Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-09-27

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As Mr. Jones was walking airily down
W oodward Avenue the other day. swing
ing his cane and throwing out his chest
in military style, he saw pretty wo-
man in. a tea gown, and it nearly drove
him frantic. Pretty women he had seen
often enough, but in tea gown, never.
This was pink and fluffy, it tioated loose
from the shoulders and only gave an
insinuation of the lovely form beneath.
But that was enough. Jones was
thrilled from head to foot; he saw the
hem of the tea gown reveal Cinderella
slipper he. saw a border of white en-
broldery; he saw a coquettish morning
hat tied down gypsy fashion with blue
veil he saw-no, he could not see her
face. but he had no doubt that this was
a lovely girl who was visiting at Saw
yer's and of whom Mrs. Jones had been
raving fora week past, and he knew
the tea gown by her description of it.
He stepped along jauntily, and as he
did so caught her eye-it was base
ball hit. He could see through the
hateful veil a smile ripping around her
shell-like ear, and he sneaked up boldly
and coughed.
:,14 And she coughed then she stopped
alta picture window and put a dainty
hand, encased in black silk glove, on
the sill for support a "
.'Lean on me-" whispered Jones'
''Divine creature, lean on me do not
fear me; we may never have met in this
mortal sublunary sphere. but our souls
have known each other in the ineffable
yonder-lean on me. sweet one. - IL
She leaned, and together they gazed
into the beauties of that shop window,
and admired its chremos, and the few
faint words she whispered in reply to
his burning eloquence thrilled him
through and through, and like Oliver
Twist he asked for ''more." -r.'
Take off that hateful veil; know
you are young and beautiful, he was
going to say s'my wife told me so,'' but
he didn 't-''let me look into those per-
feet orbs, let me gaze on that matchless
cheek. You have conquered a heart no
woman ever touched before. Let me
see your beloved face, sweet creature"
She took off her veil and for one
blissful momentihe gazed into the face
of the only woman he had ever loved.
''Maria" he exclaimed, ''you ought
to be ashamed of yourself! Mas
querading yourself on the streets in
broad daylight in such a disgraceful
costume. Go home this moment and
take it off and never let me see it again.
Just suppose it had been some other
ptan that had seen you in it.
Maria was dumbfounded. She had
herself fallen into the pit she digged
for him. Where were all the reproaches
she had prepared to heap on Jeptha's
head?
81 will walk back with you and pro-
tect you from impertinent attentions"
continued Jones, loftily, ''and hope
this will be lesson to you. The idea
of a woman of your age dressed up
like a young girl in a tea-gown! Good
heavens, Maria, have no patience
when think of it, -
'I-I thought you wouldn't know
me-" stammered Mrs. Jones.
Mot know you'll Do you suppose
would speak to woman I didn't
know-a woman in a tea-gown?
Maria, your ideas of morality some
times shock me-they positively do"
Jones came out that time with flying
colors, and he tickles himself when he
thinks of it. After all, there is nothing
like carrying the war into the enemy's
camp.-DetroI Post and Tribune.