Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1860-09-29
RioaiGo and Lucinda:
A MODERN RoMANCE-BY sHARPsTICEs.
CHAPTER I.

was night, and dark az coal pit.
The rain poured down on terra f;naa
like unto pacS Of hungry wolves upon
q string OF sausages; and the thunder
kicked up q rumpus similar in sound to
that OF an empty hogshead filled with
pebbles about the size Of piece ol
cheese, piunging ami tumbliny down
the side OF a preciplce Of anfAtAo nahle
delith, and the bright swords Of the
mutAy clouds plum sed downwards t..
wards the earth, as if trying to bore
gilniet holes into some potato patch toi
the accommodation of the farmer.
The wind smiled aloud, a!.nos. de
in,i,,ataliy, as II Conscious of its super
human strength to lay PROSTATE the
gentle holly mock, cabbage plants and
hcn-coops; all nature was attacked by
Il spas.nodic c"nyulslon, which scene!
10 be beyond the power Of any 81 D.
to aliay.
CHAPTER II.
While nature was cutting up her Iii
does In the proceeding chapter, there
sat At the stained glass window of A
mortgayed mansion, situated upon the
summit Of lofty eminence, AMI close.
~ surrounded by peaks Of thu far dis
tant mountains, whose silca were en-.
silroudeI Iy the green foliage Of the
innu'nerable deal trees anA stumps,
whose iiDred roots were stretched out
ike tiSherln9n's net left to dry in the
sun, whose genial warmth Impaired
life t" the indeiati gable sphtcr, 4 lovely
maiden Of tauItless porpprt;:.n- ONLY
live feet ten, by ;hunler--with eyes
like unto two knot holes in 4 s'ab
Her hair was OF the nlowinr p,nbers
on a Christmas iearth. AL hung over
ner shoulders Of ala,as ter ;ik.. unf, sev.
eral cows tails thrown careiessy over
a fence.
She sat apparently mus:nc. with y
cucumber in her hand, and a Tom cat
on her knees, when the silence was
broken by the monotonous sound Of a
Jews hatp at tae window. Her eyes
started from their sockets, and she was
about to fall PROSTATE on the fioor,
when, at the moment. 4 flash of Eaht.
ming revealed to her the form of her
devoted R;na'io at the win,low. and
in al instant she was by his side, when
ne drew his pondcrnus arm around her
y IN iietrica form and pressed her to
his stomach for ths lapse Of minute
without i:.termission. Overcome at
,en,-th by fatigue h. wiltel, aal his
arms dropped to his sile like unto the
closing oi pair of tpnys, when he
orIched fo~th in the f,lloTinr strait, ,
which can oe appreciated on:y by low
trs:
Dear Lntlnha! i'"sntltHl Lucinda !!
What have l not suffered for thee -
ii"w l have vailed streams, climbed
mountains an'i jumped fences! How
l have stuobcd my toes more than a
hundred times against some internal
stick, stone or something OF that kind,
ard barked my nose against some cuss-
ed missile, all for thy sake, Lucinda
Speak, and say you will be mine. Fly
to the land of the rhinoseros. hippopo-
tamus, and the Giast;cnti~. whore we
may enjoy our love uniisturbed meath
a tropical sun. Do you this, and spare
me, ah!'
4 bright tear stood sparkling in the
right corner of her lett eye, aritati ~
seemed to have taken Possession Of her
very soal, her fame q',iverei ike 4
plate of Jelly, aud she WA, about 10 col.
lapse, when they were startled bv the
sound Of something Of a q,as!ly nature
falling at their feet, and in an instan,
they were covered with pnmkin seeds.