The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-24
EATING ONIONS.
How Adverse Words Blew Across the Path
True Love.

no" adverse NOfdS blew Across the Paeh
True Love.
Baltimore American ~. :. ~.'
A couple of young girls living in q board
ing house on Charles street played mean
trick the other night on another young and
attractive maiden in the same house. They
all had some cake and wine together, and
in the unsuspecting ones glass was poured
a small portion of tncture of asafetida,
which as every one knows smells like
congl0meration of onions, bad eggs,. decay
ed vegetables and a host Of other things too
numerous to mention.
The prank playing damsels knew that the
unhappy maids Charles Augustus called on
Sunday, and they also knew that while she
could not detect the flavor of the asafetida
in the fragrant wine, nevertheless it would
produce to her aforesaid Charles Augustus
the impression that she had been eating
onions by the peck Poor, pretty little un-
suspecting thing! She was radiant when
she flew to the door and admitted the manly
form Of the object of her hearts affections;
and she did not observe, as they were
locked in a close embrace, that as his lips
met hers, drawing dimple in the back of
her neck, that look of wild, unutterable
horror spread over his lineaments dusky
pallor.
He cut the embrace short, and they went
and took their places on the coy tete- a-tete
in the corner. Then she noticed that there
was far off, troubled look in his eyes, and
he shifted about uneasily, as if vaguely
! aware that something was the matter, but
that he couldn't tell exactly what it was.
She couldn't detect the oder which re-
senlbled day before yesterday fried onions,
which was lingering dreamily around on the
soft warm air.
dearest" asked she shyly, what is the
matter?" -:
Nothing, sweetheart, nothing; that is
nothing, "answered he as his gaze flew swift
~ from one object to another.
But there must be-" said she leaning
forward. 'You are not yourself tonight
You have something OH your mind. 'Tell
me darling;;" and she tried to gaze into his
face, while he lodged her with look in
his eyes like a hunted wild beast.
my love, you are not we'll, said she, anx-
iously, as she wound her arms about his
neck and drew his head about until their
faces nearly touched. ''Wh-h hat is the
into tears.
''Oh, great Godfrey" he groaned, as the
fatal simeon struck him. "You-that is, T
am not feeling very WE'LL
But, dearest, you seemed all right when
you came in, she persisted, lovingly. and
then she sighed again, and he jumped like
goaded mule and kicked over little table.
II know did, said he, nervously pick
ing up the poker and abstractedly putting it
in his coat-tail pocket II know I did, but
I'm awful bad now, I'm afraid I'll have to
co. he continued, as she leaned over
toward him again. II think am going to
have the yellow fever
'Gracious, Charles. said she. s'Can it
be that you are ILL"
EYES," answered he, as he arose and ran
the poker through his hair in an ill direct
ed, agitated manner. Goodnight, darling.
Don't kiss me-" he continued, shuddering,
''you might catch the fatal scourge," and
he burst out of the door and disappeared.
The young girl, as she wandered Distress
ed and musing out of the room, next tackl-
ed gruff old lodger, who, in pretty strong
language, convinced her of the fact that
she had been eating onions; and she dis
covered the joke by asking the same girls
who had played the trick on her, in an
agonizing tone of voice, if her breath was
really perceptible. They exploded with
ill-time levity, and then told her all. She
says now she never will have any thing to
do with them again as long as she lives, and
as for Charles Augustus, we'll