Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1869-05-08
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CHATTER A.


Itwas night, nowhere, and nowhere was
as dark o bottle .of ink ina barrel Of
pitch in tho bottom Of . well, and four
thousGnd times darker. than tho ooncon-
tratcd darkness Of forty thousand mid
nights when upon a throne Of petriied
turtle soup, stood tho mighty Gengnlphus,
monarch Of the Fe -Fo Fl FUN Islands, eat
ing slice Of byitcrel becswaY, occasion
ally wctting his lips by drinking fuidcal
wrought-iron sheet anchors, iluke foremost.
Around him stood eighty-two thousand
nine hundred and eighty-sovon uud half
courtieis. ~
"Driug forth tho whangloodls and placc
it on tho hewgag r. shouted he i'll a terrific
voice., at tho same time cutlihg of q
courtiers head with the, sharp edge Of IN
illuminated cotton hook. '"''"
fh7"'fs fohini CHAPTER D.. 70 sRF -'.7F'
The whangdoodlo was placed on the hc@-
gag 44but before we 60 further, let us take
a glance at the political state of America
at the date our story opens. We were in
volvcd in n war with Mexico, and General
Scott was carrying our victorious aag
through the halls of the 7Monte-loosers.
General Washing ton, commanding tho
home urmy, had formed a junction with
Christopher Columbus ut Nauvoo and de-
feated the combined forces of Engla nd,
France and ,Hindopstan in o sanguinary
retreat on Bungtown heights. j. G. Fre-
mont, President Of the United States, had
appointed james Buchanan Governor of
Cape Cod; 1and Napoleon Bonapart, as
Mayor ofiBunker Hill, nssistod by Lieu
tenant General Barney 0,Twigger, Of Ire
land, was preparing for n descent upon
The Tories at Sary Gordy, whilst Dr.. j Jane,
U. s. Surgeon, was constructing a strong
fort at Cairo, armed with chain pump
and one hundred Of his Carmipativo
Balsam. IN t..ir,.i, be5 g.s uf f,.id I
Under these tremendous circumstances
no wonder the men. atid women of tho
nineteeth were highly intellectual, AMI
generally speaking born when they we're
ycung. ge.aggaT % rUiiqs.H aN 80 u5i' .
Turn VIC again to our story.
CHATTER c.,
The whangdoodlc was placed. upon the
hewgag. Dismay and terror sat UPON the
.countenanccs of the nobility. Lord De
MOAN iiinvoluntarily n cluiched Prnco
Blowhobbs coatail, and the Countess Fitz-
fun disappeared hystcrically in her hoops
Whilst bold Count dc Scratch, hitherto The
bravest of the brave, threw himself at the
foot of the throne and elevated one leg as
signal of distress, But the mighty Gen.
gulphus was unmoved. Drawing golden
wire safety fuse from his bosom, he was
in the act of placing one end Of it to The
whangdootllc whenal horror Of horrors
he beleld in one corner of the room his be-
loved Shellah locked in the arms of Fee ii
lie Swash Bosky, Envoy Extraordinary from
tho Isle Of Wright al eai y PC I sll' %
To say that Gengulphus wns angry
would be but an Indifferent statement Of
the truth. lie was in n rage. He couldn't
contain himself, and consequently boiled
over in torrents that! formed apuddlesi of
! of, wrath at his feet /, lie; foamed, raved
and ripped and tore stamped, rolled, kick
cd and roared. n AT last seizing a bnttering
ram by the horns, he made furious push
ut The guilty pair. s,,E s,.as ,ss, socts
iiis 1isdi 81 CHAPTER E.'dl bas .vsdl
-faDiel' nsliricked 0Gsngulphus; ms RE
rtwirled the fcarfrlI ihstI time 1t above their
heads but alasl lin7its swift descent it
came in contact with nBaron dc Boosey's
pipe, and, glancing at right angles, Glove
asun,ier the mnssive door leading To the
Royaf Menageriel Birthstone and iorpc-
.doesi Numbered Gengulphus---but he waS
too latef Ere lie could again raise the
hdge weapon, Q fierce, demoniacical howl
ran through the rooms end the next
moment an infariatel grizzly Goldfish ran
madly forth from fhe demolished door, and
buried It's dtddfy fsngs in The seat Of the
mighty Genen7phus' inexpressiblcsl He
uttered q sharp cry of pain-rade
one desperate effort 10 shake Of the nei-
sfer---and, then fell 10 The floor, as dead as
q surt bug in Januhry. -
~. -. eHHTEn 2.
But li..ie more remains to be t6fi. shel.
1nh soon afttr tie death Of Gtftuiphus,
sfsl,bcd herseifwish d bed rrebsil, and her
'parssi our. Fc si isssssh. Book y, -beeeuiag
stricken with remorse, buried himself 10 a
bolrls Of porser--heels VI The Countess
Fita Pun eloped viih az feyptinn mummy,
in q good sthfe OF preservation xnd the
CONT De Scratch. having lost the whole Of
his fortune in. Playing Asimon says wig
rag," with Lord .de Nonzo. he was forsed
so.sniersis 40 he Vest shsre The lngines
iook his ske'p, llsI u - aissf-sibzs
q c6fins are nov mado Of paper in
Furops Fl "a 81. ns1ri s.5rl1i' s-1s
Tho New York TribaDe says:
nWe fear that the tendency 70 cor
ruption abost Congress ison the in
crease, and that improper influences
a7ant votes laore offen than IS gen