Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-01-31
HARTHUR YNI0y t4tgf oHle THURSDAY JANUARY 81 1857

The bright'eyee divinity looked Q Ut
tie astonished, but with the spectacleC
orbs of the elderly dragon upon them,
Mr.. Smith felt that it was no time Il
enter into particulars. But as sbe drew
out her fairy purse and laid it on The
cOuuter, Sisyphus saw little sealed en-
'velOpe autter down among, the jqco
nets. es.f. af .,f
To secure il was the impulse of al
instant, and with thTohbing, heart, anC
haDds not quite sO,s,eady as usual, Mr.
Smith measured off fourteen yards oi
jacOnet, aud wrote down the address. II
Miss We're, 1O8 East street :
Aud when the diamond, and the curls,
and the melting ,blue eyes had aoated
off in another direction, he drew out the
precious nissige to examine it at his
leisure, behind & pile Of goods.
Smith, you're wantedp called some
one, before he had had q chance 70 break
the seal, aud became forward, to en-
OOnuter the stony glare Of the elderly
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Did my neice, loave, anything on the
Rcouuter--anY letter 81. paper p stetnly
demanded the dragons
No, ma'am, promptly answered Sisg-
phus, mettally adding: Sweet angel
Does she for minute dream that I would
betIay theeP .t..
'Its0ery strangeP said the old lady.
examining tho counter from end to end
,Veryl meekly echoed SisyphuS.
And not until both ladies had entered
the wine-coored coupe and driven away,
did. !he loye,smitten youth venture to
open the episto that had been SO deli
cately conveyed to his hands.
1t was brief, but exceedingly to the
point. AU% 94j.. sijii ~
+ 1T you wantto see me, come this even
ing at nine. PapawilI be out. and there
will be nobody to disturb us. A. V.
There was no date andnO direction,
but Mr.. Sisyphus Smith felt that no
such trtlss wire needed. asg,9 i,
/ "A. w.! A.. VIZ he pondered. Il
wonder if it is Alice, or "Ani9Lia. !
think itmust be Annie--gentle Annie
the very for herl This evening a,
ninel / feel that the crisis of my fate
is at hand. Dear me- / will be there
at,tbe very chime Of the, bell III Was
always sure that that uiDe was destinsJ
to be no common lot in life !; now ! am
even more convinced of the factl !
think, from the signs and symptoms, she
must be very much in love, indeed. =
She's all my. fancy painted her she's
lOyel y--sh6's divinol aud she .amnSt
have Plentyof Gosh, for that coupe isn't t
kept up on nothing | Sisyphus, you're
ia'luck, my fine fellowF s3. si
All that long day Sisypbua walked,
metaphorically speaking, on air--he,trod
the blue empyreau tally be had
already selected the site for his brown
stone residence ON Fifth Avenue, .apd
decided ON Long Branch for, the sum-
mer, instead Of Orient Point.
And l should preferan open barOuche
to that shut-up coupe, he,thOught. '0f
course Aunie will defer to my wishes 10
allsuch matters.',
When at length the hour for closing
the establishment arrived; Sisyphus hur,
ried home to deck himself in the most
captivating style. .
4 wonder what she'll do with the
dragon, pondered Mr.. Smith, as he tied,
a delicate sky-bluo cravat in most uu
exceptionable bow aud twisted his auburR
-moustache 10 ;Napoleonic tWirl. I
suppose it'p my cue to quote poetry and
talk about destiny--I think Annie's a
little sentim entail these blueieyed girls
mostly are--hnd we'll hurry up the
match as soonas practicable ,l 5si.'
+ He cast adeprecating gIence towards
the cigar box on the table, but shook his
head, almost in the same secondsl bsss
'ItwoD't do he said. sGirls -areF SO
whimsical that it's not best to risk any,
thing stronger Of sentthsnf patchouf,
or verbeua water Things will lqbe quite
different after we are married. sssd, s7g5
And SO Mr.. Sisyphus Smith, armed
and equipped, at all points, s,itorths event
iul1 encounters, went down the stgaet
where the mellow July moonlight Icy
like rain 9of reddish god, and the gas,
lamps wihked ftfully at him ~ be
passed. oar hae ,fDGs6 sf "a ID
No, s10S eEast-Aastrees was alfafl,
red,brick mansion I'M a grave audqrespec-
table looking block, with aSrowrstone
church opposite, and upon the heavy ma
hoeaby doore a silver plate bore the in
scription WERE 's4 IA, I..sa,. I.
- Women are ingenious little creatures,
said Sisyphus to himself. who but q
woman would have thought OF conveying
her address to me, so neatly, under cover
of abuudle of jaconet? She's expect
ing me,of course; ! wonder if the day
has seemed half az long;to her as il hes
tonne. Heigho--I shbnldnt, wonder !
iBSo musiog, Mr., Smith went boldly up
The steps and rang the bell A tall SER
vant-map. opened the door, and looked
pa.ropizingly,dOwn upon Sisyphps.
isfs What.do yoq want, my man