Identifier: johnpaulsbookmor00paul (find matches)
Title: John Paul's book: moral and instructive: consisting of travels, tales, poetry, and like fabrications
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Paul, John, 1834-1905
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Publisher: Hartford, Conn., Chicago, Ill. : Columbian Book Company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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the young man who brought him the note. Andthe young man, who at first felt rather pleased at a chance tofling his best foot forward and be seen, if not in conversewith the great Gilmore, at least attentively regarded by him,began to feel rather uncomfortable and remarked that he hadleft some ladies and guessed hed hurry back to them—andhe kept one eye on the baton above his head, lest it mightfall when he didnt happen to be looking at it. Ladies! thundered the great and good Gilmore, athing of this kind, sir, never occurred once during the BostonJubilee. Had it occurred, sir, the Coliseum would havefallen. Explain the meaning of this appalling outrage. Mr. Travers, who was near, seeing that there was somemistake, and that trouble was imminent, kindly stepped upto explain, but this didnt help matters much. While hewas scoring for a good start, 1 came forward, and this madethinsfs worse. More fat was in the fire now than ever.Gilmore thought we were making faces at him, and began to
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■niK INKI IMATKI) Ml Sl( I.W. THE MYSTERY SOLVED. 145 clash his teeth together like cymbals. Good sooth, it was avery pretty picture. There stood the young man bothblushing and hesitating; there stood Travers and I, not blush-ing much, but hesitating consumedly; and there stood awfulGihnore with baton uplifted, murder in one eye, and hisgold bugle in the other, evidently fearful lest Major Lelandmio-ht pocket it in the excitement of the moment. But womans wit came to the rescue, and direful con-sequences were averted. While the young man was tryingto tell who sent him forward, and getting no further thanIts Miss—, and Travers and I, in our efforts to reenforcehim, were sticking a little further back in the sentence, theyoung woman herself rose on the impulse of the moment anda convenient chair, and cut in and iinished the deal by shout-ing Take ! Gihnore took, put the two things together,and, gravely bowing, said :— I see; its a mistake ! Then we three two-year-olds got away tog

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