The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-10-24

ideal, that we aaitered ourself ne should
pass muster and make I very respecta5Ie
statue
How short-sigh,ed is mani
In came Ben's lady with her companion
/ TO view the statuary.
How beautiful is this soft, mellow light
they look like living fguresr exclaimed
the visitor.
We involuntarily rolled an eye and
thought how beautiful OF her.
Yes; splendid specimens Of the antique
answered the other.
Here is Jore, ready to hurl his thun-
derbol;s'
/ And Juno-how queonIy.'
This tapping me with a FAM must
/ be Adclls-allhough the design looks
new
What an expressive cas-; of the face.'
'Symmeiiical neck and suberb bust
We felt fattered.
La me! did you cverl'
No, l never
'HOw very UuariIstIcai.'
Yes, very. Whoever saw the arms of
statue folded across The chest?'
1t shan't stay Z moment here. Ben
bought Il TO plague me.
But il IS fine specimen except that,
what muscular power, strength and action
and litheneSs Of form
But it shaE't stay interrupted Ben
bride as she called couple of black wait
Jag women, ordering them 10 set US care
fully into the rubbish room, and then star
ting with her companion, who cast back
many lingering look,) 10 give Ben a
Caudle Lecture.
He'd be pert lookin' ef he's only col
ored,' said one &C The ebonys, examining
us
Yah, yah--ef he's aIIEc ac-d be some
/ pnnkins,' answered the other.
'Missus scz we must be very keerrul
not to break none of the pints Of
They crossed hands, and lowering Us
between Them carried Us gently along.
He's berry warm
De rays % de sun concentrate OF his
BODY
.Wars dut' smells 2o s:a,eary 5
bref.'
lis ID lie. we calculated uncon-
Her schop come we N contact with the
hall floor Ker tumble heels overhead,
pitched the yelling ebonys down stairs!-
.
and laid him where we had been dropped
boiled into cur room and habi!iments, and
IN two minutes and half was on the sofa
snoring.
No sooner done than the whole house
hold came 10 the top of the stairs.
Dare him lies, massa-him swOre Ike
ebryting,' groaned the trembling nose fat
tened, and face battered ebony, shrinking
back.
Hercules, you have got bad name,
chuckled Ben walking up TO the statue,
amused; though he couldn't account for the
various stories.
Don't TO what ye calls him, he's &c
! chap wat did IT, said the other curly head
At the top of the stairs.
Some mistake mu5tered the bride. ap-
preaching, then looking into the library,
/ i can hardly believe nay senses.
i never heard ire Ike sighed the Wis
/ itor. 'Adonis is gone
Dis ere is no more de chap wat-we
I drappeG, den niger IS white man
The party retired to tell witch stories,
ghost tales, and ponder over the mystery,
( except Ben; who, after restoring Hercules
1 to his former position, came IN and com
meRced shaking US, with
Wake up! Have YOU heard any
+ noise?'
'No-sIeep cannon p-oof-wilat's up'
rubbing our eyes.
II took noise enough to wake you, to
start I regiment of soldiers. Wife has the
headache. What do you say TO a bache-
I Tor set down with a few bottles OF chamPo
I 10 assist digestion.
! Don't dodge the question.
1 Under the mellowing is51@ehce OF the
) rosy god, Ben peae44ed the mysterious
secre,-wElich we. declared under The ex-
press consider-slon that It should be kept.
We ve,s1a.roduced 10 the ladies lhe
next corning ,sand was by the twiakling
ofoyes and rosy bushes that the secret
had been.keP kePt----ei.culaung
Sufficient IS 1t TO say that The Young
lady who admired US as statue. admired
rs much more III propFia psrsORe; .hai
she had n any charms, not the least OF
which was a hundred thousand dollars;
aud ihai in four weeks we sent The printer
"a cake with wedding notice
Reader, at the present time there's tax
of our running for congress) d pearly arm
on our shoulders, lltle aiabastc- hand