The record-union., 1896-07-05
of his curly little head, "Corbett beat a
sailor boy? Nit, no, SIR


fluent and pleasing speaker in the
pulpit. but musician of thorough edu-
cation and training, who has composed
not little in the line of church music.
He is at present rector of the Episcopal
parish at Sausa1ito.
Idol of my hearth that is the way
it began, and it went on rapturously to
swear that she was "the only girl he
ever loved" / don't believe it though;
no. indeed! It's only long practice in
writing such stuff that makes a fellow
put on the tifficks in that kind of style.
The epistle further stated that if she
didn't meet him that night at half-past
8 o'clock at Eighth and F streets, by
the corner of the convent fence, he
would blow his brains out, and she
would have forever to be sorry in. But
he further declared he would shoot the
other fellow. too; he shouldn't live to
stand in his shoes, and she'd better think
pretty well about it before refusing.
He would be on hand at the time ap-
pointed, and would wait for her half
an hour, with which he signed himself,
hers desperately" Too bad she lost
it, wasn't it? Such a souvenir as it
would make in time to come of youth
full conquest, and such a tribute to her
attractiveness, too! I suppose she
must have pulled it out of her pocket
with her handkerchief. Well. found it,
and she needn't inquire for it if she
reads this, for dropped it into the first
sewer grating | came to- / conclude,
however, that she must have met him,
and thus saved the lives of two des-
perate rivals, for no account has
reached me through the papers or
otherwise, of suicide and murder under
conditions that would lead me to sup
pose 1t to be the writer of this epistle
in question, neither have | heard a call
for pistols and coffee for two" re-
ported, so it must have been settled
amicably. But l really would advise girls
not to carry such letters about in their
pockets in company with articles they
are likely to put into immediate use:
you never can tell who may pick them
up, nor what use may be made of them
1t really is not safe, as you may see
for yourself, by the use 1 have made of
my find"
Did you see the procession of bikes
10Th? 1t was a sight we'll worth see
ing, and lots of people thronged the
streets, having gone down town for
that express purpose. Lanterns, two
and three deep. hung to the front of
each wheel and heralded the approach
of this army of human firefies. The
new woman was there, too. You should
have seen how easily her newness set
upon her. 1 didn't go with them; I
had other fish to fry, but l saw them
off," and by all reports they had a
perfectly gorgeous time. I noticed in
the procession two or three little misses
escorted by lads of about their own
age, whom I thought would much bet
ter be at home learning their history
lessons for next day, or at least spend
ing the evenings in company with
mother, wherever they were. since they
were surely not old enough to be ont
of the nursery.
If you want to have fun enough to
make you sick for a week. go out to
East Park some afternoon and watch
the toboggan slide. Last Tuesday as a
friend and myself strolled out that way
IN search of what news we might de-
vour, d peculiar looking couple ahead of
Us attracted our attention and we de-
termined to follow them up and see
what came of it. She was tall-awfully
tall excessively thin and high-shoul-
dered, towering above the diminutive
dot of a man at her side in truly Am
azonic proportions. Judging from the
thick coating of sunburn on his face.
the auburn moustache and the whole
srrmcunted with a shaggy crop of hay
colored hair, they were from the SUI
burbs. They were headed for the to-
hogGan slide, so we followed their lead.
She was horribly shy in spite OF her
size, which only made it the more an
parent and painful to witness. They
both wanted to ride, but felt timid
about venturing. Finally they prevail
ed upon one of the boys in attendance
to enter a car with them to hold her in
place should she be taken with a sud
! den attraction toward terra firma and
| undertake to jump out. So it was ar
| ranged and they got into the front seat
with the boy in the seat behind them.
! and off they started. All went merry
as marriage bell they had the whole
toboggan to themselves) until they
| came to the first descent in the road.
a
piercing scream, stood up in the car on
| " to be Immediately reseated by the
boy in the seat behind her, who. equal
10 the occasion, arose with a most trag-
| &c air of solicitation, and placing his
| hands on her shoulders forcibly reseat-
ed her Every time they came to
a decline the same scene was re-enact-
/ Cd, eliciting shrieks of laughter from
| fn f.rN6 ND ha1f
| ended, and they were glad of it, of
| course" you say. No, indeed, Don't
| yCu believe it, They had just begun to
acquire a certain degree of courage.
and determined to try it again. But as
| the man had experienced strange and
unwonted sensations relative to dear
| old Mother Earth on his trial trip. they
| engaged another boy to sit ON the back
seat and look out for his safety. Trip
No. was simply an exaggeration of
trip No. L. The boy acted dreadfully
though, rendering unnecessary assist
ance upon the slightest provocation
egged on by the cheers and laughter Of
the crowd below. BY the time this trip
was finished Nine Hayseed was decid-
edly angry, to say nothing of being
mad, and as the car stopped she de-
| elared that "if that boy was hern she'd
spank him tell he couldn't set down for
six months!" She then resolved she'd
show them people" she could so
around alone and want afraid, nei-
ther." So arranging themselves tan
dem, she on the front seat, he on the
back, around they went, sitting up as
straight as two grim specters of ages
past and gone, looking with disapprov-
| ing eyes upon the follies OF the giddy
1 Mt 'Eha n .al,