The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-06-09

SccODu slOTy VINO. fCaIlIs
out, Informed them in a tragic stage
whisper that .she" had locked him in
while he was dressing. They were
about to depart in despair when b
corporal CHANGING around, saw a lad
der lying o the ground 10y the side or
the house. 1t was raised to the win
dow in Il fash, the prisoner Skinned
down it like a harlequin, and was
borne in triumph TO the armory.
In due time the inspiring strains or
the fife and the kettle drum We're
heard; there was a waving of the flag
and the glitter of musketry, with the
fash of blue and gold. as the COM
mand turned b corner Of the street
mo marched past the Glass abode. in
the front door OF which stood Mrs.
Glass with her arms a-kimbo in tri-
.umph-and there, land sakes, march
ed Frederick, with the best of them,
IL half-sheepish, haif-deflant smile Oh
his face.
The little confectioner rushed up
stairs, drawing the key as he went,
doubling her senses, and wondering il
there were d double Frederick Glass.
AkuAAA ~ AAS S01u AA~
dirty-faced man, in the Peacock Inn at
Eatons well, in Dickens "Pickwick
Papers,"
There's RUNNER things thai wo-
men in the world, though, mind you,"
said the maj with the black eye, slow
~ filling a Dutch pipe with ii capa-
cious bowl.
Are you married:" asked the dirty
faced man.
Cant say / am
Il thought not Here the dirty
faced man went into fits OF mirth over
his own retOrt, in which he was joined
by the MAJ with the bland voice and
placid c~ountenance, who made it a
point to agree with everybody.
But l believe that it would be hard
to find RUNNER things than women
in this world, the man with the block
eye" TO the contrary Notwithstanding.
| wonder why a wOman-whO knows
the Xac hOu for church service, and
just half an hour behind time, so that
ready for it, and walk to church-wil
begin to get ready, all the year around,
through the whole ffty-twO Sundays,
just half and hour behind time, so that
she bias to rush, putting on her gloves,
and patting her back hair as she goes,
and arriving at the pew door breath
less, just as the parson gets to last
ly.'
| wonder why a woman will dress
up elegantly OF a SUNNI afternoon,
and start out on Il round of calls, III
the face of a loud coming up from
the west as black dis he chimney back,
heralding its tempeStuOuS approach
with the booming Of thunder and the
lightning's fash.
| wonder how a woman can be Such
an arch deceiver-going along side by
side with a man through life, and to
the last confirming him in the idea
that he is a great man., when she
knows that he is very small pOta-
toes" and shading her eyes with her
hand, and looking up at him as if b
were paying homage to a hero, though
she knows that he is a bastard at
heart, and unworthy to touch the hem
of her dress. All, what herOlneS in
life are these "arch ~deceivers!" The
CROWNS of m%artyrdOm are not yet all
given out. 80 woman, God beloved
iii old Jerusalem! The best among us
reed deal gently with thy faults; il
only for the punishment thy nature
will endure in bearing heavy evidence
against us on the Day of Judgments
| wonder how a woman, even the
sweetest, prettiest and gentlest, can be
so crueI-how she can tickle a mans
vanity, and then squelch it, just k
outing a tallow candle with a pair of
snuffers. | was talking to a girl at d
Function not long ago, and l was
giving her my views regarding a GER
tain important event, II not only my
views, but a series of facts concerning
the event.. of which facts l fattered
myself that l was peculiarly CONVEX
SAINT. That slip Of a girl stood in front
of me, and heard me all through, with
much arching of the pretty eyebrows
and many EXPLANATIONS OF surprise
and wonder. Then, in the course OF a
few minutes, with exquisite art and
fnesse. Just as if it had all come Ia
incidentally, she let me see that she
knew far more about the event than L
did, that my view was utterly errone-
Gus. and my facts incomplete. That
child stood there, and simply roast
ed" me. her dove-like eyes, as d
looked into my face, deep pelluclh
wells of innocence"
Rum creeters is women"
Fayetteville, May 30. }. ii. NJ.
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