The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1857-11-27
mFFIN, OHIo FRIDAY, NOVEMBER p, i857.
a Tronhlaanme Hwan.

| Iho N. d, lfloUNo OF EfluAY relatoe
an amusing story, which Il declares to be
true, Of lady and gentleman ht bath
ing place on Long Island. They were
engaged to be married, aud ono warm
evening when walking along the beach.
talking nonsense, thoy oauho to a beauti-
,ul cove. which was divided by a rocky
projection into two nice little bathing
places. 10 was agreed that they should
bathe, one taking one place and the other
che other, so they would be out Of sight
Of each other. They went TO- were hav.
ing FIRST rate time, splashing About and
talking over the rock to each other, when
a little scamp, who had been fishing there
happened 10 sec thom, aud straightway
was possessed by .he Devil to change
their clothes. lie dill it, and tho result
is thus rolated:
As the boy ran behind a sand-hill his
long shadow between her and the sinking
sun attracted the lady's notice, aud in
somo trepidation she haslened to don her
apparel Fancy her "leelinks" on find.
ing, not her own clothes, but the hat
coat vest aud other articles, in exlenso
Of the gentleman on the other side Of the
Ipromontory How could II have hap
pened-and what was to be doneY Was
that Cearfully long shadow sOm1 spirit Of
the sea or shore, who, offended at her
intrusion os his solitude, had resortod to
this method Of puDishing her temerity?
Il were better to imagine her situation
than to attempt to describe il.
In the meantime the gentleman, too,
repaired to the shore TO dress. Speech
less astonishment was depicted on his
oountenance as IL fell upon heap Of
women's clothing. "What the thunder, -
he muttered to himself, "does this meant
Is this place turned around, or am l era.
zy." In the greatest perplexity he tool
up one article Of feminine apparel after
another to the number Of about thirty
letting one after another drop again upor
the rock whore he stood, with many a hal
audible ejaculation Of wonder. There
was no doubt in his mind As 10 whom The
things belonged, but how did they 20
there, and whore wer6 his own cloLhesi
With one arm akimb6, he pressed hii
Iother hand upon his forehead TO collect
his beWildered sense, little thinking that
the mischiovo1s elf Who was tho author
of his embarrassment was laughing a
him from behind the same sand.hill.
After few moments of hesitation, tn,
gentleman SHOUTED to his lady love tn,
awkward intelligence, and in return wa
informed that his clothes lay at her feet
An that was TO DO done was to 1xchaug,
the lots; but how ia the name Of delica
cy, was that oonsummation. so devoutly
wished, to be effected? The sun wa
now down, but il was not dark yet. ri
nally, it was arranged that the lady SHOULD
venture into tho water with her eyes sea
ward, while the lover should exchange tn,
clothes and return to his side OF tn
rocks, Unfortunately, irst rs no wa
about to cut around tho other side 10 per
form that duty, he caught sight Of
, couple Of young ladies' not far of, and h
felt compelled to retreat precipitately l.
his place again His disoomftted com
panion would have thon come out hastily
and called 10 the ladies for their help, bu
they were distant, and between hersel
and them she saw BOY passing along.
+ TO cut the story short, The 'peodliarlv
unpleasant predioament" lasted until th'
young lady felt it necessary, TO save her
self from being chilled to death, to attir,
herself in her lovers clothing. lie, Of
his part, put her garments to the same us
for his own benefit aud a pretty good fl
il was; for the two friends were about o
a size, and but fer the discrepancy Of
I full beard he might in less dusky ligh
than then prevailed, have passed for a lady
II was his intention, in some way or an
other, he hardly knew how, to rectify th,
matter Immediately; bat when he ventur
ed 20 rejoin his laughing a1d blushinl
sweetheart, he saw tho mischievous boy
little distance of, with grin on his i'm
pish countenance, closely watching thei
motions. Quickly puttinga handRerchie
to his face to conceal his tell-tale beard
the gentleman took the lady's arm, anC
they sauutered on the shore until it wa
dark and then entered the hotel as private
| ly as possible, and making the best o
their way to their respective rooms, los
no time in donning more appropriate ha
bilimsnts.