She Missed It

"i unovr wnat i am taimng abouí, " remarked a niember of congresa, "when I =ay tbat a cougressman has tronble of his own. It's a fine tbing to be a statesman and show np in the national parade of greatness at the capital, bat tbere's a good deal more to it thaii tliat. And one of tbe tbings tbat is bardest to bear is what tbey say about us. Why, a lady can't come up bere and ask to seo a member tbat tberearen't a half dozen people to wiiik and shake fhe head and a lot more of tbe same tío make him wish all the women were ln hades. Of course tbere is some gronud among us for remar'ks, just as there is arnong preachers and doctors and bod carriers and everybody else human, and I know a woman or two who find tbeir chief delight in trying to involve oongressxnen and otber officials in any kind of a Birtation tbat comes bandy. Tbey are pretty and persuasivo, and before a man ínows wJiat he is abont be is down in :he senate restaurant payingfor a lunch and listening to some kind of a tale of woe. "Bnt they miss it now and then, and [ am glad to note an instance. A member from a northern state had been invited to cali at the lady's hotel the nest day, and she had asked him to let her snow if he could come. He wrote, saying among other things, 'Tomorrow, madam, I hope to see the loveliest woman in the whole world. ' Naturally she was pleased and told all the people around the hotel about it. The next day ie did not appear, and the next sbe saw lim at the capítol and asked him wbat ie meant by treating her so. " 'What did I do?' he asked innocently. " 'You said yon were coming to see me, ' she said, blnshing at the rememirance of hia words. " 'I think not. ' " 'Indeed yon did, ' she insisted. 'Yon said you would see the loveliest woman n the world. ' and she blnshed again. " 'Oh, I beg yonr pardon,' he said, Bmiline. 'I meantmy vpife. She rived yesterday.' "-