Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1856-08-28
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d spallhef, ana they wouldn't er known what
tapped 'em"
Here the voice of the chap telling the
story sunk down so low that I could hear
nothing but dim sort of growing about
light ''lamming" and swatchman p
All at-once he louded up with:
Yes; dey tuck us to de lock up, and
@ade rs eat sour-hrom from, vcren o'clock to
Ato dc neat naorning"
Yer got sick er crout that time-h q an,
Jakeyy' ~
'.Well, [ did, hoss hyn
| heard nothing more of their talk. Some
folks would think that the aforesaid sample
was caough, in all conscience. But I'm
free te confess that, not being one of your
cute sort, the allusion to sour-crout has
been enc of the great marvels of Mace Slop-
er's LIFETIME. Is it one of the legal punish
mentssin Harrisburg to make offenders swal-
low sour-krout for hours together? If it is,
Mace sloper sincerely y prays that if he ever
visits that virtuous village he may remain
Vlrtuons, and never be tempted into doing
any thing which will bring him into the pow
er of its police
remember another queer dialogue which
came within my experience at hotel in
Boston. l was going to bed, rather late,
when all at once [ heard one of the sweetest
voicestin the world, with a sort of English
ring IN it, say, in the next room -
Clara, dear"
Well, dear?' answered another, Just as
sweet, and just in the same English chime
'sIs it the lobster YOU want -
Eyes love-" answered Clara. 'And I
want she ham, too; and you may open the
oysters-and the sardine box"
"Well," though I, ''Mace Sloper, if
thosqangels amt going in for pretty sub
stantiaal supper I'm mistaken" But I had
more before me to astonish me.
while you're about it, Clara dear, you
may as well open the Yarmouth bloater.
m sspng to take all there is in it. And
AI5at once Clara, who, as nigh as I could
Judge from the sound, was poking about
very industriously, cried out with joy:
ooh. I've found the Strasburg pie the
dear little putty de for graw. O must 60
to the bottom of the Strasburg pie!.'
"Tha'll dor' thought I, as [ rolled back.
I've heard of English appetites, but [ don't
want to hear any more. I've heard Hiram
say that Byron didn't like to see women
eat; and don't blame him, if they all eat
like this. Whcw-wn'
There was a rafting sort of a going on
for a while, until, by-and-by, Clara cried /:
Il declare there's my white satin dress in
the lobster p
''And here's my diamond-ring in the
cheese Oh. how odd. Why, [ expected
to find in pie as much as could be-"
A dim suspicion began to come into my
head, that the evening meal of the young
ladies wasn't limited to estables, and thai
one Of the effects of their rcfrcshment was
to make things lie around loose in very
promiscuous manner. But what was my
utter amazement when the soft silvcry voice
of Clara again cried =
ooh. dear; I'm so hungry. Lucy, love
we've got nothing here of any consequence
let's ring, and make them send us up some
thing to eat -
ssT0uU dot' thought l. ''Wonder i
you're rich There'll be famine in Bos
| ton if you stay long, that's so! Ham, lob
: sters, herrings, pies! Jee-wHILL1KENs ?
Here [ fell asleep, and the next day founc
| me bright and early at the Fitchburg depot
and rafting off to the ancient shades o
s Chippetty Whonk, where the bones of the
/ Revolutionary Slopers lie buried. And i
came to pass that while forgot all abou
4 Clara and Lucy, especially as it was stor,
: didn't dare to tell
About year after [ was at the celebra
ted ':Bcd-Bug and Bible Temperance Ho
: tel. situated in well-known city on tn
North River. While a-staying there, I 60
t acquitted with two as nice English girls a
r ever knew, travelling with their ''Pa," ;
plump old fellow who had been in the fame.
: yictualling business in London. The girl
d wore the names, too, of Clary and Lucy
a but somehow I never thought of the othe
: couple in Boston. Leastways, this pal
: didn't eat much to speak of, and nobod
: who ever saw their dear clear cream an
rose-leaf faces and beautiful eyes, whicl
d sparkled spry with common sense, or els
: swum about in wonder at the scenery as W
: went down the river, would have accuse
- them of eating too much, let alone drinking
[ offered, being as | was single man, t
Il attend to their luggage. They went for
n ward with me to point it out AS we &C
e near the city there was considerable of jar
IS and furry, and the girls were in rather
? furry too, not being used to travel.
: ssWell, Miss Lucy says [, ''only polr
+ out your traps, and I'll send 'em up to th
hotel, and fix you off as square as box. -
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