The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1871-04-13
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All loose garments were piled against
a towering pine. A camp Of fresh-cut
poles, Of withes and of carpets was
quickly constructed by legal hands And
adjacent rousing fire was made of dry
wood fitted by decades for the occasion.
After little, a majority of the COM
pany scattered in search of winter-greens,
posies. and such Ike. Then it was one
brusque fellow took the opportunity to
swear eternal love, and sanctioned it by
various genu4ections His diamoud-eyed
charmer with exquisite winsomeness re-
| sponded ''thems um. And so said
majority ramhled securely over rotten
wood and leafy puddies. But a few the
while remained at the camp, and in hap
py alienation scanned the naples o er.
or watched with eager months the tan
talizirg preparation Of a sweet rapast.
At length the majority returned.
Then the occasion assumed a mixed
character Of solemn meditations, sweet
| fancyings, spasmodic hullabaloos and
brisk shutting Of nameless paper docu-
ments.
Take it all in all many good things
were perpetrated. There were strong
evidences Of solitariness. and smiles and
winks and chuckles Of recognition of
said quality by the innocents. [ saw
two creatures eying each other with
soft glory. At length the lady played a
prank upon her bulky companion. and
then darted away to hiding place but
ike the character told where rural pleas
ures are sung in Virgil, first showed a
desire to be seen. Beholding in her the
action other sisters Of two thousand years
ago, I INDUCED III the solemn reflection,
how human nature repeats itself. One
fellow started for his Counterpart but
she turning fed with the speed Of a ga
zeile through the brush-wood. Then it
was he stood still, doubtless remember
ing the advice Of the wise man: "Go
not after the world. She turns on her
axis; and if thou stand still long
enough, she will turn round to thee.
One lady tried cuniform process upon
"a couple fast becoming ona by the law of
affinity. She regarded all others with
ursine ferceness: but upon him she
would fix her longing, searching, stab
bing eyes. Alas! it was ''no go" for
lin war pafIance) he was boarded"
Then it was she greatly saddened, doubt
less feeling that overwhelming priclf
ness which, I o1ine, comes from an over
dose of acupuncturation. Later in the day
an insolent fellow got in her way. There
upon she stamped her dainty foot and
shook her beautiful hair By this pro
cess he was so incapacitatcd that he has
not since been able to smile or Eft pen
stock.
The gentlemen were less numerous
than the ladies'; they were more rough
and ragged than usual. and tried to put
on primitive airs. But the ladies shone,
in their superior graces, and showed the
same exquisite shyness in their own IN
imitable way-.just for fun. Then there
was another joke, which in exact transla-
ton means Forrest venison.
But night came on apace. Then, be-
meath the shelter, all except one who stuck
with tenacious regard 10 the towering
pine, expressed themselves aslant in
primitive reDose, or with easy eyes
viewed the fire whose fanny globules
msytiGed the dryads Then supper
was served which might vie in original
delight with one Of great Achilles. The
finale Of the wood feats was distinguished
by heavy chorus that welled up through
the breezy tree tops to the starry sky.
: On the return, the winds drove rods
Of airy sand-bqrs into the faces of the
and beaded the eye-lids of all
with atomic stones. The company van
ished with a lasting impression Of a good
time. Q.