Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-08-25

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- Tine il his Efe he neglected his back
J. ~ leetA Aitcr passing a sleerless
!nl y hsAied himself 70 the nscartsiais,
I1skdng - M vzy, which was the NEST
E1caspt metAod of feminist ting "a exie-
leence Ehich was hsteful to him. and at the
- time cover the faithless fair one with
k169se of thu most tefrible character.
1xUs anethods ssegsssed themselves, %
- snYine oG : psscipiee. lying down
r. : 11ilBoad track. or drinking pint Of
nn,6 wkiskey. Reicsting the latter
rz - lingering and horrible. che
seeond Is 'Snc which NoWld not cMect his
purpose. AZ the papers wouli, ten 10 one,
call il an accident, and as such il wouldn't
wiring Zobeide's bosom very much (thst
being what he was determined to do in
one way or another) >. he decided on the
former. -n
According he sought a precipice. and
getting upon the brink thereof. he set him
self down. composing a soul-harrowing
note to her. which he proposed to put in
his breeches pocket. where it would be
found, it being the custom of people ind
ing dead bodies 10 always examine the
pockets. and the letters which are found
always made public. While composing
this note, and debating in his mind wheth-
er ''eruer' should he spelled with one or
two is, a venerable old man with a white
beard, such as are seen in family Bibles
which are sold only by subscription, stood
before him. Starting up, Ali Hassan ex-
claimed
Who art thouT
Thy good genius said the presence
My genius. Ha. ha! Lend me hall
dollar said All, becoming normal in an
instant.
My son, good geniuses never lend hall
dollars. That isn't their mission--it isn't,
if / may use the expression, their bes,
holt. They give freely. however. what
Is more plenty than half dollars--advice.
What wantest thou 7 said Ali.
TO save you from making an ass Of
yourself said the presence.
Are yeu in that business extensively 2
said Ali bitterly. %, venerable man. il
the profession pays take me in partnership.
fou IL never run out Of opportunities to
show your skill. But proceei. TO ON
with your show
Il see mist said Ali
Look again. said the genius.
The mist clears away. see CAV and
festive scene. There is light and nrusic.
and fair women and brave men, and all
goes merry as q marriage bell There i.
f41seaeher---i know him by his fblsck
clothes and white netkerchicf and the hun.
CRY look he ever and anon sings through
the door which opens in the dining-rocm
where the refreshments are.
a pair enter-it is-it stake it away
1t sears my eve balls and freezes my voung
blood, and uttering Penian war erv the
unfortunate youth sank to the earth in
spasms.
It's terrible medicine. mnttered the
good genius TO himself, but he must take
it. Quinine is bitter--calomel isn't as
pleasant to the taste as the pearhes of Jer-
sey, but when child in Indians has the
ague they force it down him or her as the
case may be. Arise. Ali Hassan,' said
he. raising him up tcnderly by the hair
'and continue Your Investigations
With shudder Ali opens his optics.
n pair enter. Zobeide and-the store
keeper. The preacher steps up-he re-
peats the cercmony-it's over, and the
young man, overcome with emotion, swoon-
ed again.
The venerable genius applied pin, bot
tie to his lips at which the youth revived
Tmning over upon his back aud pointing
wistfully at the bottle he gasped One more
drausht ht-only one
Nary said the good genius holding i,
up to the light. There's but little left
and its four miles to the nearest grocery
But look some more
i see house in town. Its furnished
gorgeous and regardless Of expense Tn,
carpet is tapestry. the s,fa cost no les
than 800, and there is a Chickerin. nj
ano Around it is a garden in which the
orange tree and the pune mingle their ar.
onatic boughs and the bulbul answers the
nightingale song of love. An antique
fountain squirts cologne continually. diff.
fusing delicious fragrance throug gh ths
atmosphere. It's gorgeous. see in.
the bay Windows. Xobeide is sitting al
the piano, shouting the Battle Cry o
Freedom, accompanying herself on .hc
instrument; deformed dwarf Of grea,
price is lowering around her, fanning hen
with one hand and turning over the leave.
of the music with the other. and it keep:
him mighty busy Her husband enters
but heavens, what change He dom
hold his head up. Company ensers-shc
Smiles on him. They depart-she frowns
They interchange few unpleasant para
graphs-she flies at him-she seizes hin
by the nap Of the meek and the slack o
the breeches and pitches him down stairs
Allah Il Allah, what . muscular female.
Look again z.ai 5s. .s-
4 see picture, A man is endeavorins