Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1845-07-12

les, my go0u IeiioW. 10 you see thdt lady
and gentleman getting in coach before Us =
Yes, to be sure ...
well, drive after them, aud and Just as they
are setting themselves down at their door, |
wish to be set down too, but not quite SO gently
along side ofthcm.'
| The gentleman wishes to be upset, | secs
through itall, but there will be damages to the
! cab. and
| yes, III give you ten dollars.
How can you, when you're seiiseless on the
hard brick pavement :
! We'll, take it now. Drive quickly, or you
will miss your work
In few moments the carriage We were tol.
lowing stopped at splendid mansion. The
| lady and her father nighter, and jus, as they
were on the steps, my cab mans horse become
suddenly restive the wheel ran agains,a con.
venient lamp post. and the cab was thrown a.
gainst the coach, and in attempting To get out
was thrown with my head against the curb
stone In truth, Jimmy had ged SO welh
that my fall was no trltie. The skin on my
forehead was cut and the blood, which the cy.
citemcnt OF the evening had driven, in extra
quantity TO that region, flowed with dercn, pro.
fusion. A shrek Of terror in the sweetest ima.
gnable tone came from the lady, as she was
standing on the steps of the house, and she
turned round on hearing the noise of the mis-.
hap. ! became, as in duty bound, senscless, but
Contrved To understand ,hlt the fair one was
very much agItated, and that her father in
stantly assembling the servants, had me borne
into the house, not forgetting TO curse my driver
who was nil conritiun. | was conveyed to
chamber and laid gently on velvet couch. We.
ry soon doctor appeared, pronounced the case,
seeing the swooh continued, critical one, and
thcrcupon thy charner decided 10 give me her
best attention her humanity being strongly
appealed to by my dangerous situation.
God of love q mean the ancient gentle.
man who wore no clothes. but BOW and
quiver.) What electrical shocks of passion and
delight. thrilled through every fibre of nv
| frame, as the dear soft hand my beloved one,
wiped off the gore, and gently bathed my
wounds. What ecstncy ofj"y as conscious.
ness was returning. How was natered whcr
she remarked to her father, on my classic pro.
tlle, aud compared my look 10 the wounded
Hector.
! slept by fits and starts that night After
had made some kind of toilet, the next morn.
ing by the aid of my hosts servants was rea-
/
She came, all sympathy. Her congratulations
we're so gentle, atmy escape from mortal dan
ger, her trusts 80 earnest and sot-toned, that
| would gradually get better her tender OF
hospitality so complete and her light morning
dress so becoming that she looked infinitely
more lovely than before aud inwardly bless.
ed her, the cabrnan, and the stars which gave
me such delight.
| As the physician had given strict nrdets to
keep my chamber quiet, md hef attendance in
my chamber was evidently so cheering to my
spirits, | was fortunately freed from the visits
of her father, and had the dear delight of see.
ing her alrne. Several days passed in This
sweet revcrr. began to get better. Ilo,.
conld help myself The young lady was
still attentitc, kind and sott.spokrn ord syn.
pathetic. thought had made M impression
At the end of the 9th day was sure had, pn,.
determined TO speak, if occasion offered with
other language than the grateful glance of an
invalid's eye.
Being so much recruited, expressed wish
to leave the buuse the mkt day, feeling ,ha,
my claims on the hcsTtal,y of my iiiends conl,l
u" longer be- eX'cndcd to meet NY emergency
This beng Known, the father Of my beloved
entered ;no chamber He apologispd tor not
Vis.nng me, and explained the peternp,ory ma,
ture of the physicians orde, to let no nne enter
my room unnecessarily as long as there was
the least shadow Of danger.
mn-mured my gratitude 10 him, and ex.
pressed fear tina, coid neter repay The TN
renting aud invaluable attention of his dansh.
ter
My wife, you mean
At this ahnounceuent, | felt like a man re.
wiling In family vault. where he had teen prt
prematurely by mistake awoke to death in
deed. What terrible mistake Of mine and
Mortimer Sheats.
TspE-SErrisn. 1.-The Hamilton; Ohio, Intel.
ligencer says, that James Mehaifey, the fore
man in that Office, recently set eighteen thou
sand three hundred and four ems in one day