Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1893-02-19

Last evening, the town being small
one with a college % 1t, We found the
streets all dark, save here and there
where the soft light from some gilded
but sinful lager place seemed 70 invite
one.
Oh, tits fearful thing to be on the
streets OF = town, stranger and hun
grv. while all seems 50 dark and cold
except sin. An. think Of IL as you sit
by your own warm ire with children
clambering over your knee! Think Of
n Won who have never been hungry
and yet you murmur at the rich warm
pisl
Think OF It you who have never gone
forth in the darkness not knowing
where the next meal was coming from,
while each door was locked and even
the great figure OF the clothing store
statue taken inside where 10 Is warm.
Then the rich rays shoots out from the
wicked lager beer place, where you
know that light aud warmth and glad
welcome await YOU
IL was suggested that we go In here
and get a sausage and some altar Of lin
berger cheese, "But, no." said as l
.recGlled the vivid description OF John
SJdFh aud OF the gay company sail
toward Niagara Falls and al last
going over with al eternal plunge, 1--WE
will not 20 In there. III we take cheese
now, we will some day want something
stronger"
So we tolled on until at last we came
to- confectionery place where six or
eight mad jewellers who had come from
a distance by sleigh were eating oysters
and caramels before going home. Half
OF these we're girls who cOnversed all az
tie same time, and the other half were
young men who laughed at what the
girls said.
The saloon was used FOR ice cream In
summer, and ia winter canned oysters
almost as large as lima beans are served
with large circular pickles fresh from
the brine-ii one may use such a seem
ing paradox. You can also get steak
here for Is cents. ] took one OF them,
aud when / got back 70 my room re-
paired my trunk with 10.
We had some crackers, too, that had
been carefully looked over by other PEG.
pie till they were all pOwdery and
seemed to have stood on the lunch
counter all day for DAVIS TO peck at, as
Shakespeare says.
The room was rich in decoration, with
battle piece on one side Of the room
painted by some unknown man and D
KID by the hOuSehy in the summer time.
The proprietor was man who
had been q great scholar.
He had always taken and read
The Crate Fire Companion and
was reading &c when ne came in. We
spoke to him, and he looked at as with
dazed eyes, for be was still watching
the Indians scalpng some people who
were on their way through Death valley
FOR straw ride.
We looked in the showcase for quite
awhile admiring things. There were
all kinds OF imperisha5le candies in
boxes. Some OF the candy was captured
during the war.
II was hard and had been felt Of by
d. people who had long since passed on 20
their reward.
The young people we're gay and full
OF life. / like that. ia makes me feel
sometimes that again ~ am a young
idiot IN q small way myself, as / used to
be before / had better opportunities.
Earl was one Of the young men. He
was young roue from the salons OF
Paris, Ills, about 10 years 81 age, and
could pass tobacco, or cigarette smoke,
rather, entirely around through the IN
side of his head and out a, the nose
without injuring the brain, although
the flavor OF the smoke was somewhat
impaired.
Everything be said was With the air
Of one who had seen all Of life, had taSt-
ed every pleasure, aud only hoped TO
meet with dramatic death. De came
very near It., too, while doing 3 sword
swallowing act with his caSeknife.
Earl aimed to be considered a wild and
willful man, who had. after all, big,
generous heart-s man who could raise
muStache and yet diSdained TO do so.
We ate our stews and listened TO him,
Then we went hOme 70 our room at the
\ hotel, where there were no hooks TO
hang clothing on, but a large flannel
katterfy on the wall, caught in q nat
cobweb.
NalArm Of ere broke out in the au-
ACn two Successive evenings late
one place we feared that
be q terrible stampede, for
"a N and the one exit mar
Winding stairway. I
that the exit should
we speak, but
any one to listen
be rumOrs were
Nore below, at
Ot. The en-
street. and
sbls noise,