Rensselaer Union and Jasper Republican, Volume 8, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1876 — The Epizootie Lovers. [ARTICLE]

The Epizootie Lovers.

entirely confine DTIoMnC a* *ha fblldwlng will show: They hud been keeping company * year. Jie »W l»er Friday afternoon that he SGsSTSSsa&A&r bar, ••* * prwwtt to give her. With a woman’*' keen intuition she knew what «M importance would be, ■. M* sh* tooEpi forward to the hour with I «NW*WII. H« wrnitm «a ttane bet hardly In the condition he desired. A henry cold had tackled him the night befew, and his eyes were red and inllsmed, and hia Me waa’nearly twice Its natural site and shone with a luster that would havp appeared to better advantage on a jadbrlptoto- Singularly enough theyoung "Tidy was similarly conditioned. She ushered him Into the parlor, and without any preliminary ceremony they were on the sofa together. He took out his handkerchief, and, finding a dry section, wiped fhia sole. This reminded her of a d uty X Ah owed herself, and she attended to it at once. He held one of her bands in one of his, and his handkerchief in the other. Then he spoke: v ..‘1 Susad, I cub to uide to dalk to you of subdig dearer—ah-ah -ooh fa prompt application of the handkerchief cut oft , the sneeze in its bud) dearer to be thad libe —ah-ah—thad id— oo-ooh-ker chew, kcr chew, ker-chew.” A moment’s pause. “ I*4 code,” he explains, TSpbnJ*’.’ she sytnpathixingly replies. A moment is devoted to the silent use of the handkerchief, and then he continues: “ Darlig, you must hab seed all de tibe how mudge— oo-ooh-ker (the handker chief again saves him) how mudge I hab thougha ob you. Ebry hour ob de day or aide ah-an-ooli-o* -eli-eh chat, kkk chew, KJBR CHEWI Thid id awvul,”

he protested, walking around the room, -for die final explosion had raised him to his feet She wiped her eyes, and then her nose, and made an honest endeavor to look-languishing, but, owing to the watery condition of the former and the fiery glow of the latter, she appeared to an unhappy advantage. But he did not notice it. He ' felt of his proboscis tenderly for a moment and; then returned to her side. ■ “DarTig, I cad do lodger lib widoud •>•*•*■* Widoud you libe would indeed be < a wilderdess; wid ” She impulsively raised her hand. '* “ KeT-ker-ker-eAsw ! ” she shouted. He paused and gazed tenderly out of his ipflajacd ayes upon her convulsed Darlig, ’’he softly continued, seeing i she whs through, ” you cad neber know how mudge ah-ooh-ooh-ah-ker-chew, her—Wtoh— ker-chew—ooh my! O dear!” he wailed, impetuously .grabbing lor his handkerchief, while the ran dewn-his cheeks. She took advantage hill to unob- “ Stand, ’ he began again, grasping her hand with fervor, and clutching his handkerchief with equal earnestness, “whad id libe widoud lubt Noddig. Darlig, do yoo. cad yoo lub be enough do be by chew! Heavigs, thid id awvul!’’ He mopped the perspiration from his troubled countenance and then waited un-til-ah* reappeared from behind the handkerchief, when he resumed: “laSkagaid, darlig, cad yoo lub me edoritfttr to be by wibe ?” r . The young girl dropped her head upon his breast, put her arm around his neck, and wiajust about to speak the glad answer when a sudden spasm shook her/rame, apd she went off into a series of Neemes which fairly endangered the , sifetyof her fair modi. I K fA‘«h,:by lubU Oh, by precious!" he sympatinzingly exclaimed. “ Sbeak, oh, sbeak—abooh-ooh-ker chew, ker chew, ker chew!” he roared. She Cell into his arms again, perfectly ■ _ ... “ Tou’li be bide—all bide*” he gasped'. “I will, Hqdry—l will,” she hoarsely whimpered. He drew her to him with all his strength, slipped the ring upon her trembling miger; and there they stood together reddened and half-closetT eyes blinking in sweet, holy ecstacy upon each other, while their exhausted nostrils shone with a dim refulgence. “ My darlig has god sudge a bad code,” he sympathizingly mumured. id by Hedry,” she softly whispered back. ,‘*l dode gare for myseld. I —” he suddenly put her assay, recovered his handkerchief, and instantly went off in a paroxysm of sneezes- “ Oh,” he sighed, as he regained a perpendicular again, and mopped off his lad!, “which was now almost purple in hue. “You bust take sub medicid for that code do-nide,” she said. “Beth ob us,” be added. “ Yes, a’d you’ll zoakfour feed id hod warier?” —. ■ “I will; a’d you’ll zoak yours?” he eagerly asked. f-'r&i. - “I will,” she solemnly replied. “ rieavig bless you, by darlig, by precious darlig,” he murmured, clasping her again tightly to his breast. And then he stole out into the darkness; and she lingered a moment at the door and heard his dear voice ring out on the night air as he passed away: “ Ker-chew, leer-chew, kek-c-h-e-w.” San Francisco Call.