The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1876-09-15

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10 get rid of him. Shrimp retires to his
room, deposits his boots outside the door and
betakes himself to the solitary pillow, feeling
| in the serene consciousness of selfish soul,
that when man truly enjoys himself, he
must leave his family at home.
The following day at meridian Shrimp
might have bean seen sporting in the waves
like very sea god. In ordinary clothing
such as becomes his station in life, Mr..
Shrimp is not handsome in bathing suit
he is altogether disappointing. Especially
are his feet unpleasant to look at, and no
amount of striped stockings and low shoes
will ever again make them lovely in the eyes
of those who have seen them bare and dis
figured, pattering about the surf. While on
the beach he has met two friends, capital
fellows from Pittsburg, and in the generous
glow of his fanced riches, he cordially in-
vites them to dine with him. The two
friends promptly accepted the invitation,
and Shrimp brings them to Stockton in tri-
umph. Seated around the bouteously spread
board his soul expands to meet the require
ments of the occasion. "a man does not
like to be thought niggardly," mentally ar
gued Mr.. Shrimp. al am not often thus ex-
travagant, and like to do thing of this
kind handsomely when L do undertake it.
Waiter, wine card" Obsequious Africa,
in all the awful majesty of an immense and
immaculate shirt collar, quickly produces a
pencil and card. "Golden Seal," writes Mr..
Shrimp, like man accustomed to having
the best of everything. The wine is brought;
such tempting bottle standing proudly in
its cooler, surrounded by crystal bits of ice,
all very artis tically and neatly arranged.
champagne is the only diink for gentle
man, and Golden Seal is the only Cham
pagne," observes Shrimp, as he critically ex-
amines the brand to make sure that it is the
best. OF course Mrs Shrnp will have to
curtail the household expenses for Il whole
month to make up for this dinner, which
she has in no way shared but she ought to
economize. A woman oughn't to expect ev-
erything in these hard times.
Heres to you my boy" said Boggs, who
was also one of the company. Then they
all raise their glasses and nod mutual good
wishes to each other. The sparkling mellow
wine disappears in the glasses to reappear
again in the form of heightened color, loos-
ened tongues and meaningless laughter AZ
ter dinner, Shrimp and his party went over
to Congress Hall to see ''some fellows, and
well he had not the least idea of what
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He only knew that he rang for Seltzer water
at 4 o'clock in the morning, and left on the
7 a. m. train for the city with wretched
headache, and feeling miserable generally
The trip had not been of the slightest bene-
fit to him, ~ lie subsequently, told Mrs. s.,
and assured herit was very dull at the Cape
He did not think the season would be much
of success, people felt the hard times, and
could not afford the lavish outlay of former
years. A man can run down for day ut
small cost, but to take ones family, makes
tvery expensive He did not consider it
worth while to allude to the dinner or the
champagne, or that after leaving Congress
Hall, hZ and his friends had dri Yen to Sea
Grove and the steamboat landing with the
best turnout he could hire on the Island,
and that he paid the bill without grumbling.
OF the fifty dollars he took with him to Cape
May, all that remained was simply ten cents
when he reached home, and he only went
down for day. Thus it was that Mrs.
Shrimp saw her summer trip fade into moth.
ingness, vanish quite away, because her hus-
band could not afford it. But Mrs. Shrimp
was aOt a manager.