The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1877-07-13

ence, and my doubts been dispelieC
had it not been for the affair tbs
happened which / am about to relate
and which blighted all my fusur
life.'
pills, you never was in love :
you never lost the one heaven assign
ed for you--you don't know nothing
at all about it,
That is so. Go on
There was party at the Sar
Marine House one evening a soire'
dansante, or something like that
they called it. Thoy sent up to tn
city for music, and went in for ga,
time. ! was counted out, somewha
you know | don't dance. Tn
other fellow did. More than that, b,
danced with Tootie nearly all the
time. Pills, you don't know any
thing at all about it. You never had
the girl yous love dancing with your
rival all the evening right before
| your eyes, while you sat in corner
Hike a knot on a log; see him in the
quadrilles, when all the rest of the
couples simply take each others
hands and promenade--see that fell
low just put his arm around the girl,
and then go Waiting or polkaing all
about the room, every time right in.
front Of you, and that Guessed fellow
treading on your Germs every
chance he can get--yom don't know
anything about it."
| admitted my ignorance.
well, ! couldn't stand it; it was
too much. rushed out and started
off toward the sea. / don't know as
| had intention of suicide, but | was
in a desperate mood. The path to
the beach led along by the side Of
lagoon, and by the time | had gone
a hundred yards | changed my mind,
and thought | would take swim 10
the lake. That is about all the &C.
complishment | possessed, and one
can't show that off before the ladies',
you know--not in the way you can
dancing. disrobed under the bran.
ches Of huge alder, or sycamore,
or some such tree, and struck out
for the other side of the lake. The
moon was shining brightly, and the
water was warm and delightful. -
Having crossed TO the opposite side,
j swan along 10 the dark shadow Of
lie alders until / came to the sea
bach. Then noticedthat thesmoon
j. getting low Unjust return soon,
ore was missed at the party
er a short rest, plunged in again.
struck out for the place where
" my clothes. Lcould find it ca
Sly, the large tree growing there
In fifteen minutes was there, and,
Pills, | tell you, the situation of things
about that time was precarious.'
Flows thatP
Il couldn't find my clothes Gone |
sir--every article, except my plug
hat rushed round among the
brush and nettles and poison oak like
setter after a quail. Jerusalem
Whew. tell you | got dose that
lasted me for a month. Not q rag
of clothing could | find. At length
| happened to look up the path to-
ward the hotel. What do you sup
pose | sawR A cursed greyhound
that belonged to my rival with my
white vest, tossing it upon his nose,
and dragging it about among the
dust and tarweed as though it had
been an old dish>cloth. The situa>
ton flashed upon me in an instant.
The dog had stolen my clothes in
sport, and there / was-out there in
the night air-with no possible show
Of getting into the house without dis
covcry. Pleasant, wasn't it Y
Decidedly 7
'You don't know anything at all
about 1t, sir That was nothing to
what followed. Just as I was won
dering how in the dickens I was to
get out of the scrape, | looked upto-
ward the hotel again, and saw. some
thing that fairly made nv blood
freeze in nay veins. saw three
persons coming down the path, and
/ at once recognized them as my
rival, Wilkins, Miss Tootie, and
another young lady. They met the
DOG when about half way between
the lake and the hotel. / saw by
their actions the discovery Of the
vest had alarmed them. They all
came hurriedly down the path to-
ward the very spot where ] stood.
Pills, that was a situation | hope
never to be placed in again
Undoabtedly! Did you take to
the waterf'
Il dared not do it; bat it would
have been infinitely better if |
had. You see, | had been 10 the
water too long already. / was in an
awful shiyer-g oose-Aesh all over
me. There wasn't time to deIiber>
ate long. MY FIRST thought was to
spring up into tree, and I did so.
They came rushing down to the wa.
ter's edge, under the tree, just be,
meath me. ! could hear their voices
quite plainly. They were discuss