The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-07-28
TWO aLApsoME SOULS.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press: They had been "to the Fourth" at Peterville, and were now slowly wend- ing their way home, hand in hand, over the green fields, down wide lanes and under the leafy boughs o'erhang- ing the woodland road. They were a little imper and less lovely than when they journeyed forth in the dewy morning. Her robe of snowy white gave evidence of a dusty day and contact with the green sward, the rhubarb pie and the overfowing glass of lemonade. Her rosy mouth gave token of a prodigality of molasses candy and gingerbread, her breath bore the combined fragrance of pep permint drops and bologna sausage in unlimited quantities.
 His step was less elaEtic than it had been; he was faint with the intoxica- tion of three- for-a-dim "seegars :" he had learned by experience that there s limit to young mans capacity of containing pie and ice cream and lemonade and soda water and mixed candy. His limp collar and wilted necktie, twisted around under his ear, gave token ofhow he had exerted him. self to be happy.
 Fond memories of the day fingered in their young minds, and at last found utterance in words:
 "Have good time, Melissy?"
 "Oh, just splendid, Henry"
 "1njoyed it, did yer"
 "Oh, I more'n injoyed it!"
 "How'd ye like the lem'nade?"
 "Oh, it was splendid!"
 "Them gum drops went purity good, didn't they?"
 "Oh, wasn't they good?"
 "How'd the ice cream go?"
 "Oh, awful goodw
 "What kind O flavorin' did you take2"
 "Vanilly-what'd you take?"
 "Lemon. Wish't afterward I'd had vanilly, too. How'd ye like the sody water?"
 "Oh, splendid. Wonder what makes it fizz?'
 "Oh, some sort of thing a -ma-jig inside the old machine. They had purity fair seegars, purity fair"
 "La, Henry, how kin a man smoke seegars2"
 "Pooh! Wish I had cent for all Ive smoked. It comes natchrell to us men,"
 "I don't see how you kin. I think tobacker's awful nasty"
 "That's 'cause you ain't used to it. How'd ye enjoy the swing we had in that merry -go-round2"
 "Oh, wasn't it nice? Made me a little sick at first, but I thought it was lovely afterward. I'd liked to of swung a week."
 "Glad you injoyed it. How'd you like the side-show2"
 "Oh, splendidi Wasn't that woman fat? I'd thought she'd of melted. You reckon that two-headed calf was born that way2 I'd an idea one of them heads was stuck on afterwards" :"
 "Poohl Ofcourse it wasn't! Can't fool me! I wasn't born and raised on a farm to be tux in by any such a snide thing as that. I'd good mind to tell the show master so, too. That blamed old calf wasn't born with two heads any more'n you was."
 "No, nor with two tails, neither"
 "Of course not. But lots of folks is green enough to b'lieve it. An that teller never really swallered that sword"
 "Think not?"
 "Naw-an' fer cent I'd told the hull crowd what fool he was maxim of lem, but l just thought if they wanted to be fooled I'd let 'em."
 "La, Henryl"
 "How'd you like the freworks?"
 "Oh, they was lovelyw p
 "Glad you injoyed lem. A dollar or dollar'n quarter ain't nothin' to me if girl injoys things"
 "Oh, l did, Henry; ev'ry thing was just splendidl"
 "Glad you vent, then?"
 "Oh, Ia, yes; I wouldn't of missed it for anything
 "Glad you injoyed it."
 "Oh, didw
 sGlad of it."