The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1853-04-14

forth and took "a survey of the stars though not
| usually given to astronomical observations.
| That girl" said he to himself confidentially,
| ''that gir, we do not quote his words accurate
! ly, for wish to make them a little more COM
| piimeniary to the lady than they really we're
| wants to know very bad Why that soft handed
and soft headed clerk isn't here. Well, she
may have him, anu see if tape and molasses will
| keep her in good as the northern farm
| would
The northern farm wa. expected to come into
! Mr. Benz min Z. Gulic's posst ssion in the
f! spring. Like H sensible he DESTROYS
/ oi tu'iing some one whom it might be made
| over TO with him Jointly"
| IN let her alone" said Benz amin TO himself;
and fearing lest his ear should fail 10 catch the
remark. he repeated it several times with gr as
| dlstinctness. Having thus finished his cOmmu-
! Iicst,ons to bimself, he seized - basket of ap-
| pies and returned to the scene Of operations.
| In placing it the table, which we have al
! really said in the centre of tn. room, the
! table was overtaroun. This caused the over
| throw OF several g.rls With tin pans full Of sp
/ plies IN their laps Tsoes, pans, girls sni a2-
pies were thus lnin1ed in sweet confusi n on
tue hoor, while shrieks of affected terror aud
! shouts of Hnaiected laughter filed the house
! anu brought Mr.. Jones TO the door OF the apart
! ment. 4 GRIM smile WAS upon his lips ss ne
! surveyed the scene, and profound silence follow
I Ell hlS appearance.
Ben peked up the table, the young men pick
ed UP the girls, and the girls picked up the pans,
and the gIris and young men together picked
up the apples, during which operation many
heads were accidentally brought In contact, and
what ,sas very remarkable, 1t WAS Invariably \
male and female head that came in contact. 1t
must have been something in the combs.
4 definite and satisfactory account of
the cause OF the overthrow Of the table can be
given. During Mr. Guiic's absence. Mr.. Foster
entered and seated hiuiself in the chair left
Cant by side of Miss Becky. The sight of
him iii that place hadao tendency to compose
MIR Guc's nerves, nor 70 increase both tue grAv
ity OF tue apples and OF his counteRance. Ac-
cordihgy, wneu the basket was set on the table,
it osertnf,sw IL.
~hen srier restored pairing was resumed.
Mr.. Foster retained his seat by Miss Becky and,
with "a silver knife, daintily proceeded in the
wors; he WAS evidently afraid Of soiling his
hands. Benjamin took his place by the side of
a very quiet gir Who was not pleased with the
! exchange of seats and OF partners. He did not
/ sit 50 Miss Mills he did to Miss Becky.
! He pared slowly. silently aud thictty
But, however great may have been his loss, 1t
was countcrbaianced by Miss Becky's gain. She
WAS manlfestiy delighted with the exchange.
She TAI ked sad laughed very loudly, though her
parent . ideas of gentity led him to speak IN .
; tome nttIe elevated above whisper This was
botn pleasant and painful to Miss Betty. liz
was pleasant as indicative OF confidential com
! muuIc.,tIuns; painful, AS il made his compliment
tary REMARKS iuaudbl- to the company. She
was to the necessity of asking him, III a
tone adapted to set ears n listening. ~ hat
,iId you say ~ and again to repeat some OF his
! remerks with n large exclamation point after
them. by this means she managed to convey
to Ben and to others what was going ON be-
tween them.
Ben AT length determined, as a means of self
defence, Of retaliation, to appear TO ENJOY his
position As preliminary, he brought MS
chair nearer TO that OF Miss Mills, and leaned
al. .,.rhf fx r.
er the centre,of the pan. He put forth his best
skill in pairing, and made a few general ohser-
v,tions which we're replied 10 IN very ssee'
tone OF voice. Ere long they found themselves
Ia KING sense, ne afterwards said-a fact that
evidently throws the date of our history some
what the past. He began to feel better
satisfied with the exchange he had made, and
was stimulated to carry on two somewhat dls-
tinct trans OF thought-the one necessary to
the conversation with Miss Mills, the other re-
ating to comparison of her qualities. personal
mental aud social, with these Of Miss Becky
The latter led himself occasionally to make II
relevant replies To Miss Mills remarks.
by ten O'Clock, busily had both male ane
female fngers been employed, the apples were
finished and aside, the table restored TO IL
usual place, and it WAS proposed TO proceed Z
play-nUt cards, city reader, but several ex
ceedingiy exciting and innocent games which
YOU know nothing about. Several were pr"po'
sed tut they were all objected to by Miss 80
,,uia Stebbens who had been one quarter at
boarding school, for which (extras included) he
father had paid 12o,oO, as not sufhcientiy Inter
lectual. Tn,s threw quite shade over the pros
pect for the Yankee, as is well known, Is
logical animal, and IL is more than suspecteu ina
the intellectual and the logical are ne iriy aiileu
: If a. thing Is not inteilectut 1t is not logict
and ii il is not logical II is pot to be done III
Yankee prefers the logical to everythlng-ex
eept money, c,.
!, Miss sophia was asked to name play Oh
. remarked III reply, that her taste was no rui
. for utbers-sne WAS peculiar. Miss benson ttn
: mistress of the boarding school, tnouGh' her y
# markably peculiar. She must cohiSss sle snoui
il prefer some literary conversation 10 amy 'hlh
else. 1e
y so should t. said Mr.. Guhc. gravely II
knew where 10 find it, / would 90 and get
basket full"
>, This remark made Miss Sophia's face vei
red and all the rest of the company very goo
a,eured Ii was followed by an explosion
f, laughter, in which the intelieutual young lao
became more and more Interested flnahy
.e was voted mem. con. TO have IA game oi niue al
IN seek Ihe hiding and the hunting was IN eou
p les Miss Becky aud Mr. Foster were t'Setne
- and 40 were Miss Mills aud Mr.. Guiic. NJ
% Guiic had two things to attend to- One was
secure good hiding place tor hlmseii anu pa,
= ner and the other to observe that OF MISS DEC
n anu Mr. Foster. The latter took possession
= small pantry, which was known In Mr. Jon'
T. establishment by the name OF pie-pantry In
~unnined in it for some tius--until, ovsrhes