The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1877-08-16

the house he saw, with anger. that the
Jewler was there, playing croquet with
Julia. The sight maddened him. For
moment heloOked at them, with clenched |
hands, then he hurriede away, with a /
gleam in his eye that denoted a storm.
In quarter of an hour he was again
approaching the place.. He had both |
hands in the pockets of his sack, as if |
he was holding on to something valuable. I
The dapper young jeweler was still en-
gagged in, the game with the fair Young
Julia, and their laughing remarks |
grated distastefully upon his ear. He /
marched straight into the yard. Julia
looked up and saw him, and frown
covered her face. He saw it and under
stood its import at once. His own face
grew black with wrath. He turned to
her. Er- T4 .# .Ia. T.
"Julia, have you given me up for this
cuss?" he savagely inquired.
What do you mean by such language
as that?'' she angrily demanded.
While the party thus indelicately
indicated stared at the newcomer as if
he very much doubted his. own ex-
| istence
"" just what say,n retorted the dis
carded one. ..r ...5-.
"Well, the quicker you leave this
ward the better you'll please me-" was
the spiteful rejoinder from the fair one.
"Then it's true, it's true," he howled
in a voice of anguish. b" She has left
me for old pole legs Oh!'' This with
a sudden reverse of tone, as the name
brought up realization of the hated
! Xp,, ha hat 1pno
it, are you?'' turning in a rage upon his
rival. "You are the scoundrel that left
me to buy her things for whole month,
to get her sweetened up for you, and
then you come in an take her to your
self. Where We're you on the. Fourth?''
he screamed with biting sarcasm.
"Why didn't you show yourself when
there was money to spend, an things to
show her that cost cash down. Where
were you when the ice-cream am cake
was around. Oh, you old gimlet-eye,r
he added, suddenly. removing one hand
from the recesses Of a pocket and hurl-
ing araw eggfull in the face of his rival,
which, breaking in the contact, COM
pletely changed the entire expression of
the jeweler ssWherewere you, / say
Z he yelled, dancing arouud, and drawing
forth another egg. At the advent of the
this awful article, Miss Julia scampered
into the house, and the affrighted and
almost blinded rival struck out wildly
: for escape; but the foe was after him,
| and not ten feet had been cleared when
the second egg caught him between the
| shoulders, and sprinkled its glowing
/ color over his back. The unfortunate
man ran with all his might seeking es-
/ cape, but baffled in the search. He flew
: over the vegetables, and darted around
7 the trees, but the avenger kept close to
3 him, plastering him with omelettes, and
7 plying him with questions like this:
} I"W Where were you on the Fourth?"
: Egg. fTU til Iai Ee#
r Where were you when there was
], money to be spentP" . -'' '''! =
4 "Kept away, did you, till the Fourth
: was over, the costliest day in the year?'
Y "Knew cream was up that day, die
you?''
: Egg. 3al. 90
n And the eggs flew with all the ven
geance an unrequited affection coule
y impart to them. And the unhappy Ju
liza, standing in trance of horror at thu
window, saw her favored one pelted il
the back, in the side, On the head ant
e against the legs; saw him tear through
J the shrubbery like a winged omlette
saw the golden liquid stream from hi
hair, his chin, his coat t-tails, and his fin
y ger tips; saw him shed scrambled eggs
chromos and circus posters at ever.
) Jump; saw him finally bound over th'
back fence, and sweep across the baci
u lots like simeon of biliousness, ant
1 then she gave a scream and faintet
y dead away.-Danbury News.;i ai}