Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-06-03
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myself; nothing but blank, innocent
landscape, over which perhaps some
day, the mild lustre of friendship may
beam. The girl Is beautiful--extraor-
dinarily 30; but I'm not man O wax,
as Juliets Cabling old nurse says-not
N the least impressior1ble."
And forthwith he resumed his oar
saying briskly as he did So
"Phil, do you know those other fell
lows must be swearing at us pretty
forcibly for leaving them 30 long with
Dyceworthy. We've been away two
hours,"
mot possiblev cried Burlington,
amazed, and welding his oar vigorous
ly They'll think me horribly rude
BY Jove, they must be bored to DEATH
And, stimulated by the thought or
the penance their friends were endur-
ing, they sent the boat spinning swiftly
through the water, and rowed as though
they were trying for q race, when they
were suddenly pulled up by loud
"Halloo! and the sight OF another boat
coming slowly out from Bosekop,
wherein two individuals were standing
up, gesticulating violently.
There they arev' exclaimed Lori
ner. II say, Phil, they've hired a
special tub, and are coming out to US"
SO II proved Duprez and Macfar-
lane had grown tired OF waiting for
their truant companions. and had taken
the frst clumsy Wherry that presented
itself, rowed by an even clnmsier Nor
wegan boatman. whom they had been
compelled to engage also. as he would
not let his ugly punt out of his sight,
for fear some harm might chance to
befall 1t. Thus attended, they were on
their way back to the yacht. With a
few long, elegant strokes. Burlington
and Lorlmer soon brought their boat
alongside, and their friends gladly
Jumped into It, delighted to be free Of
tho company OF the Woodcn-faced mar
liner they had 80 reluctantly hired, and
who now, on receiving his fee, padded
aWkwardly away In ais ill-constructed
craft, without either word Of thanks
or salutatlon. l1rrington began to
apologize at once for his long absence,
giving as a reason FOR It, the necessity
no found himself under of making II
call on some persons Of Importance IN
the nelghborhood, whom he had, TIL
row, forgotten.
my good Phll-eepr' cried Duprez,
in his CHEEKY slng-song accent, why
apologize? We have amused ourselves!
Our dear Sandy has vein of humor
that Is astonishing! We have not
wasted our time. No! We have made
Mr., Dyceworthy our slave; we have
conquered him; we have abashed him!
He Is what we pleu8e-he Is for all
gods or for no godjust as we pull
the string! In plain words, mon cher,
that amiable religious Ia drunk"
Drunk cried ErrIngton and Lori
ner together. "Jove! you don't mean
t?"
Macfarlane looked up with twinkle
Of satlrical humor In his deep-set grey
eJ Oh.
"Ye see," he said seriously. 1.-THE La
crima, or Papist wine NJ he calls It, was
strong--we got him to take a good
dose o't-a vera fair dose indeed. Then,
doun he sat, an fell to convairsing vera
pheelosophically O. mony things 1t wad
haze done ye guide to hear him-he was
fair lost In the mazes o his meta
pheesics, for twa flies took big saunter
through the pleasant dewy lanes o his
forehead an he never raised n finger
to send them ava ABBOTT their beeZiness
Then | thoct | wad try him wi the
whusky-l had ma pocket flask WI me
an o mon! he was sairly glad and
glatefu' for the first snack OF! He said
It was deevilish fine stuff. an 40 he
took ane drappikie, an anither drap-
pixie, and yet anither drapplre. -
Sandy's accent got more and more pro-
nounced as he went Oman after Bit
his heed diopt doun, an he took wee
lroozle Of a minute or twa, then
he woke up In a his strength an just
srappit the flask In his twa hands an
took the hale OF Off at a grand, rous-
in gulp! Ma certes! after It ye shoull
ha' seen him laughin' like a foekless
fule, an rubin an rubhin his heed,
till his hair was like the straw kicked
roond by a mad cooN'
Lorimer lay back in the stern of the
peat and laughed uproariously at this
extraordinary picture, ms did the others.
"'u, that IL not all" said Duplez,
''''N aei"Mea mischief sparkling In his
wicked little dark eyes, 1.-The dear re-
ligious opened his heart to us. He
spoke thickly, but we could understand
him. He was very impressive! He Is
quite of my opinion. He says all re-
liglon Is nonsense, fable, imposture-
Man Is the only god, Woman his Great
ure and subject. Again, man and
woman conjoined, make up divinity
Necessity, law He was quite clear on
that point Why did he preach what
he did not believe, we asked? He al
most wep,! He replied that the chill
dren of this world liked fairy stories
and he was paid to tell them. II was
his bread and hutter--woud we wish
him to have no bread and hutter9
We assured him SO cruel though.
had no place In our hearts, Then he
is amorons--yes! the good fat man
is amOrOuS! He would have become