Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1885-03-10


profess. The icinerations of your wit
are as bilious as sky-rocket, and clu-
c;date conversation like n piratical
display. should opinionate that you
would misapprehend that the ichus
come explosive through constant in
flation."
"Your opinion, fair maiden, is but
an additional evidence of your perspi-
Guilty, | readily and without effort
perceive from the extraordinary sim
ilarity of our convictions. that your
gentle nature is a component part of
mine; softening and completing, SO
to say. rs the emolient butter is to the
more solidiiied buckwhcat cake"
Selling her long hand and looking
as sentimental as n sun-struck bull
frog, he continued passonately:
"Oh, Juliana Keziah, loadstar of
my existence. who could gaze upon
thy charms unmoved? The few short
days which | have known thee, al
though not rs long us though they had
been longer have been ages of happi-
ness to me. Bewildering. captivating,
and overpoweringly saccharine dam
sel my spirit yearns for thee. Does
not thy pericardium throb in sympa-
thctic harmony with mine? Place thy
tapering digits in my outstretchcd
palm, and hear me swear to dedicate
my life to thee.
Guiana Keziah, my soul is on fah
Sweet creature divne-be mine!
Twenty-Five years had Juliana wait
ed for just such words. With an
ecstatic gurgle, she threw herself on
the Doctors shoulder
"Peter Columbus, who could listen
unmOved to your delicious miscon-
structions? Our lives shall be blundcr-
ed forever, both on this mendacious
spear and after Sharon and Fair have
conveyed our dSembowcled spisits
over the mixed Sticks"
"Ah," sighed the cnamored Doctor,
imprinting Il cautious kiss upon her
cheek, on which perennial roses
bloomed. "Happiness shall be our
portion. Mutual love our daily bread.
The filthy lucre of this corrupt world
| scorn rs naught. Your investments,
sweetest love, are, | confidently pre-
sumo, perfectly safe
."Really, Peter Columbus" answer
ed Julana, bridling, ''you are rather
amphibious in your expressions. My
vestments, of course, are always in
perfect order, although, why you
hould make such an inquisition -
Pardon me, implore,' interrupted
/ DR.. Hackemup, convinced that the IN
/ ference he had drawn, from an appar-
emily careless remark of Mr.. Somers,
was correct. "Smilc AGAIN ere | wilt.
Name the propitious day when Hy-
mems torch, with glittering ray, shall
light our hOneymOOnish way Ger this
terrestrial sphere"
Dear Peter Columbus, I'm all in q
combustible of a confusion envelOped
IN a whirl. YOu and Cousin John can
make the necessitous arrangements.
Your wishes in this, and all other re-
spects, shall be my loss"
Mr.. and Mrs. Somers were informed
of the happy termination of the brief
courtship by the loving appearance of
the couple as, at the sound of the
dinner be ], they emerged from their
retreat arm in arm; DR.. Hackemup
all cOndescending majesty and pro-
tecting tenderness Juliana Keziah the
personilicatIon of cOniiding innocence
and appealing artleSsness. The effect
was somewhat marrcd, it is true, by
the Doctors four feet eleven and Ju-
liana's five feet ten; but who could
suggest an invidiouS comparison at
such sacred mOmentP
Il introduce to you Mr.. and Mrs.
Somers,' said the Doctor grandilo-
quently, Mrs. Hackemup in futuris.
AS time writes his wrinkles on on her
azure brow, may she renew her old
age each day"
Mr.. Somers, extending hand to
each exclaimed: Let me, for my