Montgomery County sentinel., 1875-01-22
miscellaneous.
JENKINs IN NEVADA.

Nevada, paper describes the belle Of the
masquerade ball in the following astound-
ing language:
tTlle most gorgeous, stunning, high
toned, richest, fastcst-classest, or any 9TH
er adjective for costume in the outfit was
that worn by Miss frankie Clarke. She
was the hifalutinest. gayest and galusest-
dressed gal in the room. She appeared
10. The room as a page, and she was a
page that any man wonld leave another
to read Both in costume aud action
she was as perfect as u big sunaowcr."
A couple Of days after the appearance
Of the notice, into the editorial room Of
the paper stalked q young man. His
brow was wrapped in thunder, his
body in suit of tweed, and his hand
ciasped big lump of hickory. He
pulled paper ont Of his pocket, aud,
pointing his finger to the paragraph,
said: " want ter see the man as wrote
that ere. " /" | am the individual" !" re-
piled the person. G What did yer go and
do it for that's what want ter know 7"
20, because | thought you'd like to see
your girl made out one Of the most be-
witching females that was ever set on
earth to keep man from his hash and
drive baliny sleep from his pillow.
Now, lock here. Ever since that was
published | can't get a word out of her.
She sets in front Of the looking glass and
keeps gazin' on herself, and maxim
sqnint eyes at her dress, and puckerln
up her mouth. and actin as if she was a
blasted sight better'n anybody else. |
want this ere thing fixcd, or thera'll be
an editors situation vacant" He looked
significantly at the club For moment
the reporter stood in profound thought J,
then his face Frightened, and he said !:
I'll fix it in next weeks paper. After
you've seen the next issue. call and tell
me the result" The young man left 4
In the next weeks paper appeared the
following paragraph:
A CoRREomfoN-W We made grave
mistake in our issue of last week In
our description of the masquerade ball,
we accidentally substituted the name Of
Miss frankie Clarke for that Of Miss
George Waller. Anyone who is ac-
quainted with the first named lady must
have discovered the error. 1t is true
she appeared for what was intended as a
page, but she appeared good deal more
like bootblack in hard luck. She is
not good looking her actions are absurd,
and every man IN the room kept as far
from her as possible She thinks Of NOV
ing out Of this community, as it is unap-
preciativc. When she goes she will be
escorted out Of the town by d brass band
The people Of Austin will gladly miss
her from among them,
Tlse next day the young man entered
the office. In his hand he bore a riffs,
aud his belt was ornancntetl with big
six-shooter and tremendous bowie
knife. He sailed up to the reporter.
:. look warlike, don't [? | don't feel
bit like ightin', you bet. You jest
ought to have seen her when she read
that correction. Why, she jest danced
jig with madness, and she got down
and cried, and then she came up and
shrew her arms around my neck, anl
said, Arthur, do you love me Z You
bet your best bonnet on that. said /.
Well, never expect me to speak to you
again If you don't 60 and kill the feller
what writ that SANDER In course
promised. And here am to kill you
He laughed long AMI heartily. After a
time he luietea down, aud the reporter
said, suppose, in order to make it all
right between you and your girl, I've
got to become corpse I'll do it. Sit
there a minute and I'll fix the business. ;"
lie sat down at desk, and scribbled
away for 4 few minutes, and then returned
with sheet Of piper, on which was
written:
I. OBITUARY. 1T grieves us to be COM
palled to announce the sudden death of
Mr.. Charles Keller, the young and tai
ented fashion editor. In a moment Of
mental alteration he had slandered au cs-
timable. fashionable and beautiful young
lady Of this city. nafnad Miss frankie
Clarke. Yesterday her bethrothed called
at this o!tise AMI asked for the author Of
the slanler, aud when he discovered him
shot bin dead on the spot. This paper
will be unable to give fashion gossip
hereafter We fad it impossible to Gil
the place left vacant by Mr.. Keller.
Though cratic, he was man Of kind
heart, and could listen more atteptively
to Stale stories aud drink more bad
whiskey than any man in Austin.
r. / p
" That's yonr Sort said the infuria-
ted lover. That's the thing to a 7.
Come along, Mr. Corpse, and hist a little
lightning The lady was satisfied when
this paragraph appeared in the next issue
of the paper, her lover was regarded as
hero. and the Austin paper ceased to
give reports Of fashionable balls.
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