The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1875-12-03

sLook here, John" says he;
nbut never yOn mind; it won't be
here Long. for III tear it down in
about hall a moment"
"No, you must not do that,
said 1. little nervous.
why not, you poor spiritid
muffp> shouts the little fellow:
"let nae alone-let me get at it |
what. are you holding me forT
"Nor no! no! Well then"
"WG.lL, then, whatT'
wv ell, then, it is mine"
"W hat is yoursf"
"TI1at advertisement"
How can it be yours, when it
insults you?''
90, business before vanity"
well. 1 am blessed! Here s
q go. Look here, now;" and he
began tGD split his sides laughing;
but all rOf a sudden he turned aw-
full gr.uye: "You will rise, my lad;
this is genuine talent; they might,
as we'll try to keep balloon down"
In sh6Ir t., my friend, who was as
homes It as the day in his own say
ings anal doings, admired this bit
of ras ca hty in me, and augured
the hilpE 'iest results.
Tn G district of London which
is call ell the Seven Dials was now
divides into two great. parties;
one gu cured for me a brilliant
succe 50 next day, the other a
dead fl Iilure. The latter party
numb Ell ed many names unknown
to fan le the former consisted of
Paley- l was neuter, distressing,
not m y merits, but what l called my
my Ia Oh.
On NIondaV afternoon was bu-
Isy pu1t ing out the fireworks, mai
ling the m to their posts, etc. To-
ward ~ eAing it began raining so
heavily that they had to be taken
in, and the whole thing given mp;
it was p ostpOned to Thursday
On Thursday night we had a
good CAS- sembly; the sum taken at
the doors exceeded my expecta-
ton. 1 had my misgivings on ac-
count sof the rain that had fallen
on my -kickshaws Monday evening,
so be gan with those articles
, had aiken in first out of the rain.
They went of splendidly, and my
PERSONAL friends were astounded
but DON my poverty began to tell.
Instead of having many hands to
save iihe fireworks from the wet, ]
had been alone, and of course
much time had been lost getting
them under cover. We began
now tao get among the damp lot,
! and .Scienee was lost in chance;
= some would and some would MT
= and tine people began to goose me,
q rocket or two that fizzled them
= selves out without rising a foot
Z inflanIed their angry passions; SO
. annDunced two fiery pigeons.
, The fiery pigeon is a pretty fire
. work enough. 1t is of the nature
:; of rocket, but being on a string
it travels backward and forward
between two termini, to which the
III string is fixed. When there are
u two strings and two pigeons. the
:. fiery wings race one another
u across the ground, and charm the
y gazing throng. One of my term;
nj was a tree at the extremity Of
ie the gardens. Up this tree
~ mounted in my shirt sleeves with
K my birds. The people surrounded
the tree, and were dead silent.
Z could see their final verdict anC
y my fate hung on these pigeons
Il 1 PLACID them, and with a beating
q heart lighted their matches. To my
IL horror one did not move. might
l as well have tried to explode green
sticks. The other started and
u went OFF with great resolution and
y. accompanying cheers toward the
&c opposite side. But midway it sud-
: denly stopped, and the cheers with
p it. 1t did not come to an end all
IL at once, but the fire oOzed grad
y ually out of it like water. A
OF howl of derision was hurled up in
u the tree at me; but, worse than
;" that, looking down, l saw in the
r moonlight a hundred stern faces
u; with eyes like red-hot emeralds
"a in which l read my fate. They
~ were waiting for me to come
IN down, like terriers for a rat in q
CT trap, and I felt by the look OF
them that they would kill me, OF
y near it. 1 crept along a bough,
VI the end of which cleared the wal
d and overhung the road. deter
IS mined to break my neck sooner
"a than fall into the hands of an in
~ suited public. An impatient or
g ange whizzed by my ear, and an
y apple knocked my hat out of the
% premises. ! crouched and chung;
re luckily, 1 was on an ash bough,
10 long, tapering, and tough; it bent
N with me like a rainbow. A stick
'e or two now wh'zzed past my ear,
"a and it began to rain fruit. held
N on like grim death till the road
"a was within six feet of me, and
y then dropped and ran off hone,
e. like a dog with a kettle at his tail.
ie Meanwhile a rush was made for
y the gate to cut me OFF; but it was
/ too late. The garden meandered,
III and my executioners, when they
got outside. saw nothing but q
u fitting spectre-me in my SHIRT
l. sleeves making for the Seven
y; Dials.
u Never prick q pimple. A lady in
II Georgia did it recently, and in less
IN than q week she was compelled to
II climb the golden stair.