In a manner man-ner that I can understand 'I will If that be possible," said the American In the first place tell me how he came to bo born on the stairs It was nt Mrs Sufrern Butler s house " Mrs Huffern Butler? said the Engllih- man ' Isn t she the New ork lad who rlaims she has n salon, but really only has n restaurant? ' The sime ' said the American "It was at Mts Suffern Butlers house, Just five ears ago, that Willie Ashe was born Mo ears agol ' burst out the Englishman English-man ('lease do not interrupt' said the American 'Ashe had somehow or other got into Mrs Butlers house, and had managed to dine at her table" ' But remonstrated the Engllshmin, ' 1 thought ou said he was born at Mrs Butler s house' So he wa-. born there." persisted the American Born socially That ta what we are coming to After the dinner. Instead In-stead of cringing to the hostess ai most outsiders would hae done Ashe boldly, or perhaps brazenly would be the better word went up to Mrs Butter and dared her to slide down the bannliter with Well 1 neerl' gisped the English-Neither English-Neither had Mrs Buttr " said the Amerlcin but she did it Just the sdme I don t know why she dl 1 It I don t think thnt to this da she herself knows why she did it Some si she had been dining not wisely, and some say that her husbind hnd been flirting too welt At any rate she did It And a Mrs Butler slid down the bannister. Willie Ashe came Into existence At the foot of the stalra eeribodv crowded nround the pair, who w ere both doing w ell Tho newcomer proed to be n bouncing boy, and then and there old Mrs John Arthur claimed the privilege of being his jodmother And society realized thit a new and ex- shrine of Willi Ish.111.. ! Millie A,he becim, inVfJJ &?, How extraordinary." ''"tit.1 Englishman """' eia, ' Those IhlKg, naVpen'H ih A.r They nev er do In lSw r! the Englishman London,' Jj "No, sou don t have fmu . we do in New York. becVuV.n.h" we must have sometrdM ?". N ' something to think about i Ulk '. ...While In London?1 eitien.a .. llthman latrita: the i ' While In London," said ik. . sou must have nothing iS'j nothing to think about ta t Oh, I say! Well don t let us quarrel ... me go on with the lAcJm?.btit of Willie Asho For a wW.r,w H, ety had been talking tJ,'J,,e" clothes and clothes "no fSa ' Ashe came society received hf " arms and kissed him in th.111"i ' ou refer. ' suggested is. J" to the f.mlnlnfroril'o'n 'J7 gfij-b In New ork. ohierviii iJ1' con. 'nil society I, femlrdn. ty " London nil soclets- i eSiml,"1 ' lork,, society proclilraed"", Hut sou said Just now ik.. . only the fad,' persisted ln7 EmJJ J Ye",r ,nd " hf w only ttlui New York every fad Is SS,"!M the fad Soclety'looked to aS; thing for entertainment and ij.'?" ety consulted Ashe as to i vvhii ." ! "J. as to what It should ,,, lJ 'P whnt It should do Ar I Ash. J"' The fellow had monei 1 K. said the Englishman ' ' "-eW Not a centl lJut that aa. . He dldn t have to piy 1" ,a'?Jk dldnt even have to make a'f rasing for nnsthlng h, i,Pt hierrs's, and at the end ot V.A1' the proprietors handed hlra ,","," bill for the rent Ashe would i,','1!; and order tie, and socks andT,.;"1 charged to '.Mr. Terdle Oerard Vl ettes and perfume, and s..7f charged to -ilrs Bchusler bim", '. slan-lamb overcoats haried ..' ' Thurman Osgood For a tlm. k.1'. Mrs Arthur's eecretarj , ."ndtw" ety got him a position o a perfjl?.' Ashe was tasslonntels fonffot S' and he thought that I :,'?! sweet' of soclets to nut him i. V perfectly lov els ' buslne?, 8?nV. told ou how Asho was born on ik.. and how ho was bred In the Si. But." declared the Enw.hSS?: have not told me how he "S V the boudolrl You haven t smK, ? of the boudoir. Ashe wa. bred W I know 1 haven t," said the kSL smlllmj. and don t 'intend to fe dolrs Ashe was bred In are too rune nnd too well known to steai now for the climax Of courii . ihL to he a climax il,n cannot go on f lr.'".slnK,,uP "s ballet dancer. ,BJS with dolls and remain In society "And did Athe do thou thlnnt dldn t mention them " ' I dldn t mention them beciou i are unmentionable." Mid the Asm 1 et me see, where did I leave o5 y' 1Jt"l,1 lc,JlVB. y1u ihat A"u fad Well, society had courted tb" society had loved the fad but loflm never married the fad I dontknoi soclets had never married him' fc it was because society was alreaifi But surely that wouldn t mittn-the mittn-the Englishman Perhaps not. In London At in, the W ldow Duncan was the onlr who married the fad She prowj him. nnd he nccepted her Of com. was expenslv e But she vraa winnf could well afford him He XJ price, end she paid It And thai In to piss that Mrs Klliha Duncan W William Ashe to the altar And 1V1 walked up the alale Ashe s light Bird flickered And as the two wereprenoc one Ashe s light spluttered and W lllle Ashe expired at the altar m came" and the American Jerked thumb over his shoulder 'the la in Ashe "Harold Melbourne. In ft b Mirror. |