Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-17

lite society, prohibited from a vnlga,
exhibition Of haste by running, wa.
therefore compelled to remain the
leading curiosity in a street circus
The Inconsistency Of this required TO
me, and had | acted from impulse.
should have cut my sticks and boiled.
But this would have been gratuitous
fun to my escort; for it is ~undeniable
that there is nothing in nature so we'll
calculated to make the public grin as
the spectacle Of a fat man on a dead
run.
Yet did conceive of a plan for re.
lief by losing my costly silk umbrella.
which was a Christmas gift from a
dear friend, who at the time could not
have foreseen the present narrowing
consequences.
And so, just as | was about to hear
the sixth inquiry why l kept nv UNI.
breiia dry at such a deplorable sacrifice
to my person, I sided up to the gutter,
let the handle slide through nv fingers
end hurried on
All! happy idea! A grim story of
Russian mothers escape from pursuing
wolves by throwing to them her tender |
babe, flashed into my mind. True. NV
sacrifice was a mere umbrella: and the
s%craHbling pack Of gamins in my rear
might have it and welcome. Yet. an.
other instant, and the whole herd were
again after me in full cry. "Sav. mis-
ter. Hey boss. You'se lost YER UNI.
breller. Here It's" And the lost
article was flashed before me like a
magician's wand to bar my progress.
Keep it, sonny" l replied, rather
.petnlantly; whereupon there was a
great uproar.
"Dinny C~Ostigan.." screamed a Young
I'm in on dat dere umbrella
found de half Of it." Accordingly,
there ensued a tremendous onslaught
Dennis By the excited claimant.
Young Mr.. Costigan took to FIGHT
'ut' to my disadvantage, he revolved
bout my person, the claimant in hot {
pursuit. foresaw the inevitable con-.
sequences 10 myself when the decisive !
should occur, with nv legs in {
anger OF violent seizure, front and
ear. And 50 | reclaimed the umbrella. :
2ssed the assembled company some !
liver and passed on. I
by this time my silk tile was not tba /
beet it ought to have been. Indeed !
~ whole dripping person suggested an d
sponge. In view Of nv =
.erplezitles, you will please TO pardon ),
confession Of acute mental and y
hysical distress. b
AT last, my sense Of the ~improprietv n
vulgar haste had to Weld to the D
agencies Of the moment increa ,ed -
y pace to a shuttle, and then 10 a kind D
rot shedding mental a~nathemas at o
'ery step. 81
At this, the mob pleetully pursued Of
e lhe eldest Of the Arabs encircled n
= person a. II were the adjunct Of IN
e~rry-goround, and the junior mem. ,
RS Of the tribe straved aerosg nv II
IT, and stumbled over them. In pr
IN dld expostulate, and franticallv u
ave my crippled umbrella. Their u
9od vas up, and / weakly sought "a
fnge in fight. of
Down the street | ran, fairly snortiDp ~
I'm the violence Of mj c~xertions. the ~
'ehilea after me, yelling in chorus Id
eetl"nS from the popular operas. eS
as 'tomrades7 and ''Where MD py
N Get That Hat?7 ah
~ last, as a car was sighted co
lcefnan in a rubber ogerc0at has. 90
" my assistance-as then sun. an
'ea' 70 subsequently learned that IN
MS benevolent purpose to re. We
am me until he could communicate.
telephone, with the various public 20
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