The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-08-29
A sAPPHEHENsION.
Adelbert Dangleboy Seeks Refuge
in a Water Pipe.
Meanwhile His Rival Makes Love to His
BEST Girl and Steals Kiss from Per-
hdious Gertrnde's Lips-True
Affection Betrayed.


Giggletitter were threading their way
toward the Giggletitter mansion,
through the moon-bathed suburbs of tho
city, says the Burlington (yt.) Free
Press. It was soft night in
spring, and the ice-cream saloon, once
moro Turing its unwary victims from
among the dispensing worshipers Of
Thalia, had detained their innocent
footsteps until the great hands of the
city clocks already Swallowed the hour Of
midnight.
Still, as tho lovers turned their faces
homeward, the dreamy quiet of the
night, the witching spell of the moon
light and the fullness of their own
hearts, with the regions subjacent there
to, forbade unseemly haste, and at
tuned their footsteps to kind Of
adagio stroll, with variations (from the
straight course).
At length they turned into q street
shimmering with long lines of unlaid
water pipes, awaiting the operations of
one of the city gangs" For q few min
utes they stopped to 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. Adj
ebert looked up quickly. a stalwart
figure was walking swiftly down the
avenue toward them, breasting the
moonlight as ships brow breasts tho
incoming tide. 'Ir is papa" exclaimed
Gertrude, with convulsivo shudder.
what shall we do? You know he has
positively forbidden our meeting again.
You must hide somewhere! will face
him alone. He is so Shortsightcd, am
sure he does not see US yet. Hide, Ad-
elbert!-here, crawl into one of these
pipes! That is right-thank heaven,
my darling is safe.
Just as Adelbcrt 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 Giggletitterl What are you do
ing here at this time of the night-and
alone?"
Heavens! Itwas Richard Clawtail, a
rival suitorl
Gertrude stammered, snicliered and
burst into tears, and sitting down on tho
pipe in which Adelbert Dangleboy was
now hopelessly entonbed, 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 us far as his en-
gagement with Gertrude Giggletitter
had now succeeded in going.
IF you won't tell me why you are
here all alone at midnight" he said,
tenderly, for his throat was still raw
from the effects of Ia grippe, you will
certainly permit me tc 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 adj
rnirer wedged fast in the water-pipe.
That would be toe humiliatinga 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 Danglcboy's
frantic efforts to release himself-she
rose and said, sweetly: You are very
kind. dear Mr.. Clawtail, and I 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. vt any rate an osculatory
sound-wave went billowing away into
space, followed by the nervous litter of
young female who is accustomed to
being kissed and has fallen into an IT.
resistible habit OF Directing to it. At
the same time pair of shoes appeared
at the black throat of the pipe, and
tremendous throe ran along its hugo
hollow length. But Richard Clawtail
walked away with Gertrude Gigsletitter
upon his arm, seeing nothing but the
lovelinecs 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 it as
the exquisite Adelbert Dangleboy.
It's hat was gone, its face was livid with
passion and suiTocation, its coat hung
in tattered folds about its shrunken and
compressed form, its trousers were
shredded above the knees and its shoes
CAPPED hideously with long kicking at
the pavement.
The figure stood irresolute for min
ute, then lifted its bloody fist, shook it
impotently in tho moonlight and
sneaked away into the nearest alley.
Seven Big Fellows Break Up g.
Colony Of Bees.