The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1839-04-13


imploring tone said
"Mr. B--do not sit here. Come,
come down stairs; what can possess you 10
sit here :"
=" Here she goes, there she goes p was
the sole reply, and the solemn face and slow
ly moving finger settled the matter. He
,CaS mad.
"He is mad" whispered the friend in a
low voice. We must go for DOCTOR"
The landlord was not 10 be duped, he
was no! to be deceived, although the whole
town came to interrupt him.
=" You had better call up his wife," added
the friend.
Here she goes, there she goes ~ repeat
ed the landlord, and his hand still moved
on.
In minute his wife entered, full of ago
ny Of soul. "My DEAR" she kindly said,
"look on me. tits your wife who speaks"
q" Here she goes, there she goes !" and his
hand continued to go, but his wife would nj
go; she Would stay ,and he thought she was
determined to cOnspire against him and make
him lose his wager. She wep:, and she
| continued
"What cause have you for this Why do
you do SO! Has your wife"---
Here she goes, there she goes !" and
his finger seemed to be tracing her airy pro-
gress, for any thing che could ascertain to
the contrary.
"My DEAR" she still continued, thinking
that the thought Of his child, whom he fond
y loved, would tend TO restore him, " shall
I call up your daughter :"
." Here she goes, there she goes :" the
landlord again repeated, his eyes becoming
more and more fixed and glazed, from the
steadiness Of the gaze. slight smile,
which had great effect upon the minds Of
those present, played upon his face, as he
though! of tie many unsuccessful resorts 10
win him from his purpose and Of his success
in battling them. The physician entered.
He stood by the side OF the busy man,
He looked at him in silence, shook his mead,
and to the anxious inquiry Of the wife, an.
swered--
mo msdame The fewer persons here
the better. The maid had better stay away;
do not let the maid"--
"Hele she goes, there she goes % yet a.
gain, again, in harmony with the waving An
ger, issued from the lips of the landlord.
"a consultation, think, will be nccessa-
ry," said the physician, will you run for
Or. Wins Z"
The kind neighhor bultoned up his coat
and hurried from the room.
In few minutes DR.. WINS, with a.
mother medical gentleman, entered.
This is sorry sight," said he to the
doctor present.
Indeed it is, sit" was the reply. 1t is
sudden attack, one of the"-
Here she goes, there she goes :" was
the sole reply.
The physicians stepped into corner con-
suited together.
"Will you be good enough to run for a
barber! We must have his head shaved
and blistered," said DIR. W--ms.
"Ah, poor, dear husband" said the lady;
~ fear he never again will know his mis-
cradle wife,"
Here she goes, there she goes p said
the landlord with little more emphasis,
and with a more nervous yet determined
waving of his finger in concert with the
pendulum; for the minute hand was near
The t,0elUs-that point which was to put if-
ty dollars into his pocket, if the hand arriv-
ed at it without his suffering himself to be
interrupted.
The wife in low bswailing tone contin-
ued her utterance--
"No never, nor Of his daughter
"Hsre she goes, there she goes," almost
shoutaJ tho Iandlord al the nninute hand /