The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-03-20

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Only twenty cents
for thoge llght-blue
an tHenty-hve-tWenty- five TWEEN.
v-hve Any more bids Tor the neaies,
dalntlest prettlest feet and ankles 10
the town? Going AZ tWeniy-dyei Go.
Ing going gonel
Slave market Oh. dear. no, Can
nibal auction? by no means. says the
New York Journal. u was merely a a.
version Of the young ladies' and gentle
men Of the Epworth league 90 the VII.
lase Of suifern. n. Y. for the purpose
OF raising money 70 pay the methodist
preachers back salary.
Pastor Klefer had accepted a call 10
another community. Before depart
Ing he suggested 10 bis nock that he
would like 10 have the money they
owed him for back salary. A. no one
was generous enough 10 come forward
with the whole sum. the EpWorth
league undertook 10 raise the money.
Mrs T. Moore. secretary OF the
league has almost grown gray 90 desls-
Ing achomesto rai.c money Tor charla-
bic purposes in sunern. Church flira
she knew, we're OH Barn parii.s we're
enete Progressive ouchie partie1
surprise parties end sociable1 would
not draw another cent from the porkets
OF the young men. Something new had
10 be devised Mru. Moore has never
failed The Epworih league gave
foot party"
u took place one night lat week
The preitlea. girls In the village had
arrayel themselves Ia an their anery
The young men had d0nned their sun.
day clothes The entertainment -thats
what they called o. took place IN th.
lecture room Of the Methodist church.
4 curtain had been drawn across ne
front Of the platform and 80 arranged
that lt hung within four inches OF TIE
platform. The men were gathered in
mont Of this curtain with iho.r oyes
glued 10 the open space az the bottom.
Mr G. @. Wiley. a merchant OF SUI.
fern and a pillar OF the church. was TIE
auctionccr Presently one 81 he young
women walked out upoa the platform
and the spectators hcholl her feet.
Nov" said the auetionser. these
feet will 20 20 the highest bidder and
the purchaser viii have the privilege
Of taking the p5s7ossor OF the. feet TO
supper"
"Ah-h-h-hr murmurcd the young
linen.
THE identity OF the feet" continued
the auctionocr. will not be- revealed
until the sale Ia over. Nov. gentlemen
what will you bid Tor the feet tia,
stand before YOU"
Ten cents" umldly voniurci o
youth
What Only 10 cents Tor those
Trilbies' Wen. w6ll. we'll, Ten-i0-
io-i5-;hats right' Come along BOYS
When I was as young as you ga never
step az Is cenie Tor 30 gooi bow
Twenty 20 coz ANY more bllsg Ar,
these dellclicly curved Tribes going
Tor only 20 ccnts7 For shame, Just
think Of the poor girrs feellnrs' Co
iug 10 supper with a young nan who
had oaly bid 20 cents Tor her f,etr'
Twenty-Five. thear aii tho Young
man who had hil twenty. ghcroat the
auctioneer smiled.
The FIRST pair Of Zee, finally woat To-
this young man who. by the way. hai
become considerably d1.,l Cor IS
cents
The young lady was Miss Frey. one
Of the bellies oi the village.
Then another pair % feet came ont
"rwenly-ayew instantly cr.clCaarles
white.
A LAUGH went up.
That's the way" aall the aucilonear
encourarlngly bid aa " you really
wanted them. Now. just nca the grace
Gal curves Oh. dearw
In some unaccountablo manner the
curtain had Jumped upward revealing
two pairs Of black stockings aud Sow
aral curves TIA, the auclionCor had not
Intended 70 refer 70.
"Oh-h-h-hl Do u again. cried the
Young men. but In the same mysterious
fashion the curtain descended again
Nov. the young ladies who were on the
platform dlsclaim an responsibility Tor
me mysterious rising and falling OF the
,urtain. which happened several times
during the evening They say that
they dd not know who dld O.. Mfs
Moore declares most omphatically that
q was not a part Of her programme
The aucilonccr had nothing TO DO with
To-
Who dld az
Each time tho curtain popped up 10
showed a space that should have been
occupied by a skirt hut d wasn't
that's strange. too. Then. again. there
was a wild shrek every time Do went
lp and murmur OF horror every time
lt went down. Il was. altogether. the
most iucomprchcnsiblo thing that ever
happened Ia Suncrn.
When the bidding became slow half a
dozen Of the Girls came upon the plat
form AZ one time and stood IN row.
"Now's your chance. boys. said the
auctlonecr we viii begin with the
feet at the extreme left. What am
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