THE MASHERS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1055, 22 April 1882, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE MASHERS.

r.She'da dainty foot,; and; a; waist divine, and i^ hor quick,walk had brought a rich,color to her clieekg. aiid.lips..' She' stood at.tlie.'cprner, of .Clark. aml.Madisoirstreets,waiting for. a'North'Side- [ car,' with'her/ntontle hanging over her,arm, and; showed'a llttlo Impatience undiir the .stare'of a'" rarisller,*' who e'ycd hor from head to foot with l the admiration of a connosimr in women? •She. tapped 'lier toe impatiently with: her umbrella, 1 - antiseveral-timeswalkedout to tboledgo of the; pavement;,to see if a car Evory, motion sho made, was marked by well-dressed ; ruffian., :Hp woro a cut away cqat.and a pair of light pantaloons. , His watch-chain was, 'double,' and .a'npndorouS; locket hung'down the'row of Buttons 'oil' his Vest. ', The moustache, was neatly waxed and the' polo hat he ; wore revealed ! 'the' important; fact;that the part in his'hair Was near the centre of gravity of that unimportant mem* ber, his head. ! Ho was thertfwhen'she arrived,' "i waiting fora mash;'' andM' By Jove, she's a daisy "was. muttered, sotto voce, .aa.she, came around the cornor... He.took.a position beside tho Italian's peanut stand, so as to .pteeryeher at the proper focus, and was about..to,'a'ddress'.'a,' remark to hor, when, an old' geritlomaiii'witli'a bucolic 'air" and' a suit' of "store; clothes" ,'on, walked up, and, in'a'voice that was audible 1 to every person hi the vicinity, asked the masher: ; " Whatd'yeask for thorn peanuts?" ■> ■ '■'■ - ! "I don't-sell'peanuts," rotnrnbd the masher,contemptuously; .'•'■ : ..:-;•..-!.'vi.-.-1 i.'. : i: ,"Tobb sure," screamed the buoolio gentleman) whoproved to be a little deaf; ;,!'■ but: what ,d'ye ask for.'em?" ~. ~ . > . ■•, /,.;• ,''" You infernal old, fool," said' the masher 'close , to'the old gentleman's ear, "I say i don't 'sell peanuts! I'm a gentleman." '.'.., ."No!" exclaimed 'tlio'old gent, in'surprise, "What'ro'YO lea'nin'up agin that stand'for, then'?": •■' •"'■ - '' : ' ''•'■•- : '" ■!■' l Vy, that feller, he's a'mashor,' mister!" yelled a bootblack standing near, "Heparalyies ladies with his figger, ho duz."..; vd ■.'■•'. y, "Duz he,?" exclaimed the ;old gent..." Wall, now, really,; I.want to get one..of them chaps. • I'jje heard on 'om frequent, but I nejcr see on'o afore!" And ho topk'a good look at the" masher" throughhis'spectades. ," .'.' , ! '' " It.was getting very warni,; The'car had come, the lady was gotting aboard 1 an'd.'a v cro'wd : was gathering. : The' masher made" a threatening movement toward the bootblack; but Matter only skipped away and sang out:; i • v ~nl ■■,:• ; -''.Oil, look at him. Hain't he pretty?: [Watch him ; melt ; somorjody .with that, 'ere .eye,"— Chicago Inter-Ocean. ;,,..: , > : '..:..■