, 1863-11-23
GunnybaeB Takes q Venture.
MTn111 MANSION. I
LOCO 4tcHIQAN Avxx1rx.

Editotb chicago Tf1buuo:
We have quite recovered from tke invasion
Mr.. G. remembers nothing about It, and the c1rl,
atntls Emile when I allude to It, ind 70 Of In
medaate]y upon Mrs. Guns leather bonnet. Joh1
Joseph, regret to ssy, Wis badly bitten By til
adder at stsutou'e, came home IN a dilapldatcd
eo1ottiou, and was found by Araoel1l with bis
scoA upon the pillow, tncoherently muttezing
eonethlng about Val. and four thousand Canadian
grLboata getting up their courage OF sAndnsky.
The table-c1oth, which answered for the dag oi
trucA was sent to the Mite Society 1t Mrs Crnsus,
and VII probably be deposited In the archives o,
the soeitty Of Fatzgo1ian RcscA1ch-Mrs. Cseesas,
in the meantime, having cut M.a. G,s acqua{nt.
: auce for sending het secondhand linen to her
soiree.
II occurred 10 me, tho other morning. In tbe
midst Of my customary morning lecture from Nm,
o., who, tor some singular reason il perer a,nfsh.
rntN she has done mp her hair, that WA IN ,
hrge extent boing Of chance, and that reminded
me Of the Fair and the fashionable little ventures.
t1he1eve that is what A1anlnta calls them when
was boy We used to call them lotteries, pgobs.
bly, because Lot xas the lncly man who didn't
have to stay in Gonsrrah through that brisk little
shower oi birthstone before hre-proof umbrellas
were iovcnted) ANNOUNCED the proposition ia
Mrs. G., and she instantly bit aud became the
gentlest Of her sex. Ali Of her ne1Rhbo,s had
drawn cake baskets, wax dolls, ghawls, pin.
cushions, pitchers and pictuses and why shonlda't
she encourage charity In similar msuuers
She should.
All that day stu lied ths chances. went to q
woman On Clark street. "Haye You bean trtaea
wlthf" said abs. ''Eo," said I, "not that l kuo
Of" "Haye your fond hopes been blasted by
false promises!" ''Not aLlast,n satdI. "Woald
Sou have me restore to you your long lost wife
and once more arouse the zmoulderins fire Of
love ~ MADAME Of the future,n eald I, tiny
wife cannot be Lost; shs stlcketh very close. y
"Perhaps, then, you would like to obtain nv ee,-
vices In losing hor, said ehe, with kno Ming look
Of her alngle eye.
Adam, with the pippfn, and I, with this psopos1-
tion, were upon the same level. bow handy woo1d
1t be- when tho fill styles come In, to lose Mi. O.
Tor brief season, and enjoy few dsys undts-
turbcd by mi1linez or uodiste; but resisted the
temptation, and thereby proved myself bette.
man than Adam.
II desire to know the lucky uumbers,r said !.
as1 rendered hex the aalahle countenauce OF soc-
seta1y Chase Oh q green background She took
the countenanee, gased upon it fondly, and hid It
in her greasy pocket She seized ne BY the hand
and drew her chair close to me-. rent1v henaI,r
her head within threa trehes ~ nv unno- la,
coat button.
What II Mrs. &. had sean mo viii 4,o
wom1n1i
..Yon ,rerc bo,n nna.~ +bo NJ,
1ba r3on a. IN =, -on- - ~ ~ A4'oa'
crossed the Lions tall midway, leaving 10. ! see
tsble.cloth covering 1t least 4. Aldeb.ran "a,
&AA
the sim of the crsxdsh rccedes fforo ~. ~oa,sa
yeuus cets in the Milky Wa, md Tho Nor a. ~
moan cnyers hi. face. rhere i, h1t st1s -.
lions t.f, len ana thai e+,,, a., ps| .ao
woman IN ,,rern t;,t ~ "A'e ol
an tbet dsv Tv,, -, H.. .,o.4 >..,
crccn sf1t 1rsr. o,d T,n,er s..r ~. r "o4eo II
=, ,,-es,, an, sns .raa.sa W "oauAa
~. 49, - s-ss..er c.1'.HN ~ uvoAAeope1 70 Gu
4, ,,,.., .,,t- Tma. re...ar.-N-.D, "oniea
.itS SnsIwent tone and cro..sa ~ s.a. - sleen
crven time. ,s4,n,shod H.. ~ - 80 .sy
when .he sstcd mn xrh,cb a,1co on,s u 49,, ta~e'
replyinp. The green s,1k =, THAI n,cht 1a~s.I,s
t1st Phe,sn. clad IN green sf,lk vas ,,...se ~
1,.,ds viii, Mre. G, for rna avn A-sn,..t. ~,
he'll. erd Jo.,n Joso,.,, Inv h,f,. 80 .-.T
the 1narker scorcd /. ~e'' o'-o'
rha ,.-+ ~ ,rs,,+ y, -.
N. 1;,t,a rcn,n,ea A,on,o ,ro,,sn - ~. ~
and r.11o,r h.Ir rendered mn ,,s.1sS,"n
aAroint thee.r1 cried ma fed 1sra con a.
me. and vorldn't I take a ycnt,,-s ~ ~. ~.
cush1ou. aPut me down for1r ea,dI +nn..
eome ventures In q cake baeket, In po,tr,it ri
an elderly gentleman with a 6.ren u,r y, ~ ~
lection of rocks and paving etones. in an alhurn
ful Of the autographs o. sundry fema,es n rooaa.