The Daily clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1866-1888, 1886-01-13
"rHAT MITT."


onrd. blonde. and mustached, stood
tn waichiul, albeit rather sleepy
Dking, ewes near crowded corner
State street in our busy. busting,
wcll-bcpraiscd city. He was leaning,
with II languid grace, peculiar to his
kind. against ono OF those aesthetic
posts impressed of late years Into the
postal service of our country, and as
20 leaned there ho softly hummcd u
verse of which the only audible wo.is
wero good ninht, ladies. "
The young and taicnteI. gentleman
here introduced w~ gentleman
courteous, brave, aud kind. and Que OF
fortunes favorito sous. He was also
the city editor Of me Morning coop.
enup. 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 loved--au item.
The sun was shining with almost
southern intensity. aud Sylvcstre, who,
| should have told you, was of soutn-
ern birth, had only 10 cioso his eyes u
little more than usual aud stand near
one u ltaiia's palatial pumelogicnl
cniporiums TO be transported. Aladdin.
ike to his chilslhood's llomc. had 4
50 willcd II.
Ii The llltoag Of pedestllans and lllV
hufrymg u seniclos this cynical y0anK
man saw nothing that 10 his intelIls
gent eve was more than 40 oft-told
tale. lie continued his observations
from force of habit. or, rather. from
that instinct born with the righiful
member OF the fourth estate. He stood
''as one who slept and dreamed; all
things to him unreal seemed. when.
lO! one of those fortunes that favor tht
brave A rustling Of silks, tapping
OF tiny GOot-heeis, u gay but subdued
chime OF charming laughter, how'll
dcriDg glimpse OF scarlet lips and eyes
that suggested black velv'.t aud black
diamonds. all those dis,raoting things
ia fact that have disturbed the peace
of men since Lililh, first beloved,
dawnod on Adam. Ii was but mo-
meni. and the vision mad passed him
before our hero had fairly opened his
~
aud like some ''inspirod IDIOT it
feeble inlcrmixed giris and hours and
other NEUROLOGICAL ahsurdities. Had
he. the ubiquitous rrD rter for long.
long days aud weeks, who had worn
out innnmerable pairs Of shoes tramp
ing the city from end to end until his
present dignity was fairly wOn--c0u'd
he have dwclt within knowicdgo ot
that thing OF lovclincss and failed to
make her his by right OF discovery7
Out with the thought. She must be- -
stranger, perhaps Peri from the gate
oil Ellen wandering discousolaie.
ia fact, the pasSers-by were Two very
good-looking Chicago girls (they
would have been rare beauties else
wherr). bui, by tho bow Of Cupid, one
had he seen. and only one, and she
had fired his southern soul. lie
started forward In time TO catch the
last glimmer of silk rs she passed into
the dry-goods palace on the corner,
then with sigh WAS sinking back into
his old. restful position (Sylyestre was
born tired. when. oh. rapture! there
ut his feet lay 4 dainty kid mitteul
'Sdcathl' CSdealh. OH uniuitlated
into tho mysteries OF newspaperdom,
is the customary eiaculatory uttcrancu
of the wel!-f1rmed newspaper man OF
the nineteenth century,
"'SleaIh!' he calculated. 1t was
hers. Instinct told him that He
seized it with even moro ayidity than
il it had been an item. and. with heart
exultiugly beating. he hastily followed
the ladies into the busy hive. where
people were packed ".ike pickles in a
j T." Upstairs and in the basement.
giowering at the cash-boys and forget
ding to smile on the lady clerks. from
aisle 10 aisle, he pursued his lrules-
search. torgctful of the fact that it was
corner store with doors on two
streets. Exhausted with such labnrs
aud the heat Of the dav. he muttercd
a-yocabulary word. and reluctantly
abandoned the search. pocketed hja
precious "iinG," and bctook himself to
his Office, here to seek forgetfuluess in
his accustomed way.
The next morning. the columns OF tlic
paper whose staff he so brilliantly
ornamented. appeared conspicuously
this legend:
WANTED-Thel lady who Yesterday lost
on Safe Stree near =. a reil-st tcheil, fug
trimmed, feece-lined kid mitt, will confer
favor 1n To hlder By sending the other
on 10 y 63, Duly ScoOpeaup.