Wichita eagle., 1889-07-04


seemed that she couldn't bow her head low
enough The tip Of her nose almost touched
her plate. She was not only wicked, she was
deceitful-
Then when the grace was finished, she
looked up at me and had the unblushing as
surance TO ask me:
Did you sleep well, Mr.. Blissr'
I gave her look; look that, if she had
any feeling, would have annihllated her.
Il was kept awake this morning, Miss
Flint, by explosive spiders"
She never WINGED.
Got 'ern againF7 cried Tom from the other
end of the table.
Fan had begun TO open an egg for Dick,
and it would have taken the magnifylng
power Of the Lick telescope for any one e1-
cept me to see the deviltry il her eye.
What a sister-in-law! / had almost q mind
10 give it up.
have no time or patience TO dwell on the
events Of the early part Of that eventful day.
There were a great many noisy children
about; and there was q young lieutenant just
out Of West Point He had not sneled
enough powder at playing soldier, or heard
enough about forts and guns and things; Sc
he must needs insist on the inane amusement
OF firing a pistol at intervals of one minute
all day. Il the shots had come all as once, or
even irregular Il could have stood it, but they
came at such expected intervals, and dread
ed them so many seconds before the e1plo-
sion, that they wore NE out. / wished the
fiercese of wars would break out and that the
lieutenant would be put right I'D in the front.
/ thcuyht what beautiful corpse he'd maze
on gun carriage.
This lieutenant. by the By. was an admirer
Of Ahce,s. he was nearer Alice's age than l,
and used TO call her Alice IN ths most dis
agreeable and familiar way. Fan and the
lieutenant were very chummy. They were
both disagreeable characters 70 me, and |
spent many an hour trying 70 make up my
mind which dislizei the most, Fan or the
lieutenant. During this memorable Fourth
horror, the two Of them spent most Of their
time together and left Alice 20 NE.
Il was evening The sun lad sunk beneath
the horizon and left rosy tinrs upon the
clouds Alice and I were stroIing about
the grounds. There was comparative quiet.
Only a crack or q bang once in q while. We
were each arguing for cur favorite poet
TennySon was uline-LongfeIlOw was Alice's-
''Considz.r l was saying, ''the depth OF
delicate sentiment in
Tears, lie tears, know not wh1- they mean,
Tears frora tie depth q some divine despair,
Rise II tie heart and gatter IL tie eyes"
Bang,
Ny coat tai must certainly be entirely
blown a*ay. That child Of Satan, Dick, had
stolen up behind me and siipped lighted
bomb n ny pocket
Dear Aiicei She looked up 81 me with
such sympathy. The poets words were prac-
tically illustrated There was real despair
with me- and tears in ber eyes
Dick ran away with whoop a-6 Ee re-
suEed cur converse ton
Il can't sc, Mr.. Bliss. bow y0u caa prefer
Tennyso1 60 Longfellow, who has 50 rUch
more depth and who teaches us 50 much
Take, for instance. tie Psalm Of Ike
Tel re nos II r1ou-rsui Numbers
- Is hur an empty dream
Whiz-,-z-z-z-z-z-z-z-z bang!
Some idiot who couldn't wait for i 20 e.
dark 70 set OF fireworks had tried 70 send up
s rocket. Il had slipped tSo0 its support,
and passed directly IN front q US
This is positively dsngsrousP said
Nv companion was too frightened 20 say
anything.
We Walked, trembling, down to TIE lake
ard Sozned a party On g platform 20 which
tia boats xs-A fa.>i TEo Of tina. nareE rxars