Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1854-10-26

hand continued 10 GO, but his wife wouldn't
go; she would stay, and he thought she was
determined to pire against him and make
him lose The wager. She wep. and she con-
linued-
sWhat cause have you for this? Why do
you do so ? Has your WIFE
Here she goes, there she goes = end his
finger seemed 10 be tracing her airy progress,
for ANYTHING she could ascertain 10 the con-
trarv. .ss
My dear,' she still continued, thinking
,ha, The thought of his child whom he fond-
ly loved, would tend to restore him, shall
call up your dsugh,er?'
'Here she goes, there she goes ! the land-
lord again repeated, his eyes becoming more
and more fixed and glazed, from the s,esdi-
ness of The gaze. A Sigh, smile, which had
great effec. upon the minds OF those pres-
en,, pla yed upon his face, as he though, ur-
on the many unsuccessful resorts to win
him from his purpose and Of his success in
battling them. The physician entered. He
stood by the side of the busy man. He
looked at him in silence, shook his head,
and to the anxious inquiry Of the wife an
swered--
No, madam! The fewer persons hero
the better. The maid had better stay away;
do no, let the maid
Here she goes, there she goes = yet again,
in harmony with the waving finger, issued
from the lips of the landlord.
"A consultation, think, will be necessa-
ry,' said The physician. will you run for
Dr.. A-?'
The kind neighbor bu,toned up his Goa.
and hurried from the room.
| In few minutes DR.. A., with another
medical gentleman, entered.
This is sorry sigh',' said he to the doc
tor with him.
'Indeed it is sir was the reply. 'Is is q
sudden attack, one Of the
Here she goes, there she goes = was the
sole reply. The physicians stepped into
corner and consulted together.
will you be good enough TO run for
barber? We mus, have his head shaved and
blslered,' said Dr.. A..
| sAh, poor dear husband,' said the lady,
j fear he will never know bis miserable
wife,
Here she goes, there she goes = said the
| landlord, with little more emphasis, and q
more nervous, yet determined waving OF the
finger in concer, with the pendulum; for the
minute hand was near the twelue-'ha. point
et. if The hand arrived q, it wiibou; suffering
himself to be interrupted.
The wife, in low bewailing tone, con-
| linued, her uiterances-
No! never; nor his daughter
sHere she goes, there she goes! almost
shouted the landlord, as the minute hand
arrived at the desired point.
The barber arrived he was naturally
,alkaivc man, and when the doctor made
some casual remark, refec'ing upon the
quality of the inslrumen, he was about tn
use, he replied
'Ah, ah Monsieur, you say yer bad TO RAJ
zor-tes beau,iful-eh :--look--look-.very
fine, isn't he =
Here she goes, there she goes y screamed
the landI ord, his hand wsving on-on, his
face gathering smile, end his whole frame
in readiness TO be convuIsed with JOY.
The barber was amazed. Here she goes.
there she goes = he responded. in the best
English he could use. Ware ware shall
begin? Va. his dat he say?
Shave his head 8. oncen interrupted,
the doctor, while the lady sank into a
chair.
'Here she goes, there she goes! for the
last time cried the landlord, as the clock
struck the hour of nine, end he sfrang from
his seat in an ecstacy of delight, screaming
a. The top of his voice, as lie skipped about
the room
sI've won i,!--I've won itn
'Whs, ? said The waiter.
sWhat ? echoed the doctors.
What? |? re-echoed The wife.
'Why, the wsger-ten pounds! But cast.
ing his eyes around the room, and missing
the young men who induced him 10 watch
the clock, he asked
where are those young men who sup=
ped here last night eh: quick-where are
they ?
sThey wen, away in their pheton nearly
an hour ago, sir = ives tho reply Of the
waiter.
The truth flashed like .hunderbolt thro'
his mind. They had taken his pocket-book
with ,wen,y-one pounds therein, and de-
:, camped-a couple Of swindling sharpers,
with wit to back them.
An old lady being late at church, entered
az the congregation were rising from prayer,
Lap said she courtesying, 'don'' get up on
my account"
/ The man who WAS precipi,ated from ihe