Life — June 12, 1884 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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zarro and entering the porto-rico, agitated the tintinnabulator. The liveried footman took up his card, and showed him into the salon, Mimo was nervous, but he remembered that the count was a Prussian officer and friend of Bismarck, and he knew enough not to mention American pork, The way I know all about this is because Mimo told me afterwards. I am a safe person to confide in. I never give anything away—to give away is extravagant. ‘EL SIEMBRO TOMATO VERMICELLI !"” When Mimo made known his errand, the count bowed low. “* Signore,” he said, ‘‘ before I my daughter to the hands of a man—proposing—to teach commit, I desire to be satisfied that you this literature know.” “I perceive,” replied the young lover. Conte.” After he had creditably answered numerous difficult questions he was installed as Redwig’s instructor, and thenceforward he saw her three timesa week. Meanwhile he studied hard at his art, because he was soon to make his appearance in the opera. “You will be sorry for what you have done,” I said to him. “ She will never care for you. She is too cold. How can you fall in love with an ice-cream image? Diavolo! You are, more- over, deceiving the count. When you make your début he will find out that you are not a professor at all, and it will fare ill with you. You think he is so old’he will not realize the state of affairs, He is lame, but he is vigorous and wide-awake. Ay) damo ! I tell thee there are no flies on the count !” (I would like to go into details here and waste two or three pages in describing to you my feelings and what I would have done had I been young and in love like him, but—Bigolli !—you are in haste to hear how it all turned out, and I will tell you that in another chapter.) ‘Examine me, Signor A MUSICAL cognomen—Doremus. TRIOLETS. Jeunesse et Vielesse. I. HE. eg ILL you have me, Jeanette, Though I ain’t an Apoller? I’m old, too, and yet Will you have me, Jeanette? My money you’ll get, And you haven't a dollar. Won't you have me, Jeanette, Though I ain’t an Apoller?” II. SHE, “ My answer is—yes, And I blush when I say it ; But still, I confess, My answer is, yes ; For gold will redress Distaste and allay it. So my answer is—yes, Though I blush when I say it.” [ ‘HE American Jockey Club is to be congratulated upon having completed the most brilliant and successful meeting, both in point of attendance and racing, that has ever been held at Jerome Park. To be sure, the long winter respite from the enjoyment of racing served to bring out many, but the accessibility of the place and its natural beauties make it most pleasing and refreshing. The better element, such as Is not seen at any other course, was in constant attend- ance. ACHTSMEN are eagerly awaiting the first annual regatta of the New York Yacht Club, which is announced for Thursday, the 12th inst., and will doubtless prove successful. The annual Corinthian match of the Seawanhaka Corinthian Club is to take place on Saturday, the 14th. HE struggle at base-ball for the League cham- pionship is becoming interesting. Boston and Providence are still in the van, with New York a very good third. The base-ball fever seems to be greater than ever, by the way. Scarcely a town of five hund- red inhabitants is unable to boast of its nine. T is rumored that there was much underhand jockeying during the race for the National Prize at Chicago last week. comicbooks.com