Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-15

"Oh, l am a wreck" said the boy as he
grated his teeth and looked wicked.
"You see before you shadow. I 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 home when it rained, to
hear the sweet words that fell from her
lips as she lovingly told me was ter
TOR, and as think it Is all over and that
I shall never again place my arm around
her waist I feel az If the world had been
kicked of its base and was whirling
through space. liable to be knocked into
q cooked hat. aud don't care darn.
My girl has shook mo-"
"Sho? You don't say co." said the
grocery man as he threw a rotten potato
into basket of good ones that were 60
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, aud you will forget this one"
"Neverr said the boy as he nibbled
at piece OF Goldfish that he had picked
of. II shall never allow my affections
to become entwined about another piece
Of calico. It humans me, sir. Hence.
forth I am hater of the whole girl race.
From this out I shall harbor revenge in
my heart, and no girl can cross my path
and live. want to grow up to become
Q he schoolma'm, or a he milliner, o,
something, where I can grind girls into
the dust under the heel of terrible des
potism and make them sue for mercy.
ITO think that girl, on whom I have
lavished my hearts best love and owe,
so cents in the past two weeks, could lei
the smell Of goat on my clothes come
between us and break off an acquaint
ance that seemed to be the forerunnel
Of happy future and say 'Ta-ta' tc
me and 60 of to dancing school with a
telegraph messenger boy who wears q
sleeping car porter uniform is too much
and my heart is broken. I will lay fol
that messenger some night when he is
delivering a 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 is in this world. You never loved
many people, did your
The grocery man admitted he never
loved very hard, but he knew a little
something about it from an aunt Of his
who got mashed on a Chicago drum.
mer. But your father must be having
Z rest while your whole mind is occupied
with your love affair."" said he.
YES" said the boy, with a vacan
look. ~ take no interest in the pleasure
Of the chase any more, though I did have
little quiet fun this morning at thu
breakfast table. You see. Pa IL the con
trariest man ever was. II / complain
that anything at the table don't taste
good, Pa says it is all right. This morn
ing I took the strip pitcher and emptied
out the white strip and put in some coo
liver oil that Ma is taking for her cough
put some on my pancakes and pretend
ed to taste Of it, and I told Pa the sirur
was sour and not fit to eat. Pawas mad
In o second, and he poured out some on
his pancakes and said was getting toe
COMPOUNDED particular. He said the siruI
was good enough for him, and he sopped
his pancakes in it and fred some down
his neck. He is a gaul burned hypocrite
that's what he is. could see by his face
that the cod liver oil was nearly killing
him, but he said that strip was all right,
and If didn't eat mine he would break
my back, and. by gosh, ] had to eat it,
and Pa said he guessed be hadn't got
much appetite. and he would just drink
cup of coffee and eat q donut.
II like to died, and that is one thing,
l think, that makes this disappointment
in love harder to bear. But l felt sorry
for Ma. Ma amt got q very strong
stummick, and when she got some OF
that cod liver oil in her mouth she went
right up stairs sicker'n a horse, and Pa
had to help her, and she had nooralgia
all the morning. ] eat pickles to take
the taste out of my mouth, and then / laid
fcr the hired girls. They eat too much
strip anyway, and when they got on to
that cod liver oil and swallowed 9 lot Of