The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-02-02
/, LANES. aSMITH::5
Adventures in the Wrong House
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By Or. D. MONTGOMERY BIRD, gd

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BY Or. D. MONTGOMERY BIRD. g,I
tcf I know not wlat extraordinary conjunc-
ltion of the stars took place on the FIRST Fri
day of June, l8S-, nor how my yplanet in
particular, came to perform so many antics.
in or out of its proper sphere . Before, that
\ day / had never had an adventure in my
| life Che current Of my existence had flowed
as evenly and quietly as the stream Of anil
pond; aud 20 wit or skill Or other-craft
could have spun out my biography beyond
The compass Of single paragraph. l was
born and IliSed for twenty five years-that
1 is all: Ilired in a village, too, and my
name was (asi it,noW is, James ] .tSmith.--
There was nothing further in my history
worthy ofbeing mentioned, except at twenty
! FIVE years old, finding myself unencumbeled
/ by any relatives, ana possessed Of a mod
crate estate sufficient for all my. reasonable
wants. (and | had no reasonable ones, u a
began TO weary Of my rather dull and lonely
existence, and cast abo 1t for some means Of
relief Twas balancing two great projects,
ons of travel, the othero of maIrmony; !; beth
indeed, in a very general way, forsI was not
in love with anybody, or any particularplace;
when letter from my old college-mat and
correspondent Henry Blown, Virginia, de-
termined me in favor of the former. He
was just forming a family party to astrip to
Niagara; which party he invited me TO join
| in Philadelphia, where he expected'to Join
in an early day; and he promised to bring
along with him very charming unmarried
cmsin of his, who might perhaps, he, said,
assist. me intrying the other project as soan
as l got tired OF travelling, provided only
that had the spirit (and it required great
I Espirt,)to WOO and win. her, all Of which re-
garded as 4 friendly pleansanty on the part
ofmy old chum..is .ta IJa' 8an'# abb q
i went accordingly to Philadelphia and
+. at Harry'st suggestion, took lod dgingS at a
fashionable boarding house, at which be in
tended stopping, and where | designed to
kawait him. ltwas'on Friday, in the after
gnoen, that Iarriyed; and having established
myself in a com rortable chamber; sailed
out 10 see somewhat Of the city, and inquire
at the post office for letters from lay friend
/ received two letters, one from Harry Of a
somewhat mysterious quaityjthe other from
"a stranger and of a character still more,in,
Iexplicable; both Of them written from Balti
more. Harry informed me that he was on
the way win his party, hoped to bein PhiPa
the following day; and he added (and thi:
was the mysterious part of his letter,) and
his aforesaid handsome cousin was about tc
be snatched away from me BY q parficlar lla.
taiity; yet he. did not despair he said, ofmy
fyet winning her, provided he Should ihime
hdiaoely find ndc,upon reaching Philadelphia,
land find me with mettel sufficient to under
take a most formidable but. spleadid advent
tnre. "Confound his handsome cousin
said I, "whom never heard Of Before, ex
eeptiu hislast letter; and coifound his splen
did adventuresPA Andimith that, with the
greatest equanimity. banishedl the memory
of both, TO examine and wonder over the
second letter fiom my unknown correspond
tnt. 1t was as lolows:3 A." ,'4't'T NV,
Ny DEAR Bov:-Shall be in Philadelbhia
| Friday evening with, E------. TO sign, seal
kiss and sqpable according to compacgpplace
aforcmen!lon. Shall expect eyot---rings
poises, blushes, aud Mysteries. Always prom
ised your dadI would, ahdI win. Yours,
resoluteIy. L. B. 20
This letterswas formerly directed to James
j. Smith, Esp lpostc festdate,I Philadelphia,
was mapiiest!y .Nritlen in an old mans, hand;
ard as far as could gather any sense from
| its Old, ode and, broken expressions doubtless
between, ! E., { who ID she? } on the one
| part, aud Mr, James J.. Smith on the other.
But who, was Mr., James. J, Smith Not
| WyseT, certainly who had meyer dreamed
of marriage, except as contingency and
| had never made. serious love or proposals to
any human being. ,GNowit was apparent
and this was conErmel by the. allusoni to
the aforementioned place, well known OF
course to the person written to but not to
me--that there was some other James }.
Smith, beside myself, in the world, and in
| Philadelphia, for whom this letter was de-
signed, and TO whom, it was manifest from
the, termslof i, the loss mightwoys extreme
" meonlylen!ientniaaid 10 byegI 8 .b9&iaE
! uunder these circumstances, ! perceived
| had nothing to.do but, return TO the ipost7
| office, that il mightreseh my y,nameEake, and
| was retigactlpg my steps Ifpt that purpose,
when i was Interrupted BY a. gentleman,
but | thought there WAS something unpleas-
ing and, sinister in, his looks, who stepped
ap to me, saying he believed, he had the
] pleasure Of addressing Mr.. James J.sSmith?'
That is certainly ceHrF my name, said | lbpt-7r1'
| ss"You haven't the honor Of my saequRin-
tance" interrupted the gentleman. .4''Ex-
actly 50, but I lhayeb the pleasure Of produce
Ping my note Of introduction."" rs bsafa77gg
| And win that, tic, fellow clappingi one
bhand On my shoulder in q very ,impudent
familiar way, displayed under my noses moi
! a ,note Of introduction, but a, note of hand,
pfor. some seventeen OF, eighteen hundred dolr
lars, drawn in favor OF Simon somebody, j
tforset who, and signed, plainly and strong
l llyenough, James J., sSaaaA,5 NJ a gd isyas .
/ ""AIl this, my frienl, said 7. removing
his hand from my, shoplders.is doubtless
1good and fair enough, The sdificultgais,
that IL concerns some other James, j Smith,
land not me for 4 never wrote that note; noI
lndesg' ts any yINe 0EIhNera raal oqRaye made "a mis-
taRe;1s, ssgl sdsta 81 4sl'ad sf3w "a .sHf
Y VERY facetiops, sir,op said the, persou.-H=
| 81 should inform you sir, that poor Simon
llbeIng in difficulty, was, under the, necessity
4 of phrtiff wfif Chat 1ttle 'hote' 70 ms Sir SIR
laraIphd' affair bpf4ce for IT, ST. Because Il
fwaha debt ofihoioto sif,H9ahere theorascal
Hooked lasnif he msant rto impressaunes with
an awful sense OF his courage and determi;
\ patton, "a debt of honor sir. / never find
difficulty in ScsollIectipg9 asY-- uaaa,q ysa
II "The deuce take You and your debt o.