Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1867-03-27
TELE OF a MASQUERADE.
a AIIseHEEvoUs NIpow

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evening that Of the Musical Society
was no exception TO the general rule /:
and any number Of funny incidents
transpired.
No person failed to notice con
! splcuous costume present, a gentle
man dressed as o Spanish cavalier
very neat and tasty dress, set off upon
a well built and athletic frame. The
/ gentleman whom we shall call X. paid
/ articular-indeed most devoted at
tention TO pink domino, enshroudng
sylph-like form, acting as her escort
at all times. and paying no attention,
worth noticing, to ANYBODY else. In
promenading or in resting thev.were
IN earnest conversation, and the ladies.
who could not fail to notice them.
thought he must be a duck of fell
low to pay so much attention, while
/ the gentlemen thought she must be a
divine little angel to listen so devot-
s e2ly to all his soft things. Perhaps
both of them were just what they mad
the credit Of being
The cavalier was a legal gentleman
Of our city, and the-pinll domino was
no matter who Just now.
The gentleman IS married, and has
small family. He loves his wife.
/ but people do whisper that sometimes
he loves otherpeoPle' Just as much.
The cavalier proposed some time since
to 90 to q ball, but his wife insisted
! that her health was not very good.
and as there would be something of q
Fcrowd present she would not co-t0
her, masquerades were very tedious
affairs at best. That X was delight
cd with the determinat ton there is no
doubt. He did not say so, however,
but the dav his wife decided not %
go he met In company young and
pretty widow, and IN the heatsof the
cXcitement ,he asked her to accom-
pany him to the masquerade The
widow was possessed Of a bosom -full
Of fun, and she consented to 20. X.
fitted her out with costume and
pink domino. and, as everybody sax.
who noticed it, very pretty and very
expensive. Now, In concluding to
go, the widow had some object in
vicu-, evideUtly, for yesterday, so runs
the story, she saw X. 60 away from
home when she sought the presence
Of his wife and told her the whole
story, and, in conclusion, she said:
" Now. you've heard the whole
thing. That good for nothing hus-
band Of yours has been paying too
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e"CH otI'eI "ell- ~ az tl1ieS tAe
caEailet see.heo whispering inc solIesl
t"lnss IN the Domino ana a cIoSe. ID
server ihlS'' nave seen ,,''' - =. - ocI'lS-
loHal'y, me words were Sott' ioi '"ey
mace the laif 9ohlll'o star! ma lrelh-
o.e lust mus ooG there I; no uouPt
II that could nave been seen: there
would have seen traces OF bushes
~1t-Fsas not avery late houF- ilen
the cavalier and the domino had dls-
appeared IRON the scene " hen the
nasqGcs were removed at = o'clock
anxious eyes were looking to see who
the couple were. but they were gone,
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! Leu us ieAtoN tpeiH ~ tiie iloiiie U
the WIDOW, where tbey-droEe IN haste,
the cavalier very happy, very taika-
tive. ana, almost beside himseII with
+ Joy,-tne domino very quiet ana very
I reserved hey were SHOWN into