The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-08-24

C-phas then ronrted the embrace of the
dsm-~l known tn mythology ~ NOR
pheus.
Her ble-s~d presence wss ANN felt about
him.
Iii. eyes he closed, and jas. ~ he was
rolling from the forced embrace oil the
Fact. into the arms Of the lusty dan,sei
morpheus. or -Ieep, ~ she IL named By vul-
gar tongues. he plsintiv~ly usosned:
Can such ihings he and overcome me
like summer cloud.
And the impudent Fact shriekesi;
Crphs- You are lett
Then sleep with her slnmberous pinions
swept dzin,ily over his senses, and raising
her wings and kicking around her elegant
train AT right down on his eyelids.
He vas in the land OF dreams.
Sleep wound her arms around biz shout
ders and pressed warm kisses on his glow
ing lips and he dreamed:
That he hsi b~en nominated.
The loud plsndi,s from the vulgar
sweating poPuisee. which, be-Peak the pres-
enc. III 4 popular hero. we're continually
ringing in hi- ear, the not unwelcome
cry:
'Gr-st j. Cepbas of Ss,ialia-'
Wher the uniorsottrn voice Of the Fact,
poured a. i, .-~med from the lip ri the
intangible sir the word:
'C~Y6s, y''u 80, lcf,.-
Hrr"lled over unea.iiy, .svsg-Iy mop
ped the .Wea, from his bsow "a on the p,l.
Low and made = grab tor the dream
He caught her bv the tress. snh -he re-
turned.
He saw in vision the husy scsnes VI cleo
ton day.
lie vas astonished at the number al
ea-hed csrds reading:
Good for one drink or cigsr-R. n.
Morrow. which vere necessary To car
~ the election IN Pettis county.
Tie bent snxiously over the ballot bo1 ii
Eve p. m. on election day, and ~ three
votes we're cast ior him inside Of i've min
ute. wss overj 'yei and ~ he yelled. glory
enough for one day his blood was chilled
by hearing the same voice speak from the
ballot box, even from lhal vomb Of Amer
lean liberty, in ssd tones saying:
'C-phas you are left
Cepbas aWoke between a sweat aud q
shiver.
He scratched hi. back, struck saw.
sgeiy al q mosquito, that had been
snaxing on him for bali hour and closed
his eyes again snd sleeps, coy presence
come again.
He dreamed thst the votes had been
counted ,nd Cepna. ~r declared the can
diase.
He polished up. his boOts. and shouliered
his saddicb.y- 6:is,! wi,h divers old files oi
the Sedsiia Times to use a. missionary
tracts among the wicked deDis.ns oil the
state capital, stuck in HE hat half dozen
solid sermons over which he I'D burned
considerable n;dnigh, oil. and hied him
self zway 10 J-ifer.on City.
The Drum Corps, the q Ieen CITY Guard
band, the S-,islis band, the Rifles ant
Gussds. and the beauty, culture and weslii
Of S~sisIis escorted him to the trsin.
A he nesred III. ,xsin, the voice Of lha
old Fac, entered into the boot blacks an.
news boys, and il came ous Of their iobacc,
stained lip. shriekiox "Cephss--Cephss-
you are lett"
He awcke and rising iron his couch, h
TOOK = nap" from the oil family jug ths
sat un.:er The bed, rolled in and wooed sgai
the heavy eyed goddess. sleep.
She came.
He dreamed that he vas in Jefierso
City.
, His notosiety had gone there before hi,
and vas shed sdmirins'y on him fros
the eyes Of the beautiful ladies' Of that cit,
The Legislature convened.
He wss sworn in.
He At once took the 6ooe and spoke
support Of his maiden bill entitled ''hou
bill No. 72.l0s. bill to promote The 70
ignition Of sterling but coy talent auo,
journalistic preachsn."
He had sweat over that bill.
Il met the wants Of the n,nteenth centu
Il was daisy.
1t was the egg In which the uuhatch,
millennium, lay curled up waiting for :
seitins hen.
He vas that hen.
AZ he Grated, the applause vas deaf
ing. the boquets thrown down from the 2
leries where sat the ladies. we're numero
and the interruptions o: "his him sgail
good enough, give him thunder Cepha
we're frequent and souls,irsing.
Suddenly the voice Of that Fact 4
possession Of AL animate things.
Mt SHer voice imbued the speaker Of
u, house, Who yelled ''Cephaa you are left.