The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-27
WHEELING DAILY INTELGENCER DECEMBER 1890

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was absolutely impairment on my part
but II you'd seen Ina Iocke,ine about or
n half trimmed French troop horne uudol
l. blazing sun you'd have laughed
There's goinIto he chArivar In my
rooms tonight. Seven other devils--'
VI know-tho row in lhr Southern
Soudan. lBnrprisei their councils the
other day, and it made Inc unhappy.
Have you fixed your flint TO 20? WHO
dyou work for?"
Haven't signed any contracts yet. |
wanted to see how your business would
turn out"
"Would you have stayed with me,
then, things had gone wrong?"
Don't ask Inc too much. l'u only II
man."
you've tried to be m angel very
successfully
"Oh, ye-cs! Well, do YOU Mt.
tend the function tonight? We shall
DO half screwed before tho morning. All
tho men believe the wars certainty"
,"ol course III come. | haven't turn.
ed my back on tho old life yet"
Tint night there was iumult on the
stairs. The correspondents poured in
from theatre, dinner, aud music ball 10
Iorpenho"'d room that they might dis.
cass their plan oil campaign In event Of
the certainty OF military Operations be.
Ing & certainty. Torpenitow, the kaneu
aud tho Nilghai had hidden all tho men
they had worked with to tho orgy; aud
Mr.. Beeton, the housekeepcr, declared
that never in his cheQuorod experience
had he seen quite such q fancy lot OF
gentlemen. They walked the chambers
with Dhou,lngs and song; and the elder
men were quite rs bad rs the younger.
For the chances OF war were il front OF
them, aud all knew what those meant.
When the Claaor WIS ut It's height,
Dick entered with his great happiness
upon his face. The room was heavy
with tobacco smoke and the fume OF
Strong lrinks, and the men we're settled
III unplctureRque attitudes on chair, sofa
and table. There was general shout
Poor secondhand gladiators!" he
said, with pretended scorn. "fou only
exist to describe who will die on the
sands out there. HIATT Of you will be
dead this limo next year, The Soudan
kilIsHpectat3"
are lmptr0t0r, ic m0rit,pi mi,dant"
said tho kcneu. Get into chair, and
don't moralize. The public wants US as
much Gs we want you"
:, "By the way, what does the dear pub.
lie say about mc?'
"One paper said six weeks ago that it
deeply regretted TO hear that You weren't
quite well. The rest have forgotten by
this time" said the Nilghai.
Sweet ereatureg: They naturally
would. Give inc drink" And by the
instinct OF association he began to hum
tho terrible Battle Hymn OF the Eepub.
lie. Man after man took it up,-it was
tune they knew well, till the windows
shook to the claue, the Nilghai's deep
voice leading:
Niue eyes have seen the glory Of the coming Of
the Lord;
He is ,TmpLLoE out the vintage where tllcg grapes
:, o. wrath are stored;
lie hath lopsea the hateful Lightning Of bis terri.
bic swilt s"oid.
Ills truth is marching on.
"How does the next verse go?" gaii
the kenen. And they swept oil again,
beating time on the table:
He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall
never call retreat;
lie Is sitting out the hearts OF men before his
judgment seat;
Oh. b. swift, my soul, TO meet him be juOilnut,
my feet
Our God is marching on.
Then CassaTetti, very proud Of his
knowledge
In the beauty OF the lilies
"Hold on" said Torpenhow. "We've
10 do with that. 1t belongs TO
another man."
"No," said Dick 10 himself under his |
breath, "the other man belongs"
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