The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-11-21

tion, which solved the mystery. Miss
Olivia Afterprime had nigh gone into con-
WILSON'S at the sight of it, and in towering
indignation. had sent Immediately TO en-
Ploy another physician. Whether :he
doctor was greatly grieved at the loss of
his patient does not appear but certain
it is that he inwardly vowed vengeance
upon Delilah. Putting his hat over his
eses, and burrying his hands deep into
his pockets, he hurried forth to agitate a
plot retributlve.
When the doctor returned to dinner,
and found his niece at the table, there
was complacency in the air. and sort
of anticipated triumph in the twinkle of
his eye, which seemed to say-'ah, inf
del, | have thee!' NO other allusion,
GIrect or indirect, was made to the Jest of
the morning-if we except a smile that
urked in the corner of Delilah's mouth,
as she suspended her knife and fork to
glance roguishly into her uncIe's face.
Dinner concluded, she ran up 10 get her
bonnet to 60 home. She fingered d few
moments at the toilette arrange her Gu rls.
This done, she turned TO leave the cham
Der, bat no go'-for The door had been
closed, and the key turned on the out
side.
'Soho!' said she to herself, I'm to be
kept here prisoner, till tea time, as punish
ment for my trick. Ha, ha, what retail
iation His vengeance hath this extent
no more! Bless his good netured patel
Quite cOntented with her d,trdace, she
took up book and seated herself by the
open window. Her eyes soon wandered
from It's pages, however, and her attention
was caught by metal more attractive with
out. In the piazza, in the rear of the no.
tel-which was just opposite, and divided
from the doctors residence only by small
yard attached 10 either building stood a
stranger, who was leaning forward in an
attitude of immense admiration gazing at
Delilah through his eyeglass. He was
dressed in top mode-with long black
hair, most fastidiously combed and curled;
whiskers of length and luxuriousness that
would have been no discredit TO Moslem
a moustache of elegant proportions, and
what contributed to make his appearance
eminenly ridiculous, his eyeglass was ap-
piled over pair of green spectacles. AL
together his air, and manner was so deci-
dediy Frenchifed, that there was no mis-.
taking his nationality.
Delilah, ever on the alert for making
sport. ran to the closet brought forth tel
escpe, and resting in on the window sill,
applied it TO her eye, and brought it to
bear upon the queer stranger. Monsieur
no sooner perceived himself the subject of
her inspection, than he began making a
most extravagant display of admiration by
gesticulating violently. laying his hands
upon his heart. clasping them before his
face, bending on one knee in an attitude of
deploring admiration, and waiting on the
tips of his fingers, numerous and frequen.
kisses.
The impudent fool!' exclaimed our lit
tie quiz, astonished, as well as amused at
the mans conduct-'but I'll punish his
lmpudence, and give my uncle the slip at
the same time
fearing the fly leaf from the book she
had first been engaged with she scrlbbled
the following note:-
'Oh, gentle Monsieur: am locked up
here by cruel uncle. Fly to rescue me
from this terrible Imprisonment. There is
a ladder In the yard which you can easily
elevate TO the window. Set me free and
you will be entitled to the eternal gratitude
OF the unhappy prisoner.
Folding this paper with a thimbIe in
side, she threw 1t over into the hotel yard
the Frenchman darted forward, caught it
pressed 1t eagerly TO his lips, ana opened
it.
BY this time several of the inmates Of
the hotel, male and female, and all intimate
with Delilah, the host himself being rel
alive OF her father, had crowded into the
piazza, and were interested in watching
as he had perused the billet doug, cleared
the fence al one bound; speedily elevated
the ladder he found there, TO the window,
and stood holding it firm for the gay beau
tvs descent. She had no intention of ex-
posing the prettiest foot and anc,e in the
village TO Monsieurs gaze; bnt after than
king him number of times for his gallan-
try, babe HIM TO return to the hotel where
she would join him to express her graft
tude more fully.
Il have ver' much honor to obey Mad
omoiselle! Bowing hunbly he marched
off, turning at ever step 10 kiss his fingers
to her, and not neglecung in his passage
TO wrench board from the fence, thus re-
moving every obstacle 10 Madomoiselle's s
decamp. Delilah descended and followed
him.
You see Monsieur, il has not taken long
for me to join YOU she said when she had
reached the piazzs.