Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1885-12-10
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"THAI MiTT."
Eugene Sylvestre, tall. well propor-
toned, blonde, and muStached, stood
with. watchful, albeit rather sleepy
looking, eyes near crowded corner
of State street in our busy, busting,
wcll-bcpraised city. He was leaning,
with languid grace, peculiar to his
kind. against one OF those aesthetic
posts impressed of late years into the
postal service Of our country. and as
lie leaned there he softly hummed a
verse of which the only audible words
were good NIGHT. ladies'.
The young and talented gentleman
here introduced UdS gentleman.
courteous, brave, and kind. and one of
fortunes fayortc sons. He was also
the city editor of The Morning COOP
eBiHp. most brilliant and influential of
our city journals, and he was in that
particular place ut this particular time
IN patient search after that thing which
his soul ioyed-an item.
The sun was shining with almost
southern intensity, aud Syivestrc, VINO.
should have told you, was of south
ern birth, had only TO close his eyes u
little more than usual aud stand near
one OF ItaIia's palatiai pomOlogical
cmporlums TO be transported, Aladdin
like, to his childhood's home, had he
SO wiIled it.
In The throng of pedestrians aud the
hurrying OF vehicles this cynical young
man saw nothing that TO his intelli-
tale. lie continued his observations
from force OF habit. or, rather. from
that instinct born with the rightful
m"nbrr OF the fourth estate. He stood
''as one VINO Slept and dreamed; ali
taingS 10 hlm unreal seemed" when,
10! one o. those fortunes that layor the
brave. a ru,ihng OF silks, 4 tapping
OF tiny booI-n"ci~. u gay but subdued
chime ol charniH. laughtcr, brwl-
dcrng 81 mp<c OF NearIel lips and eyes
That suggested bl OK ye.Vet and bi ok
diamonds. ali those dlsractiii a.tii,f.a.
iA fact ih.u brave DISTURBED tin. uerye
OF he'i stsc" Lujh. first Beloved.
d.0n.a 90 Autip. T. wu, bat a mo-
ne0 1G ,as vision had passed mn
tci r aur aelo uad fairly oaeued hi,
eye ll- n4ad So, Tor oDcc ripp!c.l.
anu hac suae inspired iaiot' it
teco'o lriNrm Ned 4nS ana hours and
other mvtholocicol obsurditios Had
he the ubinuitors renorter for lone
lone days and weeks who b,J ,vorn
ont innnmcrol,le mfrs ~ shoes tr,mn-
inc, the citv from end "a ana mill H.
present dicnltv was fairly won-ca,, 4
no have dwnit vitbio k,owIrdra ~
that tnjnr of loveiineSs and failed 10
make her his by rioht of discovery ,
Ont with the thouuhf She must bn y
stranger merriam, Il Peri from the oste
OF Eden wnn,lrrino di.consolate
In f,cf Tho ,,ssnrs-f,v wore Two verv
cood.Iookino Cbir,no oi,le ubat,
wonid havr haen r,rn bosutins nisc,
wbernN but Lv tho how, If Cnnid one
I.J IL ,an nd ,,,I,. 80 ia ~
had fired his southern soul lie
started forward in time To coIcb the
last rlimmer of silk as She passed irlto
tho drv-goods palace on The corner.
then with a SIGH was sinking back into
his old. rrstfuj nosItiop (Svjycstre was
born tIred. when, oh. rapture! there
NJ his fsef Inv E, Iaintv MA militant,
'Sdeathr' CSdcalh. OH. uninitiated
INTO the mysteries OF newSpaperdom'
j. Tue customary eJacu"lofy ullerance
OF the weil-tormed newspaper man OF
"Sdoathv' he calculated II was
hers. Instinct told hi that. He
seized it with even more ayidjiy than
if 1t had been m item, ami. with heart
cAutiuglv beatinp. NJ hastily followed
tbs ladies INTO the busy hive. where
people we're pncked 'nke pickles in n
T." Upstairs and in the basement.
ciowerine al tue cash-boys and forget
ting TO smile on the lady clerks. from
aisle TO aisle, lie pursued his fruitless
search, lorgcltu OF the fact that it was
u corner store with doors on two
streets Exhausted with such labors
aud the neat of the day, he mutlcred
a--,ocabuiary word. and reluctantly
abandoned the search, pockrted his
pcio,ts "huG," and bctook himself ia
his uiice. here to seek forgctluueS. IN
his accustomed way.
The next moruinr. the columns Of tl,e
paper whose staff he so brilliantly
ornainented, appeared conspicuous II
this eycna:
WANrED-rhe lady who ycsterdi ~ LOST
on Safe stree n2ar -, a re,I-st tcied, fun
trimmed, neectchned I'D mitt' VIII confer
't ~ < ~ n Da, y Sgna,ls 'ie o'ei
Pretty Miss Alice Riuobam in he,
own especial room uext morninc. III.
tiuo holt UPRIGHT, with n stare of rs.
enlistment rand tho above mode,t re
nr'st Alicr was a child Of wealth.
f,sbibn ana refinement, but She mad !
brother. and - nor moment OF sur.
nr,sc. we reuret To say. Aer ianguag,
was modei,d in that of this near r,la.
tiy. Sbe said win emnhasis loo.
..W,,i me- b.s - qa,ir' Sn'idenly soe
l,.1,eu h,ce II mr. cbn,r and nal
afirr. peal al lam .ttpi. Heated INNS e.,tt :
",nnn,t b., nr..nI,tn, r,om How suc-
csss,nIy ths f,ir fsner ri men had
Rid her hook and cap.s,t bcr Il ~
viii ne seen furrncr ON Havino
launched to her hearts content, she
unused moment. then rose. uttired
herself to 90 iortn conquerng aud to