Judge — April 4, 1885 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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A Randy Receipt. Hen eyes shone as an azure sea; Pale, lily-white her skin; Her mouth, us folded violets, Held scented sweets within. When flitted by a buzzing bee ‘That to those lips did clin; nectar as they were, ‘To heal the cruel sting AM SNAPP; OR The Merchant CHAPTER IIL, Tue next afternoon our young and fascina ing hero set off on his travels well loaded with seductive smiles, swell ASE clothes, poker chips, and sundry bottles of the ardent. and his vocation in life he kept, for the tine concealed in the private recesses of ge car. Samuel Snapp had never studied m, as expounded at the ting under Mr, evertheless, he c Macka ye, and out-Delsart Delsart himself in the variety of facial expressions he was able to assum: nent’s notice, His perceptive faculties, too, were most as- tonishingly acute. T[ have seen him enter a comparatively well-filled passenger car, and without looking around or taking the slight- est apparent notice of its occupants, he would instinctively gravitate to a vacant seat by some pretty female. No matter if the fair creature happened to be a widow behind an impenetrable crape veil, Snap, without look- ing at her, could tell whether she was old or young, prett in fact, he leat any known s ton the su Natural Selection, and if beauty draw him by a single hair, a well arran back coiffeur had a decidedly maguetic influence over him. This time, as he entered the “ sleeper,” he discovered that the car was tolerably well filled with a travelling theatrical comp: Snapp rather affected tha “ prof and more than one adtress had made an of him, so he tackled the porter fora section in this same ‘‘ sleeper,” and secured it with- out much difficulty. Our fastidious young man always had a section to himself when he traveled on sleep- ing cars, and the company he represented paid for the lusury It was abont five o’clock p. w. when they started ont of the Grand Central Depot, and Snapp was able to size up the respective beauties of the troupe by daylight. The leading lady was neither young nor pretty, and evidently belonged to the manager, but @ pretty little woman, dressed in black, oocaié a seat that would form part of Snapp’s section when the berths came to be mide up. She was very young, very pretty, and evidently unhappy, for every now and then she cast an uneasy glance around the car, and her eyes would grow moist with un- shed tears. Snapp took a seat near her, and watched her, while he pretended to read the news- paper, he was puzzled to know what part she played in the company. She might be a Traveller. | His samples | THE JUDGE. eoubrette, but she one, and no one particular attention. tainly nota jolly to her’ any Once his brow?” thought ing is a dog and she 1» done with her forever, for I stopped and spoke to her fora few moments, she belonged to so that Snapp was quite sur the troupe. Finally, as it grew dark, Snapp grew sentimental, and just as two r rolling down the little lady’ assuming an expre f ation, leaned towar¢ asked if he could be of service to her. “Oh, thank you,” she said, looking up into his face, ** you are very kind, but I fear you can do nothing for me.” “The tears that suffuse those lovely orbs reveal gome sceret sorrow’,’ replied Snapp. “T, too, have suffered—will you not contide His suspense was soon over, for they quickly | reached the ba; car, and Snapp, to his horror and astonishment, saw her rush into the arms of the biggest baggage smasher on ‘the road, exclaiming “Oh, Jack! I was 80 | Jonely J cou (1 it; give me just one checks, Snapp, ep sympathy and Thee and kindly : pp waitel to hear no more; he left Mr. Jack to return his sweetheart to the sleeping | car as best he could, and our herosolaced him- with whiskey and draw poker in the king car till most of the passengers on train were asleep. Tt was between one and two a. x. when Samuel sought his couch and started forth “Wellthen, Mr.—oh dear, I don’t even | on his night mare ride. know your name, but if you could only take me to Jack, just for one brief moment, you | would earn my und a “Well,” replied $ you want, Jack remember, my dear young ls not the ple I can’t very well take vou to him tll | know his exact whereabouts. My name is and now you may command me at pleasnre. This was fast work for even so rapid a drummer as our friend, but matters came to | astandstill fora moment, when shes To tho Victors Belong the Spoils. Marquis of Blackberry ous accepted the chal- lenge. ‘The money was put up in Brer. Fox's hands, in checks on the Marine Bank. The combatants went into training in Harry Hill’s saloon. The Garden was rented, two million dollars were taken in at the door—all the S : tribes of owls, sheep, gulls and other foolish . “Why, Jack is my only treasure, and he’s | and timid animals paying ten dollars apiece in the baggage car, and I must go to him.” | tocome in. The Lion got drunk and. the “Well,” thought Snapp, “Jack isevidently | Rhinocerons engaged Capt. Williams to serve a dog or the the corpse of a deceased husband; | a warrant, and the prize fighters divided the those two commodities are usually consigned | boodl to the baggage car, and the women all weep} — yf¢ b can’t remain with them. This | muscle. young female is in mourning, so, likel atenanlaed not, its a ‘dear departed,’” then he added . aloud: “Til take you to the baggage car with pleasure, but you know you can’t remain | « there.” your Brains are better than capital or » beast is fool enough to practice Heten Mataen’s found Out.” last story is called When the inwardness of the | work is “found ont” by the reader, it ie eup- hay’ A K vy that, bi shall be satisfied 7 z Oh, T know that, but T shall be satisfied | oseq ho will invoke tho name of the author- if I can press one kiss upon my darling’s | Posed - brow.” ° css, first reverently changing her last name “If darling is nailed up ina pine box, how | to “ Blazes.” comicbooks.com