The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-23
CUPID'S ARROWS.

Ao8 IN the fea~YreeSs niouen enu iOues
Band where the sArth-rn.'s mounds are ssrown;
Cave ia the bank where sne So stream steals;
Aloe that stsbs ia the belly and heels.
lamp, II Jon dare, on stesd untried-
Safer IL 10 to go wide-go wide!
Harks from in front seAere the best men ride
s.lnul to the of boysi Hidsi Go riise'
= The Peoria Hunt
Once upon time there lived al SirnIa a
very pretty girl, the daughter of poor but
honest district and sessions Judge. She was
q good girl. but could not help knowing her
power and using it. Her mamma was very
anxious about her daughters future, as all
good mammas should be.
When O man is q commissioner and q
bachelor, and has the right OF wearing open
work jam tart jewels in gold and enamel
on his clothes, and of going through door
before every one except q member Of coun-
Gil, = iieutenant-governor or viceroy, he
is worthy marrying. Al least that is what
ladies say. There was q commissioner in
Simla in those days who was and wore and
did all / have said. He was plain man
an ugly man--the ugiiest man in Asia,
with two exceptions. His was face to
dream about, and try TO carve on pipe
head afterward. His name was Saggott-
Barr-Saggott--Anthony Barr-Saggott and
six letters to follow. Departmentally he
was one OF the best men the government of
India owned; socially he was like bland
ishing gorilla.
When be turned his attention to Miss
Beightod1 believe that Mrs. Beighton wept
with delight ct the reward Providence had
sent her in her old age.
Mr.. Beighton held his tongue. He was
IN easy-going man.
Now . Com missivner is very rich. His
pay II beyond the dreams of avarice-is so
enormous that he can afford to save and
scrape in way that would almost discredit
Q member Of council. Most commissioners
are mean, but Barr-Saggott was an excep-
ton. He entertained royalty. he h0rsed
himself we'll, he gave dances, he was .
power in the land, and he behaved - such.
Consider that everything am writing Of
took place in an almost pre- historic era in
may remember the years before lawn ten
mis- was born, when We al played croquet.
There were seasons before that, if you will
believe me. when even crequet had not been
invented, and archery which was revived
in England in 1874, was as great pest Is
lawn tennis il now. People talked learned
~ about holding" and losing" ..steles, =
''backed" or ''self-yew bows" as We talk
now about ''rallies, /" ''volleys." "smashes, !"
'sreturns" and s'sixteen-ounce rackets."
Miss Beighton shot divinely over ladies'
distance-sixty yards, that is-and was &C.
knowledged the best lady archer in SimlA
Men called her "Dians of Tarra-Devi."
Barr-Saggott paid her great attention,
and, - have said, the heart Of her mother
was uplifted in consequence. Kitty Beigh-
ton took matters moro calmly. II was
pleasant to be singled out by commits
sioner with letters after his name, and to
fill the hearts OF other girls with bad feel
ings. But there was no denying the fact
that Barr-Saggott was phenomenally ugly,
and Ill his sttempts to adorn himself only
made him more grotesque.
he was not christened 1.-THE Langur"-
which means gray ape-f0r nothing. It
was pleasant Kitty thought, to have him
ct her feet, but 1t was better to escape from
him and ride with the graceless Cubbon-
the man in dragon regiment ct Umballa
tho boy with handsome Taco and no
prospects. Kitty liked Cubbon more than
that he was anything less than head over
heels In love with her, for he was m honest
boy. So Kitty fed now and again from the
stately w0oings of Barr-Saggott 70 the COM
pany Of young Cubbon, and was scoldod
by her mamma in consequences.
But. mother" she said. Mr.. Saggott
10 such-such-a-iss 50 fearfully ugly, you
know"
s'My dear" said Mrs. Brighton, piously,
I've cannot be other than IN all-ruling
Providence mas made rs. Besides, you
will take precedence of your own mother.
you know. Think Of that and be reasons
ble.n
Then Kitty put up her little chin and said
irreverent things about precedenco and
commissioners and matrimony. Mr..
Beighton rubbed the top Of his head, for
he wns An easv.Ooin0 m AN
Late in the season, when he judged the
time was ripe, Barr-Saggott developed .
plan which did great credit to his admins.
trative powers. He arranged an archery
tournament for ladies, with most sump-
tuous diamond bracelet as q prize. He
drew up his terms skillfully, and every one
saw that the bracelet was gift TO Miss
Beighton, the acceptance carrying with It
the hand and the heart OF Commissioner
Barr-Saggott The terms were St. Leon
ards round-thirty-six shots at sixty
yards-under the rules Of the Simla Toxo-
philite Society.
ALI Simla was invited. There was beau
tifutiy arranged tea tables under the deo-
dars ct Annandale, where the grand stand
10 now; and alone In its glory, wInking in
the sun, sat the diamond bracelet In blue
velvet case Miss Beighton was anxious
almost too anxious to compete. On the
appointed afternoon all Sirnla rode down
to Annandale to witness the Judgment Of
Paris turned upside down. Kitty rode
with young Cubbon, and It was easy to see
that the boy was troubled in his mind. He
must be held innocent of everything that
followed. Kitty was pale aud nervous,
and looked long at the bracelet. Barr
SagRott was g0rgeously dressed, even more
nervous than Kitty, and more hideous
than ever.
Mrs. leighton smiled condescendingly,
~ befitted the mother of q potential COM
missioneress, and the shooting began, all
the world standing . semi-circie as the la
dies came out one after the other.
Nothing Is so tedious a. an archery COM
petition. They shot, and they shot, and
they kept on shooting till the sun left the
valley and little breezes got up In the deo-
dars. and people waited for Miss Beigton
TO shoot and win. Cubbon was at one horn
Of tho semi-circle round the shooters and
Barr-Saggott at the other. Miss Beighton
was last on the list The scoring had been
weak. and the bracelet, plus Commissioner
Barr-Haggott, was hers 70 cetainty.
The commissioner strung her bow with
his own sacred hands. She stepped for.
ward. looked at the bracelet, and her first
arrow went true TO the hair-fuil into the
heart of the 'goid"-counting nine points.
Young Cubbon on the left turned white,
and his Devil prompted Barr-Saggott to
smile. Now, horses used to shy when Barr
Saggott smiled. Kitty saw that smile.
She looked to her left front. gave an almost
impsrceptibis nod to Cubbon, and went en-
shooting.
wish could describe the scene that fol-
lowed. 1t was out of the ordinary and
most improper Miss Kitty fitted hes ar
rows with immense deiiberation. SO that
every one might see what she was doing.
She was perfect shot, and her forty sig
pound bow suited her To n rairefy Sha