A MIDNIGHT ORGIE.

Observer, Volume 7, Issue 167, 24 November 1883, Page 3

A MIDNIGHT ORGIE.

: There was a lively scene in a certain district last Friday night;, of a kind which, is happily rare : in that aristocratic suburb. A stalwart son of St. Crispin had engaged a cab to convey a wellknown female and himself to her rus in urhe— a snug retreat situate in a picturesque locality, immediately under the wing of a certain exclusive institution. In turning off the' main road the Jehu, albeit tempted by visions of. a golden harvest, was seized with misgivings for the safety of his vehicle, but was assured by the festive fare, or festive fair, that it was " all right." He had proceeded a few roods further, when the horse got bogged, and in the efforts to extricate him, the cab was almost demolished. Then the passengers got out and walked, and the cabman accompanied them to their destination. A bottle of spirits was produced, and, to use the language of the daily papers, " ample justice was done to the good things provided." The Jehu went to look after his horse, while the lady and her friend made merry. Anon the supply of liquor was exhausted, and the lady, like Oliver, " asked for more." The female servant investigated the cheffonier, and, in the language of a familiar nursery rhyme, " the cupboard was bare." This melancholy fact so preyed upon the mind of her mistress that she seized a stick and beat the poor girl unmercifully, and, having smashed that weapon to splinters, she wound up by operating upon her with a boot. The girl ran away to the neighbouring establishment referred to above, and related the story of her wrongs to two kindly disposed women, who accompanied her back to the house. Meantime, the man had beaten a retreat, and his next move was to hunt up the cabman and beseech him to keep the affair dark, lest it should find its way into the dreaded ObSEEVEB. Since then, however, he has refused to pay for the damage to the cab, and persons who became acquainted with the facts have communicated them to us. The equanimity with which the gay Lothario views the accident may be judged from the circumstance that a day or two afterwards he was observed walking ann-in-artn, and in sweet converse with a certain nymph who presides over an establishment to which young men are wont to resort to enjoy the fragrant nicotian weed, or the milder cigarette.