The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-04-25

4 &~N@A~7@&s 80 g.
oaade and peanuts tAros,
tng to said seou, The - "a
they nigh, have De-, -
when finished. '1aass
Finished at las; Art p-,z.,
cry member OF tie ta-v- p -
the baby. Miss Sadie la,s,..s -
Young mar mus; b. sA5r- -
. solemn young man -, -
an under'aksr's shop. az
read all the Jokes In fs-e. ~
and sigh over them. but -. @s'es
that garrett by tie ear = ga. -
like n river horse. ese-
Good Lord. but hav.
lowed yonr gum srclal-e4 J, W.
die ms she ,humped bin - q, = =
The solemn young ra- t-F a'-s
L. He said h. Rad. 20 g.. 'aas
eral times more. and ,s~- ~7
and told = such whopp!-r a.
Satan wrote his name 49, e
records He said the e.
garrett on him vas so1,,s-- al
restful and complaccn,. ue -
was no mis,aking those rA..~.
live Goldfish. He said Il. 'F
OF each and every one q, So
even more natural than ne -. Is
that some low down. hs..t.
villain might declare th.r -
wings instead OF those - -
let him come face TO fs-. So.
man and the lie should Be -.
down his throat
What the solemn yourr -.
about Miss Sadie's roses Do. =
ter. as they were married a vss,,,.-
and he never let her pain, s-r.,-.'
\ Miss Cherry returned hem. $50,
up decorating. She had grafss.,s :
the art. She was all then. -.
came 10 the cherub bushes. -
solemn young man wrote dour :, -
city 10 a bachelor friend a. -, :,
the bachelor called al the e.
house and told Miss Cherry ,A,, !.
wanted his billiard room deoo-..I
When she called 10 see Il psr, =,
he gave her carte blanche 10 70 ,h.,,
as she thought best. Eysyv,,,,
would be moved out and the ksr =,
en- TO her. and she could use Der or,
taste. He would be away 70,
month. and she would be undlsu-..s
In five minutes the gtrl.artlv M
decided on just how she would 6.,.
rate, but she didn't give II avay. \,
one saw her work until IL va. 2.
lshed.
The groundwork was the sam. ~
the Fall River garrett. The che-u.,
this time had white bodies and N.
wings and legs. Whether walking =
flying each one carried a billiard =,
under his arm. Between each i've
cherubs was a glass OF the foany az
a pile OF billiard balls. Nothing US
left to the imagination. nor was ,hsa
anything to which the most tasda
Gus could object.
The old bachelor returned home
night just as the last wing had bee.
painted on the last cherub lie X
himself into the house and turned ..
the gas in the billiard room. Or.
long look. and then there was heau
fall. The housekeeper and the rIe
got him to bed, and after an ankles
hour the doctor said he would rsl
through. Then he went to lock Il
the billiard room himself. When -
came back he was deathly pale 81
his knees were shaking.
"Who-who did it?" he gasped
"a mighty good-looking young Iady.'
was the reply.
"But you can't-can't stand It"
mo"
You'll have to sell or novel"
yes"
L can't guarantee your sanity
you stay here"
Il couldn't expect you to-"
White bodies and blue legsl"
II saw them"
And carrying fence rails unts
their arms or wings."
And yaller groundwork"
Look here. Stevens" said The go
tor, you've got to do something
Commit suieide?"
NO. You've got TO fall in love VII
your decorator and marry her. g.
then burn the house down 30 Is "
get rid Of those cherubs without DIT
Ing her feelings"
is there no other way, doctor!
None, whatever"
The house wasn't burned down =.
ten months later Miss Cherry kins~
became Mrs. Charles Stevens. and -