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

HERE SHE GOES, THERE SHE GOES.
The following amusing and we'll told s,o-
ry wss published in one of the city papers
Of Gotham, about dozen years ago. Il
occasioned at the time a good deal of mer-
riment: -
Not long since two s.ylish-looking per-
sons put up for the nigh, in the upper part
of The city. On the morrow, after ordering
their bill, they sen, for the landlord, who
was no. long in waiting on his aris,ocra,ic
guests.
y wish 10 purchase that old clock up
stairs; will you sell i, ? asked the elder,
while the ounger Ii. cigsr, and cast his
eyes over the columns OF newspaper D which
lay upon the table. The landlord who had
Sc, no great value upon the clock, except as
an heirloom, began to suspect ba. it might
possess the virtues Of Martin Heywood's
chair, and be filled with coin; and almos.
involun.arily, the three ascended TO The room
which contained it.
The fact is,' said the elder, Il once won
"sf's %eSy pounds sssdhlsisd ssfhl |Es land
lord.
sYes! You see there was one like it in
"a room down in Essex, and fellow be, me
he could keep his fore finger swinging with
the pendulum for an hour, only saying,
Here she goes, there she goes He coudn'!
do it. walked the money out Of him in no
,ime.'
" ou did! You couldn't walk it ou. Of
me. l'lI bet you ten pounds 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 pop
ped into chair
Here she goes, there she goes? and his
| finger waved in curve. his eyes fully fixed
on The pendulum. The fellows behind in
,enup.ed, where's The money? Plank the
money!
The landlord was not to lose in that way
His fore-6 finger slowly and surely went with
the pendulum, and his Ief. hsnd disengsged
his purse from his pocket, which he threw
behind him on the table. All was silent
the Gapper man 8, length exclaimed
Shall deposit The money in the hands
of the wailer?'
Here she goes, there she goes = was the
only answer.
One Of the wags left the room. The land
lord heard him 60 down stairs but he wa:
not 10 be disturbed by that trick.
Presently the waiter entered and touching
him upon The shoulder, asked
MIR. B, are you crazy: What ar'
you doings
Here she goes, there she goes !! he re-
sponded, his hand waving The fore-6nger 81
before.
The waiter rushed down stairs; he called
one of The neighbors and asked him to g
up. They ascended, and the neighbor, seiz
ing him gently by the collar, in an implor
ing voice said
'Mr. B., do not sit here. Come
come down stairs what can possess you !e
sit here?'
Here she goes, there she goes!: was the
sole reply, and the solemn face and the
slowly moving finger settled the matter. He
was mad!
HE is msd,' whispered the friend in q
low voice I'VE must 60 for doctor.'
The landlord was not 10 be duped, he
was no. 10 be deceived, although the whole
town came TO interrupt him.
You had better call up his wife, added
the friend.
.Here she goes, there she goes' repeat
ed the landlord and his hand still moved
on.
10 a minute his wife entered full of agony
Of soul.
My desr,' she kindly said, 'look on me
|, is your wife who speaks'
/ sHere she GOES there she goes y and his