Sauk Rapids frontierman., 1857-07-02


l' ing all tl'e while Now. il happened
i we'll that the new, cFuhiag store, had Il
corner 7' lp'sartit,onsa &C tor Tile purpose.
1 an and Nehemiah Nehemiah vas speedily closed
AItheve:n n; n.
The pants had ~ ri. a1ld 1he straps.
| | were vs. hi'ttonea. aiah had. seen
st straps +hefafp, bat ihe-af man gipg
I them tbs vas mystery s1r consideration
ifhs decided ,ss I, f,ifosss .npsl. 90 on
/ first. He then mouated 4 chair. 'cleya-#
I.tsa Ited his pants at = proper angle, and en-
1 1 dsavofed g coax nis legs into them.
| Iie Lad time Of Ills boots were
none Of the smallest, and the pants none,
] of the widest; the chair. too, was rick
.Ieiy, and bothered him; but bending his
energy to the task, he succeeded in in
duc!!nngg one leg Info the ','pesky things
/ lie was stsaddted like the Colossus ol
Rhodes, and jus III the act Of raising
the other loot, whea Whispering and
igiggiing in his immediate vicinity made
| him alive 10 the appalling fact ttaat moth
I Ing but a chintz curtain separated bin
/ from twenty or thirty Of the prettiest
and wickedest girls that were ever Gagged
/ in one shop. @
! nehemiah was Il bashftl youth, and
4 would have made circumbendibus ola
/ mile any day rather than meet those
girls, even if he had been in full dress,
as it was, his mouth was much aiar at
the bare possibility Of making ibis APP
pearance among them in dlsha billie -
| What there was hoEe in the curtainr
I What if he should fail3 1t wonidu's
! bear thinking Of and plugging his foot
into the vacant leg with a sort Of frantic
/ looseness, he brought on the very ca
tastrophe he was So anxious to avoid :
The chair collapsed with a sudden
! scroaet, pitching Ntllemialt heels owe,
.Ihcad through the curtain, and he made
.sa grand entrance among the stitching
AF2isin....iss, 81 all fturs, like 4 fatteue<l
/ rhinoceros.
+ Perhaps Collier himself never exhib-
| tied Il more striking ta5l.aa riuaat than
was now displayed. Nehemiah was a
''model," every ineh oftim, aud. though
I not exactly "oi,itag CO a pedestal, he
was going through lha, movement quite
as well on his bact--ktcking and p!t!ng~
ing; in short, persoAttF1as IN thirty sec
Ionds al! the attitudes ever chiseled As
for the girls, they screamed, Of course.
/ jumped upon chairs and cutting g-boards,
threw their hands over their faces, peep
ed over their fingers perfectly natural
--screamed again, and declared they
should die they knew they should!
/ 20, Lort." hlubbered ti1e distressed
young man; don't, gals, donh' /
didn' 60 tew, swan 10 mac | didn r.
it's all owing 10 these -ussed trowsers
ey'ry mite ont. Ask your boss; he'll
tell you how ii was, Oh. dear! WON'T
nobody kiyer me up with old clothes, or
turn the wood-box oyer me? Oh, Mos
es ia the bu'lrushes' what will Nancy
}say:'',
| lie managed to raise himself on his
feet. and made q bold plunge toward
the door: but the entangling ALLIANCES
Etripped him up again. and he fell ker-
slap upon the goose ofthe ,sFess1tnafi4
I This was the nnkindest cut of all. The
goose had been heated expressly foi.
1 thick cloth seams, and The way It sized
ii the scat Of The new paats was atnict-
1 ING To The wearer. Nehemiah rig id an
instant, and seizing the source Of all
| his troubles BY The Slack, he tore him
self from all save the straps ard some
\ firag ments that hung about Ills ankles,
| as he dashed through the Emporium
\ at 40 rate, and made tracks for
hum. 80 Hu,per.
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