| Show A LESSON IN MT A BIOT AN ACT TAT THE HASTY MAN BIT TERLY REPENTED A tonell inn laser Int lelent II 11 it 11 tie r buu on ise birr sit of adny ay hr 11 ur or IOU ou I 1 Crockr Croc kelta ll tl cat n co tl ei elk I 1 tre pre K t there are tin pa when success deau la quickness ol 01 action and there aie are upon other times n bell it Is isaio na I 1 0 to make when cue one haste baste slowly considers the many thill in his 1 life ife which he nicea he lie had left it is a rulo rule not to balasty for the hatty barty laau man fashions many a bitter pill for his own consumption and the hair trigger temper is almost always a boomerang to its unhappy pos possessor e sor aa t tho the intersection of pon 85 s ivanci and ne ise clork ork avenues one pleasant after afternoon noun there occurred au an incident that implanted in the kindly heart of a well known young washington man a quality of shame that ft ill un question ably servo serve as one of the larger cassons of his life the young man MAD ined by bythe the young NN oman who was to become his wife in a short time was standing alobe to the curbstone of the two jenues awaiting a georgetown car the two were chatting merrily the girl was in high spirits and her langh laugh ter the of silver belle bells was plin saut innaimo suddenly the young womac cea ed her laughter and looked A with a flash ft of worriment in sion ill in the be direction of a fine line looking and N veil ell dusted man who was still ebaid d ingon ing on the pai pavement ament sligh ly IY against an awning pole her ifer escort perceiving the bud audlin lan change in I 1 ler er manner add expression also alho looked in lit the ume same direction NN by does that man gaze at me so said the girl he ile lias has been looking at me with that same intent ne aies ever since n e have been standing here aud and sometimes halt half br i miling ailing too I 1 ban sure I 1 do not know him what can he lie incan 1 the man mauN with her flushed with anger as he looked upon the man mail point ed out by ins his fiancee the mail man n with ith big clear gray eyes was still regard ing the girl with a deep intentness of a smile flick flickering erin aero acro bat s at th corner ot of his strong mouth he leanet biily against tha the anning pole an I 1 curried a heavy cane loosely in ill his left hand the girl paw faw that her nance fiance waa was becoming t up over the ap parent lv persi blent ent and flirtatious stare odthe of the mau man oh ob never dever mind a she eaid said ably he be thinks he be knous kno 8 me perhaps indeed be he hat met wet me somewhere lothing of the sort was the re ply the fellow Is a masher pure and himple benee lie nee is a lesson lesbon the object of the kept hie hit gaze riveted upon the face of the tile young woman even when the latter a fiance approached app roache I 1 him menacingly the young fellow a powerful man raised bis his right arm and with all of bia his force struck the man with clear gray ayea oil the right bide of the face with a heavy leavy open palm the tile marls of oil his fingers stood out on tl ti 0 cheek of the man ha be had struck I 1 11 teach you yon you loafer to ogle young women on the street streets said the tile young man aa as he lie delivered the blow the expression that appeared on face of the older man immediately felt the impact of the blow was he ile started then turne I 1 very pal pale man ilan he raid in a very to low W tone toile I 1 am stone blin bill I 1 no ono who witnessed the scenes acene is likely to forget it ur u r can cart any tiny of the will esses babes think 0 of the really pitiable grief of the young chap who baruck the blow without feeling for him he Ile fairly took the blind man in fit ills his anus arms in the frenzy of his excitement the Thel I 1 lindman lind man generously made light of it all but be could not mitigate the heavy humilia tion of the hot beaded young man a I 1 beard the laughter of a young wo man gaid said the allind man quietly it reminded me of the voice in merriment of a girl I 1 know before my sight was we 8 taken that is why I 1 turned in the dl ill whence the laughter came then a negro lad in the livery of a buttons I 1 emerged from the drug store t into big his master had bad tent him on an errand and taking the blind man by the hand led him carefully up fit rif street the men and women who saw and heard beard it all felt almost as horry for the naturally eue roua but foolishly imnetu ous young man who had struck the blow as they did for the blind man ex change |
