The North-Carolinian. [volume] (Fayetteville [N.C.]) 1839-1861, 1859-02-05
The Mistakes OF a Night

we nave the ClnclunaLI EluulIct GS SOOSASA
for the following
newly married pair put up at the Spencer
House-they went shopping-returned-br
had left some tlings-she quietly slipped cut,
leaving her spouse asleep-found her lost art.-
observation-disclosures Main for Broadway
got into the Mansion instead of the Spencer
it looked little strange-asked boy II she was
in the Spencer-boy said yes, not fully under
standing her-she told him to lead her TO As
she partly dsrobed and got into bed-c2pected
her husband momentariiy-fell asseep--tie oc-
cupant of 4S Mansion, Indiana merchant,
returned from the theatre-a little tiSht-qui-
etly went to .rcom-to bcd-to sleep The
account proceeds
How lcng the two reposed there side by side,
uucons, iopk of e g. othef3 5sancc, i rot
i exactly known, but probably about hour,
when a tremendous noise was heard in the
apartment from which female screams issued
wildly, piercing and INCREASINGLY
! The hotel in uproar propretors,
| clerks. walters, porters, and guests, dressed
and half-dressed, We're at the door of ''forty
eight" in few minutes. blocking up the entrance
and asking each other eagerly, What is the
| matter p For Gods sake tell Us hat is the
trouble 2"
The cause Of this outcry may be ina gined.
The bride had awakened about midnight and
putting her hand over her husband, it fell up
on the Indianian's face, and the soft, warm
touch aroused him at once. He did not under
stand it exactly, though he did not dislike 1T,
and in moment more Mrs. II. said" My
dearest husband, where have you been all the
while 2"
" Husband" echoed the merchant be ginning
to see, like lord 1insel that he had "made u
small mistake here,' IL am nobody's husband.
reckon, my dear madam, you're in the wrong
bed"
In the wrong bed--horror of horrors, thought
the bride What would her licge lord-what
would the world say And Mrs Il. screamed
! terribly and sprang from her couch just as her
companion did the same. He was fully much
alarmed she, and entreatcd her to give him
time and lie would leave the apartment, al
though it was the one he had engaged-he'd
oath to that.
Scream scream, was the only response to this
kind proposition
"My God, madam don't yell so !! you'll wake
the house. BE reasonable swear its only
mistake. Have some thought of the consc-
quence. 1 don't want to hurt you, swear
don't. You'll get me shot, and yourseli-wcll,
l won't say what"
just at this juncture, the throng outside pre-
sented itself at the door, aud beheld Mrs. x.
covering in one corner, exercising her lungs
, magnifcentIy, with sheet wrapped over head
and form, and the lndlani"n III the middle Of
the ROOM enveloped in a coveret and ejacua-
ting, My God. madam. don't"
The junior proprietor, DR. Cahl, there
must be some mistake, aud requesting the otl ers
to retire, called the merchant out, went with
him into another room and there learned the
whole story. Tie Doctor then sent one Of the
ladies Of the hotel to Mrs r., aud the entire
q fair was explained greatly to her relief, though
she was overwhelmed with confusion at "a err
cums1ancc that might have runcd her reputa-
/ tion forever
Under the escort of the Doctor, she was
conveyed to the "Spencer," where the husband
was found pacing the corridors with frantic
mein, and halt-crazed with grief at the mystic
rious disappearance Of his wife, whom he be-
! lieved had been spirited away by villain,
murdered for her jewels in this " Internal city,"
where, he expressed it, "they would Kill u
man for dollar any time"
AS soon he beheld his spouse, he caught
her to his bosom, and wept like child. He
was melted with happiness at her discovery and
recovery, and told her that lie had secured the
city for intelligence of her whereabouts in vain.