Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-04-09
A VOYAGE ROUND MY POCKETS.
ADAPTED From the French.
San Francisco Argonaut.

San Francisco Argonaut.
There Is no use trying to hide the
fact,-last night / was horribly tight.
Let him that Is without sin throw the
first bottle.
How came [ so? At an improvised
little supper at the Cafe Anglais-that |
know. Afterward-let me see-after-
ward, II can really recall nothing of
what took place afterward A cloudy
curtain has descended upon my men,
ory, like an entr'actes curtain in a fairy
extravaganza.
Something did happen-must have
happened; that everything proves, es-
pecially the TACT that slept in my boots,
ana have q terrible pale and tlred-look-
ing face.
Nice goings-on, indeed. A man of %
overtaken by champagne like school
boy out for a holiday! Disgraceful is
no name for it.
How on earth am [ to find out what
happened last night? Suppose [ ask
the servant, But no; all he could do
would be to say at what time got home
this morning. Cuvier, they say, from a
single bone could reconstruct an antedi-
luvian animal: let me see if from such
point of departure l cannot reconstruct
my existence during the last twelve
hours.
But where to look for the bone? Hap
by thought! Ny pockets [
tremble; what shall the harvest be?
My purse isis empty. Devil. Ha!
what papers are these? Bill from the
Cafe Anglais; this must be the most i'm
portant document. Saloon No. IA, p
[ could have betted upon it; Il is my
favorite room. Total, $50 francs"
We must nave been going i, though.
How many of us were there, and who
were we? Probably some of the boys,
but which Of them? Let me see if can
identify them. ''Huitres Portugaises,"
that stands for Lucien; Arcachon oys-
tiers, he pretends, are the only ones fit
to be eaten. Lucien was there, ten to
one That's one. portage la PURGE
de gibier." If am not mistaken, that
soup-I mean that confagration
suggested by Maxine. That's two.
''Filets de sole la Joinville, Fer
nand, who is thoroughbred Orleanist.
"Canetons de Rouen Porange, "-pre-
cise-ly; Polastron comes from Rouen.
''Salade de legumes a la Russo
menof was there too. "Bombe la
cardinal, who the devil was he, any
how9 Let-me-see. [ have it: Mar
eel is Cardinal DOnnet's cousin.
Lucien. Maxine, Fernand, Polastron,
Semenoff, Marcel, and nayself-the par
ty is made up. Any women? Probably
there were. Certainly there were, or
else these photographs lie most foully
in their cards. 1t is all the fashion for
superesses to distribute their photo
graphs by the pack. That's Henrietta
with her galvanized smile. This is the
eternal Jenny, in powder, and smiling
over her weather shoulder at the risk OF
dislocating her neck. And this is-who
is she? [ don't know that | ever saw
her. Singular! ...--. -....-.-..
Not so bad-looking is No. 8; in fact,
she is rather inclined to be cookbook
!. ing. Head small and cast in the mod
ern mold; no forehead, very little nose
and mere suspicion of mouth. Moth
ing but eyes, but they are glorious. And
what lashesl Fair, [ take it; and I'm
glad she is. though don't know why
Those little curls on her forehead must
look like golden smoke.
Young-a mere child-17 at the
most. Modest, Judge from her dress
which is puritanically plain and high
What figure! Our forefathers would
have compared her to willow, but oul
forefathers never We're particularly
strong in the matter of SMILES. Nc
earrings, no bracelets. Who the deuce
can she have been? Where did she
come from, and how did she get there
1t is evident that she sat by me,-in my
quality of Amphitryon 1 can have per
mitted nothing else. I must have talk
ed with her,-made fool of myself
offended her probably, and then 60
drunk to drown my sorrow.
Well, In Salon No. IA, there were min,
of us,-three of the sex to which W.
owe our mothers. So much for the &C
tors; but where is the drama? Let M
proceed on my journey through M.
pockets.
Two cards: or. de Fayet Moret
Lieutenant aux Chasseurs a pied; ;
"Jules Buthot, Capitaine du Twelfth e
de ligne" What is the meaning Of this
I never knew so many officers in m.
life
| have it,-there has been a quarre
and we have exchanged cards. That
the drama; one duel, at least; possibl
two But what with,-what about
with whom? What was the provocation
know that [ am abom'nably quarre
some when Pm tipsy; but was [ cha
lenger or the challenged? That left chez
of mine does look little swollen;
blow, doubtless. o Lord! There is
penciled memorandum on the paste
board of the Lieutenant, "Bois
Rnuloope-10 O'Clock 4"
Phew! Have | time to get there?
norrorl it is on the stroke of noon.