The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-01-10
MORNING MUSINGS.
A Romantic Lovo Story. Told In
Six Sollloquloa.
soLnoQrr TiIg INST

llcigho' ~ this Is London. and a
smoky. foggy, dismal mclropoli, It Is,
10 say the lenst u w.
Reminds me II young simpkins Of
our class who undertook to write an
nPostrophe 10 the occan-a Ia Byron
and completed onr line, 'Oh. thou pro.
digious dampnc-s'' Simpkins stuck
there and couldn't get any further. but
there i no such limii to London damp.
ness.
By tho great ponds Of Michigan, the
mir here sccp, 70 hold water In solution!
One runs a risk o. being drowned 10
breathing,
] suppose his il wha, Mr Guppy
called a London part cular" but with
NIL due respect, | don, think London ..
particular, or she wouldn't have such
an atmoaphcrc
Fine showing. this, for an April morn.
ing Ho, hum | really must got up
and commence my pilgrimage.
ican't understand why should have
started on this European tour. ADD con-
demned myself to wandering about
looking u, thing, | don't want 10 zee.
climbing mountain, ! don't want o.
climb. ummaging around through
nasty street. where ! don't want to rum.
mage, and inhAling odors that | de-.
cidsdly object b. WhA, i The u.e nov
Of my doing London ard ~subjecilng
myself TO fatigue. oi0r. and 'ackney
coarhes when ! can accomplish 1t M -
much more pleasantly with Que II Dick.
ems novels u home In \ hammock. or
drifting down the Chesapeake Ican'l
understand why | should want To see
the Tower because the Prince. wrre
murdered ihcrr, nor the Avon because
Shakespeare IA born there. nora hun
dred and n other places because
something was done or wasn't done
there liza man tells me his father Wa
hanged. ! ain quite satisfied 10 believe
him without rushing "a Immediate, to
tee the place and bring away = piece d
The rfllows o. a shred II the rope.
Thank Heaven. when I'm through
with London my occupation gone.
and ] Al 70 home III peace. Con.
sianiinople. Venice. Rome. Swiizer.
land. Pars I've done them an. and
pretty thoroughly. I hope. though M,
people Al home will D. sur TO think II
some conioundci plsce that | ought TO
have ~'en. bot didn't uc. Something
that ] have omitted which they have
been diving I o 49, for goOdne., knows
bOu long!
Think I'd better coach np on the
ruidcbook. and that rminds me. /
gave mine away 10 the pretty girl
whom J rescued In Venice from The
gvndoliers -tho-r fellows are A. bad A.
London ackney cOachmen and who
WAS 20 chArmingly grateful She said
ABE hoped We might NEE, ngain. and
she VA ever 30 much obliged 10 ms.
and q was % nice 10 meet q country.
man. for she Wa American would
have known that n she had stopped
after 'nioe-and = great deal more 10
The same eIcci, and IN the sweete.i
voice and with the cordial eonhding
way which belongs alone 10 our girls
blsss 'em' Shook hands with me
smiled more In her soft gray syes than
with her lps. gave me her card aud left
me standing there with my bat Of. a
Spectacle for those rascaily boatmsn'
Made a memorandum on a blank leaf
oil my guide-book 10 this effect.
"Pre,tiesi picture IN Nenioc. Study
IN gray. Gray eyes. gray rob-. name
Cray. Worth a fortune. bat hY the
right person 10 b. had Tor the asking.
IN Would that | dared Ia ask
Then gave The nearest gondohcr q
iwrniy-franc piece 10 ovcrtake her and
retrieve Ia masomoisello the book she
did neglect And that's all
by Jovc, ! must ~, up
roLibpQrr uiE srCOSp.
Three weeks In London Well.
London lsn'i 20 had after all. aud I'm
really Interested In hunting up queer
places.
Id give a farm just TO find Mr.. Tod.
GINS boarding house. and Mis- era,
b constantly boxing for a CuriosIi,
Shop. That I should meet Der again.
and especially In this human lahyriulh.
iss piece ~ good fortune little short u
fatality. Her mother and fourteen.
yrsrold brother constitute thu parlv.
and The old lady SAYS she really docsnt
Know how they would have managed
20 sec 10 much u London ia, FIR nv
valuable aid. I'm n di~sinirn,sted nar,y.
i ami Haunrd II Idon'i believe I'm
getting too much absorbed In IN. fiesh
tints and the forcshortening. aud the
colorng Of my study In GRAY. She has
no, said a word about ms gulde-look.
not even whether she rec.ivrd Il or not;
but she seemed 10 he glad 10 see mo.
and l-pshawl I'm too old to lay absd
and day-drram like a school-hpyl |
think Ill 70 home. I've seen enough
yellow foT aud black smoke. Mr.
Gray says they arr going 10 scotland
and the Hebrides. aud Ell those mal.,.
unpleasant places that William Wnek
r~rioices inland indeed when one can
cit by = warm fire aud rad aiuut rain
and wind, leaden shy and dcwy weather,
Isn't had; hut cNrusc inc frm par.
~iicipaiing. % the man said when be-
Wa going 10 h. hanged. Yet lran h,
with her By going. She said ba,
mamma wanted me 10 70 80 inach.
wonder u she speaks 10 me with
mamma's lipsf Girls do. I know. par.
iienlafiy when they take M interest
for example. n her mother wanted M
10 90 a. an escort aud she harsslf dsla' 4
are n straw whether | went OF not,
abe would have ssid 4 want sou 10 ~
% much H. a rood sign when
mamma 10 the front.
Bah I'm trying TO construct nothing
..so somsthing "A practice I thought 1
- abandoned EVER since the DAYS /
l@1.nnded myself thai . certain .eho i
rr' m{ yuddhlui passion L..
- PERMITTED me 10 carry her
1.lP1r y erhool. . drnm thai was
n - Subsequently, eons-u.
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