The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-08-15
"You sec before you a shadoto."

"Oh, / am a wreck" said the boy as he
grated his teeth and looked wicked.
"You see before you a shadow. / have
drank of the sweets Of life, and now
only the dregs remain. look back at
the happiness Of the past two weeks,
during which have been permitted to
gaze into the Fond blue eyes of my loved
one and carry her rubbers to school for
her to wear homo when it rained, to
hear the sweet words that fell from her
lips as she lovingly told me was ter
ror, and as think 1t is all over and that
/ shall never again place my arm around
her waist feel az If the world had been
kicked of its base and was whirling
through space, liable to be knocked into
. cooked hat, and don't care darn.
Ny girl has shook me-"
s'Shol You don't say So" said the
grocery man as he threw rotten potato
into basket Of good ones that were go
ing to the orphan asylum. "Well, she
showed sense. You would have blown
her up, or broken her neck, or some
thing. But don't feel bad. You will
soon find another girl that will discount
her, and you will forget this one.n
''Never!' said the boy as he nibbled
at piece Of Goldfish that he had picked
of. ~ shall never allow my affections
to become entwined about another piece
Of calico. It unmans me, sir. Hence
forth / am hater of the whole girl race.
From this out I shall harbor revenge in
my heart, and no girl can cross my path
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. he schoolma'm, or q he milliner, or
something, where can grind girls into
the dust under the heel of terrible des-
potism and make them sue for mercy.
''To think that girl, on whom have
lavished my hearts best love and over
80 cents In the past two weeks, could let
the smell Of a goat on my clothes come
between MS and break off an acquaint-
ance that seemed to be the forerunner
Of happy future and say 'Ta-ta' to
me and go of to dancing school with
telegraph messenger boy who wears q
sleeping car porter uniform is too much,
and my heart is broken. I will lay for
that messenger some night when he is
delivering message in our ward, and
will make him think lightning has struck
the wire and run in on his bench. Oh,
you don't know anything about the woe
there Ia in this world. You never loved
many people, did your
The grocery man admitted he never
loved very hard, but he knew little
something about it from an aunt of his
who got mashed on Chicago drum
mer. "But your father must be having
rest while your whole mind is occupied
with your love affair."" said he.
"1es," said the boy, with vacant
look, II take no interest in the pleasure
Of the chase any more, though did have
little quiet fun this morning at the
breakfast table. You see, Pa is the con-
trariest man ever was. If ! complain
that anything at the table don't taste
good, Pa says it is all right. This morn
ing took the sirup pitcher and emptied
out the white sirup and put in some cod
liver oil that Ma is taking for her cough.
put some on my pancakes and pretend
ed to taste of It, and told Pa the sirup
was sour and not fit to eat Pa was mad
In q second, and he poured out some on
his pancakes and said / was getting too
COMPOUNDED particular. He said the sirup
was good enough for him, and he sopped
his pancakes in IL and fred some down
his neck. Heis q gaul burned hypocrite,
:hat's what he is. could see by his face
that the cod liver oil was nearly killing
him, but he said that sirup was all right,
and II didn't eat mine he would break
my back, and, by gosh, I had to eat it,
and Pa said he guessed he hadn't got
much appetite. and he would just drink
cup Of coffee and eat donut.
II like to died, and that is one thing,
think, that makes this disappointment
h love harder to bear. But felt sorry
lor Ma Ma amt got very strong
stummick. and when she got some Of
that cod liver oil in her mouth she went
rieht up stairs sicker'n horse, and Pa
hnd 70 help her, and she had nooralgia
III tho morning. eat pickles to take
tho tasts out of my mouth, and then ! laid
g ~ hired girls They eat too much