Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1852-11-24
From the New York Dutclrman.
An EXCITING .TIME.
Or, when You are. Gut, Some One else
May he In.

] -r- From the New York DUtchman.
s-;---- AN EXCITING TIME;
Or, when You are Ont. Some One else
! .-, ID --- Nay be In. % s.---sr =
One fine Sunday evening l walked ont,
and had not proceeded far, before found
myselfln conversation with couple of ye-
ry pretty girls. They were neighbors of
mine, and though we had resided near
each other for several months, we had
never become acquainted. They were
very pleasant and agreeable, and before i
was aware of it, / found myself inside of
the house, and seated between them on a
sofa. But soon found myself in the
tiN of the chap who said s t--E a.
. How much happier would / bc
We're 'tother dear charmer away"
However, they ehatted and chatted,
until half an hour or more passed off ex-
ceedingly agreeable for newly made ac-
quaintances. At length shrill voice
called for Eliza, down stairs. Now, /
did not know, for the life of me, which of
the two was Eliza" but you can safely
bet, that whichever was g Eliza" there
was one of them which wished was not
her-for there never were two "pretty
ones" together yet, but one of them was
the prcttieSt in the estimation of some
one. . ..r q. ...
Whether any preference was observed
by them, and " Eliza,'' for my gratifca,
ton remained, or whether the !" star of
my fortune" rose, and :" Eliza" really was
the one L could dispense with easiest, /
know not, but it SO happened that in one
moment more "a tothcr charmer ICds
away" and | was left alone in the pres
ence of cher cherished most" The
door had scarcely closed ere l had her
enclrcled in my arms, and felt her warm
breath upon my ceeks. An age of ac-
quaintanceship, friendship and love
sprung up between us in an instant, and
| felt as though l could never relinquish
the bliss l was enjoying. But it was not
long before we were startled by the sound
of approaching footsteps, and in another
instant in bounded +" Eliza, or her who
answered the call.
After what had transpired, when alone
with one of them, it could not be expect
ed that | would tarry long with both, and
share alike, even common civilities-that
would not be showing due regard for
the feelings of the one who had already
become best acquainted with me. So l
got ready to leave, when they both pro-
posed to make call with me at a neigh
bors. They got my hat for me, but it
certainly was not the hat l wore there
The one | wore was black hat-the one
they handed me was white one / was
sure of this, and remarked the change
They looked around for it, but could find
none other, and in their haste to 90,
was hurried off with the white hatl
did not insist upon the recovery of my
| hat, for two reasons the substitute was
as good as the original, and the expo
dition was such that / inwardly felt de-
sire to be somewhat disguised. We soon
reached the house, and in we went
! Here we found three girls, who appeared
delighted TO see us. was welcomed with
the greatest pleasure, and in the compa-
ny of the five felt considerably abashed.
and was about to assume the part of
dummy" when wine was brought in,
and took a glass. This loosencd my
tongue, and l spoke a word or too. Ano-
ther glass, and another, and was full Of
spunk and talk. The girls, too, were ex-
ceedingly vivacious, and, apparently, each
We'd with the other in emitting sparks Of
wit. 1 had a jolly time of it-such a
time as one man might expect at the
hands of FIVE young buxom girls, full of
fun and frolic-excited with wine. Had
Joseph five Mrs. Potiphars. about him,
what would he have done Surrendered
,oiM discretion, of course, as did.
1t was getting on toward IL O'Clock,
and thinking that would be missed at
home-never on Sunday evening having
absented myself so long-I announced 10
my "fair companie" that would have to
leave. With much reluctance they CON
sented to my departure and on looking
for my hat-fhe white had / had worn
there-it was no where to be found. Here
was go y! High and low we searched
I for the hat, but were unable to find it /
was obliged to tie handkerchief about
my head and thus leave in company with
the two had come. ----.-
After seeing them home, L thought /
would pass around TO the rear, and enter
my own house by the back door This,
L thought would avoid any attention being
attracted to my hatless head, besides mis-
leading my wife, if She was on the look
out, as to the quarter from which l came.
l gained the yard, and was surprised
at the indications of visitors. / heard the
sound of many voices, and the house was
lighted up from basement to attick. L,
appeared as If every room in the house
had light in it. listened moment,
and heard music from the piano-it was
my wife playing l knew the tune-it was
something she never did before on Sun
day evening. A hundred voices appear
ed to sound at once in merry conversation
and all men, was thunderstruck,
and asked myself the question" what
will the neighbors think ?" entered
servants were running lIither and thither.
hailed one of them but he paid no at