Show N rv A GOOD ONE ON DANA V how the great editor wu was Wor kid td in 1 1 I 1 a 0 louisville courier journal it is remark remarkably abl how widely and 1 how bow well the crotchets crotchety crotch ets of public men become known tl AB As an illustration of thia this I 1 am 1 11 tempted to tell a little story of mr charles anderson Ander aou dana dina which has ial I 1 never appeared in print in paria paris one day da y last summer I 1 I 1 ran into mr air dana in front of the th e hotel As we walked away together someone Borne oue called out behind w lit hello tJ ello there mr air danal looking back we saw a slender figure in a battered antique silk bat a shiny oleaginous coat and I 1 V J A 11 I 1 e 1 I 1 closely fitting fitt ilig trousers which teemed to shrink in undisguised contempt from meeting the top of a sadly wrecked pair of shoes how d y do mr dana the melancholy looking individual exclaimed cheerily as he came toward us 1 I sa saw w you while I 1 was in the bank of france back there but could not pet get up to speak to you As the bank of france i is 4 even more exclusive than the united states or the north pole mr dana whose face had assumed a rather uninviting expression at first beamed with a ami smi e which was all the encouraged encouragement ent needed by the stranger if any was needed by him at all you have the advantage of me ine sir the great editor said if in I 1 a ann committal tone ie it possible was the suave answer that you do not recollect reaf me inc let me ine refresh your memory Myna neis huxley prof waldir wedgewood e od Al hypnotist mind header reader clairvoyant reader of destiny etc eta etc we bad turned and walked on but the professor would not be shaken off striding on beside us at a pace which materially widened ti alie e hiatus between hia his trousers an and d shoes 1 I dont think you treated me fairly in new york rina the prot professor assor puffed indeed I 1 dont everything was square and genuine about my exhibitions they were as bona fide filo as they were sine bine qua noil non and ift if the beSun sun done me up I 1 might have been in in N new ew york yet in the hey day of my fame fane and find prosperity mr air dana remarked that he be had bad never had bad the pleasure re of the pro fes sors acquaintance that if the disint had done him a wrong it would cheerfully repair ir it and handing him a dollar politely intimated the pressure of an engagement and begged to be excused thank you sir sirl thank you mr dana danal the professor exclaimed somewhat effusively 1 I am sure you were not inspired by malice when jou you done don e me we up in the sun er I 1 beg your p birdon irdon didde up I 1 should have said and I 1 accept the amende honorable depositing his dollar in hia his trousers pocket in the same slime chiva chivalric spirit it in which it was tendered and now sir I 1 want to prove to you that your confide confidence rice in me has not been misplaced I 1 want to demonstrate to you that I 1 have never tented my powers as a seer I 1 want none of the professors powers mr dane declared was questioned by himo him at the same time quicken ing bia hi steps but the P professors mors a stride tride let lengthened gt ened and his trousers shortened and he be kept well ivell alongside it will take roe me only a few minutes to vindicate myself the professor continued 1 I can GO do I 1 BO 80 by the time wu we reach the next corner and you kaw sir in ill 1 paris aris it would not be good form for me rue to 0 o turn on my heel and leave you 0 U before reaching a comer your U I 1 hand one second sir and the pro tensor fessor seized mr air drnas hand W which however waa was quickly withdrawn that is long enough the professor said your destiny is clear t to 0 ile me 1 I see and he dixe fixed I 1 iiii hi watery eyes I 1 i intently n on oil the llor horizon izon mechanically and slid droning out his words worda 1 I see but it ia is impossible to tell you all I 1 see before we reach the corner and I 1 shall confide myself to abo the last I 1 gee see you you on your death mr dana mount straight to the pearly gatea gates of paradise I 1 seo see you walk up to the bux box offida I 1 see two persons just ahead of you and as you perceive ve them I 1 see you stop top short and scowl an awful cowl if they go in I 1 stay otay out I 1 hear you mutter 1 I see those two persons turned away and ordered to to the other place I 1 see you smile with benign satisfaction at this and then I 1 see the ticket man smile and extend 0 to o you a pass I 1 see you take it and as you do so I 1 hear you say are not those persons ruther ford Burc burchard liard hayes and grover cleveland yes mr dana the roan man in the box office answers and they dont get in you A smilingly m klingly observe neither mr cleveland nor mr ila hayes yes is is going to get in here mr dana 1 the box office man replies ARE going to get in great green postage stamp iff is that the ki kind in d of grammar spoken hert berc 1 I hear you cry out jut mr air dana there is ia no grammar up tip here bere mr air dana is the calm response of the tile box office man nu no grammar I 1 hear bear you gr groan oan mr dana in boario am abaz ment and horror and then slowly tearing up your pas mr dana I 1 see you cat the pieces at your feet and turn resolutely reso away saying with a new determination in your voice then I 1 shall go with these gentlemen ali and taking an arm of mr grover cleveland and an arm 0 of f mr rutherford burchard hayes I 1 bee see you all three start off together down the hill and as its you do I 1 hear bear you mr air dana remark bome come on boys leta lets go and have a smoke we had bad reached the corner mr dana looked at the professor wor and then looked at me 1 I tb think ink he be de deserves another dollar he be swails Swai ps the professor took it and lifting hid his hat ha bowed profoundly mr dana also bowed and raised his hat that was the last wo we saw saw of the professor POLK |