The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-04-25

oh said Brown, 'PVe rich joke TO
| tell you"
DO let me hear IT.
'As was coming this way tonight who
do you think | metz
Who
Your particular friend-Mr. White
'My particular friendF sneefed pretty
Lydia.
Yes but never mind that aint afraid
Of him
But how did you know hing
'Oh, | had caught glimpse of him be-
fore. But he didn't know me, and that's
the cream of. the joke.
How so?'
why, you see we fell in with each 9TH
er, and as he was coming this way, we got
to talking about the folks in these diggins;
Says |, old squire Little lives some where
here, don't he?' Yes says he, grinning
for the moon shone. and could see him
grin-'do you know his daughterF 'I've
heard of her. said |; she's pretty they
say Well, she isn't anything else says
| White; and he looked at me just as if he
was pulling the wool over my eyes com
peiely. She has plenty of beaux, hear
says l. Yes, says he, laughing, there's
! q fellow by the name of Brown trying 10
come in there. suppose you W.
oh yes says |, 'bul he can'I!'
i looked very closely at him, and saw
he didn't mislrusi that | was Brown, and
could hardly keep from laughing right out.
He can't come in saws |. There's a
fellow by the name Of w hte that's going
to cut him out hear Yes says he,
White stands a pretty good chance, /
know White DO you thought SAYS l..
Can't you introduce me me time! In re-
tn n, L / do you the lavo II introduce you
to Brown, whom | am intimately acquain-
ted with. Browns pretty nice kind of
a fellow, although he may be unfortunate
III love affairs. He's d good natured fell
low; and presume ii he were in my place
now. and you were White himself, he'd
sooner Joke with you than quarrel with
you. THAT just The way with White,
says he. lie wonldn quarrel with you
if you were Brown
i talked with the fellow in this way COR
some time. and Kept nj zcountenance so
well that he'll be surprised, reckon, W hen
he learns I'm Brown himself. Wasn't it
a rich joke, Ly dia2'
'Ah, very replied the girl, laughing
%, il is father' exclaimed Lydia, not a
little fustered 'Quiek-quick-you must
be gone
Brown did not wait for ceremony, brt
lodged into The kitchen in hot haste. He
would have hastened from the house in
/ an instant, but he heard voice which
| sounded so strangely that he had curios-
! ity TO know if it was indeed Mr.. Little that
| had just come.
He crept softly back 10 the door by
which he had made his exit, dropped on
his knees and applied his ear to the key
! hole
At that moment he heard noise that
sounded SO much like hearty kiss that il
made his heart come up into his mouth as
large as a pumpkin.
/ He looked-and 0, the faithlessness and
| fickleness Of woman!-there was lydia,
blushing and smiling in the arms of his
! riVal-of his new White.
Browns first impulse was 10 break
through the door ard eat up his rival, but
! he soon thought better of it, and determin-
| ed to give him a few minutes reprive be-
! fore he demolished him entirely.
There, stop cried Ly dia. y on shan
!
! why not?' asked White.
Because you didn't come to see me al
the time | appointed. It's all of twenty
minutes later. That's why
You don't imagine what good excuse
! I've got said White laughing.
What is it!'
Il met chap who bothered me-
! That was me- thought Brown still
looking through the key-hole. Il did
bother him, and blufIed him of nicely
too. | wish had wrung his neck for
| him.
You can't guess who it was, LYDIA,
| said White, laughing.
DO you know!
TO be sure | do-though he didn'i
mistrust knew him. 1t was my redoubt-
! able rival, Mr.. Brown.
The plague!' mutlered the listener, BIZ
ting his lips in perplexity.
| sDid you see that felIow?' said Lydia.
20, wish you knew how much fun L We
had with him! Why, the great fool flat
ters himself that am ninny enough 10
love him.
Highly complimentary tho't Blown,
grinding his teeth and looking harmless
daggers through the keyhole.
y ou'd been amused, 10 have heard me
talk with HIM, and lay on the soft solder.