Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-11-09
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| 1t was two in the morning F'iv. or
SIX moons t!"at"d in the azure deep
| Their cold. silvcry beams We're lavishsi
| irodiSally upon the streets of Newport
News The man with the wobbiy legs
| who cam. down the avenue needed all
| "l those moons and their beams in his.
| business. He needed them to light the
way for him. He paused in the middle
| 81 a block and srayely winked at the
! nor" or less full moon that lo:.td
above him. He was more or less full!
! too but he was not floating. But. then,
| NJ was on III" outside and his liquid
Sars" was on the inside. Had these
Conditions been reversed the result
| would have been fatal. He couldn't
swim stroke. He made III.
circuit of one block four times in
| fruitlcss end"avor to pick out his par
| ticular house from the tipsy, swaE ing
| lin. Of dwellings, that went scurrying
| by like the wind before his eyes. Ever
and anon he would pause and heave Il
deep sigh. while he counted the constcl-
| i,tion of IirouettinS moons. At these
| times he would murmur in a soulful. pa
! ,hciic voice as he placed his forefingcr
| rctiertivcIy against the side of his
| nose. this lac"nic utterance: ''I.emne
| Sh"c.' There wasn't any particular
l"r'h of profundity in that declaration
| I" distinguish il. 1t was the way he
| said ii that made it worthy Of remark
| He would have been an intelligent look
ing man If his nccktie hadn't been over
| :he back of his right ear and if his left
tr"uscr leg hadn't been rolled up to
n" knee. Those little Irregularities de-
| raced from his personal appearance
! considerably He halted as the r,.,lec-
| lion of th.. moonlight on the rails just
| III front Of him caught his eye He said
! To himself that IL Was Il most ''Stror.
mary 'li"n"mnum." Then. he got his
J irin around telegraph pole just in
tim" I" save the pole from toprlin-
pvcr. After carefully steadying it and
| :"ttn. il t" stand firm and upright.
| u" sat down beside il on the ground and
! ;nZcd With new admiration upon the
| cluster Of "orbs of the Orient" and
| pal" g"i'i"ss"s Of night" whirling
! through the maz.s Of n dizzy dance in
he ethereal blue above. After much
! bought he arose ANA walked across
tn" railroad tracks. Then. he changed
n" plan Of his itinerary ana rctrnrcd
| MS steps. AS he walked UP thu street
=" formed a grand determination to
ind out where he lived If il took him
! until daYhr"ak He found all sorts OF
| obstacles in his path. but having made
~ his mind to find that missing home
| # his on los" Il leg in trying he was
| not at All discouraged when the front
| II \ brick house an iron fence or ~
| my window would suddenly and uncX-
| !,e"t"dly rush out in the middle of the
| Walk ana Iii, him u hif under the eye
| II" would gently. Yet firmly. push them
al aSd" and resume his search un.
| ';iuntrd He could have sworn that he
had left the house standing upon tn"
! Cory block he was one ana would
| hecrfuliy have done 81 had the oppor
| unity presented itself An inspiration
| am" 70 him. He ran his hand down
| ntn his pocket and pulled out a latch
s"y. Eiah, fIn was on the riyh, trail
He had found the key. Surely III"
| !i"ns.. couldn't he far Dway. because
;hr key !'~!;::::r,,.,i 10 the front door and