Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1854-12-06
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rhe following amusing anil we'll told
story WAS published in one OF the city pa
pers ut Go;ham. about II dozen years
ago. 1t Occasi0ned AT the time good
IDEAL of merrimenL:
Not long since. two stylish locking per-
sons put up for the night in the upper
mart Of tie city. On the morrow. alter
ordr~inS their bill, they sen. for the land
lore, who :Sls not long in waiting on his
aristocrau;c guests.
"I wish IT, purchase that old clock
up stairs will you sell it - asked the
elder, while the younger - a cigar and
cast his eyes over the columns o. news
paper which lay upon the table. The
landlord who had set 10 great value upon
the clock, except as an heir loom. began
to suspect that it might possess the vir-
tues OF Martin Haywood's chair, and be
filled With coin and almost involuntari-
ly, the three assembled to the room which
contained il.
The fact is" sail the elder, " once
won twenty pounds with clock like
that"
"Twenty pounds" calculated the
landlord.
Yes You see there was one like it
Down in Essex. and fellow bet me he
could keep his fore finger swinging with
the pendulum for one hour. only saying,
Here she goes, there she goes" lie
couldn't do it. walked the money out
of him in no time
You did ! you couldn't walk it out Of
me, III bet you ten pounds can do it On
the spot y
" Done T. cried the " kno : ing oae.''
The clock struck eight. and with his
back to the tatIe anu he door, the land
lord popped into a chair
" Here she goes. there she goes - and
his finger waved in curve, his eyes fully
fixed ON the pendulum. The fellows be-
hind Interrupted, Where's the money {?
Plank the money !"
The landlord WAS no; SO loose in that way.
His tor eiingrr slowly anI surely went
with the pendulum. and his left hand dis,
engaged his purse from his pocket.
which he threw behind him on the tA
bic. All was sicnl; the dhpper man
xt length cxcl,lmcd-
"ShaIl deposit the money in the
hands Of the wafer -
Here she goes. there she goes u
was the only answer.
One of the was5 left the ro"m the
landlord heard HIM go do"n stairs. but
hc WAS rot To be disturbed by that trick.
" Presently the waiter entered the
room. aud touching him on the shoulder.
asked
Mr.. B are you crazy? What are
you doing ?"
Here size goes, there she goes !" he
| responded, his hand waving the fore 6n-
ger a~ before.
The waiter rushed down stairs he
called one of the nei shbors and asked
him to go up. They assembled, AMI the
neighbur, S, izing him gently by the collar
and in An impluriug voice, said
" Mr.. B do not sit here. Cune. come
down stairs what can PUeSess you to sit
here -
" Here she goes. there she goes" was
the sole reply, and the SoIemn face and
the slowly moving finger selt!e / the Gact.
H.. ,0n.s mari
/" Tie is IN AL" whispered the fie d in
solemn voice q We mnst so for a doc
tor"
The landlord was not TO be deceived.
he was not tO be duped, although the
whole town came to interrupt him.
" I"u had better call up his wife,
added the friend.
" Here she goes. there she goes" re-
peated the landlord, and his hand still
moved on.
In minute his wife entered. full of
agony OF soul.
" Ny dear" she kindly said, "look on
me. 1t is your wife who speaks T.
HSre she goes. there she gocs - and
his hand scontinued to so, but his wife
wouldn't go she would stay, and he
thought she was determined to conspire
against him and make him lose the wa
ger. She wept as she continued
"What cause have you for this Why
do you do so? Has your wife -
"Here she goes, there she goes!" and
his finger seemed to be tracing her airy
process for any thing she could ascertain
10 the contrary.
"My DEAR" she still continued, think
ing that the thought Of his child whom he
fondly loved would tend to restore him,
shall call up your daughter?
" Here she goes. there she goes - the
landlord again repeated. his eyes becom-
ing more end more fixed and glazed from
the steadiness of the gaze. A slight
smile, which had great effect upon the
minds of those present played upon his
face; as he thought of the many unsuccess
J ful resorts to win him from his purpose