Hillsdale Whig standard. (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1846-1851, 1851-08-12

i sidewalk. Hold on said I; "let us take tn
a NUMBER OF this establishment; they don't &c
nothing"
2 Well said Harry, I'm agreed abou
! II, we vii. show him the play OF Californi
aus on spree" Oh, no! Harry, that will
not do; will tell you a better iaick: vou
Know at eleven he has TO close bis doors
and II is ten milrea fine il he opens them,
we will come here, TO night. few minutes
: after eleven, and see what we can do with
him. agreed" says Harry; SO at a quarter
past eleven, wo went up to the door and rap
pod lightly; he asked, "Who's there'"-
".dmigos, sonor," Harry answered; "will you
DO us the favor to pass US a couple of bottles
OF Cognacf Scan you see anything of the
pntrol!' no inquired. mo Harry answered
when the truth was tho patrol was within
five rods of us, and in minute more they
wonld bc up to us. IN less than a minute.
nc slightly opened the door and passed us the
bottles. Give me dozen segars, if sou
please, also, said 10 gain tmo for the pa
troll to como up. Leaving the door partly
open, he stepped back for the segars
when the patrol came up and asked us
if W, lived IN that house, we told
them no--that we had bought some
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leader instantly pushed open the door and
requested the namo and desired him TO attend
at the guard honso the next morning. at
seven with the fine ofton milrcas. AS soon
as we heared THE, "Now,'' says Harry, sis
our time to be off" and, sutlng the action to
The words, we took to our heels, followed by
couple Of the patrol; but we were too smart
, Tor them, and in few minutes got out Of
their sight and were well pleased with the
trick, for we had couple OF bottles Of brandy
out Of tho old Brazilian, besides putting him
10 cost often milrcas for opening his doors
after eleven clock.
Next, we fell in company with a Young
Englishman, who had lately returned from
the country; he had pair of beautiful large
iron gray horses, ON which he wanted 10 bor.
row some money. We asked him how much
he wanted. He replied one hundred and
fifty dollars. Mistrusting him from his ac
tions, and thinking there was some catch
about IL. took Harry one sido, and told him
to offer ono hundred, but that we must have
tho horses, saddles and brides in our posses
sion until the money was refunded, and it
must DO. or we were at liberty to sell the
tho horses after thirty days. Harry made
him this proposition and after some few mo-
mcnts' hesitation he accepted it. We paid
him the money, and he delivered tho horses
and their accoutermcnts to us. Come
said to Harry, ''as have not seen the bot
anic garden yet, what do you say 10 ridei
agreed Harry replied. So. saddlng tho
horses, we babe tho Englishman good day,
and started We had got about half way to
tho garden (Which is about five miles from
tho city, when as we were passing by
carriage, the gentleman in il nodded to us
n nd bQrkopn1 m etc W. olo al
side Of tho carriage. in which were three la.
Don Man ual Miranda--Uuv vf tf.v
who wcro introduced to us one evening of
our descent from the Sugar Loaf. He intro
duced us to the ladies'. who proved to be his
daughters. and handed us his card, with all
to party at his house that evening.
As soon as they were out of hearing, Harry
burst out laughing: "Ned, you can SEQ what
work a fino horse and fine coat does. The
other evening when we were introduced to
him, he was the coolest man of the party, but
We then had on our coarse California rig.
now that we arc dressed in broadcloths and
on fine horses. sec how kindly ho
speaks. But now we will have some fun;
,onfound the old arisocrat, we must play
lin some Yankee trick" Anything for
un," replied, "but ifa am any Judge OF your
thoughts, you mean TO trick the old man
through his daughters" bly, said
larry, you are good at guessing So laugh
ng and joking. we arrived at tho garden
we left our horses at the gate.
md went strolling arm in arm through tho
rounds.
Finally, after rambling for some tnc we
at down OH bench in the shade of largo
omon troe; we had been sitting thcrc but
moment, when party Of gentlemen and
ldics came near. One of the ladies' hap
ened to sec beautiful flowor by the sido
the walk. when she stepped To get il, bat
ad no sooner put forth her hand 10 do so,
ian she pulled it back with scream say.
" she had been bit by snake. Tho party
istantly gathered around, frightened out OF
ieir wits, both gentlemen and ladies. Har-
Y and INSTANTLY stepped up; and saw from
nc color around where the fangs had enter
d that it was deadly poison; and rccoecting
ow / had seen the Indians in our western
,rritories, suck The poison from the bite of
10 rattle snake. and seeing tho gentcmon
iat were with her were moro frightened
ian she was, | tho't to try it, SO said Ito
larry, "Bcat tho bush, and SEQ if you can
nd tho snake, and will try and do some
ling for the lady, "Yes, the serving of the
dies you always take for your part" rcpli-
! Harry, in English: and went To work to
nd the snake, moro to hide the smile on his
than any thing elso. With
mo difficulty | rcpressod tho smilo that
rs rising to my own countanance; and tax
g the lady's hand, asked permission to at-
mpt To stop the spread of the poison She
anked me very kindly for the offer of my
rvices; and took my handkerchief, twis-
d it hard, and lied i as tight as possible
ound her wrist. then applied my lips to
o wound, which was on the the back of tho
md, between the, thumb and fore finger,
d commencing sucking. ] continued To
so for minute or two, until thought
d extracted all tho poison, besides quite
antity of blood. | then took some black
'my dirt, making il damp with some water.
und up her hand with il, and told her to
ep II on for a couple of hours. and sho
'uld experience no moro Inconvenience
I'M tho bite. To attempt to write tho ex-
ossion of gratitude and the offers of re-
I'd from All old gentleman. who. it scoms.
Is her father. would be useless. told
sm that had merely done tho duty of
N. and if had tha plca sura ~ do thu