The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-03-05

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!. 4 STRANGE INTERSECTION.
.Ixrsr, ! suppose, introduce myself,
81 have undertakes b. bring portion
/. 4 ny ht,ory before the public, AID
I'LL begin BY telling my name and
. I, George ralcones, then. an one Of
- members II the Civil Service whom
, hseA 30 unfairly likcned, some time !
dses, TO the fountains In Trafalgar
Ossare, accusing us, like them, Of "play.
- from elevea till four daily" But
II. Punch was for once mistaken, end
AoalA he informed that we who thee
Sbj1y serve our country have not the
|, aHy times We arc supposed 10 have.
!, Having relieved my mind By which pro-
~ will proceed with the narration
q ny story.
= "well. then, being tired with heavy
isys work, walked, psrhaps some-
chat languidly, up Regent Street, max.
be for my rooms in Margaret Street,
who're knew should find my dinner |
ssaising me. II had been q snl,ry |
I August day, and London, with its slack
esde time and many suffered windows,
boxed ike city Of the dead.
Nobody was in town, which means
tobody worth knowing; and was my.
= ~ longing to get away among the
I grouse, or BY the salt sea waves, u In.
Iale the briny. and blow Oh the London
nuts and cobweb,, which gather alike
y mind and body; and indeed men
(. red this hracing.up OF nerves and
Y ,6Dews, ~ enable them to resist
B - suicidal feeling engendercd by
- London logs which are ~
aa1GDw--thick enough 10 brighten
- Zalus, II they could only be
ossloped In them for few hours. As
1nid before, ! was tired, and longing
hpt away for a holiday. But my sen.
6ad to be satisfied 6rst, and I had
selDait my turn; and that Is why | was
- great metropolis whom every one
0Was gone, with the exception Of 0
u untortunstss Like myself. --.
I i, i Ess one Of those days Of leaden
~ when the sun does not seem to
-, - % brightly after all. nor to send
III scoschihg rays; vet when the very
- IN the Scrpentine como to the sur
1stsnd gasp; when the pavements scar
(sr feet, and your boots feel several
teo small when 10 hold % an UNI.
osvqa would be useless exerti6R and ab-
a ~; and it Is impossible 10 Apd out
O. Which direction the wind Is in, for there
Is;ssslA NSsvMs ia;SNtsSk breath 81 xir 70 indi.
3ate it; when the weary cab horses loll
at their parched and thirsty tongueiI
Nth scarcely the energy to Wflisk thf
1pfmenting hies fnm their harness gals
when one could drink the seadry, Il only
INere not salt! I,had taken q Ions
llue Walking home; but / was nearly
lore at last; / had only to turn the cor
Yer Of the street, and within few door
should find one which fitted my latch
key hat ! knew when . slight diver
ION occurred. 81 I.,h;......i - -, 50
An; elderly. gentleman passing ID
ansom cab MAS frantically gesticula,
= 10 some oneinear me, but to whom
seoald. not imagine, as, on looking round
m nv no che attall hkelyoto be the fs
Mar acquaintance Of the person in th
aah, who was an ariatocratc-loo king Oh
m: 3lhc ~ alGg5I
Ous thing /. felt,, sure about
rid not be me he was signaling to,
Had never set eyes onhis. face before
Il WAS . lace which, il seen ono,
suh not readily be forgotten. III
obman was drowsy, and, having y
NED his orders whore TO drive, he v,
cyipx sort Of dog'a sleep, with onl
N m ere open. the faithful hors
Ay guiding himself amid the Nc
~ crowded traffic Of the dun street,
n6e troubling himself I'd pass an
FAi is1 might 'g1t| b g said to 70 be tro
o.,ldno,'t RS, resist &, !. half smile at ii
"a ~ efforts Of the gentleman TO get I'll
1tostop, and thought for . mi
,Se going to his rescuei but tn
= have eatailed exertiop, md thu
IN otthe question on such a da..
Altsr IL, what business was it I
q 1.-The nan might b. . maniac II
enew, grimacing,at his own rede
npthS plate glass a the shop VII
- my corner with the full i
o putting on my slippers and
hel boating Jacket, and sittir
~ dinner looking more like . M