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

| ,,irt Instead of ascen'iing the chimney, 1t
jursued opposite course. 1t most irrever-
! entity took possession of all parts of the room,
ii roei Itself up in fo.ds near the ceiling, as
/ II to get out of keziah's reach
Some very comhuetible materials were then
procured. and blaze was produced In the hope
that il would prove lractabe. Alas II
caught the spirit and followed the example OF the
smoke, and with increased energy and insoience
It's first act to fly into hezlah face as
she kneeng on the hearth. kindly f'nnng
il into existence. Ii then reached its tongue al
most 10 the middle of the room, and then cufled
il the mantle piece, t" the great peril of IA
curipusiv- wr ught paper basket, the visible
proof ot krziaii'5 Attendance 1T select school.
! lie then seemed smitten with sudden impulse
L examine the chimney. whereupon the chim-
ney fire, to the infinite terror of Mrs. Jones.
/ who was sure the house would be burnt. with
all things animate thereunio pertaining. To
make OF saving Something, she seized "A
heavy iron kettle filed with water and carried
it So far from the house that ii would not bs
/ likely To he fire by the falling sparks
! AS the chimney WAS fairly on hre,
/ both the fame and the smoke seemed TO think
! all the fun lay i'll that direction. They accord
| ingly went up the chimney as steadily as If they
had never gone anywhere else. The smoke III
! the ronm receiving no reinforcement, stole qul-
city out of the open door, and dIsappe ired as
| quickly as possible.
placed in the centre. and all the chairs In the
| house, except for Mr.. Jones, was ranged
close to each other around the walls of the room
BY ..eary candle light" about tweuty girls
| were assembled. They were all laxative as II
| may be supposed twenty girls in room, with
out their mothers or men would be- why
don't the gentlemen come ," was asked mentally
by more than At length footsteps were
, heard approaching. The girls who happened
to be standing took their seats. All the chairs
- ils3
with maidens as denur,, for the time being rs
| the most precise could desire. Suddenly there
was loud stamping ON the door steps. very
energetic mode of dveSting ones boots of snow
or dust, preparatory to an entrance. The stamp
ing and the faint knock which succeeded, were
followed within by most profound silence.
/ which broken only by the respiratiuns Of
whose ideal beauty of form WAS rnanifestly
either the hour-gla or the wasp. heziah open
Ell the dnorsnani the young gentlemen found
themselves ~ fu view of unhroken line of
silent beauty, III the face Uf which they we're eX
pected to advance. They f.!terei-esch press
ell his neigbbor TO 60 forward. No little 'oaiu
sion apparent.
Among other truths then and there illustrated,
was the important one that geometry cannot
claim a monopoly of angels After some delay
entrance effected The chars opposite
the girls secured The door As left open.
M seemed disposed To rick the los, of his
post by rIs,ng To close it. Some of the la,ties
sn III ,ecyrs, that IL, had bare arms-the
monumental aisba.ter sanoothness of winch WAS
seriously affected ! y the ingress OF tle cold
evening air. A daring fellow AT length arose
auI c.ose,l door.
Along the lines thus formed there WAS si
lence deep and almost impressive as that
winch sometimes precedes battle. After n
white there were some whisperlngs on the part
OF the girls, and suppressed xlggie; but the
young men preserved "a prufouni -ienoe and =
most pralseworthy gravity. The seats seemed
somewhat harder than those to which the had
been accustomed aud il pretty plain that
most OF them wished they had left their hands
ut home.
\ rap. as with a walking stick, WAS heard at
the door.
That's Mr.. Foster" whispered one
Mss Becky h'u,hed the sound either Of the
knock the name. kezi IN opened the door.
auI Mr. Benjlmt E. Guic stnod before her,
,irc-se,i IN his nest lie walked in with much
dignity If he had come from California in
stead OF the chamber over the kitchen. He sat
i,~n ana for IA ,ment initiated the gravity of
his peers then turned to the most solemn
one present ami asked him what was the state
of the mools,ine No answer given; but
the question greatly iightened the pressure OF
the constr,int un Ter which all present labored.
ConVers ,tion began at first indeed, in whs-
pers, nut soon several spoke out loud
II was under the impression" said MIR G..
THAT this to be an Apple Bee, but don't
see the apples.
bring them on, said one of the boldest
let us have something to DO"
Ben and keziah then brought n corn basket
full of apples. which were placed the table
tin pan given ta each damsel. The young
, men then distributed the apples, and the work
OF pairing began As there was no pans for the
gentlemen. il was nPcess try for each one To 81
, besi!e lady and drop his par;ngs into the pan
which holds place OF greater or less securit,
upon her lap A better eonrrivance for tete-a
tete WAS never devised
PART H..
: Mr.. Benjamin Guile had managed to secure