The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-08-15
4 ,story 81 twilight.
Nm. ELLIS HsSDEas0S's EXPERIENCE WITH q
Two on BuRLrsGToS's rAIE DAasEf.s

beautiful, accomplished, anu lhouest.Ss a ~
Mr.. Henderson was nice young man, to ,,
he wore that evening little straw nat VIII
q baby-blue band, q cut-aWa coat.a par, n.. "a
.ligft, wide pantaloons, q white vest, 2 9uao
ton-boIe bouquet, and fifteen Genus. , tns
evening was very warm, and as they. Wa ,,asa.
these young people talked ABOUT sne .a oses-
R ., and l sby one OF the young ladies gave a
a delicate little shrek. IS.
s 9. Oo-ooi What a funny sign :. !,
s.Vhere I? Where? which one, Eifiaa:
asked the other young lady eagerly
! 8. Ha-Yes,,' said Mr.. Henderson, IN
tronbIed tones, looking gently but reso-
lnte|y5 at the wrong side Of the street.
seThere.D exclaimed Elfrida. artlessly,
ro;ntiro "a she smoke. Chow funny it Is
spelled See, Ethel"
ssWhy.u said Ethel, I" it is spelled cor
rectly. Isn't ii, Mr.. Henderson,"
MISUNDERSTANDING, yes, yes, 10 pe
s,,re.v said Mr.. Henderson, very husk,l5,
staring as hard as he could at Wlndo" Iuii
.Whv, Mr.. Henderson, said Elfrida, IN
tones OF amazement, show can you say
so? Just see, si-c-e, ice, c-r'doouple ILL ;,
creem,' that's not the way to spell cream.
"Oh, Elfrida," cried her comp PAM ~,
"you must be near-sighted; Inat lsn, ), an
c, it is an a. Isn't it, Mr.. henderson
And Mr.. Henderson, VINO was pLayills
90 rtbnuake might come along and swallow
,, ~, other himself or all the ice. cream sa-
lions in the United States, he didn't much
care which. looked up at tue cnilnnei "a '"'
house, and said:
~That? Oh yes, yes; OF course, why
certainly. How very much cooler it has
grown within the past few minutes" tne
Young man suddenly added, with kind OF
inspiration, .ssurely that cool wave the
sig nal-service dispatches announced as nav
ing entered this country from Manitoba
must be nearing US once more.
And he took out a handkerchief ana
swabbed face that looked as though it had
never heard of a cold wave, nor even looked
into the face or man who had heard OF one.
He knew when he talked OF its being cooler
that bis face would scorch an Iceberg brown
in ten minutes.
BY this time they turned corner, and
the appalling sign was out OF sight. MI.
Henderson breathed like free man.
81 always like to stroll along Jefferson
street in the evening"" said Ethel. "Its
so lively. My! just look at.that crowd OF
people going in that door. What IS gong
on there, ME-. I1euuclsoh!
Mr.. Henderson looked across to the other
side OF the street, as usual, and said: son,
YES, that was clearinghouse"
WWhy, no, Mr.. Henderson," exclaimed
Elfrida; ssthat's an ice-cream saloon."
Ethel laughed merrily. :sDo you know"
she said. al wondered what so many young
ladies could want in q gentleman's clothing
house?" :,
MIR. Henderson said, "Ha, ha, to be sure."
And oh, the feeble, CHASTITY tincture OF mirth
there was in his nervous cha, ha." 1t
sounded as though boy with the earache
should essay to laugh.
SIS it true, Mr.. Henderson," asked Ethel,
"that soda-fountains sometimes eXp!ode?'
Mr. Henderson. gaSping for breath,
eagerly assured her that they did, very fire.
ouentIy, 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 on, all the soda-foun-
tains had been removed far outside the city
limits, and were located far in lonely mea-
dows side by side with powder-houses.
81 am not afraid Of Them" said the dar-
ing Ethel. 81 don't believe they are bit
dangerous"
"Nor To echoed Elfrida. 81 would not
be afraid to walk up to one and stand by it
all day. Why are you so afraid OF them,
SIr. Henderson ?"
Mr.. Henderson CRASHED his teeth and
secretly pulled out a great sheaf OF hair
from his head in nervous agony. Then he
said that he once had fair young sister
blown to pieces by one OF those terrible en-
oines Of destruction while she was drink
ing at it, and he had never since been able
to look at soda-fountain without growing
faint.
"How sad,'' said both young ladies, and
then Ethel asked:
Chow do they make soda-water, Mr..
Henderson,"
And while the young man was getting
ready to recite a recipe composed mainly OF
diet and poison, Elfrida read aloud four
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:
''Oh, don't they look nice and cool in there
How comfortable and happy they do look!"
And EIfrida then said, ''Yes, indeed; it
makes this dusty street and scorching side
walk seem like an oven just to look in at
them even"; and then young Mr.. Hender-
son, who for the last ten minutes had been
cawing his hair and tearing off his necktie
and collar, and paving tie air, shouted in
tones Of wild frenzy:
"Ob. yes, yes, yes. Come in. come in,
and gorge yourselves Everybody come
in and feed up whole weeks salary in if
teen minutes. Set 'em up! Sody, ice
cream, cake, strawberry cobbler, lemon-ice,
and sherbet. Set 'em upl It's on me. Oh,
yes, I can stand it. Ha, ha, ba! | am John
Jacob Vanderbilt in disguise. Oh, yes, it
don't cost anything to take an evening walk
in Burlington. OBJ, no! Put out your
frozen pudding! Ha, ia, ha-a-a!"
They carried the young man to his hum
BILE clearinghouse, got him into bed, and
sent for his physician. he is not yet en-
tirely out Of danger, but will probably re-
cover with care and good nursing. The
physician docs not know exactly what ais
him, but thinks it must be hYdrophobia, as
the sight OF a piece of ice throws the pa
tent into the widest and most furious
paroXySmS.
SHARP-S HooTING.-[From the Cherry
Creek (Nev.) INDEPENDENT There is u
piece OF rock standing on the ridge run
ming up the South mountain at Egan Can
yon. One morning in 1868 an. Indian was
discovered standing by this rock calmly
surveying the scene below, and particularly
the overland station to the west, then gar
risoned by a number OF soldiers. He was
SO far OIL that he enjoyed the excitement
made a very significant gesture OF
derision and contempt for the SOL
diers. One OF them determined to reply
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