The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-05-09
BEAUTIFUL BELLE.
A Sweet Idvll of the Roller Skat-
ing Rink.

Tired and weary OF waiting, Belle Hal
6dum walked with impatient steps across
tie gilded drawing-room OF her wholesale
merchant fathers home.
She was a spoiled beauty, one of those
perted creatures who can never brook the
slightest disturbance to her wishes, or the
sight of horrid COW. That evening she
was awaiting the coming of her lover to
take her out to Sichers' well-advertised
,kating rink. He fingered, and she grew
cross. At last the ring Of the door bell
~as heard, and Mary, the pretty and dainty
maid, flung open the massive doors, and
smiled sweetly on Roderick Bruce, AS he
stepped into the pictured hall.
Belle Hallidum, with feint OF anger on
ter face, as we'll as the fashionable amount
ci paint, greeted him i'm soi-distant
manner.
Why have you been so long a time
coming? The band has gone out to the
rink, and wanted to be in the crowd"
ste reproachfullv said.
Roderick dare not tell his gueenly up
braider that he had been throwing pony
dice at the most fashionable saloon in the
city, but he had, all the same, and hence
tie delay.
Trust me, my Idol, it was only neces-
sity that kept me from you at the APP
pointed hour, and beg you no, to chide
NC" he made reply.
Then, like cooling doves, the loving
pair entwined each other, while beautiful
Eelle said: "What delicious cloves you
have been chawing."
This was a sumner, but the manly young
fellow made flank movement by propOs
ing at once to pay her car fare and en-
trance fee out at the rink. The "trip was
made, and as they rode SO bObbingly along
tneir Joy seemed to have reached the top
notch of the article.
With cynical mood BAZoO celibate had
.potted them for his own victims. He
knew that out of the rink they would wan-
der, out under the silent stars, out in the
quiet air, out where they could tell the
deep warnings of their love-laden hearts,
and plans to scoop the old man, who had
positively set his foot down on the match.
They went out under the stars. Pale
faced Cynthia looked sympathetically on
these two lovers. The celibate also went
ont He cautiously drew near them.
they saw him not they did not hear the
scratch, scratch, of his recording Faber.
One arm, mot the celibate's, encircled
her waist. Ii was resting peacefully above
her hustle. An OSCILLATION broke the ST.
l.nce. Their lips bad met.
The sound thereof was like the soft wind
toying with an eoiian harp, or the sudden
swapping of of suspender button, as it
breaks companionship with a fellows
trousers.
How lew were their mutterings. Words
were spoken i'm whispers, plighting vows
we're as soft as the song of the dying swan,
or the last moan Of departing calf.
"By the eternity of the Pleiades; by the
certainty of Sirius. by the surety OF the
coming OF to-morrow's King of day; by
the memorable regularity of nv wash bill,
1 vow to thee, sweet girl, that will cling
like Vashti's lover"
Her face was raised to his, their eyes
met, as did their lips again.
Brave. noble Roderick," came floating
from her pearly, sozodOnt-washed teeth,
Like the hero, whose name you bear, you
fill my soul with delight, even as Fleisch
man fills up his pretty soda water glasses.
Nothing shall separate us, not even cruel
papa's solid"
Beautiful Belle had swooned.
ROderick Bruce was as one struck by
Brownsville cyclone or cops" club. He
stood with colicky attitude as he gazed
with a knee-breeches air on the still
mai len.
The celibate's cynisism was gone, as was
his discretion. He rushed up to prOfier
help. He bent over the PROSTATE maid.
She gave a sunfower-" cotiee" gasp, and,
like tired, three year-old kid, muttered
Too tight"
Roderick understood not the celibate
did
With surgical skill and the non-chal-
ance of female custom house inspector,
the celibate cut away the binding cords
and the Angel breathed once more, as cas-
ily as Flat creek water turns to an old
gold color.
She had taken too tant hitch to her
corset strings.
The idyll is ended and the match is de-
clared off,