The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1878-08-20

l(f. Ellis HendeFson's Ixpag,snoo
with Two Of Durl,ngson's PAR
Dom0olo.

with Two Of Durl,ugton's Pair
Dom0elo.
Burlington Hawkeye-
Last Friday evening Mr.. Ellis
Henderson. one ofour hest young meo,
vent out walking with two Of the
sweetest girls in Burlington. They
were nice girls. Beautiful. accomplish
ed and modest. And Mr.. Henderson
xas . nice young man, ton. He wore
that evening q little straw hat With .
baby blue hand. y cu,-away coat. .
pair of light, vide psntaloons. . white
vest. q button-hole bouquet and fifteen
cents. The evening Was very warm,
and NJ they walked these young people
talked abDut the baseball match. the
weather, and sunstsOkes. iiy and BY
one Of the young ladies' gave delicate
little shrek.
90 oo! What . funny signy"
"Where? where! which one,
Elfrida ?" asked the other young lady
eagerly.
"Ha-Yes." said Mr.. Henderson.
in troubled toner. looking gently hat
reso'utely at the wrong side Of the
street.
There" exclaimed Elfrida. art
les~ly pointing "a she spike. GLOW
funny il i spelled, see Ethel"
"Whv. said Ethel. 1t is spelled
correctly. Isn't it. Mr.. Henderson =
"Ha--whv-aw-why. yes. yes. to
he sure" said Mr.. Henderson,. very
huskily. staring a. hard ~ he could at
q window full If house plants.
"Why, Mr.. Henderson," said
Elfrids, in tones Of smazement. chow
can you saw Sd. Just see. ice. ice.
c-r-double EN-. GREEN. that's not the
v " to spell cream"
'.Oh, Elfrisla." cried her companion,
"vou must he near-sighted. That
isn't an e. it is an a. Isn't it Mr..
Henderson
And Mr.. Henderson, who VA
praying harder than he ever prayed
before that IN earthquake might come
along and swallow up either himself u
all the ice cream saloons in the United
States. he didn't much care which,
looked up at the chimney of the house
and said:
THAT. Oh, yes. yes. of course,
Why certainly. How very much
cooler it has grown within the pest
few minutes, the young man suddenly
added. with q kind Of inspiration,
''.urely that cool wave the sigma
service dispatches announced ss having
entered this country from Manitobs
must be nearing u once more"
And he took out Q Handkerchief
aud swabbed q face that looked q
though it had never heard of q cold
wave, nor even looked into the face u
a man who had heard Of enc. He
knew, when he talked Of its being
cooler, that his face would scorch On
ice berg brown in ten minutes.
By this time they turned q corner,
and the appalling sign wss out Of
sight, Mr.. Henderson breathed like q
tree man.
81 always like to stroll along Jei'er
am street in the evening"" said Ethel.
Its 50 lively. My. just lcok at that
crowd Of people guing in that door.
What is going ON there. Mr.. Hender
son?
Mr.. Henderson looked across to the
other side Of the street; rs usual, and
said
"Oh. yes; that was a clothing
house."
why M. Mr.. Henderson," ex.
claimed Elfrida. "tha,'s an ice-cres.
saloon"
Ethel laughed merrilv. do you
know" she said, IL wondered what %
many young ladies could want in q
genileman's cloihine house ?"
Mr.. Henderson said. ''Ha hs, tn be
sure" And oh. the feeble, CHASTITY
tincture Of mirth there was in biz
nervous 'ha ha." II sounded n
though u boy with the earache should
essay to laugh.
us it true. Mr.. Henderson," asked
Ethel. ''that soda fountains sometimes
explode!"
Mr.. Henderson gasping for breath,
eagerly assured her that they did.
very frequently, and that in every
instance they scattered death and
destruction around. In many Of the
Eastern cities. he said, they had been
abolished by the law. and the same
thing should be done here. In New
York. the young man went Oh, all the
soda fountains had been removed far
outside the city limits. and were
located far in lonely meadows side BY
side with powder-houses.
II am not afraid of them" said the
daring Ethel. 81 don't believe they
are bit dangerons.
"NOr l, !" echoed Elfrida. IL would
not be afraid to walk up to one and
stand by it all day. Why are YOU 30
afraid of them, Mr.. Henderson
Mr. Henderson gnashed his teeth
and secretly pulled out great sheaf
nf hair from his head in nervous agony.
Then he said that he once had fair
young sister blown to pieces BY QUE Of
EhOse terrible engines Of destruction
while she Was drinking at il, and be
had never since been able tO look ut q
oda fountain without growing faint.
"How sad.' said both young ladies.
md then Ethel asked:
"How do they make soda water,
Mr. Henderson :"
Aud while the young man WAS get
ing ready to recite . recipe composed
mainly Of diet and poison, Elfrida,
cad aloud four ice-cream signs, and
Ethel read on . transparency. Lemon
ces. G. oling. refreshing. and healthy,
md Elfrida read. Ladies and gentle