Show HARD ON THE DUDE Mr Gurloy Would Not Say the Word t Clear Him from Sasplclnn I was drifting down Rico street yesterday terday afternoon said the Hon Erastus Gurley on my way from Summit avenue ave-nue to the Merchants when I observed a lady about sixty feet ahead upon tho skirt of whoso dress a piece of barrel hoop had caught Between me and the lady was a dude gotten up in o ornate toilet smoking tho conventional cigarette cigar-ette and hugging tho conventional cane He to also observed tho barrel hop Im not a mind reader but I can pretty closely guess what passed through the light and airy nothing which the dude thinks is his mind He instinctively thought to step on the hoop and thus relieve re-lieve the lady of the incongruous appendage appen-dage Well to make a long story short he did soand the lady was brought upstanding up-standing in tho middle of the sidewalk A shingle nail in the hoop had caught in tho braid of tho young ladys dress and the dudes weight on tho hoop held her fast checked up n it were likoa horse 1 Please step off from my dress sir said the lady The dude jumped back about six feet and exclaimed I Pardon me mad Impertinent puppy 1 repliedthejlady turning contemptuously away a though to pursue her way the hoop dancing merrily mer-rily along in her trail But madam allow me t explain persisted tho dude I I will hand you over t the first policeman po-liceman I meet i you do not instantly cease your annoyance Die dudo turned t me n I had by this timo caught up with tho pair and said Awwouldyou mind explaining the honesty of my intentions to the lady I took in the situation at a glanceimd replied I know nothing concerning your intentions in-tentions and see nothing to explain With that the lady swept away and the dude collapsed The hoop had become be-come disengaged from the dress braid having caught on the fence and to this moment she is in blissful ignorance of the dudes good intentions St Paul Pioneer Press |