The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1846-02-06

lord. slId he, show ne my room and let
me have supper Immediately
Our supper is just ready said the land.
lord, will YOU take sea, with Us
The man with the moustache and whis-
kers took Utf his hat, ran his fingers through
his hair, unfl IL stood out as wildly as the
locks Of Lapand wind siealer.
Sir said he, am gentleman, and
choose 10 eat alone, and he looked around
on the company with The most sovereign
contempt.
From this there was, Of course. no ap
peal, the man Of the whIskers was shown 10
his apartment, end supper vas prepared
agrecably to has directions. The waiting
maid was none other than the fair daughter
Of the innkoepcr-a glrl in Der seventeenth
year Nth a bright black eve, and dark
natural ungleis. The whi,kered gentle
man as the bright flebe seOted herself Of
the table, TO wait upon us easlronomic or.
eratiuns, stared al Ter for some tine with
the most provoking assurance. The glrl
b'ushed up TO the dark shadow OIL her flng.
lets.
You are handsome gil, said lie gen.
ieman al length.
The fair waiter b'usheG yet deepet
tried to smile away her confusion. Luckily
for her, the substantial fare Of tho table al
that moment caught The eye OF her admir-.
er, and completely occupied oil his facul.
ties for The next half hour. The supper
finished The stranger arose, s;ruited 10 the
glass plrched up has dIckey aud twisted
has mousiEches into still iiefcer erection.
Iia my pretty miss, said he, as he
flung his arms around lEe neck OF the luir
wailer, who 10 The performance Of Der house
hold duties had CHANGED to nice; him
"yon'te TOO handsome Cor country CIR.
And be bent his y hiskers 70 her face, as be
attempted to kiss her.
The mousrgchcs would unqucstionatly
have suffered had not the fair ones hands
teen filed with the emptlfd Dishes d the
supper table As il vas she bounced out
u the room IA high dudgeon; and our some
what Disconnected hero, Nos LEI, 70 bis Own
reflections during The rest Of the evening.
The girl, as wos undoubtedly Der duty,
immediately relGted the circumstances Of
the Cleuce she ! cd received at the hands
Of the whi.lered traveller, 10 The keeper Ct
her fathers bar room who had for some
lime been her acknowledged lover. She
should not have cared so u.uch about il She
said. # the fellow had locked and acted ike
a CHRISTIAN; but to have such a good iof
nothng looking heaheu pohirg his bead IN
her lace, was via! size wouldn't tear nor
touch to-.she wouldn't, she knew she
wouldn't The tsai1 fotihalth resolved
upon vengeance, aud HAT very night vas
fixed for is execution,
1t vas midnight-all was Sill in the m,
save hat here and there The scnerous noise
Of some uuensy sleeper "lnade lie night
hdtous " With samHl.crous melody. The
stranger 10 moustaches had fallen into a
quiet sleep, with his pillow SO adjusted as
10 prevent any collision With the hairy ap
peEdagp of his couplenance. lie vas ious.
10 INTO consciousness BY the entrance oil the
stout bar keeper and his pretty waiter Of the
preceding evening. H. rubbed bis eve and
raised himself bglf UPRIGHT. Tie bar
keeper placed n basin OF warm water,
shaving box aud fazors, ard a huge pair Of
sheep shears upon tie stand at the bedside.
"W ha, Do you want r. demanded tie
~hiskercd gentleman IN a tore yaclllaliug
between resolution aud terror.
80 shove you WIS the Ieeotic reply.
Ia ya.a The dandy demonstrated, saore
and wep, by turns--lhe bar.keeper was IN.
ezofabIe. Braudjshiag ais naked razor he
commanded him to he quiet, under the pen
a:y Of a clipped aeas.ud. Exhausted by
agitation and lcr;or, cur unfortunate hero
sunk down On bis pillow, aud suffered he
brush TO pass over his cauutcaaIce without
res,rb.nh The giri with et;n cf the most
exquisite satisfaction, he'd tie hight, Rhde
her lover applied hi, dill end jagged rszJr
70 the harry Aounrs oflbe stranger. Was
ker aud moustache tell one after aH6,beT-
oil beautiful as Iheywerc, and dcel ly treas.
ure5 as :tey had been, The wretched dan
dy, like the wounded r bespierre, lay wiik
bi~ EYES closed end silent, save when dull
ginsD or smotnefeu rufse tv.4 hon 81
lousousl ,uslrumeu. acted in the double ca
paclty 0, clearing knife and stump digger.
Now for his hair, Jane, - said the bar.
beT, 5nd the Formidable sbecp shears went
clipping amid ihe curIsd end pcffuaed locks
Of cur hero. In a few moments he wgs
te}l "a.sher'ess and hairess-aa excellent
candidate Tor q wig. Coed nigh! 10 yau
M'ser Sad the barber, as he gathered up
ms apparatus end !eft the room, - the negl
,'ae you attempt 10 Kiss country gih you
vii have q smooth face Tor II.
he ucNt morning, at breakfast 1qgifies
we're made relative 10 tie gentleman 10
~AIskcrs-aud The landlord On entering
his room ~ the morning, found II complete.
Iy vacated. The hero had disappeared.
leaving nothing but bis LAIR beAiad The
oslIor stated lhat Ja-t at DAY light # w.ld
looking bald hcnded beng came rushing ia
TO the stable end demanded his horse. fl
vas 10 sooner furnished than he threw bin
self INTO the saddle and plunged Into The
hgb"ey w'h 'bo speed Of life and death.
The facts OF the case soon appeared, and
TIE melancholy mlsbsy d the dandy With
The fncustaches, became q s,andln2 suliect