The weekly ledger., 1857-06-06
A Bad Fix.

Once. ON IL tlHle, III Tue NlIldTe OF D
and State of Massachusetts, lived beaute-
ous maiden of seventeen, whom we will call
Fanny l., and George B was her
accepted and devoted lover.
The course of true love ran smooth, and in
due time they were married This occurred
one summers morning, and same day they
travelled coziy and happily together to New
York as the first stage of their wedding tour
As companion du coyage, younger brother
of the bride, a mischievous young rascal of
fifteen, accompanied them and well ii would
have been for the happy pair if they had
trusted themselves to their own society, and
left James at home to ornament dogs tails
and SNOWFALL the schoolmaster
Well, the party arrived in the city and went
to the st. Nicholas Hotel. While George
was duly attending to the comfort of his
young wife, james, in the performance of his
duties as groomsman went to the office of the
hotel, to enter the names and select appro-
pirate apartments Pen in hand a brilliant
idea struck him, and in pursuance herewith,
he entered their several names on the register
thus:
James l.,
Miss Fanny l.,
George B,
and selected three rooms for their accommo-
dation.
Fanny retired early, being somewhat fa-
tigued with travelling. George smoked his
cigar for an hour or two, and dreamed of
Ibis bachelorhood, we suppose, and final
ly requested to be shown to his apartment.
An obsequous waiter came, candle in hand
and asked what number it was.
"With the lady who came with me-" George
replied, slightly blushing.
The waiter smiled, hesitated, and then ap-
preached an exquistely dressed clerk, and
whispered in his ear.
The clerk stepped up to George and re-
peated, what room did you say, siry"
"With the lady who arrived with me-"
George answered again, now blushing to the
tips of his ears
The clerk smiled and shook his head as if
in pity OF the unfortunate young mans igno-
rance.
at won't do, sir; you have mistaken the
house, sir. Such things are not allowed here,
sir"
at won't do Why, only want to go
to bed"
"That you may very certainly do-in your
own room, sir; but not in the ladys apart
ment, sir"
"The hdys apartment Why that lady
is my wife"
The clerk bowed ironically.
"All very fine, sir, but it won't go down,
sir; here is the entry, sir"
George looked at the register, and there
was the entry, sure enough: miss Fanny
l., George B."
He saw the whole secret at glance. He
protested and entreated-but it was of no use.
He called on james to witness his veracity-
but James was nowhere to be found. The
by-standers laughed, and the clerk was mex
orable; and the poor fellow was forced to re-
tire to his solitary chamber, to pass his bri-
dal night invoking blessings on the whole
class of respectable houses" and younger
brothers
How George justified his conduct to the
disconsoate Fanny this veritable history
doth not state.
SCARCITY OF VRGNs.-A correspondent
of the San Francisco Chronicle writing from
Acapulco on the 7th Of May, says: an a
procession last Sunday, where ten virgins
were required to act as supporters to the Vir-
gin Mary, only six could be found the Padre
had confessed all the people of over fourteen
years in the town week previous What a
good show there is here for a moral reform
society"
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