San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-07-21
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Then he carried It home to his wife.
And at the gayest moment Of the even
ing, for the young couple INDUCED In a
little spree In honor of the day. Lucy
found time to escape from the light
hearted party Of friends and 60 and spoon
with her fool of husband for two min.
utes or so In the nursery and hold Der
box to his ridiculous nose And With the
sudden perception Of one Of those strange
shadows that sometimes iaIi-trom
heaven knows where-acruss our sunniest
path, she said
DO you suppose shall ever be 50
hungry. dear. that | shall have to part
With thisi"
"Gra-a-n'i" called the guard. and the
elevated train discharged it's Grand street
contingent. among whom was a party OF
four persons, two young men and two
girls. In whose eyee a ride In an east side
train and visit to the Bowery evidently
constituted q kind of lark a Jolly az It
was unusual
The girls chartered like black birds as
they ran down the steps and made their
way through the cosmopolitan crowd that
filled the dusty street. The young men
piloted them carefully among the quick
sands of sidewalk musicians beggars and
wandering emporium OF collar buttons
shoe strings and polychromstic cravats
directing their amused attention TO the
wondrous attractions OF the museums as
shcwL on the startling caDVasses that
adorned the fronts OF the buildings IN
which the various fat girls. tattooeG Cir
cassians and sixteer toed men were to be
seen for that Insignificant pinch of silver.
one dime
oh, it's the queerest place., cried the
infant Of the party whose blonde bang
had WOE her the irreverent title OF Tow
among her intimate friends See that
absurd little drum up there, beating
away to draw attention to the only living
bearded baby-poor thing J hope It gets
enough 10 eat and Miss Tow heaved a
sympatheti. sigh and lapsed into silence
fol fifteen seconds
They were bound for a certain jewelry
stor. where one could often find quaint
old silver and antique bijouterie that bad
been rescued from the pawn shops or
coaxed from the cabinets OF poor descend
ants of wealthy families, and the second
hand" trade of the dealer had grown until
he found 1t an important part Of his bust
ness and hunted both this country and
Europe over for oddities and relics with
which to please the whims Of his patrons
The young people were soon deep in the
mysteries Of Apostle spoons, Nuremberg
tankards and rocco candlesticks, and II
the elder girl had not interposed Miss Tow
would probably have run her poor papa In
debt to shocking extent.
What Is that, Frank" asked this moro
prudent damsel. as she gave last covet-
GUS glance at an enamel brooch orna.
mented by famous French miniature
painter with the portrait of Q court beauty,
who lived in those
Teacup times OF hood and hoop,
Or while the patch was worn
Its blessed old malachite spectacle
case. and did you ever see such tremend.
GUS silver bowed goggles IS the poor fel.
low that owned it had to wear2" answered
the young man laughing And hero,
Fanny. see this 1t looks like book Of
devotions:" and he unfastened the tarn,
ished silver clasps that closed . book
bound in faded yellow velvet and strength.
ened by broad silver bands and heavy
silver rim around the case, a relic Of the
days when books were books and not
things to be turned out by tens of thou.
sands, to be read once and then thrown
away.
The two young men and the older girl
stood examining the old missaI, while
Miss Tow vowed she had seen enough books
during her last year at school, to satisfy
her for the rest of her days. and went
providing in the depths of big tray
full of antique bracelets. archaic christen.
ing spoons and miscellaneous srnmpery of
the species SO dear to the feminine heart.
A squeal of delight from the book hating
treasure hunter made them turn to See the
latest discovery
"Oh, say cried that volatile young
lady This Is the dearest old pungent I
ever saw and am just going to carry 1t
home, because need one and shall never
find anything again that | like half so
WE'LL" and she held out little box Il
wonder where this came from. she ratified
on. Pm sure it must be English or
Dutch, for it's too quaint for any sort OF
use-look!"
The others gathered around and ad-
mired the toy. furnished and dented, and
with hinges that were almost past their
days of service. But Fanny studied
closely for a moment
oh. dear" she said. Il think was
growing sentimental over that old book
that was so dear to somebody. and now
this positively makes me want to cry.
Do you see this. you little VandaI3" and
she pointed to some letters worn into the
absolute ghost Of IN inscription. but
which could still be seen very family:
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