The Jedge To Mandy

"I wish to goodness you'd lend me a stomp," said Jedge Waxem, tlie Membcr from Wayback, to aCritic represe ntative sitting on hls desk yeeterday moriilng about a quarter of an liour before Congress began its daily round of arduous labora. "I haint (fot one, and I haint got no time to send after one now, and Tve (fot a Utter I want to senil oír to Mandy by the next train." The representative fished a dilapldatedlookinít piece of gangrene paper out olf his pocket and hamled ït to the Jedge. "Must a been usin' that fer a eaddlt1blaaket, haint you?" he inquired bolding it up 11 his tinjrers and surveying it critioally. "I'm no equlne dude," replied the 6cribe, politely. "All risrht, young feller, but you've got to make 25 per cent, discount on a stomp that has got a countenance on to it like that one has. It looks like it liad sot up al) íiiitht exliortin' a lot of Congressmen on a pile of pasteboarda. VVhen Mandy sees that she'll be sure somemember of the Committee on the Reform of Congressional Moráis has gone into physcal and moral bankruptcy and hung out his picter fer a sign." "By the way, Jedíre," proposed the acribe, "s'pose you let me see that letter to your wife, and 11 1 cali it square on the stamp. I know there's soinething in it that will be intiresting, because any expresred tbpught f a yreat statesman and representativemati is inteiesting, and you are both." The Jedgeblushed and said he"knoved it," but he cnuldu't help it, and wound up by turning the letter over to the scribc, vith the andentsndlng that it be pnt in the mail before 3 o'clock, whicli it was, and here is a copy of it: "Hoüse of Representatives, "Washington. D. C, Feb. 10. 'Mrs. W. Q. Waxem, Wnyback Center, I'. S. A. "Mr Dear Madam: Yours of recent date to Land, and contenta noted. 1 tiikc pleasure in informing you, madam, that the matters submitted tlierein to me fot consideratlon shall receive ray prompt attention, ard you shall be notified at once of any actiou takeo or progress mude. "Touw respectfully. "Deue WikR: This isa ery of rconnmy and reform and He jist go lite ahed rit i n to you on this same sheet of paper, whitch I discover, niy prívate secretary, whitch I have had to hire temperarily, tell Congress can do sometliln fer us, h8 U8ed in replyin toyourn, whitch he prohi bly found on my ilesk alona wlth other valuble papers. I send it to you as a specimen t of llie onthiisiism. domestic ferver and einoshunal intencity a private secretar}' thinks out to be tlirowcd into a letter from a statesman of emminents to the wife of his boosom. "Thank goodness, we aint beholden to a private secretary to keep up the tie tlmt binds while we air fer apart. '"Sence ntin you last, I hav been sloshin around a good deel in society, because CoDgress wontdo eaough to keep a man bizzy, unless he meddels with other peepies buisness and I wont do that, even ef I do not get my name Into the Jieecord no ofener than thar hapens lo be a rollcall. Lagt nite I was to tlie White House to tlie last reception of the seezon, and you ought to a seen it. Thar was more peeple thar then gits to the Wayback Oourity Fair on the Ust day, and the way most of them was drfssed was a reverlation. I hiiint heen in eosiety mutch outside of Washington, but Ile lay the National Capital rite down along side of any town In this broad land of Freedom ter doin the most dressin on the fiewest close and win evvery time. "As usliule, Mrs. Cleveland was lookin very purty and imilla, and had on a dress that must a cost at least two dollars a yard. It was cut,bias with a gored peploon on a green ground - but, Mandy, whats the use my tryin to teil you about dresses? I reckon it makes you feel purty mutch like 1 feel when you start in lotell me how to hold the milder on the ship of state. Mrs. C. ast how you was and ef you was eomin on this winter, and I told her I reckened you wouldent, as one of us had to stay home to try and keteh up wlth the time we lost whi-n we was abroad last summer, and I couhlent, for I (jot wages fer my werk, and you dident, so you staid. I was to Mrs. Whitneys and Mrs. Faircliildses, and Mrs. Dickinsons on Cabinet day, and was puttiu on so mutch style and munners that I feit like I was a cross betwixt a wax ligger and an iriifishal flour. I paid 'goodinornin' and 'good mornin' teil I didenl know what time It was, and when I come out of Mrs. Whitneys and seen the sun i settin, I thought it was raifin, and 1 walked ten square vet, thinkin I was goin east. I was a thlnkiu about you dear Mandy, and got kinder abstracted They hav mighty line lickers at some ot the Cabinet houses. í HUÍ 11 nU 1J 1IC1C Ji mi iiii' Kti. ivii-v ví our new Cominiity 'n Moral Reform. We ir holdiu ejisecutive sessions mostly ut present, and air gittin loded ter bar. After a keerful perusel of the members of that commilty. whicli is yit unappiuted, though active per see, I feel to rejoict tliat (Jongress has got men reddy and willin and Titten to serve ther country in setch a capasity. An ordinary stateíinan is a grate man and werthy of all glory and creddit, but a moral statesman is deservin of a crown of imortality and the thanks of bis coiintrymen. "Our committy halnt done inutch yit, butitis gittin a liew persons that cant stand daylite purty bad skeeml, a id ef we couclude to swoop down, thar ig K"i to be a hegiry, er hyatus, er exodus, er somethin of that port In the raiika of the sinners that will be agonizin, but, Matidy, dont worry about me. "Ascheerman of that committy Ile see that my intrusts is pertected. "line thinkin of interjuein a bilí In the House purty soon ferbildin of aCustoinHouse and Postolllco in our town, and want to kinder spring it on tlie folks for a supprise party, und you mustent teil a livin sole. You inite, thougli, ef you aint too bizzy, kinder put that corner lot of yourn near the Coiut-llouse into repare, by cuttln ofl' the dried weed and rakin up the empty cans, old boots el ai., fer thers a liviu chance to git that Fostofflce onto our property. Fer goodness sake?, thouKh, dont git to talkin to none of the nabers about tliis, fer et' they auspicion anything Ile nevver git back hert in the world. "How is the childern gittin along this cold wether? I reckon they air lernln a good deel at school, and iniprovin the advantidges ther parients never had. "Teil the edditer of the Vindicater to hedec a little on l'residential candidates fer thls seezon. Thar U a good many oin to be out, and the Vindicater cant ford to coinpermise its standin in the omunity by raisin its banner fer the ong man. Teil him not to git led astray y a boom. They air goin to be thickern izards on tbc siinsliiny side of a rock )ile, and aboul as bard to git yore hauds O. "lm sorry Colonel McSwiggloses olest gal couldn't cotne on and partake of lie soslinl spleuders of the Capital. Thar s h good many mity purty young wim ïen here, but Maria McSwIggles could a ïeld up her end of the swlngle-tree right long and nevver ruilled aliar. They aint wteh show, though, of kelchin husbans er the gal.-, er wives fer the men. All the oungsters is so bizzy sparkln different oes that they dont have time to settle to iic tliing, and Mandy, yoa know a8 well s I do tbat ef peeple is evver goln to git ïarried they cant do it by scatterin. Vlebbe Lent will give em a chance to einder snuck up to one another, and I lope it will, fer I like to see two human ui roostm on the sume sentiment. "Have you got any more of them yarn ox like you sent me fer Chrisnias ? My vasli-woman burnt the toes out of the thers with a hot iron. Send em by mail, "Has Grovie C. got wdl ? Kiss him fer is Dac! ! "I seen Col. Colman yistiddy in sosiety nd he promised me lie'd send out enough eed this spring fer you to expiriment all on pk'ased with. They will come to ore persend adress. If you cant use hem send tliem to the nabers with your usbands compelraents. Jol. Colman vont keer, he's used to it. "Now I must shurdy stop. Il is sutch dclite to rite to my lovin wlfe that I evver know when to quif. Oive my best ove to the childern, take good keer of the arm, rite me long and frequent, rememer me to the nabers, and with slathers and heaps of love to my dear Mandy : Tbe onlyest ouly of my cliulse, Ker her 1 always plne. And I am mity glad to ?ay la my Valenline ! Yore Lovin Husband, VV. ( Waxkm. "P. S. - Dld you evver liere of Mr. Walc, a nit'inber from Missouri. He told me the otlier day he thought he was some km of youin, but I dident Incurrldge the it'liitioiiïhip teil I had a chance lo here 1 rom vou. Let me kuo about this.