The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-10-02

Shrewd Simon Short sewed shoes seven
teen summers. Speeding storms spread
ing sunshine, successfully saw Stmon's
selt-same~ squeaking sign still swinging, ST.
lently specifying. 'Simon Short, Smith
fields sole surviving shoemaker, soles
sewed solid superfneIy." simon's spry,
sedulous spouse, Sally Short, sewed shirts,
stitched sheets, stuffed sofas. simon's six
sturdy sons-Seth, Samuel, Stephen, Saul,
SiIas, shadrach-sold sundries. Sober Seth
sold sugar, starch, spices. Simple sam
sold saddles, stirrups, screws. SagaciOus
Stephen sold silks, satins, shawls. Skept1-
cal Saul sold silver saIvers.-Selish Sha-
drach sold shoc-strings, soap, saws, skates,
Slack Silas sold Sally's shirt stuff.
Some seven summers since, Simon's Sec
ond son, Samuel, saw Sophia Sophronia
Spriggs somewhere-sweet, sensible. smart
Sophia Sophronia Spriggs. Sam showed
strange symptoms. sam seldom stayed
storing, selling saddles. Sam sighed sor-
rowfully, sought Sophia Sophronia's socie-
tv, sang several serenades slyly. Simon
storned, scolded severely, said sam seem.
ed so silly, singing such shameful, sense
less songs. Strange, Sam should slight
such splendid sales. Strutting spend
thrift! Shatterbained s%impieton"
"Sofly, softly, Sire" said Sally, Sans
smitten; Sans spied some sweetheart
sentimental schoolbOy," snarled ST.
mon. "Smitten! Stop such stuff" Simon
sent Sally's snuff.box spinning, seized Sal
Tvs scizzors, smashed Sally's spectacles,
scattering several spOOls. "Sneaking scoun-
drel! Sans shocking Stiffness shall soon
%surcease."
Scowling Simon stopped speaking start
ing swiftly shopward. Sally sighed sadly;
summoning sam, spoke sweet sympathy.
"Sam," said she, "Sire seems singularly
snappy; so, sonny, stop strolling streets,
stop smoking segars, spending specie su-
perhuously, stop sprucing so, ~stopsinging
serenades, stop short; sell saddles, sell
saddles, sell saddles sensibly; see Sophia
Sopronia Spriggs soon: she's sprightly,
she's stable; so solicit, SO secure Sophia
speedily, SAM"
$50 soon, so sOon!' said Sam, standing
stock still.
So soon, surely" said Sally, smiling,
Especially since Sire shows such spirit"
So Sam, somewhat scared, %sauntered
slowly, shaking st.:pendously. Sam solll-
oquizes: Sophia SOphronia Short sounds
splendidly; suppose she should say, She
shant! She shant!'
Soon sam spied Sophia starching shirts,
singing softly. Seeing Sam, she stopped
staEching, saluting Sam smilingly., sam
stammered shocEingly: "Syl-spl-splendid
summer season, Sophie"
Somewhat suliry," suggested Sophia.
"~Sar.sartain, Sophia" said sam. ISL
ence seventeen seconds.)
Selling saddles still, Sam?"
"Sar-sartain," said Sam, starting sudden
". "Soason's somewhat sudoriiio," steal
thily staunching steaming sweat, shaking
sensibly.
"Sartln, " said sophia,smiling significant
". "Sip some sweet sherbet, Sam" Isl
lence sixty seconds.) "Sure shot sixty
shelldrake; Saturday. said Sophia.
''Sixty-sh-" said Sam. (SilencO sew.
enty-seYen seconds.l
"See sister Susan's sunflowers," said So
phia, specially silencing such stiff silence.
> aophia'S spFightly sauciness stimulated
Sam strangely; so Sam suddenly spoke
sentimcntally:
sophia, susan's suntlowers seem say
ing, Samuel Short, Sophia S%ophronia
Spriggs, stroll %serenely, seek some seques-
tered spot, some sylvan shade; sparkling
springs shall sing some stirring
strains, sweet songsters shall silence secret
sighings, superangelic sylphs shap"-
Sophia snickered; SO Sam stopped.
"Sophia," said Sam solemnly.
"Sam," said Sophia.
sophia, stop smiling. Sam Shorts sin
cere; SANS seeking some sweet spouse"
Sophia stood silent,
Speak, Sophia, speak; such suspense
speculates sorrow"
''Seek Sire, Sam; seek Sire"
So Sam sought Sire Sprisg.
Sire Spriggs said: "Sartin."