The Van Buren press., 1875-08-31
MISCELLANY.
NAsBY's NEW HOOK.
The Narrowing Tale Of Yusef.

Yusef waa straining her to his manly
bosom, and was figuring in his mind
whether he hadn't better swear her again
that they might again fall into each 9th
er's arms, when he was aroused from his
dreams by touch upon the shoulder.
He turned fiercely on the intruder, and
Immediately turned back, not so ferceiy.
1t was An officer, q shoulder. strapped
hirelng in military clothes, who held a
paper in his hands.
Art Yusef Thaycr?' said the oppres.
sor.
Il am proudly said the youth; at
which lara. who had come to the con.
clusion that she had been fainting long
enough, awoke with igh.
81 havebeen searching for you, my
buck. high and low,' said he. You're
drafted, and must 60 where glory waits
YOU.
..W'retchr retorted Yusef, thou lest!
The quota Of our ward was made up
week ago
'.Ha, hal sncered the hireilng, mot so
fast In truth, You thought so. and faith
SO did l. but we want more men, and
the calipll revised the figures for dozen
of the wards, this among the others The
draft was drawn, this morning, and you
were hit
.'Why this haste P said Yuscf 'Canst
not wait till thou hast the evening pa
peri Perchancc he will figure again
and let us out
1T won't do said the officer, I'VE can't
wait We must have men. Come"
But am physically unfit am
'Iknow what you are going to say.
You are rupturcd, have a cough, have
varicosc veins, and are near sighted, etc
1t won't do. We havereduced the cause
Of exemption to barely one.'
And that is
Death before draft
Is there no escapeT
Nary! There isn't time to get sub
stitute, and if there was--
Il haven't got the stamps you would
say, but dcIicacy prevents you. True,
too true! g..
Here! shrieked lara, tearing the
massive jewelry from her ears and fin
gers, and arms and bosom; take these
glittering gauds, and give me back my
Yusef!' .,.s...
The officer looked at them, and return.
ed them with perceptlble sneer on his
finely chiseled features, With tho signii
cant remark Dollar store!
All hope was pone!
AT least said Zara, let's do the reg
ular thing
'Yusef!
'Zara!'
Aud they fell into otttlet ar1ns
mutually assuring each other that, thro
veal and woe they would be true to each
other, forever and forever.
In the course Of four minutes Yusei
Thaycr was on his way to join his regi
ment, leaving Zara fainting on the sward
Did she remain true to liim7 We shal
see.
One year elapsed, A gallant soldier
was strnding at the door Of an humble
cottage. Twas Yusef He had returned
unscathod by bayonet, bullet or shell
He had been in the commissary depart
mcnt, and had snuffed the battle afar Oft
.Mother!' Kissed he, tell me, lara
Was married precisely eleven months
ago, my son, to one Of the 6rst geEtls
men of Cairo, who made big thing ou,
OF an army contract
Married" hissed he, through his
clenched teeth, and shifting himself twice
on the forehead. Married"
Certainly, my son, replied the mother
wringing out shirt calmly, about s
month after you were drafted
Tell me, did her paternal parent, or
her fathers side, compel her thus to sac
rince her youth and beauty, thus to break
her pIighted troth, thus to go back or
herself and ms2'
NO
did her father speculate in pork, and
get caught On falling market2 Were
not his notes going to protest, and die
this rich villain offer he the dread alter
native of her fathers ruin or her hand 2
Mary. She laid for him until she COB
bled him.
Did she never speak of mel Has sh,
grown pale and wan. and so ona
Not wan. She's as fresh as peach
and the gayest of the gay. The bulbu
sings not more sweetly, nor the nightin
gale mo C frequently replied the old lady
putting more soap and water on a dirty
wristband She 6aunts at the opera
while wash shirts at fifty cents dozen
Bismullah Such is lile.'
Destruction = muttcrcd Yusef. Il viii
meet her ! will confront her, and taun
her with her faithlessness, and then
And uttering dcspairins shrek he dun.
himself from the house.
There was sound Of revelry y,
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