Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-05-11
Miss MOllie brakes Story.
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At the beginning of this gazetteer's
history he is in the archipelago of the
Philippine Islands. He rode bicycle
around from place to place, gathering
thenews. He was of gigantic physique,
gaunt and ridiculous in appearance.
He sang ballad as he began to pedal
his bicycle. AS he passed down the
broad promenade he met lady i'm rich
brOcade riding in a barOuche. She
went into a fancy pavilion. He went
on down to the academy where the
militia was drilling and found the
Corporal in very irascibIe humOr and
he nsed very strict discipline with the
poor soldier boys, showing no elem.
ency. Going to the hotel he TOOK
luncheon on the piazza. His lunch
consisted of spinach, seasoned with
cayenne pepper, squirrel and OpOssum
fricaSsee and escuIent cauliflOwer and
lettuce, which was very palatable;
followed by broiled salmon and mack
erei. The next course was raspberry
and rbubarb pies, but he preferred
bread and mOlaSseS. He also refused
the sausage, preferring the banana ice
cream and vanilla gelatine. His bev-
crage was his favorite champagne and
chocolate. Aztec partaking of these
delicious victuaIs feeling of Iassitude
overcame him and he lay back in the
hammock listening to the orchestra.
The wife of the inn keeper was a gar
ruiOus old crone of the brunette type
and did nothing but crochet and talk
of her chronic neuralgia, catarrh,
bronchitis, pleurisy and pneumonia.
which made her very irritable. He
recommended. camphOr, strychnine
and chIOrOfOrm. just then the chap
lain entered and the gazetteer made
his escape by very circuitous route
to the cObbler shop, where he found
everything sanitary and a beauteous
iC(uSId thiiipIHS ONC' tiiC Idtt1SC, oho
geranium, anemOne, orchids, bloom
ing in the yard. A plantain orchard
lay behind the house from which a
steep precipice descended to the sea,
and cool evening zephyr could be
sfelt. The cobbler's daughter was sing
ing high soprano from the culinary
department of the house. She an
swered his knock and asked him in.
She was diminutive little creature,
clad in a sumptuOus cashmere domino
and diadem in her luxuriant hair.
She was heartless cOquette and he
soon became her fiance.
/ He went happily down the road and
by a wigwam where baby native,
who Booked like cherub, and whose
father was cannibaI, stood i'm the
door. He was holding chameleon of
brighe vermiIion in his hand. He
dropped his umbrella and the little
cherub picked it up for him. There
was rumOr that famous athlete was
to he in the vicinity, so he made his
way there, passing phaetOn filled
with jOcund crowd. Going from here
where he went to take the athletes
photograph he went tothe menagerie
d. where he saw a vicious mammoth
monkey acting on the trspeze. AS he
was cOnnOiSseur he went to the mu.
scum and found an old relic of value
He then set about the arduOus task OF
gathering the news. He found that
rascal had committed either fratricide
or homicide and that a great burglary
had occurred. A filibuster had beer
to the island, also a case of grand lar
,ceny, a scandal In high life and mas.
sacre down i'm the isthmus, celebrity
from the musical conservatory wa!
coming. He took an obituary of tee
tOtaier. He wasHow suffering with ;
carbuncle on his heel and went to al
apOthecary shop to get some ammonia
liniment. He was also suffering will
a poignant abscess and chilblain ant
, thought he had better go home ant
take some sassafras tea and sarsa
pariIla. On the way home he.stoppet
/ at the veterinary and asked him Il
| come and diagnosis the trouble of hi
, hog, which he feared was cholera ant
asked him to vaccinate it. After h,
) applied myrrh poQltice made by hi
. mothers recipe he Went to the parad
e in an Immaculate suit. Here he me
Z a precOciOus, impetuqnf orphan VIII
2 was a protege of corp6legt refugee
s who showed him grOtesque cartOO
s of himself. After bestowihg a chas
c tisement upon him he fastened to th
3 rendezvous where quorum from th
embassy of nocturnal spirits like him
self had met to form a cOnspirac,
against the sovereign government
/ They played euchre by the light of
e spermaceti candle, and he fitted
n cartridge in his pistol for fear a guer
I riIla might be near. The night becam
tempestuous 80 the timorous ones de
r cided to fnd o conveyance to carr
Q them home. 30 esoh took nashoean