Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1892-07-21

mace very handsome appearance.
I Upon it posed the committee. wearing
red, white and blue scarfs and rosettes
big as soup piates-and their invited
guests. The impudence Of that Russian
surprised me. am sure he was not in
tied {, place on the stand. vet there
he was just behind Nellie and talking
70 her al the time.
Close to the right Of the stand were
stationed the JephtOn cornet band.
who honestly endeavored % make up
by willingness and vigor for what they
lacked in skill 4 little wav off in the
rear and TO the left the barbecuinp Of
the OK went on. II would have been in
some other direction if we could have
known in advance from what quarter
the wind would blow that morning and
further away, had we realized the mad
dening impotence the smell Of the
roasting meat would cause in those hun
CRY Slavs, who were large part Of
our audience.
The most memorable feature of the
dinner at the hotel, after the exercises
in the grove, was an item of the table
decoration. The landlord had but one
mold for a large ornamental piece
and its product was a figure of Queen
Victoria, which had no doubt been
handy to have in the house when ne
kept 'otel" in Canada, but was a sort
of odd suit at a Fourth of July banquet.
But the genius of the French cook. An
atole, was equal to the occasion. He
carved out of red beet a neat liberty
cap, which he put on the queens head.
stuck an American flag in her right
hand instead Of the scepter, and there
she was a right presentable goddess Of
liberty.
went straight home from the hotel,
purposing to rest during what was left
of the afternoon. nurse my headache,
change my clothes and collect my
thoughts for the remarks | purposed
making to Nellie after the fireworks
The pyrotechnic display was really
very pretty and lasted a long time. In
fact, we had ordered it to be protracted
SO that Bugleville might feel bad at
seeing how late our rockets continued
punching the sky. When it was all over
/ strolled around to the doctors He
was sitting on the front porch plaeidly
smoking a cigar. asked him: /" Is Miss
Freeman not home yet?"
No" he replied mot vet, and !
don't expect her. She has gone off with
the Russian count"
sank upon chair stunned. He
went on:
when came home from the dinner
found letter on my desk from Nellie
announcing that she had gone with
Alexis to be married They left the
grove ahead of us and must have taken
a train just about the time we were sit
ting down to dinner"
His calmness amazed me, and said
with some warmth:
But, doctor, why have You not pur-
sued them? Let us go after them at
once and rescue her"
Il don't think she wants to be rescued
She likes the count, but is able to TAX
care of herself.
The count" | sneered why do
You call him the count? How do you
know he is COUNT | have no doubt
he is a barber"
count" replied the doctor serenely,
but he ism I a barber. Having
notion that he was making up to Nellie,
put a detective on him ten days ago.
Whether he has right to a title or not
/ don't care Even if he is a count, it
is nothing against him, so long as he
behaves himself But | wanted to be
sure he was an honest fellow. with
some ability to earn decent living
And | learned that he is respectable.
hard working chap, an artist, who
draws for photographers, and makes
very good wages. rather thought /
would say yes if they saw fit to ask
me, but guess Nellie didn't like taking
chances on it, and SO, to avoid a posi-
Bile scene, they took French leave 1t
is all right, however; am satisfied of
that"
Yes, it was possibly "all right" for
him and them, but not for me. sat
moodilv for some time, turning the sit
walton over in my mind Nellie. with
out caring To hear what had to say.
had gone off with another man-and
that man a Russian!
DIR. Freeman" said there is too
much foreign influence abroad. 1t is
everywhere. Look at our celebration
to-day, for instance-our purely Amer
lean celebration. The stand we held