The oyster, he observed, had very cold feet, and the more he tried to be
calm and collected, the more the oyster seemed to walk around among his
vitals.
He says he does not know whether the ladies noticed the oyster when it
started on its travels or not, but he thought, as he leaned back and tried
to loosen up his clothing, so it would hurry down toward his shoes, that
they winked at each other, though they might have been winking at
something else.
The oyster seemed to be real spry until it got out of reach, and then it
got to going slow as the slikery covering wore off, and by the time it had
worked into his trousers leg, it was going very slow, though it remained
cold to the last, and he hailed the arrival of that oyster into the heel
of his stocking with more delight than he did the raising of the American
flag over Vicksburg, after the long siege.
THE GIDDY GIRLS QUARREL.
A dispatch from Brooklyn states that at the conclusion of a performance at
the theatre, Fanny Davenport's wardrobe was attached by Anna Dickinson and
the remark is made that Fanny will contest the matter. Well, we should
think she would. What girl would sit down silently and allow another to
attach her wardrobe without contesting? It is no light thing for an
actress to have her wardrobe attached after the theatre is out.
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