Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1902-02-19
Ich Diem Considers the Challenge,

Bravo. old fellow said warcIe TO Mr..
TuPman. you fired that time, at all events -
"Oh. yes" replied Mr. Tupman, with con-
sci"us pride. Il let it off,
The heart of Forty Love-Game must have
pulsed high with Tupmanian enthusiasm
willis inditing the nervous and slightly i'm
coherent challenge Of February - First
accusing lch Diem of jilting fact and flirting
outrageOusly With fiction (nouns feminine in
signitication) implying that Ich Diem is some
kind of masculine creature, Forty Love
Game refuses to cope with them 0ch
Diem, Fact and Fiction) at repartee: then
challenges ich Diem and her friends" (Ich
Diem and the two Fs) To play ping pong.
Gracious. lch Diem is getting So mixed up
with herself that he won't know them
selves Would he trust herself to the tender
mercies of an excited Forty Love-Game.
who would not know him when she saw
herr Not if he knows herself
Seriously. Ich Diem does not see how Forty
Love-Gan;e can be gratified in her high
ambition. PROFESSIONALLY. to discourage
and TO dishearten, by winning their silver
mug from these impetu"us latter-day ping
pnngerS. would not reflect credit upon us.
With the ping pong Of centuries coursing in
our veins, it would be nahum i'm Sc.
Also must be considered the grave conse-
quences POSSIBLY resultant should we accent
the challenge as il stands for the reason
that, since, as the two last Presidential cam
paigns have proven. silver is the worst pos
sible thing for the country. it would he un-
wise, unpatri0tic and bad precedent 10 es-
tahlish that Berryville should fall below the
gold standard. Thus. the silver mug cannot
be considered Nothing short of q diamond
sunburst, or tiara. or a foreign matrimonial
a lance Of high degree and correct habits.
could rouse Ia enthusiasm the soul IF Icb
Diem. long since satiated with the mere
pleasures Of ping pong
These terms meeting the APP. roval of Forty
Love lame. Ich Diem selects English soil
a. the scene of the contest Ga concession t.
the feelings Of Forty Love-Game).
This Is the unalterable decision Of Ich
Diem, who, admiring the spunkiness of
Forty Love-Game's challenge. recommends
perfect quiet and rest for "a season
He begs leave to bow herself" functus
oiicIO, off the arena.
L. Sch Diem acknowledge, the commit
'nentS O one Of the Smart Set in her nice
letter in the last issue IF the COURIER. and
prays her believe that the perfectly innocu-
Gus jest, for which she swee,ly expressed sar-
Tow, did not awaken any luminosity ancient.
mediaeval or modern; only chancei to come
IN contact with Ich Dien's funny bone
1t is trle, ineed, that Nor an and his re-
tanners made frequent attacks upon the Sn-
perlative end ofthe County. lie was accus-
TONED, however, 10 retire i'm Comparative
haste t. the Positive end. To which he prop
erly belonged. Battle Town nobly deserved
her name, and. somewhat after the fashion
Of the old lady who lived in shoe. the
county being about the size Ola Scotch-Irish-
man shoe. surrounded by distractingly
large family, after giving thei, that bodily
retreshment mos; suited To their taste. she
whip Ell them all soundly and sent them
about their business
len Dr