The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-11-07

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adlu.t ihesa However 10 looked all
ghi. and ! proudly called the mns
msmtere n ne household ~ 70 aJmIrs
lbs shspe and 90 me phralYSe ne ma.
chine was going b. show them that
there WAS ~ least ane oarsmau Ii tho
family 10 fact. ! bad very serious
thoughts about challenging Hanlah.
Nov thi. particular =. " ; ), o. H.
a an 7 R.M etc was u an arIsto-
cratic temperament and seemed unwil.
ling 70 work ublcs. everything was Just
right ~ when I gruspcd the oars.
Looked confident and proceeded 10
"musculanH. the COMPOUNDED inyou.
ton vetoed the business then and there.
A. the first stroke u protested II did
thi. IN = very vigorous manner. II clc-
waited H. head, reared up on H. hind
legs and began to spill me around in 4
manner calculated 70 III = mule with
envy.
Then a. Il not content with this re-
buke, Il fell over on top Of me, and va
had a short struggle, the machine ut
length forcing me down and sitting
square on my face, and covering my
noble brow with a bruise about Is bigas
y banana.
A look OF pain Immediately wended
Is melancholy way acros, my very mel.
ancholy c~ountenance, leaving It's foot.
marks to show future pitying genera
tons the course Il had taken.
Then ! got mad. The idea Of a little
machine not able to stand on the floor
without something to hold II, having the
impudencc to use me In that familiar
manner II was too much for my usual
good temper. and II had not been too
busy extracting the leg Of the machine
from my mouth. | would certainly have
made use Of some very %un-Sunday-
school-like remarks. As It was,
thought considerable. My ear was still
,ingling with the effects Of avery loving
embrace. 1t tingles at the touch yet,
from the same cause.
As | said before, | did not swear, for
the very good reason that couldn't. I
never yet saw a man who could spit ont
q decent cuss word with one corner
Of nm outrigger, sliding-seat, rowing ma
chine jammed firmly in his face. But
my thoughts would look awful In type.
In fact | do not think they could be ex-
pressed In print under any considera-
ton.
While the female portion Of the family
was giggling and the other part roaring
outright. | proceeded TO arise, and after
getting myself from between the floor
and my tOrmeLtor, ] succeeded In doing
SO. The first thing | did then was to
relieve my feelings, This did In such
an energetic manner that the atmos-
pherc In my luxurious boudoir took on
n line ultamanne tint, and some Ia.
offer matches lying on the gold-trimmed
marble mantle were ignited.
After administering this m%uch-needed
relief 10 my outraged feelings, l pro.
ceeded to arrange things. My dander
was up so high that II got tangled in my
beautiful. coal-black locks, and | was
resolved to ride that many-named iiend
Of n machine or die. shudder now 10
think Of the odds that were In favor Of
my dying.
After a little investigation | found the
cause of my misfortune to be a small,
lnnocent-looking eyebolt with which
did not fasten the machine to the flor
The bolt feeling sighted, no doubt, had
taken revenge by allowing the machin,
TO act In the outrageous manner II
which II did.
However, after properly adjusting thu
cyobolt and making sure, rs | thought
that everything was all right, ! agaiI
took my seat with n discretionary
tits look on my classic features. Fo
J the second time ! grappled with the oar
and swung grandly and malesticall.
into motion. For the first two or tire
y strokes everything went along n
: smoothly Us a fat man on q banana pee
I Then something seemed to give way
1 The machine had evidently woken u
q 10 business after the quiet little nap
=, had taken on my shirt bosom, and ha
settled right down to arealization Of I'll
: fact that Il had n mission in this life I
perform-and meant to perform H. ! d
not know exactly how Il happened, bt
d when loving hands had picked me OF
n Of the ~plate-glass mirror and tied
string around me 10 keep the pieces Il
gethcr, | had a faint idea that my mi
chine had challenged adynamite factor
il to play baseball, and that ] was umpil
h in the game that followed.
q MY ambition 10 become q great oar
. man evaporated right there. Meal
while the machine stands, or rather lie
. lust where Il landed after the little too
nobody In the house having the coura,
to approach Il. II any Of the sun
n readers wants to buy a nice, gentl
Il easy-going young rowing machin
!, strong. reliable and every way tri
= trained TO single or double harness, Al
!" warranted docile and TO keep In al
4 climate, he may b. able to arrange We
= advantageous terms by calling on
N 10 QUINN, Charity Hospital.
~ Picks Sun.