Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1846-11-18

"Nobody iouehed you" said he clerk.
MISUNDERSTANDING"
s'No. Sir. You took ,he"-
"Tvpk wotfN Yer's yune contemplate
coPper-end, pr~oceeding to dsshs loose pen.
ny towards ,br attendant, which lay upon
The machiDe-bis fing rs came in contact with
the battery and away he went again, heels
over head, across the floor
Loo yerei' continued the sufferer. who,
by this time, was well nigh sobecd-s 'od
blast yer internal pic,vr. wot in thunder are
you 'bsoutl'
you mustn't handle the tools"-obscrved
tho clerk, nearly bursting with laughter.
"LoOk you, Mr.. Wot's-your- ma me-ain't Ia
be fooled this yer way. Ter nuthin'-I srn't.
BY thunder. TN a inderpcmiant i~ndivooisl. I
am-and this yere nockim' people down, with
out notice ofDo hind, amt the thing. By,
III youh open that we're door. I'll go QUITO this
aDd no questions axcs1-
That's the door. sir
That brass hsndlel"
Yes"
Ga bowed ef you 10 though, This eh,id
don't nedilc with no more hard ware i'm this
trap. no howl
The door was opeued by the clerk, and the
fellow Sided out. A Suppressed laugh pcrva-
ded the coun,enance OF the attendant. a. Ze-
mas Departed, which, as the door closed, vent
ed Itself In a broad hsw-hsw.
"fou'ma mart Young gentlcman-you arc,
hswled the Iosier, through the keyhole, rs he
held the door fast with both h~anis-you're a
very smsr Il young man may be- You'dlikc to git
out o that, snd 90 To yur breakfast. bimeby,
may be- IN ef yer do git any grub aiore noon,
les let a teller bout my sire know twill YER
Ill teach yer To knock people kown. stimuli
taneously Tor nothing'--l willard from the
preparations making on the outside, the pros
pect Was that the "insiders" were To be made
prisoners.
Athought struck the attendant. lie dis.
connected the wire, aud placing il in contact
with the knob OF the door ou the inside, his
c~ompeniou let on the bstieryl
The door flew open instanianeously and our
valiant stranger, with tho seal skin cap was
discovered IN the act OF an anti-aneular de-
scent down stairs. the side OF his head scrap.
ing the paint rom the edges of the steps. aa,
MS legs. mean time, performing an involunta.
~ piroueite, which would have done infinite
credit ioa French dancing master?
IL ~ CHANGED that Z-uSs had purchased a
bunch Ot iucitcr matches the night before,
which had been deposited in his coat rocket.
la his progress down, the matches had b..
come ignitcd. and by the time he had reached
the hrst flight he had partially recovered from
NHy'ot tHtCtS ui inc Shock. but the flu-
III tncled through his veins. his coat tails
Were ou tire, and he was not ''s.,r forward in
his Imagination any, by this last effort of h;s
t~ormen,orS. lie Dissolve rcd The FIRE, anil pre-
Stunning II was part and parcel vi the "tcussid
invention be- sprung To his irri. and with
both hands bfiskiy az work bchind him, Tor
the purpose oi smothering the nbmr, which
was roasting the seat of his ncxprcsSibles-
lrc put ior the street door At full gallopl
Fin! Fin, Help. yere, Oss, : mnrd-
hri hslpi" shouted the victim, az he dar,ed
into the street.
Away he dashed towards Baltimore at a
speed which The ''lightnin' liue'' ITSELF might
have been rroud ol. Larkily, a square on,
he discovered a servant wilhu hpse attached "a
one OF the hydmnts. bn,ily engaged in wash
ing OF Tho pavenlent.-Ile rushed 10 the spot.
AMI turning short before him--a posicrori-
ne b,gged him, at the top of his voice, eIor
Gods sake to put him OUT
Perhaps his sable friends eye didcn't glisten.
AMI may b. his ivory" diien't shine, as he
chaniasiy turaed .'the casreni OF that str-smr
upbn TIE uum 'ntiuhahlr portion OF the poor
drVifs nvitierments,"The fire was exiigniShed
without serious dstnase," as tAe papers say
the loaieT was thoroughly satumted-End hsv-
exchanged las "'heayy inside wet" for q skin
drenelnng. he departed. perfectly sooer, a.
midst the jecrsot the crowd who ha I witnessed
the tHat-most vociierousiy cursing all im-
provrmcnis in magnetism AMI c0mbas l.
bles. G.. p r