The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-29
Read This if You Can.

read this story aloud, while with
dictionary, a late edition Of either
Worcester or Webster, and any 9th
er good helper to the study of Ian
guage, others critieise and correct
or conform the readers pronuncia
ton. There are 225 words here
which are frequently mispro
nounced.
Godfrey, surnamed Winthrop,
sat in the depot at Chicago, waiting
for his train and reading the Trib-
une, when a squadron of street
Arabs incompatible for squalor
thronged from a neighboring alley,
uttering hideous cries, accompanied
by inimitable gestures of heinous
-exultation, as they tortured black
and tan dog.
"You little blackguards!' cried
Winthrop, stepping outside and
confronting them, adding the in
quiry, "Whose dog is that?"
"That audacious Caucasian has
the bravado to interfere with our
clique" tauntingly shrieked the in
disputable little ruHian, exhibiting
combativeness.
"What will you take for hin? p
asked the lenient Godfrey, ignoring
the venial TRADE.
"Twenty-seven cents" piquantly
answered the ribald urchin, grab
bling the crouching dog by the
nape.
"You can buy licorice and share
with the indecorous coadjutors oil
your condemnable cruelty" SAID
Winthrop, paying theprice and TAX
ing the dog from the child. Then
catching up his vallse and umbrel-
la, FASTENED to his train satisfied
himself that his sleek protege was
was not wounded, and then cleaned
the cement from the pretty collar,
and read these words:
Leicester. LicenseH, No. $780,
Hearing the pronunciation Of his
name the docile canine expressed
gratitude and pleasure, and then
sank exhausted at his patrons feet
and slept.
Among the other passengers was
a magazine contributor, writing
vagaries of Indian literature, also
two physicians, sombre, irrevoca-
BILE, irrefragable allopathist, and a
genial homeopathic, who made a
speciality of bronchitis. Two pc
remptory attorneys from the legis-
lature of Iowa were discussing the
politics of the1 epoch and details of
national finance, while a wan, dolo
rous person, wearing concave
glasses, alternately ate troches and
almonds for a sedative, and sought
coincidence in a high lamentable
treble from a lethargic and some
what deaf and enervate comrade
not yet acclimated. Near three ex-
emplary brethren probably sinecu-
rists sat a group Of youths; and a
jocose sailor lately from Asia) in
a blouse waist and tarpaulin hat
was amusing his patriotic juvenile
listeners by relating a series of the
most extraordinary legends extant,
suggested by the contents of the
knapsack (which he was calmly and
liesurely arranging in a pyramidal
f rm on three legged stoll. Above
swung figured placards with muse
um and lyceum advertisements, too
verbose to be misconstrued.
A mature matron of medium
height and her comely daughter
soon entered the car, and took seats
in front of Winthrop (who recalled
having seen them one Tuesday in
February, in the parquet of thea
ire. The young lady had recently
made her debut into society at a
musical soiree at her aunt's. She
had an exquite bouquet of flowers
that exhaled sweet perfumes. She
said to her parent, Mamma, shall
We ever find my lost Liecester?"
Godfrey Immediately addressed
her, saying as he presented his
card:
Pardon my apparent intrusive
ness; but priehee, have you lost
pet dog2"
The explanation it had been sto-
len was scarcely necessary, for Lei
cester, just awakening, vehemently
his in applicable joy by
vibrating between the
two like the sounding lever used
in telegraphy (for to neither OF
them would he show partiality till,
succumbing to ennui, he purported
to take a recess, and sat on his
complaisantly contem-
plating his friends. 1t was truly
an interesting picture.
They reached their destination
ere the sun was beneath the hori-
zon. Often during the summer
Winthrop CALAMITY rowed from the
quay with the naive and blithe
Beatrice in her jaunty yachting
iuit, but no coquetry shone from !
he depths of her azure eyes. Lit
lie Less, their jocund confidante
md courier and who was as saga
ious as a spaniel), always attend
d them on these occasions, and
WIENER they rambled through the
Toodlawn paths. While the band
layed strains from Beethoven,
Iendelsshohn, Bach, and others,
hey promenaded the long corridors
f the hotel. And one evening, as
'eatrice lighted the gas by the
tagere in her charming bou
DIR in their sweet of rooms, there
listened brilliantly a valuable soli-
are diamond on her finger.
Let us look into the future for
he sequel to perfect this romance,
nd around a cheerful hearth we
ee again Geoffry and Beatrice, who
re paying due homage to their tiny
lend leicester.