The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-11-27
what Bsfsll Nsditative Man ON .
Hainy Thanksgiving Day.


Yesterday was rAiuy, bad, dir
agreeable day, and q Newspaper nsnd
looked out Of the oHRce upon the wet
and muddy streets. 1t had been pub.
lished that 1t WAS Thanksgiving day,
and this perhaps lad put him in Q
meditstive, half-drowsymo Pit, pat,
pit pat, dropped the water from the
caves OF the houses. The
streets were muddy and un-
inviting to tho pedestrian.
Only few struggling persons coald
be seer steBning the rain and the
wind. Now comes little bo0t-black,
difconaolste and rick Ut heart that this
weather should 30 thoroughly demon
alize his business, Only 0coasionslly
anope those that pssSed did one
come slorg who looked az IL he hsd
taken Thanksgiving dinner, or bad
any especial ressen for becoming
hilarious over the advent OF the day.
The newspaper fiend sat in q tilted
chair with his heels above hia head,
upon the deck before him. He was
conscious OF feeling unusually drowsy,
but attributed that 10 the iaet that he
was Just from his Thanksgiving dia-
ner. Everything seemed unusually
quiet about the office. Not even tDs
steaithy tread of the ofhss mouse
could b heard above the
pit-a-pit of the rsindrop. The
newspaper nend seemed SURPRISED ~
himself tkst hs could take things 30
easily since the hook wxs perfectly
bare OF "copy," and seemed TO wear a
fiendi sh grin Of delight thet 1t was
Thanksgiving day and not . single
item 10 be found in the city. He ielt
like getting up and throwing the hook
out OF the window for showing 80 lit
tie feeling in on old friend'ss discom-
future.
Suddenly the door opens and 10
wake liverisd servant, bearing q card
upon n silver waiter. AptroashlnG
with q bland smile on his countenanes,
he handed the card to the newspaper
feBd. He read: "His satanic msjsaty'n
opening bali OF the ssassn. You sro
invited"
"Well, this il good enough. i will
attend, have good time and get o
good item cut OF II ALSO" thought tina
newspaper fiend ~ the servant who
had borne the invitation appeared 70
VAHlbu tuo BtAnObpAoACs
"You must BE- on hand at 3 O'clooh
and wesr o spike tail coat" Was writ
ten on tho reverse side OF the card Ia
pencil. This made the newspaper
hend's heart fall, for he remembered
his spike. tail, alas! was no moro. 1t
was NO more. 1t seemed at that very
minute to be dancing an Irish jig IN 3
awn-broker's shop. Then he rsmem-
bore d that lis roommate had one, and
that he would go T. b.s room quietly,
rig himself In the spike" and get
ready for the ball.
"NuppOse my roommate la invited
to the bsllf He will want to 90 In this
ooat, and III wear Is, know he Will
be awfully mad" thought the newsps-
per iepd.
His mind was made up; 80 ne put on
the coat and went 20 the ball. The
ball was brilliant affair. ID sp-
peared to him that tho women were
the pIettiest and the music the love.
lest he ever heard. One
lovely girl especially completely fss-
cinated him. She appeared to him the
most perfect typo OF female loveliuess
he had ever seen. He was 10 COM
pletely CT armed by her elegant man.
ners and brilliant conversational
powers that he oould not tear himself
from her presence. Ne waltzed with
her and thought her the most grseeful
creature he had evhr seeE; he heard
her s,ng and he imagined himsslf in
the presence Of an Inspired bsiDg,
He had become entirely 0bliv-
ious Of his rosmmste's coat or
that he had on coat, when
just in the ses OF engaging In dance
with bis fair eharnsr, he noticed
man slbowing his way through tho
crowded room. When through the
crowd he made q break for tho news.
paper fiend, shouting, al want my
GOAT" Tho newspaper hsnd reoog nizsd
his roommate and cntreatsd ths
crowd to take him away, that
he was crazy. This seemed
TO enrsge the owner OF the coat
and be Jew 1t the newspaper man like
an Infatuated animal. Ten thousand
thoughts flaw through the newspaper
fiend's brain in second. He know
that II he couldn't persuade the oom.
pany that bis room mato was crazy
his love for the fairylike creature he
had just met was forever blasted.
"Hs'R - CRAZY Nh Junt-buk. Help
mo catch him." sang out tho news
paper fand In tones Of despair.
At this the owner OF the coat hsw ut
him, caught one end OF his coat tail
and tere II entirely on, and then, by 4
seemingly superhuman effort, no
caught the newspaper hsnd, raised
him high in thu air and threw him
with great force to tho floor.
Tho newspaper 6end opened his
eyes, and wss disEusted to fad him
self itill' In the ONCE with the fore
man and the "dsvil" bending over
him.
"Hape you got any 'oopy''" in.
quirsd the foreman. att Is nearly Z
O'clock"
"Did you get the scsount Of the ball
! left on the hookf" answered the
newspaper heBds
"The ball, thunderW shouted the
fore man. ''you havn't been out of the
ofIioc. You have been aaleop and just
turned your chair over"
"All right, ! will give you my dream
while asleep," said he, AID no did.