Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1848-11-22
From tie Literary World.
THE MAN IN THE RESERVJiE

THE MAN IN THE RESERVOIR.
BY cIARLts rENNo HorfwsS.
You M, see some Of toe b-sl s~5gi-tv IN
New iuta. 500 the top of the Dis dhuting
Reservoir any ol these hne November nor
nings.
There were two or three carriage. in wait.
Jog. aud haii a dozen senatofisI looking moth
ers with Young children. pacing the psrapet
a. we bisstd taere t1e Other dsy ja the sun
shine-uuw watching the pic-erell that glide
sloug the lacll edges OF ne black pool with
N, and now booking "a upon the scenr 81
rich sud voadruus variety ,hst spread. along
along thc two magnificent rivers on either
side.
They may talk uf Althus ouI Arethuss. -
murmured an idle ~sophunure. IS ho hal found
hts nay tduher during recitation hours. "but
the Crutun tu pa,.is g u,eran arm 9t The sra
spun teuduE,ii, sud 1ur~.tug DO tIL1t oGalnm
THIS truu,aiei pyramid, nr8ts IL al hollow.
By Gro.-a. tf'. th- Hav yJua-r iIua- a, nlu-
as ever lur bean S5a fo t%tfaus +yss lszaI
IL IN Co., Ag,'pois BYi III q intel to,ia-e
on rlusr D~.a.2-ths Gr-. ke must have drrau
ed OF su,a d veg t7bte theusmrHou DO toe
mfd,to. IS. & Gtatt-h olive sro,e-. ur utet
never Won have supplied the vent cd itiI
IN their Ian Escapes. b. tuhf,Ii UaL Il-tr
marble ,rulIss win & y co.lts. DII lou see
I'LL
"ZoHui.l bis silver fn ft-h-d upon the
blscs Ac1ef1n, uke e res4-s, sJul that hoped
vet IN u,., + f,,.. 49,. ,.l -
aTbs ,I.a. .ss,s .l-q.s,i,e al Enci.s Il.
VIM s,,r, A.. .h.er,si IL -aI, t,fb~ r,.tl4.
pate.
"Iti. i1l-ed .ir for have done mn a
opod d-,, of nuvi,o. fbi.Lias within circle
Of, few ,trt. vh-r. th.t Gsh broke ia,r
now
a sitont4r pla-e 1r mod .ti,u. the mid
die Of fhe r,,tvifo
"Y,u ll i tucred. 1ous. sir. but IL, fact
A fellow tiu never tell uaii h. i, tfed vhai
stusti,, hts most earnest updit.tieps may
BE- conc.u rated. AIN b5rns yuu though.
sir7"
MOT al tall. Bat Won seem 81 familiar
with tho ,ltt. wish yoa w,utt trll mr.
why thai older lcadiaa d1Na la the wstrri j.
Isshad sgsifst the stone work i'm Wonder cor
ner2'
That lsdler,"s sid the Young man bright.
eni6g Of the question 'sah, the POSITION.
perhsp, the yer, existence oi hat adder. re-
suited rom my meduali1ns in the reservoir.
at wbicI YOU suijrd just now. Shall / trll
you oil sbau il.
PAY af.2
wei ,uu have seen the notice fnrbidliug
any one o. lisitin The reservoir. Now. when |
read that warning. thp spirit of the thing
struck m al once. as i~lierrlug nothing more
than tAat one Should uat sully he tenn aerance
polaliuus al oar clli1-ls b, sterpia2 bait IN
it. OF an, Kind; bnt YOU probably know thu
common u4y 81 lskja1 min. win sin poos.
of drlic,,e wire. was Determined to have a
touch Al Tie fellows with tbis Kind al tackle
| choo-ea moonlight ni.ht. and an Il ,nr before
the eli6-s US closed H., visitors scr.teJ
mysel( vi#6io the wills. determined 10 pass
the n;sAf on the tom All went az / ronld
wish III tAeniaht orayed cloudy. bot il vas
onlya variable driff ol br ,kep cloud. Ahirb
ob.cufsi the moon. htda va}kifrg cine
rod with me which would reach 10 lbe margin
ri fhe Vac. and .sserl t.at baynnl If n-,5s.
s,ry. 10 Tins VS. attached the we. about
fifteen inches IN l.nash moved sl,ng the
pafaect Tor a considerable time. bat not a sI9
ole 6,A coaId | see. The cJolls tn,d.a dirk.
eerinp (iolI and shade nat vhsIl, f,iIel .r,d.
fast s.z.. uus convinced that should they
come ma thicker my vha.r pishfs adventure
would b., drown away. WY .boald I not.
DESCEND ,be stooi % wall and net nearer on a
Level virb H.. Gss' lar inns alone rtn rom.
ia see one The o~lrsli.n hal hardly shat.d
,t..lf in uv mind netir- had one L.. oyrf
The iron milling If|ynnlo.k around Won uiAI
see hpyy la,t ne r. are s,ms h.lt dez-n weed.
p1ovin5 here and fb.,- amid the f.,,r-s of
The SOLD masonry. l., one of the assure,
Whence ,b..r .nri4g I rlantels ls8l. ami be-.
yan ny 9..r-,t H.. reservoir was ta-.qr
GIau a ~05.y sna = Inv, .lri54s v.ai1 have
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