The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1877-02-01
A SLIP ON SLIPPERS.
TIE SAD EXPERIENCE or 4 BIG
FOOTED BROKER.
illustrating at the Same Time the Size
Of the Chicago Foot.

side. Ha is handsome, he dances
well, he waltzes beautifully, says
witty things which makes, everybody
laugh, and parts his hair exactly in
the middle. His graceful figure is
onQ of the most familiar at all of
the club dances and private parties
in that part of the city.
Augustus day or two or ago was
in love-deeply, madly in love with
Eyangeline Jerome: a pretty blonde,
who lives on West Monroe street.
He first met Evangeline Jerome at
one of the club parties given at
Martins last season. He loved her
at first sight. Once, while looking
over volume of poetical quotations
preparatory to going to- Browns
party, which everybody remembers,
he came across the line,
He only loves who loves at first sight,
and exclaimed, "That's the gospel
truth"
He lavished chocolate caromels on
that girl, and the coarse thought
that she was the champion caromel-
chewer Of the Vest side never
flashed upon his intellect. When
his sister confdentially told him that
Evangeline ''toed in, his love was
not shaken in the least. Had she
told him that his Eyapgeljno had O
big mole on her back, he would still
have loved that girl. Ono nj ght
this winter he froze his nose while
taking her sleigh-riding. Yet he
murmured pot, though the skin
peeled off and made it look like
piece of raw veal outlet. Oh, he
madly loved his Evangeline, and
thought she adored the ground
the considerable area of ground
that he stood on. -
Wednesday evening he rang the
front door bell of the Jerome family
mansion. The servant girl came to
the door. : ..-...,--..---..-
"Is Miss Jerome in ?"
eyes. Walk into the parlor, Mr..
Harrison. She is dressing. L will
tell lAeF YOU are here"
He walked into the parlor and sat
familiarly down in the large arm
chair, which he often convinced
Evangelino was big enough to hold
them both, and bright expectant
smiles agitated the waxad, needle
like ends of his small mustache
the mustache which Evangeline,
the hatterer, always said tickled so.
Five minutes dragged slowly away.
Five more minutes successfully
accomplished similar proceeding.
yawned and wondered why
she didn't come, while, as q matter
of fact, Miss Jerome had but just
put the finishing touch upon the
first soap curl. Then he sauntered
to the centre table and looked at the
photograph album, although he
remembered very we'll that Eyange-
line had showed: them to him the
first time he called upon her. Then
he sauntered to the little what-not
in one of the back corners of the
room. A paper parcel, loosely done
up, lay on ono of these shelves.
Augustus picked it up. A pair of
slippers dropped out of the paper.
''My Christmas present." he mur-
INJURED softly as he picked them up. |
Darling girl. Oh how + lovo her."
and he fell to admiring tho en-.
and the pleasing pattern.
On the side of each slipper was q
dog with cardinal red head, q
b ack body, and pink tail, chasing
= green deer with solferino antlers
md q manuve tail around each tail
around each heel. On the other
side Of each slipper was magenta
axe, into which these singular deer
90 doubt intended to plunge to
escape these peculiar dogs. "Oh
now beaptifqlr' exclaimed Augustus.
Dear girl, I knew she would re-
me-" At this instant he
glanced at the sole, and an express
sion Of acute pain, which would
nave been less inexplicable had it
oeen the green-apple season, passed
lcross his face, and he groaned,
Gracious heavens number mines.
impossible )" and he held them
10 the light and looked again. eyes,
mines. Oh Evangeline
Evangeline is it posslble7 Can it
be9 Is there another9 Oh cruel,
false, heartless, tickle RvaHgeline.
She loves another because he has
small feet. The deceitful jade. Oh!
how I loved her. Loved her 2 aye,