The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-04-06
THE QUEEN OF SEEEGA.

runs this iibelous Sheet roared a
muscu'ar-looking young man of
the baseball species walking into
the Office Of the Post last Monday
morning.
The managing editor is OUT
said the Office boy, hastily getting
behind the counter. .
Blast the editor ! growled the
stranger, rapping on the counter
with the big end of his four foot
club. 1 want to see the head
pirate-the proprietor-the fellow
that your paper says wants to be
held responsible for those internal
lies about the carnival people in
last Saturdays POST "
Through the open door of the
inner Office came a subdued rust
ling sound, as though a terrier
were chasing q rat into a hole,
followed by a silence that might
have been cut with a knife.
He's out, teo,' replied the boy.
Col dern the luck = said the
muscular party, much annoyed.
4 came in purpose to batter.
him with his club
He will be sorry to have missed
you,' said the Office boy, soothing
ly.. Isn't your paper left regu-
larIy p
Paper be eveslastingly bIanked
to bianknation.' thundered the
visitor. My sister is the Queen
of Sheba T.. -. .. ..
'The.Queen Of what-ba p
'Of' Sheba, idiot! Don't yoa
understand?' -. 80
Once more, for the beer = said
the Office boy, leaning forward.
why, the Queen ofSbeba-up
at the carnival, | neaa. She was
brought home from .Lhe matinee
day before yesterday in a hack
and fits. This is what did it,
and the aggrieved brother hauled
out:a marked copy of our superior
family journal (only fifteen cents
a week by carrier), and pointed
to the following paragraph :..-
We would rather find "a thou
sand-dollar bill, lost by poor
widow washerwoman, than s;l y
anything unkindIy personal in this
article but, a.! the same, We
mean TO overhaul sacred history
the first chance we get and ascer-
tain whether there is defnit to
Scriptural authority for supposing
that the Queen of Shcba had &C.
cess to unlimited quantities of
Lirnburger cheese. Unless we
find that fact fully substantiate d,
We shall be reluctantly forced to
conclude the counterfeit present.
ment Of that potentate, up at
Mission and Eighth, to be an at:
mospheric fraud and miasmatic
mockery.
Must be some mistake, softly
suggested the Office boy.
Mistake be bIowed,' said the
queens brother, .brandishing his
club, to the extreme discomfort OF
the cashier. Its an Internal,
miserable lie. My sister never
eats cheese, and, besides, she
chews cardamoD seeds and things.
Never ate =. Limburger in her
life -. ... p.
Il do,' said the Office boy con,
solingly.
so l see,' said the outraged
party, pushing the boys nvoe
around with the end of his club
The minute | read that cowardly
slander, l just went out to the
wood-pile and picked out the
knottiest stick | could find, and
whitfield it down at this ord for
a square grip. When will the
old vampire be in? III wait fol
him
A couple of gentlo taps came
from within.
He'll be gone two months,
said the boy.
! The knocks were repeated more
vigoI ously. .
Il mean two years. continued
the youth, hastily. He's away
of, on a rancho somewhere-build
ing q new stable-one for mules
Ten 10 one he never gets back at
all
Just my internal hard luck,
muttered the athlete. is there
anybody here who would like tc
step out and represent him for
few minutes ?
But there was nobody who