St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1886-01-02
THAT MITT."
Miss Aece's Cunning and Success
full Device.
CHAPTER I.

tul Device.
CHAPTER I.
Eugene Sylvestre, tall. well-pro-
portioned, blonde and mustached, stood
with watchful, albeit rather sleepy
looking eyes, near crowded corner of
State Street in our busy, bust!ing. we'll
bepraised city. He was leaning. with a
languid grace, peculiar to his kind.
against one of those aesthetic posts i'm
pressed of late years into the postal
service of our country. and as he leaned
there he softly hummed verse of
which the only audible words were
'>good night, ladies'"
The young and talented gentleman
here introduced Uas a gentleman.
courteous. brave and kind, and one of
fortunes favorite sons. He was also
the city editor of The Morning Scoop
sn,up. most brilliant and influential of
our city journals, and he was in that
particular place at this particular time
in petient search after that thing which
his soul loved-an item.
The sun was shining with almost
southern intensity. and Sylyestre. who.
should have told you, was of southern
birth, had only to close his eyes little
more than usual and stand near one of
italia's palatial genealogical emporiums
to be transported. Aladdin-like. to his
chiidhood's home, had he so willed it.
In the throng of pedestrians and the
hurryinr of vehicles this cynical younp
~. = =. na.t;n - .",s y ~; ma. ;a.oi,;s nuuns
eve was mnre thsn 90 ~ ~ Ella III taia IL
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srrrestad hIack velvet and hiact d;a'
n,en5s oil those di.tract;nr ,h;n,-s IN
foot that have disturbed rho naace of
n.an s;noa + ;,;tb t;rSt ha,oroa .danni
On Ad,m n was hut a ron,ent ard TIC
.s.;rr h.d n...ed him b.sors o.r I haro so
h.d fa;rIr nnened his ewes. n mind
80 80 for aa a,ea ', r;vnisd - and ~ ~ .on,a
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g - -, - -upiq"it,
- lter 1ot so 4Ass ana
weeHat = 80 worn 0s innumeraoie
PAIRS OF SHOES tramping the e.ty 1rom
end to end uutll MS present dign'tv
was falriy won-coata ne nave dwei1
Within knoWieoge OF tna. .h,ng o, !ovo
Nness ana 1aiied 20 make nef ms Dy
rlght OF discovery! Out with the
thougnt. she must De Stranger per-
naps ferl from the gaze OF sden wan
osring dlscohsoiate.
In iact, the passers-oy were TWO very
Xooa-0okihg s,hicaso rs l,ney "lo
nave peen rare Deau,ies eise"ne,e)' ou''
ov the 90" Oh Cupia' one nau ne seen. ~.
ana oniY one. anu sne naa nleu nis
noutnern soui. ne s.ar.eu Iol"alu ml ~
time 70 ca'cn tue las. Silinihe, VI SIN
as sne passed in.o Iue u.h SSoous paiace
on Ine corner. 1nen WI E,n ... n was
sinking pack ln'o ms olu' .;rn resIui Ss pos,-
ton loyIves.Ie was upln 81. el1y, s.;st1, nns
ON; Iap.ure: 'iefe a' MS ie0' lay "a''i's
klq mitten.
"sSdeathS ('Sdeath. oh, unlnitlated
;,,t, tho n,rstar;os of nevsnanerdom
.n.u eo :o.,,at.'.,, ,,f, or.aa
Us the customary eJacuIasory u,.erahce
ia r;rotaartb century
..'Sdeath!" he calculated. 1t was
hers. Instinct told him that. He seized
it with even more avidity then if it had
been an item. and with heart exultingly
beating. he hastily followed the ladies
into the busy hive. where people were
packed 'like pickles in a jar" Up
stairs and in the basement; glowering
iat the cash-boys and forgetting to smile
on the lady clerks. from aisle to aisle,
"a h;r fv.,Stfoce soaroh f0rrot