Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1901-09-13
WHOLE NUMBER 2,l53
SIBlLANT SANS SUMMER STROLL

uel S. Stewart, silk salesman, spent sew.
enty sovereigns seventeen shillings
sixpence seeking some shingly sea-
shore, some shining strand, sweetly
sea-shell strewn.
Sam soon saw several suitable Sc
Questered situations, SO Sans servant
Simon suggested seeking some shady
spot. Simon's suggestion seeming
satisfactory, Sam sought such seclud-
ed site. Simon squirting, Sam sudden
ly struck some seven score spinsters
safely shaded, similarly seeking salu.
brious summer seashore solace.
Several skinny, scraggy, slabsided,
snappish seamstresses, scorning sylvan
sports, sat sullenly swapping scanda-
lous stories secretly. Sundry sun
shiny, sociable sprites, sporting some
what scanty silken skirts, smilingly
slipped seductive sugary sherbets.
Some. seemingly sapient scholars,
sagely studied sundry strictly scien-
tific subjects. Seven shrewd, short
sighted, squirting seniors. sporting
scholastic spectacles, sharply scruti-
nized Sanscrit scrolls seeking sophis-
tical syllogisms. Six serious, system
attic, scowling sopbomores sedately
searched Swedenborg's supernatnrally
spiritual speculations.
Some scientific seminary scholars,
sensibly shod, sought savory sassafras,
sorrel, splendid scarlet salvias, smi-
lax's slender scandent stem; some
scrupulously sought singular speci-
mems showing strobiles, siliques, Sc
pals, stamens, scape, stolons, spathes,
spikelets.
Some slothful sluggards, shade
sheltered, snoozed sleepily. Several
sweet, satin-sandaled, silken-stockened,
seraphs silently strayed, solely seek
ing shady summer scenes; some skill
fully sketching softly Swallowed sill
houettes. Several shabby, slovenly,
slipshod, slatterns, seemingly servants,
spouied Shakespeare (scene-shifter
style), some selecting savagefy. sar-
donic, sesquipedalian speeches-some
simply speaking short, sorrowful, sing
song, sentimental sentences.
Six shapely sylvan sylphs, safely
shod, seeking shallow, silvery, sinuous,
streamlets, speared s'teen slippery
suckers-some shared seventy.seven
spiny sticklebacks - some, showing
sagittary skill, successfully shot seven
teen single snipe.
Several skittish, short -skirted school
girls, showing striped stockings, sedu-
lously sought saccharine scarlet straw.
berries. Suddenly silly Sally Sawyer,
scarce sixteen, shudderingly screamed
See, Susan, snakesp Susan swiftly
skedaddled, shrilly shouting" Snakes!"
Sensible Samantha, scorning surren-
der, stoutly stays, se;zes six slender
sycamore saplings, strikes strongly,
successfully smashing sixty-six skulk-
ing, streaked serpents.
Safely secured, silence soon super.
vened; so, softly snickering, Sam sly
ly stole spinsterwards. Some simper-
ing simpletons, seeing Sam surrepti.
tiously spying, saucily saluted Sir
Samuel; still several, seeming shy,
stood separate, singing soulful songs.
Summers soft, sweet scents sooth.
ing Sans senses supremely, suchrsu-
perlatively sweet singing suited Sans
sentiments singularly; SO, smiling
sweetly, Sir Samuel suavely said
"Sweet. Swanlike sisters, sing softly
some soothing, slumberous sonnets."
So saying. Sam sank supine, slyly sim.
ulating sleep.
Seven saucy sylphs simultaneously
snickered significantly. satirically say
ing, "Stuff, SIR" Some squeamish
sisters, seeming slightly shocked, soft.
ly sobbed. Sundry short, sensitive
scholars snivele6 sadly. Some silly,
susceptible specimens sighed sympa-
thetically. Several suspicious, spite.
full, shrewish spinsiers spasmodically
screeched.
Still, six slender, statuesque, SYM
metrical songstresses, showing shape
ly, snowy shoulders, smiling siren.like,
showed some sense, saying, surely, SIR
So, surrounding Signor Samuel,
straightway sang sundry silvery, soul
subduing songs, superinducing soft,
sensuous somnolence. Said somnifer-
Gus singers. Sabina, Serena, Samantha,
Susannah, Stella, Sophia, sang sur
prisingly successfully. Soon satiated,
Sam succumbed, sleeping soundly.
Subsequently, Samivel snored sonor-
ously, shocking several severely-spe-
cially Stella; so she suddenly skipped
swiftly southwark, sarcastically say
ing: "Slumber sweetly, sonny; Stel-
la seeks some stiller section"
Sam still sleeps.