Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-10-17
4 MorAing Walk.

Yes. Ss said Fogg, the other evening.
= .ne boarders were gathered in The
smnl. si'.ing-room for their after-supper
smnNohe! yes, there can be no c.pir,bt
soout 1t; there S nothing like q walk
NoMn Town in the morning."
fogg paused a morent In order +ho+
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What's that, Foggsn asked one:
who was telling youPH was stbe o nn,
y remark of another; while the re-
malnder of the boys confined Their ont.
ward manifestations of interest," 70 ON
l%ncredulous stare.
IN. you needn't look that way"
roSgg resumed. 1T is gospel truth I'm
icing iL you. 1 did it. But" he added,
"11h u 1af away expression in his ewes,
Asna n't DO it again in a hurry.
gu want to know how it hap
Peheo? III tell you. Pacergait-you
Know Pacergait-well,:, he had been
faVingg about the delights of a morning
walk, telling me l lost a great deal bvy
rlolng down town in a horse car. (And
ne told the truth there, confound him!
!; did lose a great deal, sure enough!
Wen, as | was saying, Pacergait had
peeh telling OF the cool city streets IN
the early morning, of the restful calm
that preceded the din aud clatter of the
noisy day, and of the pure air newly
distilled in the alemblc of Nature. and
saying how much II lost by riding;
and SO 1 thought I'd try it this morn
ing"
"And of course youen]oyed it?:" sug-
gested Bass; land the horse car will
know you no more %forever?:"
ooh, yes l enjoyed it hugely,' said
Foggg. '1here s nothing like it, rs
Pacergalt told me-and thank Heaven
there ain t. That's ali I've got to say.
"But | had a delightful walk-diver-
sified, to be sure, but still delightful.
l had gone perhaps two blocks, when
a housemaiden dashed a pail of water
onto the sidewalk--and onto ne.
l didn't mind this so much as 1 prob
ably would had l not already obliter-
ated the fresh shin. on my boots in tho
mud on the crossing, which had been
plentifully baptized by the Watering
cart. Strange, isn't it, that these
watering-carts deposit their liquid loads
exclusively on the crossings. Wonder
IT the drivers have any understanding
with tie bootblack fraternity!
Gas l was saying, l didn't mind the
housemaid's oblation. In fact, l was
rather grateful than otherwise or her
little attention; for notwithstanding my
feet were stepped in the aqueous ele-
ment, the water washed oil part of the
mud from myEshoes and p%antaloons.
Had it not been for the pan Of dust
which another of the sisterhood, a few
doors farther on, sprinkled over me.
and especially upon my moistened
pedestals, [ should have only the kind
lest feelings for the water nymph.
"However, the dust didn't trouble
me long: 1or just as | reached the next
corner, u youth who was cleaning the
shop windows. evidently installing me
for a contlagration, pointed the nozzle
of his hose point-blank at my breast
pin and let me have the stream, full
head. 1t was very kind Of him. The
dustwas gone, and in it's place | was in.
cased in q beautiful and diversified as
sortment Of mud, whose picturesque.
ness was further heightened by the ef
forts of half a dozen niat-shakers who
favored me with their attentions during
my passage of the next two OF three
blocks.
The next object OF interest that pre-.
scented itself was the pavement, which
l examined at short range while re.
clining on my hands and knees. Ihad
taken this position through the aid OF a
young mar who contrived to insert be-
tween my legs the end of the long
handled brash with which he was
shampooing the windows. I don't
know how long I might have INDUCED
in my geological Investigations, had
not an o11al wagon stopped just abreast
Of me. Now l discovered what racer
gait meant by pure air newly distilled
in the alembic OF nature" And ]
didn't like it-that is to say, l wasn't
excessively enamoured Of it. Perhaps
it was too rich for my blood. think il
was. At all events, | arose with alac'
rity, regardless OF my torn unmentiOn
ables and Of the barked shins ms. de Of
them.
II had now got nearly down to the
store, and with the exception of the
dust storm which came from every 9th
or UOOI, SCllcl dbtO w C1OOiA auNA IVA
man accompaniment, l met with nc
further adventure that is to say, none
to speak of. 1t is true l found mysel
to tie leeward of three or four city
wagons from time to time, and the re
cipient OF the comminuted earth which
they bestow SO freely and SO Impartial
ly upon the just and the I'm Just, ant
only escaped being run over by an ex
press wagon, aided and allotted by :;
! herdic and an omnibus, by falling head
long over a horse sweepingg-machin,e
but such tritles as these are scarcel.
worth mentioning. :.
"Yes, as Pacergait told me, there
nothing like q walk down town in tn
morning; but there's nothing ggrasplnl!
about me. l don't want the earth
Horse-cars are good enough tor me il
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