Middletown transcript., 1881-04-22
A MEAN TRIGK.
TWO GIRLS SPOIL A LOVERS TETE-A
-TETE BY A DOSE OF AsAFGTIDA.


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A couple of young girls living in
boarding house, on Charles street, play
ed a 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 un-
suspecting ones glass was poured a
small portion of tincture of asafetida,
which, as every one knows, smells like
eonglomeration of onions, bad eggs,
decayed vegetables and 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 asafotida in the fragrant
wine, nevertheless, it would produce to
her aforesaid Charles Augustus the i'm
preston that she had been eating
onions by the peck. Poor, pretty little
unsuspecting 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 OBJ
serve, as they were locked in a close
embrace, as his lips met hers, drawing
a dimple in the back of her neck, that a
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 cosy tete-a-
tete in the corner. Then she noticed
that there was far-off, troubled look
in his eyes, and he shifted about un-
easily, as if vaguely aware that some
thing was the matter, but he couldn't
detect the odor, which resembled day
before-yesterday's fried onions, and
which was lingering dreamily around
on the soft warm air.
Dearest, asked she, sIyly, ''what is
the matter ?''
':Nothing, sweetheart, nothing; that
is-nothing, +" answered he, as his gaze
flew from one object to another.
''But there must be, > said she, lean
ing forward "YOu are not Yourself
tonight. You have something on
your mind. Tell me, darling, and she
.ried to gaze into his face, while he
lodged her with a look in his eyes like
hat of wild beast.
''My love you are not well, . said she,
as she wound her arm about
lis neck, and drew his head about until
heir faces were nearly touched.
'Wh-h-hat is the matter ?'' and she
enderly sighed her soul into tears.
'Oh, great Godfrey y he groaned, as
he fatal simeon struck him. you
hat is, lam not feeling very WE'LL
But, dearest, you seemed alb right
'hen you came in, she presisted, low
lgly, and then she sighed again, and
e jumped like a goaded mule and
licked over a little table.
~ know 1 did, - said he, nervously,
licking up the poker and abstractedly
utting it in his coat-tail pocket. Il
now l did, but I'm awful bad now.
m afraid I'll have to go, - he continu-
|, as she leaned over toward him
gain. II think l am going to have
le yellow fever
"Gracious, Charles she said, ''can
be that you are i'll ~
tYes, answered he, as he rose and
IN the poker through his hair in an ILL
irected, agitated manner. ''Good-
ight, darling. Don't kiss me,'' he
ontinued, shuddering, ''you might
Ike the fatal scourge, =" and he burst
1t Of the door and disappeared.
The young girl, as she wandered dis
essed and musing out of the room,
ext tackled a gruff old lodger, who,
pretty strong language, convinced
er of the fact that she haa been eating
Mons, and she discovered the joke by
king the girls who had played the
ick on her, in an agonizing tone of
Oice, if her breath was really per-
eptible. They exploded with ill-timed
vity and then told her all. She says
DIV she never will have anything to do
ith them again as long as she lives,
I'd as for Charles Augustus, we'll.
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