Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1854-04-29

effected without delay of many days,
and The story would infallisbly &c. wind.
What should do 7 | knew the house in
TO which my stray limb had slept, but
was not on the right terms with the occu.
pant tn trust hinr with the secret. This
was the most unlucky circumstance Of
all-he was Joe Clackabout, person
with whom was involved in quarrel
and was moreover an arrant bnsy body.
In short, he was no m q TO entrust with
the secret of a sham leg.
At last thought struck me of a meth>
od 10 get my leg and save my credit, for
| saw plainly that my leg must be had i'm.
medialely, or else the cat would be let
out Of the bag. thought Of Beau Bab-
bleton, the foppish fellow mentioned
above, as a parsonage on whom | might
with some conscience, play the trick Of
fa,hering my los! limb had got myself
into bad odcr with his sisters and two or
three score of their gossipping female &C.
quaintance, by means Of his foppery and
the insensibility of my timber toes. and !
determined to be revenged upon him BY
means of the same intractable members.
The plan was this-to send by ,rusly
servant in the name Of Beau Babbleton,
by which means l should ct my limb
again without being suspected. and Beau
might account for the superaui,y Of shin
bones in his own animal economy as well
as he was able.
| The plan succeeded 10 admiration and
much better than looked for-for | had
the luck 10 see darkey passing under
my window in the morning. and him |
sent off with the note. You must Judge
the surprise and astonishment OF Mr..
and Mrs. Clackabout and his two sisters.
as they sat at breakfast, when they re-
ceved the following: ..5 -..... Per-.
"Mr. Babbleton's compliments 10 Mr..
| Clackabout, and requests he will have The
!, goodness to despatch him his leg. by the
bearer it will be found in the cellar.
} Mr.. b. hopes TO be excused for epping
; through Mr.. C.'s cellar door last evening"
Nobody knew what to make of this
i. strange epistle at first. One thought it a
hoax, but on sending i. to the cellar to
) examine, the leg was found sure
( enough, and The breach in the cellar where
she misstep had been made. And then
2 what staring and wonderment there was
among the Clack about at the discovery o.
Beau Ba abble!on's artifice. Who would
, have thought of it?-they it nll exclaimed
"a tip.top dandy, buck of the frs, wa
. ter, an irresistible creature among the Ia
n dies; and yet doing all this with wood.
e en-leg! Oh !! mons.rous 20.
However, after pretty close scrutiny
Of this unfortunate limb, it was delivereI
to Cuffy, who passed for Beau Babble.
) toms servant, as no question was asked
and my stray aappendage brought me
T without any strange discovery being made
Now was Richard himself again. bu
: Beau Babbleton absolutely beside himself
Mr.. Clackabout chanced 10 meet him .,h'
same afternoon, and wished him Joy Of
the recovery Of his leg. Beau reptile.
that his leg had never been i'll.
Not i'll, to be sure,' said Mr.. c., 'bu
! terribly out Of joint
Out Of joint! out Of join, !, sir =
!, What do you mean 2
. oh, don't mean that it was hurt il
! breaking through the cellar door; indeed
, l believe it was sent in good order; truly
T you walk very well with it-one woul'
never suspect you
Never suspect me ! don't unders,an
you. Pray what do you suspect me Of !
q OF getting the boot on the wrong foo,
for you need't think to mys,ify me l.
1, What brave it out in this fashion, whe1
,, you left it in my cellar last night, and
~ sent it to you this morning?'
q Really, Mr.. Clackabout, you talk lik
o a man who has lost his senses.
Really Mr.. Babbleton your affrontry
% too much to bear. You will make lam
!. piece of work of it, and get yourself int
,. hobble. advise you to show li,tl
more Understandings And with ,hes
! punning illusions to Beau's fancied inf
r. nifty, Mr.. Clackabout walked off.
II Poor Babbleton was utterly confounc
1t ed at being snubbed and brow.bea,en i
this incomprehensibl manner. But thi
g was cakes and gingerbread 10 what haI
10 pened afterwards, for the Miss Clack.
ID bou,s kept the secret Of Beau's woode
10 leg in the customary way; that is, the
ID told it in condolences: and the consequence
ID was, the creates. root and stir among III
IN beau monde ,ha. ever was in Boston.
Ie Miss Tiftaffe,y, whom Beau had er
N gagged to marry, being his seventeent
u flame, was 50 shocked at hearing the il
10 telligence that she called for hartshorn An
vowed she would never see him agail
~ The match was therefore broken of. Il
= = nobody could persuade her the story ",
y y incorrect, as she knew him 10 be gull,
- Of false kwhiskers, and buckram and
y whalebone wai>t, and shain leg was
70 horse Of the same color. Beau was obi
: ed to put up with his ill-luck, but he ne
- er could endure the sight of"any,hiu
as that reminded him of. n wooden leg alteI
ne wards. Even to this day he sees pei
:" son with hitch fn his gai. without
oe sigh.