The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-07-26
TraVolers' Register.
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MY PIPE; and HOW | GGTEF.

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We'll 1 If you Insist upon hearing Thu
story, I,WillStellitto you-only remeIn.
Der lie a miseTably melancholy thing
However, 1t will I'LL up the time betort
We can 60 TO Mrs. C's. What bort
these paTenthetical periods Of life are
Why not dine at 0 instead OF o., 50 tha
one would just have time to smoke a plpt
and put on ones gloves before making 1
bow TO the unfortunate creature who II
lat home" for that nightY II l ever BE-
come an engaged man, shall insist iiioI
being married within two weeks from The
day offer myself. Did you intimate thai
you were waiting Tor the story! VERY
soon, old boy. was wandering. Smoke
always puts mo out, and this Green Seal
(callGd "green' because it's "blue," blows
superb cloud, heavy and yet delicate
wreGlhing itself In closer coils and turn.
ing round and round your pipe. The
pipe Heavens and earth! what fright
iui amount of trouble that pipe cost me.
once made an estimate Of the expense.
don't remember now what 1t was, but
know ran in debt and wore old gloves
to dozen parties, was SO hard up.
What possessed the girl TO givGi to me
never could see. However, she did 1t,
and thereby hangs the tale.
You eco had gone TO the Beach " Il
Can'tte you, Of course, where the Beach
is,but Philadelphia people always go there)
with Charlie Convers, and Charlie pre-
scented me to his sister, and his sister
waItzcd and walked and talked with me,
and VIC got 10 bG great friends. One night
rs We were walking remember We had
Just turned u corner OF the plaZzs, and
come into the iull mOOnlight-she sud-
denly laid her hand-duced pretty hand
it was too, with pearly glove on it-+on
niue the one, you know, u fellow has to
hold up in beastly uncomfortable posi-
ton when he has lady on HIS arn) and
said-lhang me il can ever forgive that
girl her behavior TO mcD-"0h! l do want
you to promise me something SO much. !
know you will think it odd OF me TO talk
so unreservGdly to you, but then you know
I've heard Of you so often from Charlie,
and from other people, that l feel as
though you wcrc an old friend. And oh !!
am so anxious about it, and il / could
only persuade you to promise |" What
could do? l knew l was going TO be
sold, but | couldn't well SEQ how 10 help
it, go l said something about being
only too happy TO be entrusted with her
confidence" and wouldn't she rely on
Inc Just as II l had been her brother or
uncle, or any member OF tnat unlofIon-
ute class Of men over whlch women thinK
they have q natural Flshl 10 tyta1Ennlze
aud, in fact, made an ass OF mySeH gen
orally. And then She saIu esI sne
would trust me, lor she knew was ho1Ie
and true (shc read u 10 my iAGG, sue eAl9h
and would be kind ana OUNCE hor IN
what she wished anu tneh sue LOOKED
up In my lace with such lovely earnest
look that vowed would 90 anything
she desired. y, wretched iool that l was!
My dear boy, never Walk IN inc moon
light with young and attractive female
unless you know she's engaged or imag-
ines you TO be very poor. And even then
DO ii cautiously. Well, she went on TO
say that she had some iriends-an old
gentleman, an old lady and young lady,
niece Of the old oDe-coming TO stay with
her party that week, and that she wished
me 10 be polite and kind 10 the young
lady and not TO tltrt with hCt-"because,"
she added, "shc Is very young and mex
perienced. You are tiirt." (of course |
protested "yes, a cruel, wicked hlrt, and
want to save her u cam ana | know
iryOu will promise me not to iiift with
her one bit you will keep your word"
And Then she looEeu 30 sweet lilal l went
oil in long speech, In which l avowed
myself 10 b. the despiser and cOntGmner
Ofiirtsi that looked upon the man who
"oulu sGeh 10 VIII !Iic nSHlt VI woman
without having previously SURRENDERED 70
GeE w. ~ St'S az ;rtin ia" Will, Willie
nClu ~ no,1SsI",ou " urue
any PosSlD,e ~ T.;naS ~ hnsO SES
YET III Iue Caso VI n, ~ VI neIs, tne
mere lIea was puS S' ,L = I'o 10y. " ny
sense Of ACnoE, anu ,o Hu"s ICY S ueePy
hutl InaL sno Iou.u iS W. .oI O nSC; ~
IAct, WuIAeI iS1Sn a 'tT SUI nSo So W.
t1clteITaent , tnn mali bnS I M, IN ,,w ~
nave ouGleI 10y oO'' ,, n ~ LroS,, nv,
lent HeslCu1STsTS La~roSSJ ~, =, boyo IN -,
~ 5'P'ii w"s a neriect thing in ia wayE
h1 ,iSn ,iS,"t If meersohNlm SprinCinr
Mny ston, oF cIonded amber: and sun
!toan Iootn6 rather rueiIllly about il, fol
aSo isnvhed A little at the flight of my Gu
SSUoiasS, and finally paid she would Civ
. NV oro,bor since sie Ind been the csust
nT nv breaking mai, If at the close Of thu
SeasSn she found / had kept my promise
And that was tho first scene of the 70
nance
That night | drank four CobblGrs ami
smoked hall a dozen cigars, IrelusCd Il
plsy billiards, and took long and lionel!