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■tween I lie gladiators,
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■m. up his ape,l eye.
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an old heroic man,
le'inl el'.V of allpel'.
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a pi:n inp, pondering lona :
■ mil like sacred lire,
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■he list am Kast lie journey it.
■is link mission held,
■ tliai his life's short remnant
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mi the forum
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111111 Inal i■ alllll es pleai I.
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' 1 - illi nlll \ emie.nu se ran,
■*' 'l''’ ileath spaliil silliness
io'r ilit ilviuu man:
h nir It..me, jrriiw ii more
liers|>,,rt in human ‘•■ore,
her ('oiiseuiu
eallle lie more.
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mm 11;isn ss;hi:.
i h a.sitr k p up iy was bio
B l ' a ami robb-hl of a htrge
■ f valuable plates. Mr.
tlis'rusicd the police ami
Bi' i'-.v in tlirse eases, ami Lis
■ pivvaileil m him to semi for
H''l' OJiaftei'tv, the village
■'“t wurihv ran.e, ami heard
He .onkiil at the lady
’ ail:l his self dtcep
B l,e * ,n on of him. To
!l!s ! ‘iiiiihi ( . neighbors '.vas
■ dangerous, but to
B L ' i ' ) tai, ' i Ul11 '" 1 L 'ive sml disap
■ llh ,:lll| l‘"nl was quite unotli
Blatter.
■ e l' ll '-on Imiei itv, and sa d
a ,l IJ ll ' r l-exi.n 1 Inin en-
B*y I'hu the Squire was an
■oui.l sat i bitterly :
would raditr ob
■ llft ‘*lfl>ors, or a uqod keep
I" ‘° " as 11 sti'JMiger <o him,than
B 1 whose land had fed him
I ,b * UI h' \ ears. ’ He was pro
B lD s‘i the same strain when
■ ’ a ’ Wl! l‘ the die trial whine
I Ull 7 s °ul was subject, tj oc
■ »y. implored hnu not to
8,/,' Jr . Ll,u entirely with hard
11(1 v 'o'ild dolt is best.
led* P °' V ’ how will y*>u pro
luuter Un " e remler yon ftn y
Weekly Gwinnett Herald.
I’YLKR VI. PK s, ,
Editor and Propkiktor- f
Patric said, humbly, in a down
cist way, he would like to see the
place where the thieves got in.
He was taken io the pamry win
dow, and examined it inside and
on 1 , and all the servants peeped tit
him.
“What nex ?" enquired t lie
Squire.
Then Patrick in irdly resolved
to get a g >od dinnei out of this
business, however humiliating the
end might be "Sorr," maid lie
‘‘ye’ll hare io give me a room all
to myself, and a rump-steak and
O'i’ons; and after that your ser
v nts must bring me three pipes
and three pints of home-brewed
ale. Brewers'ale hasn't die same
spiritual effect on a seer s mind.”
When the first pipe and pint
were to go to him a discussion
took place between the magna es
of the kitchen who should take it
up. At last the butler and die
housekeeper insisted on
man taking it. Accordingly he
did so.
Meantime Patrick sat in stale
digesting (lie good food. He be
gan to feel a physical complacency
and to defy the future; he only re
greted 'lni' he had confined his de
maud to one dinner and three pots.
To lrm in this frame of mind en
'< red the footman with pipe and
pint ®f ale as clear as Madeira.
Says Patrick, looking tit the
pipe, “That's the ti-sl of 'em.”
The footman put die things
down rather hurriedly and vanish
ed.
“Hump,” sanl Pat to himself,
“you do uit mem to care for my
company.”
He sipped and smoked, and his
mind worked.
The footman went to the bus
ier with a scared face, and said .
“I won’t go near him again; lie
said I was one.”
“Nonsense!” said the buller, ‘l’ll
lake up the next."
He did so. Patrick gazed in his
face, took the pipe, f ml said, sot
to voce.
“This is the second;” then, very
regre fully, “Only one more to
come.'
Th j bnt’er went a vay much dis
composed, and told the house
keeper.
‘•I can't believe i', v said she.—
a-y way 1 11 know the wors*.
So in due course she t ook up
the pint and pipe, and wore pro
pitiatory smiles.
“This is the last of etr, said
Pattick, solemnly, and* loffce* 1 at
the glass.
The housekeeper W“iit down all
in a flutter. “We are found out,
we are ruined,” said site. “There
is nothing to be done now but—
Yes there is: we must buy him, or
put die comeHier on him before
lie sees the .master.
Patrick was half dozing over his
last pipe, when lie heard a rustle
and a commotion, and lo! three
culpri son 'heir knees to lnm
With that instinctive sagaci y which
was his own real gift—he un
derstood it.—he sai l wvh a twink
ling eye :
“Och, thin, you’ve come to make
aclane bris ot it, die three hhris
chin vartues and haythen graces
that ye are. Ye miy save your
selves die trouble. Sure I know
all about i .”
“We see you do. Yaie wiser
than Solomon, said thehoueekeep
er. “lint sure ye wouldn’t a’ms
3our wisdonfto ruin three poor
bo lies like ns 1
“Poor !” cried Patrick. “Is it
poor ye call ycurselves ? Ye ate
and diink like lighting c- cks : ye
o.re clothed in silk and plusli and
broa lclji.h. and your wages is all
pocket money and pin-mo nay.
Yet yemus rob (Lie man that feeds
and clothes ye.’
‘‘ls it true! is it true! cried the
%
butler.
“He speaks like a priest, said
the woman. “Oil. alamiu ! don t
Lawrenceville, la.. Wednesday Oct. 24 iBB3
be hard on us it is all the devil's
doings; he 'imp ed us. Oh !oh !
oil!"
“Whisht now. and spake sinse, "
said Patrick, roughly. -Is it melt
ed !”
“It. is noi !”
“Can you lav voir hands on it
lie asked.
“We cun, every st ver of it. We
intended to put, it back.'
“That's a lie !" said Patrick.firm
lv, but not in the least reproach
fully. “Now look a 1 me,t.be whole
elan of ye. mde and faymale.—
W Inch would ye rather do—help
me find the grimcracks. every ar>
tide of em, or be lagged and s?rag
ed and stretched on a gibbet and
such likeeligam divavsions ?"
f hey snatched eagerly at the
plank of safety held cut to them,
and from that min u>e acted under
Mr. O Itaffertys orders.
“Fetch me another pint.” was
his first behest.
“Ay, a dozen, if ye'll do us die
honor to drink it."
“To the devil wid your blarney!
Now tell the masier lam at his
service.”
“Oh, murder! what will become
of us ? Would you tell him afte.
all ?”
“Ye omadhanns, cant ye listen
at the dure and hear wliai I tell
him
With this understanding Squire
Ormsby was ushured in. all expec
tation.
“Yer honor,” said Patrick “I
think the power is laving me. I
am only able to see the half of it.
Nor , if you plaze, would v<>u like
io catch the thieves and lose the
silver, or to find the silver and not
find the thieves?”
“Wby, the silver, to oe sure."
“Then you and my lady must
go t» miss to-morrow morning,
and when yon come back we will
look for the silver, and maybe
we find ii, >our honor will give
me that little bit of a lease Ive
been wanting so long.
“One thing at a time, Pat, jou
haven't found die silver yet
At nine o’clock next morning
Air. and Mrs. Ormsby returned
from mass, and found O liufferSy
waiting for them at their door
He had a long walking stick with
a shining knob,and informed them,
very solemnly, that the priest had
sprinkled it for him with holy wa
tt r.
Thus armed, he comm need the
S‘a eh. He ponetia'ed into out
houses, aid applied his stick 'O
chimnejs and faggots and cold
ov ns and all possible places. No
Luck.
Then he proceeded to the sta
ble yard, and searched every cor
ner then into the shrubbery; then
into the tool house. No luck. —
Then on to the lawn.. By this
time there were about thirty at his
litels.
Disgusted a' his fruitlessf eai ?h
Patrick aposirophiz: d his stick :
“Bad c ss to yon, y’ure only
good to burn. Ye ktpe turning
a vay from every p’ace; but ye
don’t turn to anything whatever.
Stop a bit! Oh, holy Muses! what
is this ?”
As lie spoke the stick seemed to
rise and point like a gun Pat
rick inarch*, d in the direet'ou indi
c ited, and as er a while seemed to
bn forced by the stick into a mu
Hu lagan to shout excite dv, and
they all ran after him. Me ran
full lilt against a dismounted wa
ter birrel, the end o! the s ick
a riking it with such impetus that
it knocked ilie barrel over, then
flew out of Patricks hand to the
right, who himself mule a spring
the other way, and stood glaring
with 'he rest at the glittering ob
j t* that strewed the lawn, ueith
more nor less titan the missing
plate
Shouts and screams of delight,
Every body shaking hands with
Patrick, who, being a consummate
actor, seemed d zzle.l and mysti
fied. as one who had succeeded far
beyond his expectations.
To make a longs orvshort.they
all settled in their minds that he
thieves had been alamied. and bid
den the pla’e for a time, intend
ing to come and fe eh ii away.
Mi - . Ormsby took the seer into
his s'udv, and gave him a piece of
paper stating that for a great ser
vice rendered to him by Patrick
O’Rafferty he had, in the nam > of
him and his, promised him umlis
turbed possession of the fa»m so
long as he or his should farm it
themselves, and pay the present
rent.
Pat's modesty vanished at die]
Squire's gate; lie bragged up and
down die village, and henceforth
nobody disputed his seersliip in
those parts.
A neighbor's estate, mortgaged
up to the eyes, was sold under the
hammer, and Sir Henry Steele
bought it, and laid some of ii down
in grass, He was a breeder of
stock. He marked out a park wall,
and did not include a certain li
tie orchard and a triangular plot.
Patrick O’Rafferiy observed, and
applied for them. Sir Henry, who
did his own business, received the
application, noted it down, and
asked him for a good reference. —•
He gave Squire Ormsby.
“I will make inqnries,’’ 9aid Sir
Henry "Good morning."
He knew Ormsby in L mdm,
and when lie came bis neighbor
the Irish gentleman was all hospi
lality. One day Sir Homy told
him of O’liiffertys application.and
asked about li in.
“Oh," said Ormsby, "that is our
seer ”
“Your what ?"
“Our wise man, on" diviner of
secrets; and some wonderful things
1 e lias done ”
He then related the loss of his
plate, and its supernatural recov
ery.
Then Sir Hem y said that lie
would put these pretensions to the
lest.
At his request Patrick was infor
ined that next Thursday at one o’
clock, if he io submit to a
fa ir test of his divining powers,
the parcel of land lie had asked
for should be let. him on easy
terms.
Patrick assented jauntily. But
in his secret soul he felt uneasy.
However, lie came up '0 the
scrach like a man. After all, he
h id nothing to lose this time, and
lie vowed to submit to no test
that was not preceded by a good
dinner He was ushered into Sir
Henry S'eele’s study, and there he
found that gentleman and Mr. Or
tnsby. One comfort, there was
a cloth laid, and cer ain silver
dishes'on the hobs and in the fen
ser.
•‘Well, Air. O'Rafferty,” said his
host, -I believe you like a good
dinner?”
“Thruo for y ju, sorr, said
Pat.
“Well, then, we cat\ combine
business with pleasure; you shall
have a good d'nner. ’
“L mg life to your honor!'
“I. cooked it for you myself.’
“God blest your I onor for your
condescinsion.”
“You are to eat the dinner first
and I lien just tell me wliat the
meat is, and the p ireel of land is
yours on easy terms.”
Patricks confidence rose. “Sure
thin, tis a tin* bargain,” said
he.
The dishes were uncovered.
There were vege ahles cooked
most de ieiously; the meat wa* a
cheaf-d’ omvere; a sort of rich
ragout done to a turn, and so fra
grant that the very odor made the
mouth water.
Patrick seated himself, and
helped himself, and look amomb
full: that mouthful! had a double
effect. He realized in one and
the same moment I Ini bis was a
in-.re heavenly compound than lie
had ever expected to taste upon
earth, and that he could not and
never should divine what bird or
beast be was eating. He looked
for the bones; there were none
lie yielded himself Io despera e
injoymeiit. Whe he had nearly
cleaned the plate he said that
evon the best cooked meat was
-none the worse for a quart of good
ale to wash it down.
Sir Henry Steele rang- a bell
and ordered a quart of ale.
Patrick enjoyed ilns too, and
did not hurry; lie felt it was his
last dinner in that liou«o, as well
as his first.
The gentleman watched him
and gave him time. Hut at, lust,
O nut by said, “W ell Patrick—."
Now Patrick, whilst he sipped
had been askuig himself wlmt line
lie had belter lake; and had come
to a conclusion creditable to that
sagic.ty ami knowledge of human
nature lie really posessed and uu
derrated accordingly, lie would
compliment tl e gentleman on
tlieir superior wisdom, and own
Ii e could not throw dust in
t-uch eyes as theirs; then he wou'd
beg them not to make his humble
ne igiibors ns wise aw they were;
but let him still pass for) a wise
man in the parish, whilst they
laughed in their superior slesves
To errry eut this he impregnated
his brazen features with a world
of comic humility.
“And. said lie, ii cajoling ac
cents, “ah. your honors, die old
fox made many a turn, but (lie
dogs were too many fi r him at
last.”
What morejof self depreciation
and cajolery he would have added
is not known, for Sir Henry
S eele broke in loudly, “Hood
heavens' fFell, he is an extraordi
narv man. It was an old dog-fox
I cooked foi him."
“Didn’t I tell vou? ’ cried Onus
by, delighted at the success of his
country-man.
“Well, sir," said Sir Henry,
whose emo’iotis seldom lasted
long, “a bargain’s a bargain' 1
I t you the orchard and field for—
let me see—you must bring me a
stoat, a weasel, and a polecat ev
*ry year. I mean to get up die
game.”
Mr. O’liafferty first stusd s'u
p!dly,then ~vin/ed cunningly, then
biiuidly absorbed 1 uidati »n and
land; (hen retired invoking sol
emn b'essengH: then, being out
side, executed a fandango, and
>vetn home on wings: from that
hour the villa e could not hold
him. His speech was of accnrnula
ting farms on peppercorn rents
till a slice of the country should
be his. To hear him, he could
see through a ueal board, and
luck was his monopoly, Ho be
gan to be 3iivied. and was on the
way to be hated, when, confiding
in his star, lie married Norah iJ!a
ke a beautiful girl, but a most no
tonous vixen.
Then the unlucky ones forgave
him a great dtab for sure wouldn't
Norah revenge them? Alas! the
raitress fell in lore with her bus
band after marriage and let him
mold her into a sort o angelic
duck.
This was a dim ix. To Paldy
Luck is now numbered among tilt
insti 1 in ions of old Ireland (if any)
May he live till the skirts of his
coat knock his hr. inn out, and
him dat rung in Irish fling to -‘the
wind tha shakes th<i barley!”
A Gwinnett county man who etn
vnra'ed to Texas last fall, write#
back that he has to drive his cat
tU nine miles to get to water
Old Georgia generally keeps
ahead. We have still an abund
ance of water for man and beas'.
- m • • »■ ■
Said the girl who had quarreled
with her lover. “Oh, its all riydii!
H ury ta d he should try to forget
me but he always fades in every
thing he under akes.
{Vol. XIII.— No. 31
Honor lo W hum Honor is |>n«>.
Krhlor Aden liter •. j wrote to
Dr Joseph 'lours last December
in reference to inventors of of the
hist, steamboat iiml the tint cot
ton gin, and a few days ago I re
•■cived the accompanying man 11
script writ 1 nil by Dr .tones of Nor
cross, (la Flense publish.
d H. AuLknuon,
limner. Sept. 3. 1882.
Nokckoss. Ga . Au»- *2. r ». 1883.
Mr. ./. It. .Mi | /nid ui.
limner. Alabama:
Dear Sir: In reply to the iinpii
• ie-i contained in yom letter of D«
c niber las', allow me to sav tliai
dnriti" tl e late war between the
states, du Ige A l> Lon fist rent
n;K j i)t the day withme at my house
in (llennville, Ala During the
course of ronvarant ion on a varie
ty of subjects, lie suited distinctly
land unequivocally that his father
I invented a steamboat before Fnl
ton invented his. (ten .lain s N
j liethune, formerly t f Colnmlms,
! (hi., informed me that the father
j or grandfather of J dm T Lamkui
i informed him many years ago that
he saw Mr Longstreet ssteamboat
ou the Savannah riyer above Au
gusta,, and saw it run a short dis
tance up the river. Mr Long
street was a man of moderate
m urns and was unable to perfect
his machinery. He could get no
assistance fr un moneyed men, who
considered him demented for at
tempting so wild an impossibility.
He applied to Gov Telfair for aid,
but the Governor was of the same
opinion ; and we are mid by (hen
Longstreet. grandson of the in
ventor, that this letter to (lov.
Telfair is, or ought to be, on file
in die executive department of
the state now.
This was somewhere about 171M1
or 1795. A great deal of excite
ment on ihe subject prevailed in
different parts of the world, ind
s eamboats lmd been invented
which were sufficiently successful
to demonstVine tl e practicability
of stoainb >at navigation. One of
the most successful of these experi
ments was a boat Luiilt by Syming
ton in Scotland, It is slid Fulton
was a passenger oty board of tliis
boa' and, no doubt, a very observ
ant one, and aft er his return 10
this country probably made some
improvement, on it anil obtained a
patent for what was supposed to
lie Ihe first steamboat, and has i f
joyed in this country t 1" honor on
the invention ever some. .Mr
Longstreet was tils author >f quite
a number of vulu ible mwiiions
bu was unable for the wa i o|
moans to reduce diem to any prae
tied use. However this nay bo
there is not the least shad >w of a
doubt that he invented his .steam
bo ml navipved uon the Sa
vannah river, above Augusta be
fore I.' niton inven'eil his : a id that
haste 1111 engine waked the ecb
oes on the banks of theSavauni h
some fifteen year* before ihey
were heard on the banks of dot
Hudson.
With regard to the cotton gin
we can speak with equal assurance.
The first cotton gm was invented
and patented by Joseph Watkins
of Filbert county, Ga. At the
death of Mr Joseph Watkins bis
papers, with this patent, fell : nto
the hands of his partner Mr John
Watkins, and at the death of Mrs
John Watkins, who survived her
husband some years, it came into
the possession of Mrs Manila P
./ones, formerly of Washington,
Wilkes coanty. Ga. and was un
fortunately burned immediately
after the war bat ween t.ie States.
Mrs Jones was the sister of
irs John Watkins, and the moth
er of 'he writer of this article.
A short time before Mr YYa kins
invention, the vxact date of which
we do not now remember, two
bales or bags of Co :ou had been
shipped to Charleston, S C., in the
see l, but it was thought that it
could never become an article of
commerce on account of tha diffi
culty of separating the see Is from
the lint. Great excitement pre
vailed on the subject, and the in
venimii of am u Inn i for that pur
pose was much talked of and dis
cussed.
Mr Whitney’, a school teacher
from Connecticu 1 . was then spend
irig his time with Mrs Greene, who
resided on her estite in the neigh
borhood of Savannah. A« he was
from the lar-d of inventions ne
was earnestly appealed to to in
vent acotton gin. He immediate
ly became deeply absorbed in ihr
in the subject. Mr Wa kins was
living at old Peersburg, “on the
Savannah river, fifty miles above
Augusta, where he had his cotton
—AS -
An Ail vert is 1n </ Medium
The HKHALI) in tinei/vu/ed by
reason of its extensive circulation mml
remarkably low rotes, /limitless men
should rrmember this.
BLANKS BLANKS! BLANK
(am, KINDS NKATI.Y crintkd)
FOR SALE ATTHE
IIi:HA Lit ,/OH OFFICE
gin then in successful operation.
Mr VI Intiiey hearing of this de
termined to make him a visit. Mr
Malkins received Mr Whitney
with the liberal hospitality of a
Southern planter, and during ihe
day lie showed Inin his cotton gin.
Mr Whitney then returned home
and made such alterations or per
haps improvements, oi Mr Wat
k us machine, us to obtain a patent
on his cotton gin also. We have
heard this subject repeatedly dis
cussed in the Watkins family: and
Mr Watkins was always blamed
for not indicting Mr Whitney for
a breach of his patent right. He
win constantly urged 10 do so. but
being a wealthy Southern planter
and am n letir mechanic, who pur
sued his inventions more for his
amusement and the gratification
of his taste . than for the purpose
of money making, never did it.
Air Whitney, however, never re
nlized anything from his inven
tion, so called. Not content with
the sale of liix patent right, be
claimed a pari, of the profits of
each sep irate gin. This the plant
erss’outly resisted. He was con
sequently involved in a series of
expensive and ruinous lawsuits,
each one of which was a never
failing source of rejoicing to the
Watkins family.
The growth of the ootton crop
lias been marvelous indeed. We
have mentioned the two bales ship
ped to Charleston in th" seed.
Foui bales shipped to Liverpool
were seized by the house
officers on the plea that it. could
not have been produced in A min i
ca: and General John Bethune in
formed ’is that he remembered
when but sixty seven bales went
to Augusta in one season. The
price declined. Wiseacres said:
“No wonder! the market is glut
• ed. What would they say this
year to a crop of seven millions of
bales.
It may seem somewhat strange
that so little was known of Mr
Watkins' cotton gin at the ‘ime.
out, this was before die age of rail
roads and telcgraps, or daily im
pels. when our members of Con
gress rode to 1 lie seat of govern
rneut on horseback, and news trav
eled lirongh the conn Ty very
slowly. It is frequently said, and
generally believed, that the South
has produced but few inventions,
but she has cer'aiuly produced
some of the most valuable and ini
p iriaut. Ii s d hi'mlchs to the in
venlive genius of the South, and
of the S ate of Georgia especially,
that we arc indebted for the steam
/>oat and cm tun gin, which have
lone more th in all others ill bet
tering the eon (iLion of mankind—
furnishing annually t2l)().()()(),l)()()
of cash assets to our foreign ex
ci n p's. revolutionizing, not only
t lie eummcri.il marine, but the
naval tactics of the world, and do
ing more than all others in carry
ing commerce and civilization and
Christianity around the globe.
I am very sincerely, yours, etc.,
Johbph Junks, M. D.
liOVV'S lollllK OITHIII.
The other night we overheard a
real pretty piece of love’s labor
won, and it made our heart beat
faster, an I brought back mem tries
of the past, ft happened down on
the dark end of the p.a/za, next
to our open window :
“Who do you love !" asked he.
ungrammatically
“I’apa," said she innocently,whli
a coo.
“Who else, ’ asked he.
“Mamina," said she.
“Who else ?"
“Brother.”
“ Who else ?”
“Sister.”
“Who else ?”
“Uncle.”
•‘Who else ?”
••Aunty.”
“Who else ?”
“Go—an l then we heard a
whalebone snap, and a peculiar
gluggity, gltig. glug sound that
didn’t need a dictionary for trans
lation. Ah. love s young die m,
go ©o, go i<n: there will be an awaK
ening some morning about lliree
o’clock in the future, when a bot
tle of paragurie and a plaintiff’wail
will recall the hours that have
been, but are no more.
"I heard you kissed the pretti
os: girl in the room,” observed an
Austin youth in blue glass gog
gles to his c >mpanion.
“Well, I did for a f*ct. What
of it?”
“Oh, nothing, but I’d ’net like
to know how you felt during the
sweet osculation.’’
“Felt like a beefsteak.”
“Like a beefsteak.”
“l'es, smothered in onions.”