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. Of course
Fanny could throw something over her, a piece of scenery, or a curtain,
and go to her hotel, but how would she look? Miss Davenport always looked
well with her wardrobe on, but it may have been all in the wardrobe.
Without a wardrobe she may look very plain and unattractive.

Anna Dickinson has done very wrong. She has struck Fanny in a vital part.
An actress with a wardrobe is one of the noblest works of nature. She is
the next thing to an honest man, which is the noblest work, though we do
not say it boastingly. We say she is next to an honest man, with a
wardrobe, but if she has no wardrobe it is not right. However, we will
change the subject before it gets too deep for us.

Now, the question is, what is Anna Dickinson going to do with Fanny's
wardrobe? She may think Fanny's talent goes with it, but if she will
carefully search the pockets she will find that Fanny retains her talent,
and has probably hid it under a bushel, or an umbrella, or something,
before this time. Anna cannot wear Fanny's wardrobe to play on the stage,
because she is not bigger than a banana, while Fanny is nearly six feet
long, from tip to tip. If Anna should come out on a stage with the
Davenport wardrobe, the boys would t