The Washington critic., 1885-10-30
THE DRAMA OF A DAY.

she nuu lmn0rtlnpu mo MANY timn
and of 20 reveal ,o bcr tbo nrofossion
which ennnIiod hor /, ioyish oyoogs
viii bracelets hououots md bonhons
areu,orod o,,osi,,oi,, ,oiJ t,o,.
was "somathing in ,hc city >; ''' nv =
Sbo wirccd avon NJ ,bot Tho blood
of thc Knictcrhoctcrs cmrdIod ot tho
mention of trodc What would If have
donn bad I rovco,od ,ho @ truih y '"'o
Nv hcloyad Alicia had nnvor hoo, to
Monmouth park and never did sho ov,
nroes doeire bnt NJ oncc I has,oned 70
grot;fv II would have had n sn"cioi
Tocc ON nurnosc for her had If heon
NECESSARY
However to NV disonnointmont 7
woe NOT IN bo nri,;;Iorod 70 oscor, hor
Shn bo1 madn otLer orronSor,onts
Tn noint of foct n borrihia cousin
Will a hir hroyyn nouotochn rro,, n
nlnco in Maine with nm unrrononnco'
milo name wos IN drive n Marty of In.
dios and pontlnmon to tbo noris In bie
drog and had invited her
she accented tbough tboro yos M
soot for mo Uowever thnv asked mo
to ioin them on the course and share
thS luncheon nrovided in honor Of The
occasion.
flottnr myself there was NOT n ncotcr
dressed man at the railway station that
dov than the writer of this mnloncholv
narrative.
A word obout NV norsonol onnoor-
onco | am of medinm HEIGHT. am n
blonde. NV hair is strow.coIored and I
mart il in ihe middle. NV owes ore n
Shade darker than NV hair and / nm,
~ ~ ''''' ' wa
pince.nez. am not as n rule nc.
counted muscular
In n rrnv suit. with n licht overcoot
n red tie With n diamond hin. n white
bot and n narrow black hond-avnn
without the rose in nv button. hole
Gntter myself there was never n
Knickerbocker of them oll who conlj
have found fault with nv ncrsonol m.
neoronce, W.
| reached the park an hour or more
before the time when | was to meet thn
drag, and in order to enter thoroughly
into the sporting spirit of the dav. I
backed horse for one of the minor
events
I had no KNOWLEDGE of horscGcsh nor
did | understand the manner in which
the money was customarily risked upon
n race. but an oblininr gentleman with
n husky voice and Dlocnrd in his hot
to the effect that he was Blank of Al.
bonv undertook to instruct mo
Nv horse wont To This dov have
never been able to understand how or
why-I most dcvoutly wish ithod done
nothing of the kind. II was the cause
of nil nv subsequent woe.
I asked Mr. Blank of Alhonv If bo
would pleose nav me the MONEY which
was nv due and Mr. BIonL' : rnnlv
was rude. mrcd that I should rc5iily,,
like TO have II. Whereunon he nut the
stool on which he had bcen stondin9
beneath his arm and walked rnnjdIy
away | followed and nmnin osl,n1
him to rive me the money
lie renlicd that if | followed him bo
would rive me oll wanted md mar.
hans somethinr more | was unnr,.
nored for such generosity. bul of
course | followed him foncvin0 he
was tolxinr me to his homoHor his
Lonlor's
When we had left the crond stand
far behind and had reached n distant
and unfreouented mart of thc nnrIl
With onv nrovocatin, On NV p rnrt
he Tovc me- n sudden hIow bohiHd tho
cor which knockcd mo sonscInss '''N
How lonm law in thot ii,tln hoI,o,,
shaded Inv y fow corsn hnshes hovl
no idco, Inf when I recoyerci I fnnnd
| thot ali NV now Uormonts mo bn,tnn'
hnie NV diomond Mn n,, 1rr,a M,
watch ~ cyc,,,tLino 49, ha2 P,'Si Pvanishnt n'
Thc suit onIy home from thc toiior.
the nreyion: ri~ht had disonnaarnd
but With kind considcrotion for or nv nv
rpelinrs tbn thief whonvrr he mi iii
have bncn had ioft bnhind some 70
morkoble Ioolinr clothes tho lilo ol
which / had newer soon hnfnrn If r,a,
NOT n lime to stand unon ceremony
was nonnilcss and shiycrinT Tn mnoI
nv ndorod Alicia was ont OF tbe mrs
ti6n, NV only idea was TO ret home tC
nv Long Branch LODGINGS With nil nos
siElc speed, but when, on closer inspea.
tion. | discovered the garments left il
exchange for those which had been my
morning pride. consisted of one of thosl
spanglcd suits-and an old one at thaI
in which acrobats are accustomed tC
20 through their rymnastic exercises
You may, perhaps, IMAGINE what my
feelings were.
put it ON. 1t did not even fl we'll
Fancy the misery and shame | felt a,
the knowlcdge That had IN wall, f.
Long Branch tbus ottirodl T,,ci,iI,
the Srobber had lcft me- NV ninca-no;
or should moi have bccn AHA IN s"e a
ward ahead but ovon AL c,noI,,
ihcm on INV nosn I conIJ not hoI,