The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-05-01
who had warmed up or tho first gloss 81
boer. came to the rescue. and offered 10

IN a., and then you are all right but Tor
mercy sexes. don't lose il, for it cost twenty
dc ars, and was give to me by my dead
nan"
Al last we were of, and were sailing
along tIiumphlntly when Mary Ann caught
sight Of the butchers window, and ex-
claimed-"Well, there, we haven't n
moulhful to cot in the house. / guess we
better get n little meat now, for the shop
won't be open when We come back"
The iiea of taking steak to the theatre did
not strike me as being just exactly stylish
but the memory Of the cold beans for SUI
per AMI the prospect OF more for break
fast. decided me, and into tho shop we
went. My wife took charge of the meat,
and really ii did look like a roll of music,
SO neatly did she manage il.
Again we took up the line of march, and
after skating over tho slippery sidewalk,
which was Ike glass, for half au hour we
finally arrived at the theatre.
| felt in my pocket for my tickets, when,
merciful Heaven, 1 found that | had left
them in my other vest. My n z ewas awful,
and thoroughly cursing my rashness in
ever making this attempt at sightseeing,
and Of having two vests which made such
an accident possible. / hal nothing TO do
but leave Mary Ann standing in the lobby
while 7 slid back home, and got the tick
cts.
iound my wife almost in tears on my re-
turn, for she said a big fellow in regimentals
told her to move on, and when she said she
was waiting for u man. he said 1t
''wouldn't wash" l was boiling with
anger, but the man was gone, and we had
nothing to do but 60 in. Ihe curtain wns
up and the play well started by then. / told
my wife 10 forget all our past troubles,
and prepa.c herself for m evening of fun
and amusement 'For Mary Ann" said /,
anniversaries do not come every day,
and you must make the most of this, and
l mentally continued, ''this is the first and
is very liable to be the last of such extrav.
agance."
1 found out from n man next me that nll
tho fun was in the first act, and we had lost
that, so the distress of the piece began to
work upon us at once. / am not q very ten
der-hearted mau, as you may have discover.
ed, and many q time / have heard Mary
Ann say TINT | wouldn't shed a tear II she
dropped dead at my feet" but somehow in
the course Of that play, 1 began to feel q
lump growing steadily larger and larger in
my throat, and when Miss Multon's heart is
nearly broken to find there wasn't n spark
of love left for her in her lost husbands
heart, l ound that 1 couldn't see things
just clearly before me, and my hand un-
consciously sought the inside pocket Of my
best coat then finding nothing there, II
travelled from pocket TO pocket, gaining
momentum as / felt the need of hurry,
and by the time I found l had left my
handkerchief in my other coat, some briny
drops fell Town ON my best shirt front.
l held out my hand TO Mary Ann without
turning my head, for fear she would see tn,
tears l wanted TO hide, and whispered Il
her 10 lend me her handkerchief. Sht
| uhsgparaI h,,I, at fowo,ot 20 1,r;p1 49, ~ t.
my horror 1 darted n wicked glance at her
when, Heavens whit q sight met my eyes
There sat Mary Ann with her face besmear
ed, nv If she had been NJ a chimney.
Great streaks of wet printers ink ran the
whole length of her face, from her fore.
head 10 her chin I'D used her pro
gramme in u Pc hief, and this
was the cor
/ was mo. uh. hut az there
was no help for it / could only pray tim,
the interest of the play would koep the PEG.
pie from seeing the plight she was in
but l turned my back towards Mary Anr
and tried TO look rs if she did not belong to
me.
Tho terrible play went on. and l WINS iust
wiping my eyes with the back of my hand,
when heard a lady ask her husband If the
theatre was over 4 restaurant, and / dc,
tected a smell of cooking meat myself.
At first it was very faint. but at last
grew so strong rs to attract the attention of
several people near MS, who, | noticed,
kept looking at my wife. Suddenly IN
awful idea struck me, and l turned towards
Mary Ann. Then | got a full blast of fry
ing meat, and looking on the other side
OF her, | discovered the heating apparatus
upon tho top of which Mary Ann had
laid her steak.
/ could stand it no longer: and hastily
clutching my wife by the arm. aud snatch.
Ing up the bundle OF half-cooked meat, l
hurried hor out Of that theatre, where we
nad done nothing but SWIVEL over tho dis
tress of that poor Miss Mutton from the
time we took our seats.
Down stairs we went, and rushed out
lfon the sidewalk, and rs my feet struck
tho CLAIMING ice, my heels began to dance
= double clog, and after vninly kicking
ike mad to save myself, down ! came
upon the broad of my back, and in my
descent kicking Mary AIMS feet from un.
der her she came down upon me witt :
sash which so b%enumbed me, that she
thought | was dead, and begged II policeman
- put me into n cab, which he did, and
sc Were driven home.
As Mary Ann was helping me out of
:he cab, she suddenly let me drop, and
t:rcamed out -
Mercy on me I have lost the tippet!
IN, my oh, my"
/ felt in the cab and found much that I
lid not RcoR nor ,rdat, but no tippet.
80, nothing to do. but l must ride MS fast as
;he cabmRu could take me back TO the
ihcatra. | was rushing through the gate
Shenl was jrrsed back by tho collar and
old to hand out fifty cents. l struggled.
bit it was no use-so | handed 9ut the
money.
When | arrived at our seats | found
hat the couple who sat next to MS had gone.
nd with them of course the tippet. l found
ny back so lame that | was Obliged to
iire the cab-man to take me back home.
nd there | stood ont on the sid, walk for
~ hour quarreling till | had all the neigh.
pors in the street up ~listoning-yes, and
wearing, too, NJ being disturbcd At that
aour of III night.
Do You know that cab fellow wanted To
'harge me five dollars for making thosr
;hrce trips! | worried him down n half
iollar, and then | crawled up stairs to my
-retched wife, a sadd5r but n wiser man.
We found our friend asleep over her beer.
tnd wished that word had a different mean
ng, so We need never break the terrible
iews to her of the loss of her tippet. But
1 mustered up courage to tell her, and as
she was pretty quarrelsome from the
'Iccts of her debauch, (she had drunk a
shole quart of beer | was forced TO pay
DER fifteen dollars for her loss to keep the
police from coming into the house
Aad taking us all in" As for myself 1
tslt that / had been taken "in enough" for
'ne night As counte over my months
wages found that hdJ Of il had been spent
Tor that one nights struggle after pleasure.
Two dollars for tickets; four fifty for
| AD Nftngn dollars fpr tinnat No. sl
CHAT paid for those gloves. Do you think
L paid?