Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1883 — Foot Prints of Genius. [ARTICLE]

Foot Prints of Genius.

A coolness has arisen between Kosciusko Morphy and Mrs. Hufnagel, one at most fashionable ladies of Austin. Inhere was a lawn party at the Hufnagel mansion. Mrs; Hufnagel showed Mr. Murphy over the grounds, and asked him what he thought of their arrangement. “I am delighted, madam,” was the reply. “Wherever I look I see the footprints of your genius.” As Mrs. Hufnagel has a foot almost as big as a wheelbarrow, she supposed there was something personal in the remark. She did not feint exactly that she was not glad to have him stay for sapper, but she opened the gate and poipted into the Btreet, and Murphy, who is very sensitive, strolled away, * '