Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1848-05-26

called one of the neighbors and asked himt6
90 up. They assembled, and the neighbot
seizing him gently by the collar, in an imPlo-
ring voice, said
Mr. b, do not sit here. Come, come
down stairs; what can possess you to cit
here"
Here she goes, there she goes y was the
sole reply, and the solemn face and the slow.
ly moving finger settled the matter. He 1eos
mad!
He i, riad,' whispered the friend in low
voice. We mist go for doctor
The landlord was not be duped he was not
TO be deceived, although the whole town came
TO interrupt him. You had better call up
his wife, added the friehd
Here she goes, there sac goesH repeated
the landlord, and bis hand still moved on.
In minute his wife entered, full of agony
of sodl-' Ny DEAR she kindly said. hook on
me. 1t is your wife who speaksr
Here she goes, there she goesp and bis
hand continues to GO, but his wife wouldn't
go; she arould stay, and he thought she was
determined 10 conspire against him and make
him lose the wager. She wept, and she con.
tinued-
What cause have you for this /? Why do
you do sol Has your wife
Here she goes, there she goes 9 and his
finger seemed TO be tracing her airy progress
for anything she could ascertain to the con-
trary.
MY DEAR she still continued, thinking that
the thought of his child, whom he fordly low.
ed, would tend TO restore him, shall call up
your daughter /"
Here she goes, there she goesr the land
lord again repeated, his eyes becoming more
and more fixed and glazed, from the steadiness
OF the gaze A slight smile, which had great
effect upon the minds of those present, played
upon his face, as he thought of the many un-
successful resorts to win him from his purpose:
and of his success in battling them. The
physician entered. He stood BY the side OF
the busy man. He looked at him in silence;
shook his head, and TO the anxious inquiry of
t he wife, answered.
No madam! The fewer persons here the
better. The maid had better stay away; do
not let the maid
Here she goes, there she goesv yet agains
and again, in harmony with the waving finger;
issued from the lips of the landlord:
| "A consultation, think, will be necessary
said the physician. will you run for Dr.
! W-ms?
The kind neighbor buttoned up his coat and
hurried from the room.
other medical gentleman; entered.
This is sorry sight, said he to the doctor
present
Indeed it is, sir was the reply. 1T is d
sudden attack, one of the
Here she goes, there she goes was the
sole reply
The physicians stepped into corner and
consulted together
'Will you be good enough 10 run fora bar:
ber' We must have his head shaved and
blistered,' said Dr. W-ms
All poor, dear husband said the lady; I
fear he never again will know his miserable
wife,
Here she goes-there she goes" said the
landlord with little more emphasis, and with
a more nervous yet determined waving of his
finger in concert with the pendulum for the
minute hand was near the taCelve-that point
which was TO put fifty dollars into his pockets
if the hand arrived at it without his suffering
himself to be interrupted.
The wife in low bewailng tone contnu.
! ed her utteranceS-
| No never nor of his daughter
Here she goes-there she goes almost
shouted the landlord, as the minute hand ad.
vanced 10 the desired point
The barber arrived he was naturally
!
some casual remark, rejecting upon the qual-
| ity of the instrument he was about 10 use, he
( replied
All ha no, Monsieur, you say very bad
to razor-tres beautiful-eh ?-look-look-
very fine isn't she p
Here she goes-there she goesD screamed
the landlord his hand waving on and on, and
his face gathering smile, and his whole frame
in readiness to be convulsed with Joy.
The barber was amazed. Here she goes!'
he responded in the best English he could use
- Ware: ware shall | begin! Vat is dat he
say:
Shave his head at once " interrupted the
doctor while the lady sank into chair.
Here she goes-there she-gocs! for the
last time, cried the landlord, as the clock struck
mine. and he sprang from his seat in All costa
cy of delight, screaming at the top OF his
voice, as he skipped about the room
! I've won tive won itH
| What /" said the bar-keeper.
| What " echoed the doctors.
! What" re-echoed the wife.
why, the wager-fity dollars" But cast:
| ing his eyes around the room, and missing the
young men who induced him TO watch tbs
clock, he asked his bar-keeper,
Where are those young men who supped
here last night eh? quick, where are they"
They went away in their wagon nearly
an hour ago, sir" was the reply.
The truth flashed like thunderbolt through
his mind. They had taken his pocket book
with one hundred and seven dollars thereifi
and decamped-a couple of s@indlihg sharp
I ers, with wit to back them! The story is
rife on all mems tongues in the neighborhood
where this affair occurred; and the facts are
not otherwise than here set down but we re-
gret that the worthy landlord in endeavoring
| to overtake the rascals, was thrown from his
own Wagon, and SO severely injured as 10 be
| confined 10 his room at The present moments
J where he can watch the pendulum of his clock
at his leisure.
A sick Derson who had not slept for many