Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-09-22
Soup and Trouble.

suit of store. clothes, and bearing heavy
look of trouble around his mouth and
across the brow, went into Fourth Street
restaurant yesterday, and taking a seat
apart from all other diners, showed his
hat under the table, sighed deeply and
called for soup.
sAny thing more?'
sNo.n
The hot liquid was made black with
pepper, and then followed a sw.shing,
gurgling sound, at quick intervals, like
i the FLASHING of the tide. At the end of
three minutes the bowl was empty and
the waiter again summoned
"More SOUP
1t was brought
"Any thing more2'
"No,"
TIE. IRIS gathered in the eyes of the
gloomy mon, but he brushed them away
with his napkin, and plunged his spoon
again into the steaming soup. The elbow
crooked and Strengthened with the reg
ularity ola heart beat, and presently the
waiter was beckoned once more. He
stepped up with visible irritation, but
catching an admonishing look from the
steward, bent forward with suavity.
"More soup" said the man, with a
plaintive voice Drumming over with emo
ton.
Anything else9"
"No."
"Hadn't I better bring in the kettle
this trip?" said the waiter.
You might" said the man, with a
sigh that Jared the table. GIVE got heaps
oftrouble to drown"
"We've got cruel that will do more
with less bulk said the waiter. at
might hit the right spot sooner"
''lve never found no balm for wound
ed spirit that could walk around soup
especially if it's hot and tolerably hig h
seasoned [ don't know whether it comes
of being hot and fetching on the sweat
or not, but it reaches for trouble every
tine, and gets away with heartache quick
er'n anything l ever tried; so you NAV
keep on with it, guess, till my mind
gets easy enough to bear corn beef and
cabbage.'
The waiter was softened By the humble
grief before him, and much regretted his
thoughtless chatting. He felt sympa
thetic, and soneed to soothe the aching
breast.
you're in trouble, then2" he ventured
timidly.
81 am, pardner-deep," said the man,
as he reached over for fresh pepper
box.
lose your property?'
"No-no. Worse'n that
"Friends-near kinfolks, may
queried the waiter, with sober look.
"Worse'n that, good DEAL"
"You don't say Pm real sorry, sir; but
maybe twas all for the best"
mo, I'll be dad-thumped if it was p
exclaimed the stranger, choking on the
soup, and getting red in the face. "Does
it ever do a man any good to be swim
dled?'
"Why, no----surely not''
"Well, that's just what I've been, and
in the meanest, doggonedest way that
any body ever was sold, too. Pardner,
I've been the victim of base, deceivin'
one-eyed schemer. I was married last
Monday"
The waiter could only make big eyes,
and catch his breath. The sad man pro-
ceeded:
II said married, but swindled was the
word l meant took in shameful. l mar
ried on spec with every prospect Of get
ting both money aud beauty, and here
am euchered blind. She was widow,
living in good style, in bunkum good
house that every body said belonged to
her, and SO I thought there wasn't much
risk. She was as pretty to look at as a
ripe watermelon, but turns out to be a
bigger fraud than green pumpkin
The poor victim broke down with
emotion, and had to pause and mop his
eyes.
"Pardner, them shiny, dazzlin' teeth,
hat wilted me the first time l saw her
grin, turns out to be sham, shop-made,
and not even paid for yet; and so help
me Hezekiah, one of her eyes is glass,
and she sleeps with her hair on the back
of chair; but the worst OF all is that the
house was only her'n as long as she
remained single, and now the regular
heirs have served notica On hor IN no