Daily globe., 1882-07-16
MONKEY BUSINESS

l MONhEI 6OO4HES0
| How Two Souls with But Single
Thouht) Were Converted-A Little By
Play at 3 Recent Camp Meeting.
| During the recent interesting camp ,neetine
exercises at Red Rock one OF the brethren re-
marked upon the peculiar freedom of this west
ern camp ground from ruffans, AID (presuma
bly, from all such "carrying-on" as necessi
tates the presence of detachment OF police te
maintain order and decorum at gatherings o
| q like character in the East. The con
| gratulatory speech was hardly out
| OF the good mans mouth when
an Argus eyed reporter caught sight of q
handsome young lady nodding and smiling in
| the most bewitching manner. To a casu al
observer she might have seemed to be
manifesting her approval of the spiritual
sentiments that scintillated from the platform
| but moments scrutiny of her features salts
| fed the Faberdriver that she had not heard q
word of exhortation-that she was, in short,
holding little side-revival of her own with a
young gentleman in another part
sensation afar, and resolved to be as
watchful as a serpent and as harmless as a
dove. a few careful inquiries satisfied him
that he was right in putting down the young
lady as q resident of st. Paul and the object
of her witchery as stranger. His own ex-
perierce had taught him that strictest decor
um is sometimes recklessly thrown aside in
the case of stranger, on the very vague
hypothesis that tourists tell no tales.
Presently the young lady and her chaperon--
for she was chaperOned-got up and moved
to an extreme back seat, where they were un-
tremendously joined by the now fascinated
stranger. The manner of the group was not
strictly in keeping with the solemnity of the
services up in front, but they seemed to i'm
agine themselves entirely overlooked in the
vast assem5lage, which, indeed, for the most
part interested itself in the wholesale saving
OF souls up IN front. The mysterious trio
in the rear laughed and occasionally tossed
their heads and hands in convulsive
mirthfulness. The reporter, aching to "get
on to' some of their good jokes, slid along
the bench until within hearing distance. He
heard the young lady say
go, if my pa knew this! Perhaps be is here
on the grounds, now.'
The suggestion seemed to throw a damper
on the party, for they instantly moved still
further to the rear, and settled themselves on
the grass, under sheltering tree.
1t was not possible for anyone to approach
them without being seen and suspected, as
they kept most vigilant watch. Once the
reporter walked by, but they grew silent until
he was well out of hearing again. So he was
and in that language the lovely girl was Ger.
tainly an orator.
At the sound of the bell the
group moved to the dining tent,
where the large crowd bafiled
every attempt of the reporter to get a seat
near them. Hehad the satisfaction of noting,
however, that neither the damsel or her es-
cort took much interest in canned salmon and
strawberries. They had evidently lost their
aDnetites from some cause which WAS made
to appear the more conspicuously absurd By
the ravenous manner in which the elder party
devoured her ratlons. Strawberries, dried
beef, ham sandwiches, ginger.snaps, coffee
went down with momentum that rivaled the
destruction of the glOries of Alexandria.
After supper they took long walk, the
| lovers-for no other name fitted them-drOp
ping gradually behind the old party, bu,
cllnglng all the more closely TO each other as
| twilight deepened with twinge of eve.
The newspaper man had positive orders tc
return to st. Paul that night, and the only
! chance left was by boat. Hence, he
| was relieved when he saw
| the subjects of his observation
prepare to take the train, for he could not
consistently with his calling, have been first
to make his exit The trio took the trair
p. m. Why they had gone in direction Oh
posite from St. Paul was mystery. IL
| would have given a weeks salary to hay'
| been at liberty to follow them and see fol
| himself whether it was to terminate in al
| elopement or merely a sly Irritation
If the former, it will ultimatsl,
get into the papers, and all the names will b.
| given. If the latter it will not be matter o.
| public record and the denouement may neve
be made known to the gossips until the frma
ment is rolled up like scroll and the &C
| counts of all caInp meetings are balanced