New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-01

| Brought KILN lovely cake, With sugar
| steam enkis' stop ON, sSEimmod with
10 vers. the children has been hiving
Vine. q 8 hooss ysu ~ sssPrance
| airl, Sake! what = lot Of men as has never
draw'd sober breath siaces they left Smoil
ersvile, eli o. hollsfing themseivess rea in
| the face. Them kind of! cakes, they say, 10
| good to keep, and this IN might dofor POUR
veaxlm' lCrsr out thefe, you children, eud
| let Miss Bfo~n. have some showing ct her
cake. les mighty hard to keep children's
| I'm gers from picking AS tho frostiDg
f"Pleaee divide the cake AmOng your little
Ones" said. II am not feeling very we'll.
Would you oblige mo very much by not
letting any one disturb met ! want rest
"Souls alive! sud arc you - bad ~ thstl
you will allow" I felt really too wretched
to make q reply, and mounting 70 my room
went to bed. went to sleep, feeling dread
fully broken dswn, and dreamed that l
wandered ell night through gloomy thick
cts. picking e owsrs out Of Bass' ale bottles.
which all turned to thorns and pricked my
fingers. -..A -.--r'k ~
.sG.Hm ttSEisTE
to the ,fice. There were two, doors to the
station, one of them close to my closet. l
looked in and saw Mr.. Thor. with his head
supported on his hands and his tawny hair
streaming down. cqughed porposely, but
there was NO answer. passed in and
opened the door of my little room. and ut
tered cry of snsprise at its altered ap-
pearance It was decorated from top to
bottom with garlands Of flowers. To sus-
pend the festoons of leaves, nails had been
driven into the walls, and 20 emothered
were the engravings with greenery that
81 A1r
however, being partly on the ceiling, still
held his own. Ny Gle bottle was eope aud
waa replaced by . pretty little jar2iniere
fil-d with terms end creepers. The map of
Thor, where was iii i searched tor it in
valu. Al last l. fouad it, torn and crum-
pied and thrust ignOminionsly int0.s cor
ner quickly bod the map in my hand,
and smOothed it cut, aud, IN order to re-
place it, mounted on . cracker boz, which
did dufy in my boudoir as an ottoman.
Nv logging ab ,ut this piece Of furniture, I
suppss %, awakened Mr.. Thor from his
fevef1e. sHs LAD - cs IN
Tim 20 glad Jon have come, kiss
Brown" heard him rise. 81 wanted to
h.ve some person to condole with, after
Eessesday's asinine Rroesedi"gs I hope
how it must have dietuFb+d you had a.
most fight with Wntsips; he wanted to
have the whole concern stationed under {"
your window stSee tha Con quering Hero
Tor heroine COmes, played on q big drum =
and Ophicleide, would have given you Q
brain fever. never was go irritated in nv
life. tried my best to keep them out Of 81
our room in the Office, here, bat could not, .
] suppose they have decorated it. The
vourg man took ynur place. est -rd az, and
the Smoile-sville- lad v undertook the bust. I
nees. ] have not looked 1t it.' s5azs
z rPssy look in, Mr.. Thor" / said, half. 2.
amused at his solemn and absshed misn. ?,
~ lie indeed . perfect bower, now. How
b ave merited all this kind attention, / can
not divine He stood Ut the door mo- 9
e ent, and glanced around. srT titss
That map is strangely out of place. he .,
'ense! / am well over it all. now" and
,ere he made . step toward coming in. dsas
please do not. Please, Mr.. Thor. SomeLIu.
me threw the plan into the corner; has torn. --
I, am afraid. took the trouble to hang
t up again." s ~ - "
He stopped Just then, as with outstretched 10
rms, both of my hands holding fast to tho q
ides OF the door, barred the entrance. (,
If it stays there" he said bitterly, .it
must be constant reminder of as stupid
oily a. q sane man could have been guilty q
Il. Why keep it! Thor, with it's paper
treets, its mock avenues, its sham dis
snces!
pray cease, Mr.. Thor. Is not this room
zine, at least tor the present." Here
)cked the door. what did tha railroad
eople determine about the place? Did they
romise anythingf"
''ies.' he replied eloomily, 'they have
ecided on cattle she'd"
"A cattle shed!' l exclaimed, concealinx
II Difficulty my own chagrin and dissp-
ointment. l recovered myself Quickly,
owever. and added, "A cattle shedl That
something, much better than nothing.
ome-some of the grrarest cities of an
qulty, you may remember, owed their
to . cattle mart"
ALLOW me to correct your history, for
nee. Rome's great forum, when Rome be-
s,oe nothing, was degraded to Q Gu w-pen."
III IT 's worse than folly to draw any par -
sttle shed! Why, that " just what was
anted!H Following the lead of my san
aine temperament, went ON tumultuOus-
7: Wise. practical railroad mel! A cattle
LED means drovers and butchers, men
on Maine to Texas, with fat, greasy
ahess. IL means a hntel, bank, q mar
et, II exchange, q printing office. q news
aper, church. Sunday .chuol t. means
aved streets and side walks. Ii sugg-sts
ayor, aldermen, lawyers, doctors, specu-
'ore. politicians. II means wharf and
cam boats, and timber rafts, and light
ouse perched on Thors Rock, shining of
ghts across rhe lake 1t means that at
at the nucleus is found, providing you
H. believe it as l do
Mr. Thor seemed to stagger for moment
1der my load Of words, and then said.
Mss Brown you look honest. 1t would be
10 most cruel thing IN the world, 1t Won
I'VE utterance TO anything You did not i'm
icitly believe"
MIR Thor" replied, with conviction.
hough women at my age are prone to 70.
ahclng, give you my honor that have
ctured nothing which l do not believe
ay De accomplished, providing you will
DIX man10lly toward the end in view
ease reach me down the map" added,
docking the door.
what fOr2''
:" 10 locate the cattle she'd"
he quickly carried the map to his work
< Ia Ole. hls eyes beaming wi b pleasure.
mere. no said, after some bordering
.r 1t, 'is an unoccupi-d place. We can
y decide on these things hastily. Now
TUE SIZED must be on the outskirts near
aoattolr. Think OF mad steers strayinp
und and goriug all the children in = popn-
Ia city,"
How fer is this unoccupied place from
rtF and put my fuger about where the
legrsph station stood.
AT least mile and balf," he replied.
consult the scale"
1t lie inpossi ble," remarked in the mo.t
cided way. 1.-THE town must Green bat"ra
can jump 1t ought to be right here, close
The depot"
Out OF the question. Ny real depot, not
. one opposite here, is full Y three-quarters
d hiie lower Down the road just where
u want the cattle shed to be ia the site of
opera house, in the Quarter St. German