The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1881-06-22

PefllectI chaos tohls eyes 1or a M
ment; but only FIR moment; the
from the deepest gloom came fort
an angel voice, "ilding him we
come and draw near" To obey th
order was but the work Of nom en-,
as he supposed, nut he little dream
of the obstacle htc had thrown j
his ray. He knew full well that tn
stream Of love lad many ripples
but full grown sngs entered not in
to his head. zasu1ag
Judge, then, Of lis astonishmcut
on being tripped p almost at th
fair ones feet, b,a fiat stool will
plethoric legs, which by chance of
careless servant bid been placed ex
actly on tho rod to happiness
over ne went, andas the tailor &C
not allowed for any extra extension
of the muscles andsinews, he no
only procured a tumble, but also ;
compound fracture ofthe black pants
aforesaid; said fracture extended all
across that point WHICH comes In
closest contact with the chair. Hay.
Ing picked himself up as carefully
as circumstances would permit, the
smothered laugh of Miss Emily not
setting him forward any, he at last
succeeded in reaching chair, and
drawing his coat tail forward to pre-
vent disagreeable expose, sat him.
self down With as much grace as a
bear would when requested to dance
on pile of needles.
The young lady was almost suffo-
Gated with laughter at the sad mis-.
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fortune of the basAfal lover, felt
truly sorry for him, and used all her
powers Of fascination to. drive it
from his mind, aud eventually sue
cecded so far as to indute BIN to
make remark. On this rock he
split.
just az this momcn, she discov-
cred that she had lost, her hand
kerchief.
What bad become Of it? .'. ~ I.
She was lure she had it when he
came in. Thrust certainly be some
where about.
Haven yon got it under you,
Mr.. Jacobus2"
Jack was sure he lad not, but poor.
Jack, in venturing an answer, could
not possibly get along without rails
ing his: hands, and of course be
dropped his coat tail. In lis ankle.
ty to recoye. The missing viper lie
even ventured to incline his body
50 as TO- get glance on the floor.
AS he did so, the fracture opened,
and behold there lay, as. the lady
supposed, her property.
It was but the work afa moment
to catch the corner, and exclaim:
"Here it is, sir; you needn't trou
BILE yourself about it. just raise a
little, it's under you,n, at the same
time giving hard pull.
Alas, the tale was told. no escape
short Of special interpo-
sition Of Providence could save his
shirt. But what, should he do;
Another, and another, a strouge,
pull evincing on the part Of the lady
a praise. worthy determination to OBJ
tain the lost dry goods, and coupled
with the request. ~
"Get up, sir; you're sitting on it,
determined him, and in the agory o
the moment, and grabbing with boil
hands fast disappearing strip 20
linen, which encircled his neck, b,
exclaimed:
"For G-d's sake. Ns.ss Emily
leave ny shit and collar!'
The ,onpg lady then "phainted,'
as in accordance with custom, aut
in the most accomplished manner
THE New York Commercial Ad
vertiser gives up the next Presidential
election in advance as follows: 9TH
Tribune says the name of the mex
President Of the United States viii 10
DO CoDkling. And it certainly will no
be Garfield. Nor vii. it be any of I'll.
oily, sanctimonious, cvasive, swectl
smiling. treacherous; deceitful, unreli
able persons like the present incumben
or the one now building fences in OBJ
The next President of the Unite1statel
will be a man Of some h~aor." This
Of course; bars o.s che leading Repub
lican aspirants, and is an admission
that the next President will be /.
Democrat. Shreveport Times.
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