Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-24

cents" The next was sally Jane SMITH.
alas the Lady 81 Shaliot She was fond
OF onlo1s and garlic, aud did angels ex'
ciCsivcly. And the third, she was htie
Bockie. who. - her name indicates, was
OF Semetic origin. She was srshu-
daughter OF Aaron Bags. the pawno'ohrI'
and decorated candles. The three ihus
teers OF the brush were happy ~ .nen
studio where they entertainer ps"s
bohemian friends and among them Mrs,
Snlvly, who taught the aceordloh auu
Mise Jerkey. who played the mou'h ,,i,S,.,
monlcum. the two latter are respeou.e'
the syengali and the GeeSo Oh inc p'''
~, ,ho rsthos. the beauty. the tender
- "a ,he romance OF the story cius-
Ter s,ound "BntTy." who. unlike tue CEN
IT, ,,iccs of Du Mauriers romance nap
rcned 10 be a man. and mighty scaiia-
49,, one at that He was regular
t'o'seyv br,liser. and when first introduced
,nto the plot" he wore a iaoy STORM
raoe and what East-sde tailors cali
kpes pants His hair was shingied; on
his ut were bathing slippers. whicn
wo,,ld not go entirely upon his heels, SO
that ne shufIied along as ~ he had the
,beumatlgm. He "sat for feet" having
two colossal PEDAL extremities. and was
especially accomplished with his big toes
could pick up pins with 'em-see.' on the
occasion OF his first visit TO the trlos
studio he took from beneath his CLOAK
a can OF beer and Limburger sandwich,
remarkinG, There's a bologny. some
whore, II It hasn't gone through hole
and mean 10 put myself outside Of II In
a jlHy." This was his "BilltryneSs," and
"a a consequence Little BcclNe loved
him for IL. and may be the Giraffe did
too. They used 10 paint him-especialiy
his big tOe-and al went merry az the
proverbial wedding bell.
But one day the wayward "Billtry" sat
for the feet" in "A soap-factory, where
they wanted the model OF his pedal ex-
tremities 20 b. worked up for "a soap-show
at q fair, and this indiscfetion and i'm
modesty on the part Of the nero smote
little Beclde" TO the core. Bat. for all
that. she proposed to her adorcd once
more. after having already popped
ninety-niue times. and he. with his w0ntcd
gallantry finally replied: ooh, hang II,
yes-lf you fix II with your granddad'
The granddad wouldn't be fixed, how
ever. and he swOoped down 70 make en-
quiri 8 and to break or the match. When
told that IA should see BlltrY's toes he
said: Il have no wish 10 see any persons
big toes. But w does you tell me Of dose
dancing? VOt does he do nit dose toes?
is he perhaps a freak In Won Of dose mu-
seums mitout arms? Vel. sometimes de
zalaries are not so bad.
could perhaps make little show
In Dc back shop. Bcckie could take de
monies I'm and exblain him. Dot would
not De so bad for a sOn-in-law." But
when Uncle Aaron Bags saw the great
and only Bllltry. who, by way Of intro
duction. picked the old gontleman's pocket
Of his cigar-case. took out one OF The cigars,
Dit a match. and begun 70 smoke, all with
out using his hands. the g0ld-ball mcr-
chant was naturally disguStcd and broke
oN the match. The requisite GRIEF on
the part Of little Beckie followed. the
three bachelor girls broke up their Boz
hemian life and "Biiltry" disappeared,
only 20 loom up afterwards as Il side
show celebrity. who stood on his head
and played the accordion. lie had been
bewitched. Of course, by Mrs. Snivly
who hypnotised him nightly by means Of
a potion containing spirllus frumonu on
one Occasion the good lady refused TO
administer the dose. saying. "DVil
taste; Yen DO your oct this night with
ont a dhrop. an mayb- yen behave bet
Their in future; Whereup Eiiltry went
all TO pieces. a Ia Triby. Ct cetera, ct
cetera, ct cetera.
The authoress of his literary gem.
Mary Kyle Dallas. saws IN nor preface
that she is an enthueiasfio admir,r Of
Du Maurier's work. and that her only
object In writing the book was ~ maze
the reader laugh. Tn "a all she neei
hope for and ! doubt II she'll even achieve
a bowling success 81 that. Certainly hnf
production viii not live along with
Shakespearc's dramas and Paradise
T. ....F
melodies. "Billtry' ia very readable, and
ingenious however ana would even have
been clever, go far as the plot Is con-
Cerucd, had not the author,Ss dashed 1T
off in such a hurrv-doubtlcss TO ride on
the crest OF the Trilhv-creza wave. There
IS not a line ~ spontaneous humor n
the book. and yet barring its chirOpodiSt
features. 1t isn't bad, and really. for an
hours pleasure. It ought to serve good
purpose u shows the hand OF an eN-
pcrienccd story-writer.
4 Norfolk paper. IN letter from Rich
mOnd. last Wednesday. published the fol-
lowing. which is botn newsy and start
ling.
"Mr. Lewis Giutcr gave a supper to-
night IN honor Of Rev. Dr. Moses d.
lave, who viii next week celebrate the
1oUth anniversary Of his pastorate in
Richmond
The Cty-by-thc-Sca Journal has only
added 0fty years 80 the long and able
pasioratc o. our beloved Presbyterian di-
vine The article therefore, IS q hit
premature, hut lei Us hope II ~ nothing
more. let every good church'gocr unite
with me I'm The prayer that haf n CEN
tuIy hence Dr Hogn may celebrate the
aforesaid l0o,h anniversary. Maybe q
viii take place at the Hotel Jefferson.
and assureily oar antl-centenarlan edi-
tor ought to hc on hand.
THE IDLE REPORTER,