Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-09-12


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sOo-oot What ! faaay -
Where; Where; Which one, e
frida !" asked the other young lady e4-
gerly,
nHs-Yes, said Mr.. Henderson ia
troubled tones. lookiag gently but reso-
iutely at the wrong side Of the street
There, exclaimed Eifrid2, arllessly
pointing as she spoke. How funny II
IS spelled; see, Ethel"
Why said. Ethel, ''it is spelled
correct Isn't il, Mr.. Henderson,"
Ha-why--aw--why yes, yes, te
Be sure, !" and Mr.. Hendersod very hus-
kily, staring as hard as be could at q
window fell o5 house plants.
"Why, Mr.. Henderson, y said Eltgi-
da, IN tones Of amzement, how can
YOU say sos Just see, ice. ice, c-r-
double e-m cream that's not the way
10 spell cream"
"Oh, Eifrida, cried her companion,
you must bsnear- sighted. That isn
al z, il is an a. Isn't it, Mr.. HeRder-
son -
And Air. Henderson, who was pray
ing harder than he ever prayed before
that an earthquake might come along
and swallow up either him or all the
ice cream saloons in the Un1ed States,
he didn't much care which, looked up
al the chimney Of the house and said
That! Oh, yes, yes; Of course,
why certainly. How very much cooiel
it has grown within the past few min
utes," the young man suddenly added
With kind Of inspiration, surely that
cool wave the single service dispatches
announced as having entered this coun-
Try from Manitoba must be nearing Us
once more"
And he took out his handkerchief and
swabbed face that looked as though i
had never heard Of a cool wave, noi
even lookeG iaso the face Of man whC
had heard Of one. Tie knew, when be
talked of It's being cooler, that his face
would scorch an iceberg brown in ter
minutes.
By this time they turned a corner
and the appalling sign was out of sight
Mr. Henderson breathed like free
man.
~ always ike 10 stroll along JeGer-
son street in the evening" said Ethel
ats so lively. My. just look a
that crowd Of people going in that door
What Is going on there, Mr. Hen
derson -
Mr. Henderson looked across TO the
other side Of the street as usual. anc
said
"Oh, yes; that was clothing house.
"Why, no, Mr. Henderson, ex.
claimed El.rida, "that's an ice cream
saloon"
Ethel laughed merrily. "Do yor
know, she said, 81 wondered what Sc
many Young ladies' could want in ger.
tiemaa's clothing house "
Mr. Henderson said: ala, ha, TO bC
sure" And OBJ, the feeble, ghastly
tincture of mirth there was in lis ner.
yoSis .'ha, ha." 10 sounded as though
a boy with the earache should essay t.
laugh.
lis It true, Mr.. Henderson" askec
Ethel, "that soda iountuins sometime,
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 3one
here. In New York. the young mar
vent on. al the soda fountains hae
been removed fer outside the CITY iiHi
is and were located far IN lonely mead
ows. side BY side wiih powder houses
II am nol afraid OF them. Said ths
daring Ethel, - don't Believe they az,
bi, dangerous.
"Nor echoed Ellrida; Il veal,
not ke afraid 10 walk up 10 ore arr
stand by il all day. Why are you s,
afraid Of them, Mr.. Henderson :"
Mr. Henderron gnashed ms teeth anc
secretly pulled OF : great shsaf Of baii
from hts head in nervous agony. 1'her
he said that be bad once had faii
young sister blown 10 pieces By one o
these terrible engines Of destEactioI
while she was drinking az ID; ard &
Bad never since been able io look at
sode fanlaie wi.hont growing faint.
H5e I'D sad hofi. young ladies
and then Ethel asked:
Hse Do tbcy make soda water, Nj
Henderson, -
And While the young man vas gcttin.
rea1y - 0recite = recipe composed npaaE
u d dirt end ppssan. EilTi5a read a.oe,
to1r Zee cream sizHs end ktei read r
= fgaaeTareaey Lemon ices, ceolinr
rsfre hinc. and hcaitbfal ana ElEid.
read Ladies and gentlemen sjce cTeaH
paglors twice. ard Ethel looked a
Tie door aud said sGh don't ihey iorl
nice and cesi in iheFe How comfar
iaiie and baqFy they do look = an
Eifgld2 then said, Yes, indeed, !
makes this dusty street ani scorchinl
side walk seem Ike 90 oxen jaSs 70 iepi
ia Al them eyea, and then yoeng AfF
EendeFson, who for The last ten nlIaatc