The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1893-11-25
suNloNs WON FAME.
Il Was Of . Lowly Sort and Not Unaccom'
panied by Embarrassment.

Il Was Of . Lowly Sort and Not Unacc0ms
panied by Embarrassment.
He was cur Of lowest degree and
abhorred of all save the incipient
voter contingent that had gallantly
rescued him when rudely waited from
''side-door Pullman" by the delirious-
ly joyous imbiber of strong waters-a
free and accepted disciple of Weary
Watkins--en route deadhead to bleed
ing Kansas.
With boyish aptitude for rigid
though brutal candor they had dubbed
the treasure trove ''Bunions'' on ac-
count of the numerous ridges that
adorned his numbering frame, and
which with the flail-like tail-that one
engaging tot of two invariably utilized
as q perpetual motion lever-rendered
the nomad uniquely ugly enough for a
Voodoo fetch.
For two years had the rescuers, after
ardnous efforts, gingerlv produced in
mutilated images of poor Lo and vain
ly vouched for s'sinker" nickels the
requisite ransom whereby the four
footed abettor of untold mischief was
allowed to exist and proudly sport a
brass tag numbered and revited onto a
repousse collar, purloined from sisters
Skye terrier by the acknowledged lead
err of that budding statesmen.
But the fair was the wielder of potent
influence, and the traditional burnt
pockets of small boys became mended
and able to hold securely the pennies
and nickels-zealously saved for that
bourne of pleasure. So it was that
Bunion's chances of having liquidated
his dog tax became fewer, though the
hopeless one dreamed not of impending
doom.
The guileless summer girl was in the
zenith of success. Attired in all the
bewildering glory Of folderols and fur
bellows, she graced the sylvan scene
fourteen OF her more or less. Sweetly
demure maidens and staidly cultured
ones, winsome, merry graduates" and
appallingly literary disciples of Brown
ing, all adorned the spacious, velvety
lawns of the ingeniously confiding ''re-
duced lady" who s'took in" few-a very
few-congenial ones of the mot re-
duced."
Chatter and flirtations galore more
or less brisk were progressing, while
kindly witticism and blithesome, mus
ical laughter were continuous.
Suddenly there fell silence-aug-
mented when the more morbidly deli
cate maidchs retired, violently af-
fected.
"Seem's If Kitty's burning bones
bushels of 'em," crisply ventured a re-
cuperating molder of the young idea,
possessing, as is usually the case, In
trepid courage of her convictions.
"It's disgusting, and we're off'-as the
handsome bicyclers vigorously put
space and greensward between them
selves and pungency.
But the climax of fragrance was at.
tanned when the abhorred and missile
SCARED Bunions projected his huge
body into the midst of the dream Of
lovely women, gravely deposited a
curiously spotted object, and plain
lively awaited reward.
After an amount of honeyed suavity
that would have sweetened cask o1
waterproof vinegar, 'Dolphus, the
ebon-hued. swathed in cumbrou,
robes and dripping spirits of camphor
finally induced the redolont cur to mi
crate.
Hes the ugliest dog know of, and
always my special object of hatred
thus the reduced to a bevy of pale
faced summer girls-but the manner IL
which he settled that slsunk-the
plague of my life-wipes out old scores
I'm Bunion's ally henceforth, he boards
free for year, and I'll get his license
also, were he twenty times as big q
thief. "-Chicago Times.