Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-10-18
Look not Upon the soda.

when she looked up anC smleu' Que
would mol wink for anything, but when
she smiles the selyage around tho eyes
seems TO draw up, and, we'll calculated
to deceive. She was on the way tol
the temperance lodge the other nigh
and stopped at soda fountain to get a
glass of soda, and when the Clerk asked
what hayors she would have. she look.
ed up at him and smiled. and said. i
will leave that to youg' The clerk said
afterwa rds, when her brother came IN
after the lodge was out 10 whip him.
that he would have sworn she winked.
1t seems some of the customers want a
little brandy in their soda. and the pro-
prietor told the clerk when anybody
vinked and looked sort of cunning TO
put little brandy with the hayoring.
He thought she was one of the wnking
customers, and be thinks now he might
have put in a little too much. The
Noble Duke of the lodge refuses to ac-
cept the explanation up to this time
though it is thought he will get over his
annoya before the next meeting aud
let the girl remain a member if she de-
sires to do so, though she says she does
not see how she can ever look the
brothers and sisters IN the face. They
tell two or three stories about it but
tbe version of the Grand Worthy
Chaplain of the lodge seems 10 be ac-
cepted as the true one. The soda oe-
| Gan 10 take effect on the girl just as she
got into the ante-room, and, instead OF
whispering the pass word to the Out
side Sentinel, that worthy official, who
is young married man, says she put
her mouth to his ear and bit 1t, aud
then threw her arms around his neck.
He would not have cared so much about
this. only bis wife was in the ante-room
putting on her regalia. The soda girl
also caused remark IN the ante-room oy
getting into her regalia feet first, and
pulling it on as she would a pair oi
drawers. The Outside Sentinel says
that struck him as being more unusual
than the way she gave him the pass
word. Hevever, he let her Into the
inner room. There i, hole 10 The
inner door which the applicant for ad-
mission puts ber mouth up to and whls-
per. the pass word lnto the ear OF TIE
Inside Sentinel, who is lady. The
coda girl put her mouth up to the hole'
after giving three distinct raps, and as
the ear of the Inside Sentinel covered
the hole on the opposite OF the door,
tile soda girl said. 'Sot 'em up. Soda
with perlu (hic) merry III it, As the
regular quarterly paas word was
strong drink is raging and the Inside
Sentinel smelled liquor on the breath oil
annlcant. she thought some saloon
character was trying 10 get into The
lodge. so she drew her stuffed CLUB, the
badge of her Office, and opened the door,
Seeing that it was member, The guard
let the girl 10, after reprimandlng her
for her levity. and the girl marched TO
to the middle Of the floor, a little shaky |
IN the legs. The custom is for mem-
her on entering 10 60 TO tho middle oI
tbe floor. look at the Grand Worthy
Chair Holder. and place the sight index
finger to the right side of The nose ana
keen II there until the chairman re-
sponds. wheu The newcomer takes
seat. The girl, instead, placed her
tbumb TO her nose and wggled her
fingers, and went aud took seat beside
the Chaplain, and tut her feet upon the
desk Of the good man. Ifa large hre-
cracker, loaded with bourbon "hlskey'
had exploded in ,the lodge-room, 1t
would not have created more corsterna-
ton. The Chaplain tainted, the worthy
Chail i declared a recess, and The
members all gathered around the sister,
whose face was flushed. Her hair was
scrambled. caused by taking of her
hat without removing the pins. Her
Il
trizzes were around on her left ear, aud
one bang wa. on the back of her neck
while the place where the hair was
narted ran across her bead from ear 10
ear. Her brother came up and put her
feet FROM of the desk and asked her II
she had been run over by wagon or
chased bya dog. Everybody smelled
the liquor and when the Chief accused
her of having tampered with the soul
DESTROYING beverage which steals away
the brain. she told him he was 'preyar
(hic) cator,' aud bit him on the ear with
rayel. The sisters tried TO get her
to 90 into the ante-room and SOAK
her head. but she s,id she wanted 10
ride the goat, and she took run and
lump aud sat upon a table as though 1t.
was a side saddle, and laughed so loud
that the brothers and sisters thought
she would disturb the worshlppers III
saloon not far away. Finally the choir
4.
struck up a tune, Cold Water, Bright
Water and the soda girl sung, 'Johnny
Fill up the Bowl and tried TO put her
thumbs in the arm-holes of her vest
and walk like Pat Rooney. The brother
6oally got her to ga home, and nov 1t
| is go-as- ,ou-please between the slri
and tie drug clerk and the proprietor
and the girls brother, as to VINO Is 10
blme. she says If she is forgiven Tor
this she will never swallow another
glass Of soda until IS onallzed Oy
competent chemist. The lodge Is all
broke up about It, because outsiders are