The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-07-29
LIZERUNT

LIZERUNT
Somewhere In the register was written
the name Elizabeth Hunt, but II years
after the entry the spoken name was
Lizerunt.
She worked at pickle factory and ap-
peared abroad in an elaborate and shabby
costume, usually supplemented by a
white apron.
Withal she was something Of q beauty
that is to say, her cheeks were very red,
her teeth were very large and white, her
nose was small and snub and her fringe
was long and shiny, while her face, new
washed, was susceptible of high polish.
Many such girls are married at l8, but
Lizerunt was much belated and had
never bloke at all.
Billy Chope was year older than Lie
runt. He wore a billyoock with a thin
brim and permanent dent in the crown.
He had a bobtail coat, and his collar
was turned up at one side and down al
the other, as an expression Of independ.
ence. Between his meals he wore his
hands in his breeches pockets. He lived
with his mother, who mangled.
His conversation with Lizerunt con.
sisted long of perfunctory mods, but thi.
especial Thursday evening, as Lizerunt
making for home. followed the fading
red beyond the farthermost end of Com
mercial road. great things happened
for Billy Chope, slouching in the oppo
site direction, lurched across the pave
ment as they met, and taking the nearer
hand from his pocket caught and twisted
her arm, humping her against the wall.
"Garn, said Lizerunt, greatly pleased
''le' go!' For she knew that this wa.
love.
where yer auf to, Lizer!'
"'Ome, O. course, cheeky. Lee gow ant
she snatched in vain at Billy's hat.
Billy let go and capered in front. Sh,
feigned to dodge by him, careful not t.
be too quick, because affairs were devel
oping.
Il sy, Lizer," said Billy, stopping hi
dance and becoming businesslike, "goil
anywhere Mondays" 49,.
Not along o you, cheeky. You g,
I long O. Beller Dawson, like wot you die
Easter
BLOW Beller Dawson; she amt nj
good. I'm goin on the flats. Conner
! Lizerunt, delighted but derisive, ended
with promise to ''see." The bloke hat
come at least, and she walked home witt
the feeling of having taken her degree.
She had half assured herself of it two
! days before, when Sam Cardew threw al
/ orange peel at her, but went away aftel
a little prancing on the pavement.
I Sam was smarter fellow than Bill,
and earned his own living. Probabl,
his intentions were serious, but one mus
prefer the bird in hand.
/ There is no other fair like Whit Mon
days on Wanstead flats. Here is
square mile and more of open land wher,
you may howl at large. Here the pub
lie houses are always with you; shows
shies, swings, merry-go-rounds, fried fish
stalls, donkeys. are packed closer thar
on Hampstead Heath.
/ Also you may be drunk and disorder,
without being locked up, for the station
won't hold everybody, and when oil els
has palled you may set fire to the turf.
Hereinto Billy and Lizerunt projecte,
themselves from the doors of the Holl,
/ Tree on Whit Monday morning.
But through hours and hours of frie,
/, fish and half pints both were conscious o
: deficiency, for the hat Of Lizerun
was brown and old, plush it was not, an
its feather was a mere foot long an
very rusty black.
Now, it is not decent for factory Gil
from Limehouse TO go bank holi layin
under any but hat of plush, very hig
in the crown and Of q wild Llue or
) wilder green, carrying also an ostric
j, feather, pink or scarlet, or what nc
that springs from the fore part, clint
the crown and drops as far down tn
> shoulders as may be.
il, Lizerunt knew this and would hav
t stayed at home without bloke, but
chance is n chance.
Billy. too, had vague impression
muddled, but not drowned in half pint
!. that some degree of plush was col
/, dign to the occasion and to his own e,
: ponditure.
a Still there was no quarrel, and III
/ pair walked and ran with arms abor
d each others necks, and LizeruI
!, thumped her bloke on the back at propt
a intervals, SO that tho affair proceede
: very regularly, although in view of Lii
erunt's shortcomings Billy did not insi
upon the customary exchange of hats.
Il Everything went well and well enoug
q until Billy bought ladies' tormentt
e and began to squirt it at Lizerunt.
:, For then Lizerunt went scamperin
I madly with piercing shrieks until h,
d bloke was left some little way behinl
|, and Sam Cardew, turning up at thu
$ moment and seeing her running alone
:. the crowd, threw his arms about h,
waist and swung her round him agai
and again as he floundered this way an
N that among the SHES and the hoky pol
e barrows.
Il # "'Ullo, Lizeri Where are y Accom-
d tor If admit laid old o. yern--
y, But here Billy Chope arrived to d
! mand what Sam Cardew was doing vii
,e his gal. Now, Sam was ever reader Il
a fight than Billy was, but the sum
Billys half pints was large, wherefo
:. the fight began.
~, On the skirt of the hilarious ring Liz
/. runt, after some small cutlery, triumphC
u. aloud. Four days before she had l
80 bloke and here she stood with two M
y, these two fighting for heri Here In Il
u public gaze on the flatsi For almo
th five minutes she was Helen OF Troy.
And in much less Billy tasted reper
ance. The haze Of half pints was d
=, PEELED, and some teeth went with it.
~ Presently he rose and made runnil
r. kick at the other. but being thwarted
ly a bolt flung himself down, and it w
y, like to go hard with him at the hands
= tho crowd. PUNCH. Yon nav. ON Wa