The American patriot. (Clinton, La.) 1854-1???, 1855-03-21

"Here She Goes, There She Goes,
The following amusing and we'll told story
was published in one Of the city papers Of
Gotham about dozen year ago. 1t OCCASION
ed at that time good deal of merriment, and
went through seveal editions of the paper in
which it appeared, the New York SUNDAY
Worning Neaos:
Not long since, two stylish.looking persons
put up for the night in the upper part Of the
city. On the morrow, after ordering their bill
2hey sent.for the landlord, who was not long il.
waiting upon his aristocsatic guests.
- wish to purchase that old clock up stairs
will you sell it? ?" asked the elder, while the
younger cast his eyes over the columns of a
newspaper which lay upon the table. The land
lord, who had set no great value on the clock
except as an heirloom, began to suspect it
all filled with coin; and almost involuntarily
the three assembled to the room which contain.
ed it.
"Thc fact is" said the elder, ~ once won
twenty pounds with clock like that"
Twenty pounds!" calculated the landlord,
"Yes; you see there was one like it in a
room down in Essex, and the fellow bet me he
could keep his fore-inger swinging with the
pendulum for an hour only saying, Here she
goes, there she goes He couldn't do it.
walked the money out of him in no time"
"You did! You couldn't walk it out of
me, I'll bet you ten pounds can do it on the
spot" 49,.
"Donc!" cried the stranger.
The clock struck eight, and with his back to
the table and door, the landlord popped into a
chair
Here she goes, there she goes!" and his
E,,n. T. ELL
the pendulum The fellows Interrupted
"Wheres the money! Plank the money!"
The landlord was not to lose in that way.
His fore-finger went slowly and surely with the
pendulum, and his left hand disengaged his
purse from his pocket, which he threw behind
him ON the table. All was silent; the dapper
man at length exclaimed.
''Shall deposit the money in the hands of
the waier?'
Here she goes, there she goes!" was the
only answer.
One Of the wags left the room Heheard him
60 down stairs but he was not to be disturbed
by that trick
Presently the waiter entered, and touching
him upon the shoulder asked:
doing?"
Here she goes, there she gocs I" he res
ponded, his hand and forc-fngcr waving as be-
fore. i.I.
The waiter rushed down stairs, called one of
the ncighbors, whom he invited up to see his
master. They assembled, and the neighbor
seizing him by the shoulder in an impioring
voice, said
Mr. B., do not sit here. Come 90 down
stairs what can possess you to sit here ?" 7-e
Here she goes, there she goes!" was the
only reply, and the solemn face and the slowly
moving finger settled tha matter
He is mad," whispered his ncighbor and
friend, in, a low voice. 1--WE must go for doc
tor
The landlord was not to be dupcd, he was
not to be deceived, though the whole town came
to interrupt him.
"You had better call up his wife" added the
friend
"Here she goes and there she goes i" re-
peated the landlord, and his hand still moved
on.
In moment his wife entered, full of agony
Of soul.
"My DEAR" she kindly said, "look on me, it
is your wife who speaks"
Here she goes, there she goes?" his hand
continued to move, but his wife wouldn't go
she would stay, and he thought she was deter
mined to conspire against him and make him
lose the wager. She wcpt as she continued
"What cause have you for this? Why do
you do so? Has your wifc-"
g. Here she goes, there she goes " and his
finger seemed to be tracing its airy progress,
for anything she could ascertain to the con-
trary.
"My dear" she still continued, thinking 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 land
lord again repeated, and his eyes becoming
more and more fixed and glared upon the stead
mess 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 unsuccessful resorts to win him from
his spurpose, 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
his wife answered.
No Madam, the fewer persons here the bet
ter. The maid had better stay away do not let
the maid"
"Herc she goes, there she gocs?" yet again
in harmony with the waving finger, issued from
the lips Of the landlord.
"A consultation, think will be necessary" :"
said the physician. "Will you run for doctor
Al"
The kind neighbor buttoned up his coat and
hurried from the ROOM
In few minutes DR.. A, with another
medical gentlemen entered
"Ths is a sorry sight" said he to the doc
tor with him.
"Indeed it is sir" was the reply. at is a
sudden attack one of the"
Here she goes, there she gocs?" was the sole
reply. The physicians stepped into a corner
and consulted together.
at is advisable think, that his head should
other who assented; "and will dispatch SER