The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1877-01-31
q SLIP ON SLIPPERS.
TIE SAD EXPERIENrE or 4 BIG
FOOTED BROKER.
illustrating at tho Same Time tho Size
Of tho Chicago Foot.

illustrating at tho Same Time tho Size
Of tho Chicago Foot.
Augustus Harrison is ono of the
gay society young men of the West
side. He is handsome, he dances
we'll, he waltzes beautifully, says
witty things which makes everybody
laugh, and parts his hair exactly in
the middle. His graceful figure is
one of the most familiar ut all of
the club dances and private parties
i'll that part of the city.
Augustus day OF two or ago WIS
in love-dceply, madly in love with
Evangeline Jerome, a pretty blonde,
who lives on West Monroe street.
He first met Evangelino jerome at
one of the club parties given at
Martins last season. He loved her
at Grst 81 ght. Once, while looking
over volume of poetical quotations
preparatory to going to Browns
party, which everybody remembers,
1lc CttillC dCl llAS,
lie only loves who loves Mt 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 caromcl-
chewer of the West side never
flashed upon his intellect. When
his sister confdentially told him that
Evangelino "tocd in" his loec was
NOT shaken in the least. Had she
told him that his Evangclino had a
big mole on her back, he would still
have loved that girl. Ono night
this winter he frozo his nose while
taking her sleigh-riding. Yet he
murmured not though the skin
peeled off and mado it look like q
piece of raw ve'.l outlet. Oh, he
madly loved his Evangeline, and
thought she adored the ground
the considerable area of ground.---
that he stood on.
Wednesday evening ho rang tho
front door bell of the Jerome family
mansion, The servant girl came to
the door
els Miss Jerome in 2"
eyes. Walk into tie parlor, Mr..
HARRISON She is dressing I will
tell her you are here"
He walked into the pallor and sat
familiarly down in the large arm
chair, which he often convinced
Evangeline was big enough to hold
them both, and bright Sxpoctant
smiles ogitated the waxed, needle
like ends of his small mustacho
the mustache which Evangeline,
the tlatterer, always said tickled so.
Five minutes dragged slowly away.
Five more minutes successfully
accomplished similar proceeding,
Augustus yawned and wondered why
she didn't come, while, as Il 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 tho
photograph album, although ho
remembered very we'll that Evange~
line had showed them to him the
first time ho called upon her. Then
he sanntered to the little what"not
in ono of the back corners of the
room. A paper parcel, loosely done
up, lay on one 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 love her, "
and he fell to admiring tho em~
broidcry and the pleasing pattern.
On the side of each slipper was q
dog with cardinal red head, a
b acll body, and q pink tail, chasing
a green deer with solferino antlers
and a manuve tail around each tail
around each heel, On the other
side of each slipper was magenta
lake, into which these singular deer
no doubt intended to plunge to
escape these peculiar dogs ooh |!
how beautiful exclaimed Augustus,
Dear girl, I knew she would re.
member mo-" At this instant he
glanced at the sole, and an express
sion of acute pain, which would
have been less inexplioablo had It
been the green-apple season, passed.
across his face, and he groaned,
"Gracious heavens number mines.
Impossible;" and he held them
to tho light and looked again. eyes,
number mines. Oh Evangeline
Evangeline is it posslbleY Can it
be z Is there another ? Oh cruel,
false, heartless, tickle Evangeline.
She loves another because he has
small feet. The deceitful jade. OH
how I loved her. Loved her ? aye,
worshipped her, adored her. Heaven
help me bear this. She has broken
my heart" and ho mussed up his
hair which he had 80 carefully oiled
and slicked, and threw his arms
wildly about and paced the room in
great excitement, looked extremely
wild and haggard, indeed. ooh,
the perfdious wretch Oh. the
leceitfulness of woman he groaned
as he knocked over q chair which