The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1854-10-21
Here She Gees, There She Goes,

VI.
long in waiting on his aristocratic guests.
Il wish to purchase that oil clock up stairs
will YOU sell it ~ asked the elder, while the
younger lit cigar, and cast his eyes over
the columns of Il newspaper which lay upon
the table. The landlord who had set no great
valuc upon the clock, except rs an heirloom,
began to suspect that it might possess the
| virtue Of Martin Haywood S chair, and be till
ed with coin; and almost inyolnntlrly the
three assembled to the room which contained
it.
s.Thc fact is" said the elder. 81 once
won twenty pounds with clock like That"
Twenty pounds = ii tculated the landlord.
.'Ies! You see there was one Ike 1t Ill a
room down in Essex, and fellow bet me lie
could keep Ills fore finger swinging with the
pendulum for an hour, only saying, 'llcrc she
goes, there she goes.' lie couldn't do it.
walked the money out Of him in no tilnc.'
..You did You couldn't walk it out Of
me. | |! bet you ten pounds l can do it on
the spot"
"Done - cried the knowing one
The clock struck eight, and with his back
to the table and the door, the landlord popped
into q chair
sIIere she goes, there she goes - and his
finger waved in curve, his eyes fully fixed on
the pendulum. The fellows behind inter
| rnpted, ''Where's the money! Plank the
moncvH'
The landlord was not to lose in that way.
| His fore finger slowly and surely went with
| the pendulum, and his Left hand diSensI%ed
| his purse from his pocket, which he throw
| behind him on the table. All WAS silent; the
| dappcr man at length exclaimed
s.Shall deposit the money IN the hands Of
the waiter ~
s.IIcrc she goes, there sac goes! - was the
| only answer.
| Onc Of the wags left the room. The land
| lord heard him 20 down stairs; but he was not
to be disturbed by that trick.
Presently the waiter entered, and touching
him upon the shoulder asked'V w., van
dong =, ..... ,,..u, it,, -, l..
'i'ere S,ic gopS' mere S''e E'es c nc 'a-
Ipr r'' HIS n'"o "''' '"e '"0 'o' 10
Thc w,iter rusbcd dawn stairs. no called
one Of the neighbors and asked him to 70 up.
Thcy oscenlrI and thc nrirhbor, s,izinr
him gently by the collar, in an lmplorug voice
said
Mr. b, do not sit here. Come, come
down stairs what car, posses, You to sit here!
''lIcrc she goes, there She goes - was the
sole reply, and the solemn face and the SLOW
" moving finger settled the matter. He 'ea&
ni"d
ne IS ''"a, Whispered 'nc lf!eho III " 10"
'p T, IVY mus. 80 10, "Ie'" 'i,,
nv '''',io'" was lt nv, ~ W r"'s"' "D was
came cam to ~ intnrrnnt i" WV "''''N
..Ynn had hrttur q Il, nm his wife. :" added
fine friend.
..Uerc She goes. there she rocsr, repeated
the landlord, and his hand still moved on.
In minute his wife entered full Of agony
of soul.
:sMy DEAR she kindly said, sslool on me.
1t is your wife who speaks -
''llcrc She goes, there she goes - and his
hand continued to CO. hut ms wl'e "n"ldn t
go; She would stay, ana lac Thought She was
"cier''i'tu 10 co'SPirc "an'St NM ,'''n hlaNe
,i''i rose '''e "'ser' "lc "'p'' "'''' sue con-
''' t'W.L,t ,,,,a, h,,., ,, r,i,, u-n,.ao
ro, 40 -, II, s' W." ;G'
: s.IIrr,. she cons ;,rre she rocs -, md his
finger seemed 70 he trocins- her airy progress.
for ANYTHING She could ascertain to the con
.rAry.
My DEAR" she still continued, thinking
that tic thought Of his child whom he fondly
loved, would tend to restore him, ''shall l
call up your daughtcr''
Here she goes, there she goes' the land
i"fd again repeated, ms eyes becoming more
ana more i'Ned ana glazed, IRON tie stead,
aeSs o. rhG sa]c. "A ss.t s r wn'cn i,''p
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