Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1846-04-02

tice of his being awake. The girls themselves
were little alarmed a, The laeness Of the hour,
and being extremely anxious ,ha, it should be
kept from Nelly's parents, their conversation
was wholly upon the bes, method of conceal
ing it from them, &C.; the agent caught part
of it, and part, too, excited as was his ina
ginaion at the time, no, llle startling. Susy
said 10 Nelly, "It is much later than we should
have been;" 10 which Nelly replied. "Yes, it is.
but we got in without disturbing any body; so
far, all's right; but must be quick or we shall
be discovered, and all will go wrong with US
The agent was now convinced that they were
robbers; and in the dark as he was, saw moth
ing before him but murder and robbery. He
grasped his pistol mechanically and firmly and
cautiously cooking il, he was prepared for his
assailants; directly he fell hand on the bed
clothes passing along in the direction of his pill
low, under which his pan,aloons and money
were laid; he held his breath, and pu, himself
in position TO discharge his pistol. But, ina
gine his surprise, when he heard soft, sweet
voice, which appeared TO be not more than two
feet from him, say, Sue, ! can't find my night
cap" The truth now flashed upon him. He
had been put in Nelly's bed during her absence,
and the nigh, cap for which she had been
searching in the dark had been removed
by her mother. The pistol dropped from his
hand as ins,inc,irely as i, had been grasped be-
fore, and i, appeared lha, there was bi. of fun
for him, instead of robbery and murder, after
his hard days travel. So, with as iiille noise
as possible, he drew himself toward tha, par,
of The bed usually denomina'ed the "back side"
where he lay quietly awaiting the result. Susy
was soon disrobed and ready for bed, but in
getting in she accidentally put her hand upon
the agents head. "Why. Nely!' she exclaimed,
''.here's somebody in the bed, as sure as I'm
alive" Onr hero, (for such he ought, by this
time to be caled) was almost convulsed with
laughter. sits only liule Sis" replied Nelly.
"she always sleeps with me-" This answer
satisfied Susy; and Nelly, without the least
fear, got into bed too. The Two girls were
soon snugy ''ensconced" under the quilt, with
las they supposedly 'litiie SIS on the shack
side," Susy Dolbear in The middle, and Nelly
on the front side; bu, in truth, "liuIe Sis" hav-
ing been taken into bed with her pa and ma, as
Nelly was absent.
Susy Dolbear was as afeclionate girl as
Indiana can boas. OF, and as a proof of this as
serlion, we have The fac, ,ha, she could no, 90
TO sleep wi'hou, first having given "lule Sis"
kiss-so she turned over to perform this
pleasurable acl, when she put her hand upon
our hero's face, and feeling his huge whiskers,
she was made aware of their mistake. In less
time than ii takes TO tell il, she gathered up
the bed clothes, and with an effort almos, SUI
perhuman, she sprang into the middle of the
room, screaming. "l''s man. it's a man! Mel.
ly!!" Nelly Of course par'aking Of Snsy's
alarm, rushed into her fathers room, followed
by Susy. leaving our hero in perfect fits Of
laughter. from which he has not recovered to
this day, as he laughs imnoderaiely every lime
he sees pistol, or the occurrence comes 10 his
remembrance. ~
Nelly's father was up in wnkling, aud
light being obtained by means Of loco foco
match, the whole affair was explained TO the
girls, who afterwards passed through the room
of which our hero had full possession, with
light in hand, gathering up their personal cIo-
thing as they passed hrough-io another room
in the attic story of the house-where they re-
Tired and soon fell fast asleep.
Susan Dobear, of the two girls, having play
ed the most conspicuous part in this affair, did
not wait for her breakfast, but made her escape
from The house as soon as daylight dawned; but
Nelly, conscious OF her innocence. boldly met
our hero, face TO face, at the breakfast table,
where she learned of the narrow escape she
had made of being shot as robber.
Genius will always work its way through"
as the poet remarked when he saw hole in
the elbow Of his coat.
Baton Rouge, is to be The new seat of gov.