Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-09
HOW he LOST HER.
Snmmsrrills. Ga. Gn-sIls.

On the outside of the fence that separated
the grassy, well kept lawn from the street,
stood the mule. he was poor and hungry,
and had evidently strayed from home. His
experience must have been highly unsatis.
factory, for he looked sad and care-worn.
The lovers were seated in the parlor She
was fair; he owned three shares of the Val.
ley Head Improvement Company, and had
bid OF several public road contracts He
woed, and had resolved to know his fate
this very evening; and she blushed as she
read the fact in his looks. my dear Sylvia, .
ne commenced as he reached for her fair
hand: II think you know -" Gee.
hsw geehaw ali ahp roared the estrsyed
mule. He had discovered that the fence
was 9 serious obstacle; that it prevented
him from cropping the luxurisnt grass that
was so near.
The fair Sylvia sprsng to her feet in
alarm, and it was some time before Valley
Head Stock could quiet her. When be had
succeeded in doing this, be stepped to the
window and maze threatening gestures, and
scowled darkly at the mule. Then he turn
ed, grssped the fair maiden's hand and
sgain commenced: Il have been snslyz-
ing my feelings toward you"
"Ah geegee-sh-sh-ah" broke in the
homeless, friendless mule, as he caught the
fragrant scsnt Of the grass, roses, and
hyacinths, from the lawn. He saw things
as mules see them; he hungered as mules
hunger; he hsnkered as mules banker.
ITS that animal again" whispered VAL
ley Head Stock, as the fair Sylvia uttered
shrek; and be again went to the window,re-
peated the menscing gestures and scowl,
and supplemented them BY ordering the out
cast to move on, and leave that locality
without unnecessary delay. Then Valley
Head Stock and the fair one sat down
again. he evidently had something to say,
and she was curious to know what it was.
Ii was some time before he regsined sufh-
Gent composure to look into her lustrous
ewes The expression he saw in them must
have been encouraging, for this time his
arm stole gently round the sofa (the fool!
hugging the sofa instead of the grill he de.
served to lose herr and his voice was trem-
ulous as he again essayed to eiothe his
thoughts in language.
you must have seen-you must know
that l."
"O-hh! gee-gee sh-sh-sh-shp' came q
voice from beneath the window. 1t was not
the voice of q drifting sailor, going down to
q grave in the dark ocean, after gallant
struggle for life; it was not the voice OF
lost child, longing for the tender arms OF
mother to enfold 1t. 1t was the poor mule;
and the demisemi-qusver and deep intensi-
ty of his voice indicated that the sight OF the
green lawn brought to his mind tender rec
elections of the days when
che roamed NJ wilt,
Through pastures that were green,
And by waters that were Still"
Valley Head Stock again approached the
window, and, as be brsudisasd his hist IN
the air, he warned the intruder to move on
under penalty Of being found dead the next
morning.
When a rubber ball is Asttened it will re.
cover its former shape on the removal OF
the pressure. When any one has been IN
terrnnted three times and in the way which
Valley Head Stock had been, it takes tune
10 recover. They sat there and gazed at
the wall. Finally she glanced coyly at him.
and murmured: You were about 70 say
soH az 49,, 20 nav that the
for her hand; l vas aoout 49, ~ 80 sscs;v-S
kindness with Enlen you nsss tSI came a
ni p n .Ss flower scented night brsezes;
voice On me .i nSe ~.sOsS and aoiyered sadly,
voice mar 10 go stood by the grave of a
dear departed friend. IL was not the voice
~ nisht bird calling to its mate. IL was
the voice of q mule. The tantahzing
ngnt OF tns ,ha sncculent grass which
could n9' roam rron 'r made him sad at heart;
he soSla MOI sD esUp discovered itself in his
and that sadness u'
voice: a.y ..L.d Sylvia SOFTLY.
Mnat IS ma ma ;nfsrnsi muieF' he ex-
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cisi%ed. ,on nae such language in my