The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-10-20
WHOLE NO 1879.


Tsrlio9ford. pray essase Ne yon, ~
name may ask 1Aak i iss''
"Arabellsi 10 NJ paus. and. fvEssS.r;,.S
yop ''may ase il IL you hke.n
.sOh, Aidesss herso 40 A.. 80.
they call Girsation,o = thoSsbt. And ~
hope that had risen, blazing Ike rocket,
went doSn ia''gnoos IKE tie stick.
"Mr: Picsins, will ssy yso are vsry In.
con.lans, 70 % abse6e al day thus"
..Miss Tsslinesstd, Il u ~, iaesas.aasy
"Bi!sisr6s p
"Billi.rds. I adore sAen. 70, t.oy
nothing of billiards. Women never de.f
They are ny joy. Pardon us,s tvi,h :
sudden aprisise OF The moral sssse y Il
have AZ engagement n The billiard room,
and sho0ld be there"
"Dcar me, lshoald Ike ts 10 bilIard,.s =
'sHeaven forbidlo
"Why. 90, sir I"
"No-I DO no. mean thai- -bal lsdies aev.
er play billiards."
81 .apgs.. sA'rs Is 10 rs..., ", they
"A thousand"
"Why, what harm i0
ssMy dear Misc Tasliaefapa- IL your mana
were not Araeslla-aias, slasf--tksss weslJ
be nous."
s.Nonsen.e nov you are laaSh;.e !, me.
Come, you shall teach me billisrds.0
at canuo, be, Mis-. rarlipsferd." lLsx
tragic tones.
.sWhy not y"
''Bccause your name Is Arahella.'
.'Very we'll, sir--if yoa DO not like ny
name you need not repeat IT,"
81 adore it--itis not that. Forgive me-"
"Thcn win get my hat" And her light
footsteps tapped upon the stairs.
Here was state Of things! Who're were
my 6rmness and resolution, nowp Where
vas the Pythian prob,ty for which, accord.
ing to my expectations, Luliivan was to have
poured Damoniac gratitude upon Msy
Was !, or was not rapidly deccnera.inx
into villianyp | felt that was, and blush.
ed for my family. u her pams had been
anything but Arabella-any,hine the initial
Of which Was not A, then could hare jas,i-
fed myself; hut now and was abnut to
teach her billiards! To what depth of de-
pravity had come At last! s..ss,l
She rcioined me, heamine with anticipa-
ton, and radiant With the exercise OF running
down stairs. Together We entered the bill.
No~ this I declare; the ball room, with
it's flashing lights, intoxicating perfumes,
starry host Of cleaning eyes, refSlsens
robes, mirrors duplicating countless splsnd-
ors and ceascless whirl Of vanity, may add
ten fold luster to the charm OF beauty, and
! know it does the opera box embsllish.
ments Of bInzing gas, and glittering gene
and flowers, fresh from native beds of mil
linery, n,l.odorous with divincs, scents Of
fubih, har!honiously dulci6ed, have their
value. which Is great aud glorious, no doubs
and regally doth woman expand and glow,
among them in numberlcss ways, and nidcd
BY numberlcss accessories, do feminine
graccs nimhly and sweetly recommend them.
selves unto our pleasant senscs; but this I
will forever and ever say--that nowhere,
neither gorgeou, hall, nor gilded opcra.hos
nor any other place, nor under any ether
ciYcuyas, ances, NAV such bewildering and
insidious power OF maidenly enchantment
be exercised as at the billiard table; espc.
cia!ly wncn the enchantress 10 utterly igno-
rant OF the duties required Of her, and con.
fidipgly seeks manly courage ard guidance.
Controlled by tho hand Of beauty, the cue
becomes q magic wand, and the balls are no
longer bits ef inanimatc ivory, but paksd
re.tlcssly hither and ,hither, circulating
n, ,essorecrs Of f~sc;safioD.
know for ! have been there.
Had Miss Tarlngford turned her thought
towards the bowling alley, might without
difficulty have retained my self-possessicn ;
for her ser nre not charming NJ n.pins.
They stride rsmpnn, and hurl danger nround
them, aiming anywhere at random; or they
make small skips and screams, performing
ridiculous filings in the air, injurious 70 the
alleys and TO thsir game or they drop balls
With unaffected lauguor, and develop at m
early stage Of proceedings a tendency TO gut
fers, above which they never rise through.
out, and all this 10 annoying, and 1t only for
Bloomers, who can be degraded BY nothing
on earth. ...-s s.. ....ss
But billiard! what statuesqus, postursss
what freedom Of gesture, what swnyinx
grace and vivacious energy this game in.
wolves! Aud then the attendant distractions,
the pinchipg together Of the hnRd, TO form
the needed notch, the perfect art Of which,
like fist. .clenchine, ,h nnnttainable BY woman,
and substitutes some queerness all her own
the fierce grnsping aud propulsion Of The
cue--the loving retension upon the table
when tho lsnR shots are c,ming in- the
dainty foot uprising, to nrescrye the ownsrs
balance, but, as il CLEANS Suspended de-
stroving the obseyvef's-sll combine, as
they did this time, TO scatter stsrs prompt.
ings Of duty beyond recalling.
First, ,Arai elias little hand must be mould
ed into a bridge, aud being slow 10 plant
itself correctly though plant ass politicians
cons cience, the operation u foIdire = TO.
geiher had to be many times repeated. Next,
shots must be made for her, she retaining
her hold Of the cue, TO get into tbs way OK
it. Then all went on smoothly With hev,
turbulently with me, until, enthusiastically
excited, she must be lifted on TO the tables
edge, siu.t to trJ one lovely little shot which
escaped her reach from the ground.
". we're slene. Ar.beIla t.rch.S opos
the table, iubilant a. having .ch'svsds
pocket, di.mal and bloc beside her.
"There, take me down, shs said. -
Hooked sroupd through each window, ~.
clined my ears TO the door, swept my arn
around her waist and forgot TO proceed.
"Oh, Arabslla! Arsbclla! wherefore ars
thop Arabslla2' -.
'sDo yau wish we're somebody ehef
she s.ked slyIy. J..
No, no /! but what Of Frank Lullivan 7"
"Frank DO you know bin 2" with ID.
m 'roas face.
"Aud be has told e--yss."
"Whai Z" ,.t., -.
"of hi. relation, with Mics fs,lissiord."
"With Anna yss.n
"What Anua Who 10 Anna ="
"Dssr me. my sister Apss. Dest -
absurd.o -
"Bu. ! neser knew" .tt -
"No-y ron knew nothing Of beY; the wsfss
for you You avoided her--pn sore doos
sss Why and d . 10 ret,rius."
"Reiiring the very word"
"Whs. word? You veI ne; Jon Ps1s's
me, take me down."
"Forgise NE desr Arsbslls In TOO %.
lighted 10 ezplsis. Issssr s.ll sspis'n: !
though. j. ~as you - wbes Franks ssse-
tions we're hxed."
.sDear, no! Trsst b sssHhle: hs Eness
better; i,s hs. jsdgmens;p ssd -. Isvshse
) na;es issgb. ard nsds = u she sssld