Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1882-07-14
IA III II.

GEORGE AND GWENDOLEN.-"Can you
not answer me, GHendolen p
Up from the meadows the soft breezss
of perfect june evening were waiting
the faint perfume Of the cowslip, and as
George W. Simpson and Gwendolen Ma
haffy stood near the gate whose decrepit
appearance told with more eloquence than
could more words of the deathless passion
that enslaved their souls, both felt that
crisis in their lives had arrived--a moment
had come which would in the misty future
that stretched away before them, like one
of VIM. NJ. EYarts' letters. be either
bright beacon Of hope and joy to look back
upon wiJhs Eladness, or desolate land
mark like the 10 htning- trees that
one never beholds with feeling of sad
ness. Secure in the consciousness of his
own merit that sterling merit which al
ways lies in strong arm, clear brain, and
largefeet- land yet with modest difidence
concerning his own worth. the young man
stood there in the cleaning with a half
reluctant cat-on-the- back fence expression
that lent an added beauty to his pure
young face, and made more pleadingly ten
der the earnest, father-is-comlDg-up-the-
front-steps look with which he regarded
the beautiful girl that stood by his side.-
He had asked hersto be-his wife--to leaye
parents, sisters, brothers and all the en-
dearing influences Of happy, Christian
home, where two girls are kept and 60 out
with him into the wide wsrld as help
mate and companion. He had told in fer
vid sentences Of the great love he bore her
"a love that would ever be the guiding
star of his life, he said, cheering him when
the black clouds of adversely and despair
hung heavily in the horizon of his hopes and
without which his whole existence Would
be one arid, trackless waste, on which lay
the whited skeletons of Ambition and
Hope CHASTITY remnants Of a life whose
final wreck was all the more sad because
Of the happiness which it might have held
had love not flown away with mocking
laugh whom pleaded with SO passionately.
when it came to ornamental lying, with
two rows Of fiuJing up theSback George
took first money!
Gwendolen had stood in graceful poise
as he spoke, one ear thrown slightly for
ward and her right foot covering the door
mat, and, now that he had finished, was
looking down in maiden shyness, while the
rosy bushes that chased each other under
her dazzling complexion would have told,
if anybody could have seen them. of the
emotions that we're agitating her young
soul. Bat no words came from her lips
those rosy ripe portals that opened with
such lanRuid grace when there was pie in
the house; and George began to fear that
perhaps he had talked her to sleep. Pres
emily, however, she drew quite close to
him, put her hand in his, and, resting her
cheek upon his shoulder, she said j: . Y ss,
George, will marry you"
ssBut, when 2" asked the young man,
horrible fear that his bluff was to be called
chilling his very blood.
II will marry you,". said Gwendolen,
.swhen bicycle rider is elected Presi-
dent. s.
Turning away to hide his emotion George
muttered. in low. piratical tones, ''Thank
heaven, Pm safe.''
ABALD-HEADED MAN BUYING DRUGS
There are two mad men in Milwaukee.
One is bald-headed man and the other is
druggist. The bald man told a. doctor
his hair was falling out. and asked him il
he didn't know something that would stop
it. The doctor said he'd fix him, SO he
wrote out prescription, which was as
follows:
Chloride Of sodium. ........1 OF
Aqua pura. 1898, OF
Shake we'll and rub on the scalp every
morning. 4
The bald headed man went to the drug
gist and had the prescription put up, pay
ing 81 for it. He asked the druggist if it
wasn't little high, but felt ashamed when
the druggist asked him if he knew what
aqua pura cost a gallon. He said he didn't
but supposed it came high. The druggist
told him that aqua pura was one Of the
most penetrating drugs in the store, there
was nothing like it, and the war in Peru
had sent it up kiting. He said if the
trouble in Chill kept on. there was no
knowing how high it would be. The man
used the medicine and felt as though it
was doing him good. His wife noticed I
little new hairs coming out, and he felt
good; so when it all was gone he took the
bottle to the store and had it filled again.
The chap who f1led it this time was
another chap, and when the bald-headed
man threw down dollar the druggist
said: 'sOh, never mind; we won't charge
you anything for that" The bald -headed
man asked how that was. when the drug
gist said: "Why, it's only salt and water,
anyway. The salt is only 2centsa pound,
and the water is pretty cheap this year,
The bald man gave one more gasp and 1
said: 81 paid 81 for the filing of the bot I
tie before, and / want my money back .
It's bald headed swindls. Thought chat
Peruvian story didn't look plausible. -
The druggist gave the man box of cigars
to keep still about it.-Dctroit Free Press.
A boy paid his first visit to one of the
union schools the other day, as q scholar,
and when he came home at night
his mother inquired, well, Henry, how
do you Ike going to school ?" Bully, n
he repliedsin1ap sxeited voice. Il saw four
boys licked, one girl get her ears pulled,
and big scholar burned has elbow on the
stove. l dontwant TO miss day."