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About The Hesperian / (Lincoln, Neb.) 1885-1899 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1892)
THE HESPERIAN Boston, Tar to a la oitronilh. Oranges. JYoix. Cafe JYoir. He- "May wo cut no moro pies until wo oat such ns those in our own hind." She, delightedly uThon you uro going homo?" He "Do you think I could stand calmly and boo the Atlantic grow between us." She "I am so glad, so glad." "It will be about Christmas time when wo got homo. The first light snow will bo falling, and the newsboys will be blowing their fingers and howling through through the square. Chestnuts will bo roast ing on every corner, the shops will bo gay with greens, and the bolls will be crashing awuyin their windy steeples, and the very air will smell of Christmas. It will bo good to boat homo. At last! Your mother is getting ready to rise. You will go with mo onto the terrace? I must see you alone. There will bo star-lit nights on the Atlantic as wo go over " She "It will rather cold on the dock, my dear. ' ' H, oh they vine "Well, never mind ; there will be nights and nights, the stars will last forever, the stars and love." Shi "Signora Donuti is frowning at you. Sho will call you to account to-morrow, and what will you say to hor? Iff, grasping her hand I'apturoudy behind the port iers "America for Americans." "W. Cathkk. An Innocent Abroad. When spooking of the patriotism of the "Boys in Blue," it is customary to relate, at full length, their noble deeds, and to toll how they suffered in defending the flag under which they enlisted. There is, however, an other phase to this subject, which, if viewed jn an after dinner light, may not prove quite mirthless and uninteresting. It is not my purpose to depreciate the deeds of our nation's defenders, butto show how, in times or peace, old soldiers may display thoir loy alty. Tho "G. A. It." holds a groat many ro "iiions.so many indeed that tho average vet eran expends all tho money ho makes be tween times, in going to and from, and in staying at these jubilees. It is to describe my going to, and to depict my staying at ono of those reunions, that this papor ap pears. While recuperating beforo entering tho U. of N., I determined to attend tho reunion hold at Boston, in ordor to stock up my knowledge of human nature. In duo time 1 was affectionately commended to the tender mercies of all the bunco stcorers on my routo, and was then allowed to sot out. To avoid tho rush I started early. There wore others who did tho same and I soon found myself sandwiched in between as motoly and as varigatcd musses of humanity us I ever desire to see. Hero was tho two-babied, ono armed veteran with his wife and grip sack. There was the grip-sack with its ac companying mass of humanity. Everyone was happy though uncomfortable ; so it was not long boforo patriotism ran high. As soon as wo wore fairly in Iowa, it was helped along by artificial means.- On tho train was a man with some firewater insido and two bottles of it outside. His friend, a worthy prohibitionist, managed to o-ct outside of the remaining bitters, and pa triotism ran higher. By this time life was becoming rather bur densome. Ono or two of the freely adver tised chair cars would have made tho scenery look more enchanting. As it was tho scenery was nearly all contained by tho or dinary coach, and consisted mainly of those little biting jumpers that havo such a faculty of makingonc's sleep resemblo his first bron cho ride. Finally, I reached Niagara Falls. Pon dering sadly over the price of a Canadian breakfast, I throw myself down boforo nature's wonder and tried to be poetic; but the poecy had all flown from my nature. I watched tho stream of bridal couples ot which Howolls speaks in "A Wedding lourney " For tho first time, I was lonely. But, delaying not, I quickly saw tho sights and bidding adieu to Sum Patches grave of prolonged memory, 1 wont on my way re- Whirled along tno ouuk ui tpgjMw wywwiMijLWtti' j-j1 jjgiaugii.i.jHi B. ygj&MjiaBaw
