Western courier. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1837-05-04

as I had no right to NEEDLE with the af-
fairs of a perfect stranger, | suppressed
my suspicious, and paid my respects to
q rump Of steak and magnum Of port, with
the orthodox zeal of true Blue Friar.
Atiength, asthe evening closed in, and
sat rumlnating on the past occurrences
Of the day, my former anxietics returned;
and, learning from The waiter that the
gentleman was still in his bedroom and
had not yet ordered dinner, | vcntured to
suggest to that functlonary the proprloty
of ascertaining the real state Of the case
by personal application al the door of
the said dormitory. In this expedition
offered to bear him company, and be
alone responsible for thus violating the
privacy of the recusc. might have
spared myself This work ofsupererogation;
Tor no sooner had We reached the cham
Der, and the ear ofmy companion reach
ed the key-hoic, than the listening con-
traction Of bis face dilated in a most cx-
panslve self laudatory grin, as he exclaim-
ed, 'Pm blowcd if | didn't think so-ho's
at it again, snoring away like bass-viol.
never see no sich varm!nt for sleep
ing as that 'ere chap in all my born days,
Blest if don't think he'd sleep in bel
fry all through the kings birth day! But
here. comes master-he'l tell you all
about the gentleman
From the landlord gathered, that the
party in question had arrived in the Lon
don coach some few days before; and, af-
ter taking hasty dinner, retired TO bed,
desiring to be called at eight o'clock the
next morning;--that at the hour appoint
ed, to the repeated vociloratons Of the
waiter, IT'S past eight, zur, accompanied
by q furious cannonad.ng on the door
panel, no sort Of notice was vouchsared
by the inmate; that forcible entry was
therefore deemed expcdient, when, to the
CONSERVATION Of the assembled beseigcrs,
our little hero was discovered seated at
the foot of tho bed, boltupright, dead asleep
and in full snorc, his left arm embracing
one of the pillows with most amatory zeal.
In this situation he must evidently have
remained through thc night, his candle
being quite burned out, and the operation
ofundrcssing having proccodcdno further
than the dofling Of coat and waistcoat,
and one boot and stocking-thc boot.jack
being still attached to the heel of the 9TH
or foot. The single Hollands bottom'
recorded against him in the bar-book,
quashod the rising suspicion Of intoyica-
tion as the cause of his outrageous nap;
although this might reasonably have been
entertained from the cool manner of his
informing the waiter, who awokc him ar-
ter no very gentle manner, that 'he tho't
he would have his tea now, und 60 10 bed,
as he felt somewhat tired from his jour
ney.' AT length, however, conviction
Of the real state of affairs stared him in
the face, and he stammcrcd out some in
coherent apologies for his apparently ex-
traordnary conduct--that it had been all
infrmity with him since his birth--and
was constantly being braycd by it into
the most awkward situations. This was
all the landlord knew of him; but, con-
ncctcd MS it was with the luckless con-
tempts in the church, il bcgat an interest
about him, which determined mo on TAX
ing the earliest opportunity of making his
acquaintance, and ascortaining little
moro of his history. On descending to
my breakfast the next morning, discov-
cred, to my modification, that he had
contrivod to get the start Of nae, and was
off again by the London coach--a ticket,
which had escaped from his carpot-bag,
being the only clue to the mysteries of
the focal habitaton and the name of this
Scion Of the Seven Sound slecpers;' and
which affords the satisfactory evidence Of
the said bag belonging 10 IS. b. passcn-
ger. ROGER.