Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1883-07-06
The Old and the New.

From the Brooklyn Eagle. f
Since my eyes gave out. remarked
the old man sadly, as be scrutinized the
books on the reviewers table, s.since nv
eyes gave out haven't been able 10 do
any readin' and I've lost Che run II the
present style Of novel. Are there much
different than they were when was .
boy 2
They haven't changed any" replied
the reviewer kindly II should say they
we're the same now they we're twenty
years ago"
Does the pretty girl say 'Alphonze,
love but thecr and fall on her knees
aud pray high heaven to spare him when
he jumps overheard TO rescue her hated
rival from a'shark /? | used to get right
up and turn around when | came to
that part. Have they altered il ii any
way? y & ~ y N'.S
"That is the point on which the last
novel turned. murmured the reviewer
"Only u wasn't shark. He saves the
hated rival when she is threatened by
an alligator. They go mostly on Tndinns
lately =
That's it Y exclaimed the old man.
with glistening eyes. s''Phe same old
business. The trapper says. Back TO
thy wigwam, savage, or by the settin'
sun | had slew thee with these hands.
ere thou hast laid impious touch upon
the pale daughter ofthe white face = and
then the Indian skiuddles out and set.
up jobs on the girls young lover. Oh,
I'm onto all that style. When / used 10
read these things wanted to cover my
self over with red paint and tear the
hair out the plaster on tho walls
"And the Indians catch the girl, and
the young lover. crawls up the night be-
fore they are going to burn her at the
stake and cuts the ropes and puts her
on the neck Of a pony, springsu up behind
hor and, with demoniac laugh, speeds
10 his mountain fastness. That's the
idea y and the reviewer, who had I'M
bbed the old mans enthusiasm, rubbed
his hands and forgot his debts.
Il don't see how all them writer's
think Of all these things = pondered the
old man. Then there was the fellow
who used to defy the millionaire father
aud run away with the girl and ret
married ID his overalls Do YOU ever
hoar how he made out to get another
Job 7" a4Ef US
'lIe's just the same he was when
you were boy. Tho only difference is
he makes fortune in Wall street. now
and then takes the father In as Junior
partner in some scheme that lands them
both IN . Jail, and the girl elopes with
m actor"
''Of course, you've got TO expect some
Improvement as you grow older" con
,eded the old man, with sigh. "The
world don't stand still, How about the
murderer now adaysY Does the Young
nan with broad shoulders take hin, BY the
heck and say, Hound, thou hast for
cited thy dastardly life. but 10 the light
II the happiness that has dawncd upon
ne through the miscarriage Of thy machi-
lation, ! lot thee go!' And then, does
he murderer sink away and fall into The
Fater as he crosses tho canal? That's
mother thing that used TO trip me every
attic. Eve seen the time have bored
hole in the cellar floor with the top of
ny head over that business"
"Ho's-the same old murderer. > replied
he reviewer There hasn't been any
hange in him, except that once 10
'hile he turns out TO be an Irish
lformer, Is paid for his testimony, gets
runk on the profits, and dies, Of deli
ium tremcns.
That's 'eath for him." re-
'arked the Rat [ suppose
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