The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1878-08-22
A STORY OF TWILIGHT.
Mr.. ELLIS HENDERSON EXPERIENCE
WITH TWO OF BURLINGTON FAIR DAM

| WITH TWO OF BURLINGTON'S FAIR DAM
Sells.
[From the Burlington Hawkeye.I
Last Friday evening Mr.. Ellis Henderson,
one of our best young men, went out walk
ing with two Of the sweetest girls in Bur
lington. They were nice girls-beautiful,
accomplished, modest. And Mr.. Henderson
was nice young man, too. He wore that
Ievening little straw witha baby blue band /,
a cut-away coat, pair of light, wide panta-
looms, white vest, a button.hole bouquet,
and fifteen cents. The evening was very
warm, and as they walked these young peo-
pie talked of the base ball match, the wealth.
or and the sunstrokes. By and by one of
theladies gave delicate little shrek.
10000 What funny sign !"
ssWhere? Where? which one, Elfrida?"
asked the other young lady eagerly.
s.Ha-Yes,'' said Mr.. Henderson in trol,-
bled tones, looking gently but resolutely on
the wrong side Of the street.
'..There,'' exclaimed Elfrida, artlessly,
pointing as she spoke. "How funny it is
spelled See, Ethel"
ssWhy,'' said Ethel, sit is spelled correct
~. Isn't it, Mr.. Henderson,"
| Ha-why-aw-why, yes, yes, to be
sure," said Mr.. Henderson, very huskily.
staring as hard as he could at a window full
OF house plants.
"Why, Mr.. Henderson," said Elfrida, in
tones of amusement show can you say SC :?
Just see, ice, ice, c-r-double EN- GREEN,
that's not the way to spell cream"
| "Oh, Elfrida," cried her companion,
| ssyou must be near-sighted. That isn't an
e, it is an a. Isn't it, Mr.. Henderson ~
And Mr.. Henderson, who was praying
harder than he ever prayed before that an
earthquake might come along and swallow
up either himself or all the ice cream sa-
looms in the United States, he didn't care
which, looked up at the chimney Of the
house, and said {:
''That? Oh yes, yes; Of course, why GER
tainly. How much cooler 1t has grown with
in the past few minutes, the young man
suddenly add d, with kind Of inspiration,
s'surely that cool wave the signal service
dispatches announced as having entered the
country from Manitoba must be nearing us
once more"
And he took out handkerchief and
swabbed face that looked as though it new
er heard of a cool wave, nor even looked in
to the face of man who had heard of one.
He knew when he talked of its being cooler
that his face would scorch an iceberg brown
IN ten minutes.
By this time they turned corner, and the
appalling sign was out OF sight, Mr.. Hen.
derson breathed like free man.
81 always like to stroll along Jefferson
street in the evening"" said Ethel. ''It's so
lively. My Just look at that crowd Of peo-
Pile going liz at that door. What is going on
shere, Mr.. Henderson,"
side of the street, as usual, and said: "Oh,
yes, that was clearinghouse
s.Why, no. Mr.. Henderson," exclaimed
Elfrida stats an ice-cream saloon"
| Ethel laughed merrily. ''Doyou know, -
she said, 81 wondered what so many young
ladies could want in a gentleman's clothing
house 20
Mr.. Henderson said STA, ha, to be sure"
And oh, the feeble, CHASTITY tincture of mirtll
there was in his nervous cha, ha.' 1t sound
ed as though boy with the earache should
essay to laugh.
''[s it true, Mr.. Henderson," asked
Ethel, ''that soda fountains sometimes ex-
plode ?''
Mr.. Henderson, gasping for breath, eager.
~ assured her that they did, very frequently
and that in every instance they scattered
death and destruction around. In many o.
the eastern cities, he said, they had beer
should he done here. In New York, thu
young man went on, all the soda-fountain
had been removed far outside the city limits
and were located in lonely meadows sid
by side with powder-houses.
81 am not afraid of Them" said the dar
ing Ethel. 81 don't believe they are hi
dangerous.
ssNor L. echoed Elfrida. II would no
be afraid to walk up to one aud stand by L
all day. Why are you so afraid Of them
Mr.. Henderson,
| MFR. Henderson CRASHED his teeth and Sc
cretly pulled out great sheaf OF hair iron
his head in nervous agony. Then he SAT-
he once had a fair young sister blown t.
pieces by one Of those terrible engines Q
destruction while she was drinking at il
and he had never since been able to.look at
soda-fountain without growing faint.
Show sad,'' saG both young ladies, ant
then Ethel asked:
Show do they made saltwater, Mr.. Her
derson ?''
And while the young man was getting
ready to recite recipe composed mainly
of diet and poison, Elfrida read aloud fou
, ice-cream signs, and Ethel read on trans
parency, Lemon ices, cooling, refreshing
and healthy and Elfrida read "Ladies
and gentlemen's ice cream parlors" twice
, and Ethel looked at the door and said
Q s'Oh, don't they look nice and cool in there
How comfortable and happy they do look !!
? And Elfrida then said, 'sYes, indeed
l makes this dusty street and scorching side
+ walk seem like an oven just to look mi q
e them event.; and then young Mr.. HendeI
q son, who for the last ten minutes had bee
d clawing his hair and tearing off his necl
tie and collar, and paving the air, shoute
in tones Of wild frenzy:
sob, yes, yes, yes. Come in, come il
Il and gorge yourselves Everybody come
and feed up a whole weeks salary in fiftee
u minutes. Set 'em up! Sody, ice-crear
: cake, strawberry cobbler, lemon-ice, al
: sherbet. Set 'em up! It's on me. O
l. yes, l can stand it. Ha, ha, ha am Jof
Jacob Vanderbilt in disguise. Oh, yes
= won't cost anything to take an evenin
walk in Burlington. Oh, no Put out yol
y frozen pudding Ha, ha, ha-a-a! ~
IL They carried the young man to his hut
u BILE clearinghouse, got him into bed, ar
- sent for his physician. He is lot yet Ell
70 tirely out of danger, but will probably r
,s cover with care and good nursing. III
'. physician does not know exactly what al
m him, but thinks it must be hydrophobia,
the sight of piece OF ice throws the patie