Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-01-22

sufnaInes) AT the bottom oil the staircase
to prevent the little Germans egress in
that direction. She herself went u2 stairs
searched every room, cupboard, and Gran
ny to the attice story, and came down
gam with an assurance that he was no.
where dlscernible. Miss Owen was all
the time at her dinner: she never had such
an appetite; what was astir she neither
knew nor cared: oil was matter Of in.
difference, so far as she was concerned.
AT length, Mrs. collins went down to the
wine cellar, and there, also, she made
dilligent search, which she was going to
relinquish as fruitless. when, just as she
was about TO emerge, she espied, in cor,
roooratlon o! MISS cappa's tale, and to the
discontinue Of poor Miss Owen the re
doublable little German concealed behind
a large stone flag, and crouching down
between two pipes Of wine, one Of hook
aud the o her Of Madeira. Small as he
naturally was, looked ten times more
dim'nutlve now; and, upon being brought
before Owen, it would require the graphic
pencil of Cruickshank TO pourtray the
countenances Of the pair. MISS Owen at
tempted 10 account for his conc ealment by
siammering out that i, was the old servant
Ann, that thrust him into the wine cellar,
but Ann gave the best Of all possible
proofs that she could no, have been the
concealer, because Miss Owen, and not
she, kept the key, and had il then in peck.
ei! The case was clear. mrs. collins, in
a moment OF lorgetiulness. and no one re-
grets 1t more than herself since, gave Miss
owen box upon the ear for her miscon-
duct, and scratch upon the hands. MT
collosqne exclaiming at the moment that
was devil Of a shame to strike de young
lady under the pekoolar, the very pekoo,
lar circumstances Of de case"
There the matter would have ended in
all human probability, and the world
would have been eft in state Of blissful
ignorance Of the dcarlh of water in MT.
collosque's bed room, and of his subse.
4nent concealment between the pipes of
hook and madeira, had il not been that Miss
Owen summoned mrs. collins before Mr.
Rush,on, on Saturday last, for the assault.
The case came on about two o'clock and
never did we witness such immoderate
daughters rs the disclosures about colos
que excited through the densel, crowded
court.
The little German himself did no,
appear; possibly he had returned TO his
quondam quarters, and was RECALLING
himself amongst the hook and made ira
but his country woman. Miss Cappa.
handsome young lady, with slight,
fascinating lisp, was examined as a wiz.
hess. Miss Owen was dressed IN deep
mourning, made in the very height Of
the fashion. la appearance she looked
Jusi out of her Teens, and her deport-
calmnsss and lady like Indifference.
Her countenance wore gentle pale.
ness, probably the effect Of her recent
indisposition; while nef black, flowing
rlngiets hung gracefully on either side
OF pair Of dark blue eyes. She told
her story Of the assault briefly charged
the servant, Ann, Of course, with having
locked the little German in tho wine Gel
ar, and complained that Mrs. collins had
no, only scratched her hands, but struck
her on the head, and, seizing a heavy
instrument called poker, vowed she
would be the death Of her. MRS collins
IN her defence, went over the whole sto>
ry OF Collosque's adventures from the
time he banged and locked his door, be-
cause Of "de want Of water in his vash-
hand Jug" down to the momen, when
she discovered him behind the flag, and
took him before Miss Owen, exclaiming
here he is! can you deny III" SIS
cappa corrobboraied the facts about tho
finding, after she had first been warned
by MISS Owen as "to what she was a,
bout" Temork uttered with so much
point towards the German lady as to
strike her very forcibIy, we know not
1t struck anybody else, that the wine
cellar might, possibly, have been used
Tor purposes oil con cealment more than
once Mr. Rushlon brought about the
| announcement o! the whole affair bv say =
ing there appeared no doubt that MI col
losque had been found in the wine eel
lar, and that Miss Owen had the key OF
that very useful department. Tho facts
he said, were these--Mrs collins, lady
Of responsibility, ompl Dyed consider d-
BILE number Of young ladies'. One Of
these ladies, Miss Owen, was taken i'll,
and received the btst medical advice,
an alteration took place between MRS
collins and her lodger, MI. collusoue,
who decomped. A search was made for
him IN Bedford street, and there was do
MED; Subsequently he was detected in
the wine cellar, the key oil which lay in
MISS Ovens ocket!-The court was not,
certainly, much surprised that MRS col
Inns should have boxed Niss Ovens en- re-
under the circumstances, but, as The as.
sault was not to be justified, although
gwen under great provocation, Miss COL
Inns should pay fine Of three shillings.
The fine having been forthwith paid, the
ladies' on both sides left the court, and
mus coded n ease. which, to use the
words OF Mr. coIosque himself, was sPe.
koolar, very pekoolar' 10 its whole train
Of circumstances.