Telegram-herald., 1890-07-29
A MISAPPREHENsIUN.
Adeloert Danglebcy Seeks Refuge
II . Water Pipe.
Mean whils His Rival n@kss Loss - He
Beet Slrl &aa steals 1iss from Fsr-
1dL0ss GerSrade's Isps-zr0s
Arect.oR Betr~ysA


Anect.oa Beu~ysA
Adelbert Dsngleboy and Gertrude
Giggletitter we're thresding their way
toward the Giggletl.ter mansion,
through the no0n-bathed suburbs Of the
eity. says tbs Burlington va Free
Press IL was soft nigat Ia
spring. and the iee-cresm saloon, once
more Turing It's unwzry victims from
among the dispensing worshipers of
Thalia, had detained their innocent
footsteps until the great hands Of the
city clocks already shadowed the hoar Of
midnight.
still, as the lovers turned their faces
houeward, the dreamy quiet Of the
night. the witchiRg spell Of the noon
light and the fgllness Of their own
hearts, with the regions subjacent there
10, forbade unseemly haste, and at
tuned their footsteps 70 kind OF
adagio stroll, with variations (from the
straight cOnrse1.
Al length they turned into a street
shimmering with long lines OF unlaid
water pipes, awaiting the operations or
one Of the city gangs" For . few min
utes they stopped 70 admire the effect
OF the moonlight on the great black
cylinders, stretching away until they
melted into vista OF golden mist and
tOol-carts.
Suddenly Gertrude Giggletitter started
and grasped Adelbert's arm tightly
''Who is that coming?' she gasped. Ad-
Gilbert looked up quickly. A stalwart
figure was walking swiftly down the
avenue toward them, breasting the
moonlight as ships brow breasts the
incoming tide. 1T is papal" exclaimed
Gertrude, with a convulsive shudder.
What shall we do? You know he has
positively forbidden our meeting again.
You must hids somewhere! / viii face
him alone. He is SO shortsighted, am
sure he does not see US yet Hide, Ad-
elbert!-herc, crawl into one of these
pipesl That is right-thank heaven,
my darling is SAFE"
Just as Adelbert Dangleboy's coat-tails
had disappeared within the long, sep
ulchral pipe the pedestrian whose rapid
approach had startled the lovers came
abreast of the trembling girl and
stopped in amaze.
Miss Giggletittcr! What are you do
ing here at this time of the highland
alone?"
Heavens! 1t was Richard Clawtail, a
rival suitor.
Gertrude stammered, sniclered and
burst into tears, and sitting down on tho
pipe in which Adelbert Dangleboy was
now hopelessly entoubed, buried her
face in her hands. Richard Clawtail
sat down beside her and succeeded in en-
gaging one of her hands. 1t was an old
trick OF his, but was as far as his en-
gagement with Gertrude Gggletitter
had now succeeded in going
IF you won't tell me why you are
hero all alone at midnight" he said,
from the effects of la grippe, ''you will
certainly permit mo to remain by you
as your protector, or, better still, allow
me TO escort you home"
What could Gertrude Giggletitter say?
She could not give away the dear ad-
mirer wedged fast in the water-pipe.
That would be too humiliating a triumph
on the part of the hated rival. Neither
could she in consistency object to the
rivals courteous offer of protection.
For she realized that circumstances had
indeed placed her in a very compromis-
ing situation. Poor, innocent, unsus-
pecting lovers! How suddenly had
tickle fortune brought them into tight
quarters-tight for Gertrude and very,
very tight for poor Adelbert!
Miss Giggletitter meditated upon the
situation for few moments. Then
for she felt the pipe begin TO vibrate be-
meath them with Adelbert DaDgleboy' s
frantic efforts 10 release himself-she
rose and said, swcetly: "You are very
kind, dear Mr.. Clawtail, and l shall
be most happy to have your
company as far as my home" "
There was something both in the
words and the tone, which may
have deceived Richard Clawtail, and
may not. At any rate an osculatory
sound-wave went billowing away into
space, followed by the nervous litter of
a young female who is accustomed to
being kissed and has fallen into an ir-
resistible habit of objecting to It. At
the same time pair of shoes appeared
al the black throat of the pipe, and a
tremendous throe ran along it's huge
hollow length. But Richard Clawtail
walked away with Gertrude Giggletitter
upon his arm, seeing nothing but the
lovelinees of her face and hearing Moth
ing but the music OF her voice.
Fifteen minutes later sorry-looking
figure emerged from the water-pipe
and stood upright. Not even its own
mother would have recognized 1t as
the exquisite Adelbert Dangleboy.
Its hat vas gone. It's face was livid with
passion and suffocation, its coat hung
in tattered folds about its shrunken and
compressed form. its trousers wero
shredded above the knees and its shoes
gaped hideouslY with long kicking a;
the pavement
The figure stood irresolute for a min
ute, then lifted its bloody fst shook il
impOtently in the moonlight and
sneaked away into the nearest alley.