The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1877-01-24
A LITTLE OFF.
The Singular Adventure of Socially
Inclined VI. G..

The Singular Adventure OF a SOcfaIly
Inclined VI. G.
Washington Capitol
The snowy weather and the sloppery side
walks accomplish much more than the mere
exhibition of Young ladies' striped stockings,
getting even with the masculine department
of humanity, and with startlingly evil effects
at that One night last week member of
congress, quite an exceptional one in respect
of the prophecies of his station and
from a social point of view, called
on a well known young lady of this city. The
pavements were sloppery and his feet were
wet While waiting in the parlor and vain
ly essaying to imbibe warmth at the register,
lucky thought struck him, and$as there
was no one in the room and no prospect of
his lady acquaintance for twenty minutes,
he removed his boots and stretched his
brownsock encased feet in front of the
register. The effect was soothing and COM
Portable, and when sufficiently satisfied with
the heat our congressional rooster
started to pull on his damp boots. The
movement progressed finely as far
as the legs were concerned, but the
rapid transit was wholly stopped when he
struck the instep and mere stuck. Stamps,
oaths jerks and wrestling with the leg straps
were Of no avail. He heard the rustic of the
lady's dress and crowding his off foot into
the remaining boot stood, with perspiration
on his brow and cold chills down his back,
to receive her. When she entered he sank
into a chair with relief. and, with the excep-
ton of some agitated absent mindedness, all
progressed well until her father dropped in.
when rising to greet the paternal bird our
NJ C. lurched dreadfully, so markedly that
he was keenly watched in his conversation,
and his embarrassed language resulting from
the situation subjected to scrutinous suspi-
cion.
The general idea prevalent was not favor
able to the congressional servant of the peo-
pie, and, worse still, he forgot himself, and
asking the young lady to sing, offered to es-
cort her to the piano. which, under the cir
cumstances, he could not very actively ac-
compllsh As it was, he lurched to leeward
and starboard, rolling ON the uppers of his
treacherous boots, while the young lady re-
coiled from an abrupt fall on his part, and
the old man seized him violently by the
shoulder.
'You are a little off, he said, as politely
as possible with the occasion. 81 will call
NV man; he will see you home"
81 amt drunk" expostulated the men,
Der, ''it's my boots only; my boots"
"Why you must be in bad wayl Snakes
in your boots? 10, no, my good fellow,
don't be alarmed good nights rest and all
will be we'll. Thomas
"You internal old fool" howled the boot
ed man. exasperated beyond the limit of de-
cency by his wretched condition and the
placid misunderstanding of the old gentle
man-'you internal old fool, amt drunk
1 can lick the head Off n you in two minutes
Il amt drunkl''
81 never saw a man in a more rampant
and beastly state of intoxication in my
life" This in an undertone.) "If it were
not that am restrained by the presence of
my servants I would put you out myself.
Thomas, show this gentleman into the
nearest street car"
Overcome by the GOODNESS of the old man
and the muscular development of the darkey
boy the unhappy member was led out jog
ging and jerking on his rickety boots and
spraining an ankle at every lurch. The
darkey boy returned in few minutes, say
ing:
"Goddiemityl l never see such drunken
man in my life. He wanted to fight me fust
and then gimme ten dollah bill TO- nay
shoes, and sot down on de cu'bstone and put
EN- on. Dey waz too tight TO him though,
TO he was a republican gentlemanr'