Daily Republican., 1877-04-13
HUMOROUS.

Then she got vexed and told bin b
| could do Is hs pleased. He left. III
next night be came around again. 81
asked to see her sione. She readily com
piled. she was al Of q tremor. He
heart went out to him in q gnsh Of sym.
pathetic love. She stood ready to thros
both arms aroqRds bio neck and cry ou
In her JOY. There was not much olo
IN isfsce, and his voice was husky y
HE said: s. ssIys 81 NJ 'l@tza !
VI have been with yoou six non,ha
Matilda and tried 10 all that time /,
do what was right. He paused IN ID
lstxnt 70 recover bis voice which VA
faltering. rapidly. while her trembling
increased. u know thstI got considers
laibisNemper, and that I do dot control |,
always - fought. But I, have tried L
be faithful 10 you Strisd TO do evsFyfhina
that thought would tapd 70 make you
happy. And feeling that I .bave, called
to night TO see ifyou woaldnt 10 kind
lienough TO eive me- D sort of 4 testltnonial
| TO this effect, 10 that ! could show it 10
| any other young Iadyl might want to
/ 60 with. II might help me.S 2 s9{s 8
q He looked at her anxiously. 4 All tbs
color left her In flush. She made 4
great effort 10 swallow something which
Threatened to sufocate her. Then she
spoke: 5,.. RI ,,sssI s@,. n sE ,gis
sYou get out sf this houss q quick a
you can, you miserable whelp, or my
father shall kick you OUT" II 4 a,,s N
a He didn't toy with time. 9 He left
without The testimonial. I.
| An OcrAdoN.-aDo / look like Iall
octagon ?" asked My.s PartiDgten, u
she sat ct breakfast at the Grand Cen.
tral, Oakland, with the, newspaper bS.
fore her, and George, the Reoial and
beaming exponent Of gastronomic sciencs
pouring her Moch-"do T. look like "a
octagonf" placing, her finger smipnely on
the paragraph fixing her age Of seventy
seven. s.An octagon, indeed p she con.
tlnued, not severely, q srnile wreathing
her lips 90 the odor Of the coffee exhaled
and her spectacles were dewy with tho
rising vSpor from her cup, s'tbey viii,
perhaps, make ms q c6ntprian next, and
a relict Of antipathy, but this is year
for such, and perhaps should be CRATE
full for II, as age is honorable, and I night
find q place a. the National Imposition.
Yet 1t is best mt 70 assurie years any
more than virtues, and shall be con-.
tent II am never older than ! am at
ths present time. This coffee u
very fagrant, George" and a. she spoke
she gazed into the cup, seeing therein
her good looks reflected, which. sixty
years had not impaired, while George
beamed down upon her with radiant
satisfaction. u
SELLING TRAlfPs,- "A Hartford paper
tells how lady OF that city "plays it, on
tramps, through the agency Of the bogus
money known a. "advertising green
Ibacks, j" and which to the casua observer
appear genuine. Ths lady With studied
careless6ess puts = bill Of this kind under
the mat At the back door, and awaits The
approach OF the innocents. Up to The
door comes trampy and bis greedy eyes
at fence a1lghE on The money. IN
In adash' II Is transferred 10 his pock.
et, and without stopping to knock and
beg, as.he intended. to do, be hurries
out Of sight, radiant with the 10y Of one
who unexpectedly strikes good lack.
When at q safe distance he looks at the
bill, and as the extent Of the terrible de-
ception dawns upon him he clutches his
hair, and With q wild. despairing cry Of
"Soid, by JerusalemW crawls, into
convenient rat-bole and dies.
Mrs. Middlerib paused 10 take . final
survey of the table before she called the |
ladies out to tea. She started, O. her
eyes fell upon the plate OF lemon tarts. |
There were five were there had been
nine. She sought her only son and, put |
him in the witiiess-box. He objected 10 |
her putting her own constructions upon |
bis answer, and was subjected to the
usual punishment for contumaciousness. |
And the next composition day at school
Master Middlerib amazed his teacher by
'eading as the title ofhis essay: "The
Lost Taris, and Why, They can Never
% Recovered" 70 sD risa,n n,
A stranger went into . fashionable st.
louis Church. and while there, the
:hoir, IN sweetiy operate tones, sang
hat good old pieca: ,$3'sa
Jerusalem, my happy home, s
- Name ever dear TO me, aHt !
This was what the choir sang, but the
traneer did not know IL. To him IL
ounded more like ." ~'a.F'
Y Rue slam, map pome, m
Name wade tumme. ApI. L
g. s....rl, - j. ~ a. +. ~ Hr y- lEf
I. A Virginia hunter says that he saw
bout seven hundred THOUSAND ducks
ettle on pond. They were wedged
iosely together. gHe'fred both barrels
4 his gun into them. They few away,
eayipR no dead ones Ii the water: but,
Q sO0u an ihe f0ck spread out o little,
cad ducks looseped and fsll until he
licked up enough, 10 fill twepty-niLe
arrels. He Is better man than Nun.
hausen was. i
An anonymous fienI sends us the fol.
owing: "What's the difference batween
he present yearand piece Of c0pper
the mint p One IL the beginning Or q
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