Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-01-15
Here she Goes, aud ,thereg ,ae Goes

CITY puPcrS ol NOthntn,- some -hEecn years ago.
day or two since We fell in with n gentleman
who took pains to acquaint himself S6rsonaliy
with the facts at the time of their occurrence,
aud whovonches for the truthfulness of thesub.i
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Not long since two tylishlooking persons
put up torthc night in the upper part Of the
city. On the morrow. after ordering their,
bill, they sent for the lapdlord, who was not
long in waiting upon his aristocratic guests.
:" wish to purchase that old clock up
stairs; will you sell t?" asked tho elder,
while the younger cast his eyes over the,
columns of a newspaper which lay upon the
table, The landlord, who had sot no great
value upon the clock, except as an hcir.loom
began to suspcctit might possess the virtue
of licywoOd's chair, all filed With coin-.and
almost involuntarly tho three asecnded to
the room which contained it, ..E
The fact is" snid tho older, Z" [ once won
twenty pounds with clock like that"
" Twenty pOundsW calculated the land
lord
Z" Yes. Yoa see that there Was ono like Il
in room down in Essex, and a fellow bot
INC he could keep his fore finger swinging
with the pendulum for an hour, only saying,
'llcro she goes, there she goes He couldn't
do it. walked the money out of him IN no
time - h
You did" You coultln't walk it out of
nc. HI bet ten poauds can do it or tho
spot"
Doncn' cried the stranger,
The clock struck eight, and with his back
to the table and door, the landlord popped
into chair
".IIcrc she COOS, there she gocsl" and his
finger waved Il curve. his eyes fully fixed on
the penduEum, The fellows interruption.
g Where is the money? Plank the mon.
cyl" "Y
The landlord was not to lose in that way.
His forc-tingcr slowly and surely went with
the pendulum and his left hand dsongaged
his purse from lis pocket, which he threw
behind him on the table. All was SILENT the
dappcr man at length exclaimed
=" Shall | deposit the money in the hands
Here She goes, there she goes!" was the
One of the wags left the room. lie heard
him so down stairs, but bc WAS not to be dis
turbcd by that trick.
Presently the waiter entered, and touching
him upon the shoulder. asked,
F." Mr., B, arc you crazy? What arc you
" Here she goes there she goes v' lie res
ponded, his hand and finger waving as
before.
The waiter rushed down stairs. called ono
his master. they ascendeG and m,I the nCSS 10 SGr
hor se;zi,,g b; tl, ~, Wy ne'S.
an implnrinr voice. S soia y '"' ''''''''' !"
"AIr. B., do not sit here. Come oo
down stairs; what can possibly possess you to
be sitting herc!'
Ierc. she goes. there she aoes =, WAS ,bc
the only reply. and tho solcmn raco md t,n
slow moving finger settled the matter.
lie ismad, replied the Friend, we must
The landlord was not to be dune,Y bc was
not to bc deceived IN, setb tho whclo tn,rn
came to intermpt him.
"You had better call un his wife n.ldoJ
the friend
~IIcrc she. goes. there she rnoS m rc,,r,tc5
tho landlord, aud still tho hand moved ON :,
In a moment. his Wife cnt@rod fiji ofn,,
NY of soul.
f" NV dear. " she. kindly s,il .>loo,, on ma.
it is your wilo who sncaks !"
4" Here she goes, there she, ooos ~ h;s
hand continued to move, but his wife woulln,f
go she would stay, and he thou~ht she WINS
determined to conspire against linn. and
make him lose tha. yya,eer She wont 40 clio
continued, 49,
What cause hare you for this? Whvdo
you do so? Has your wife -
Here she goes, there she roes ~ and his
finger seemed to be tracing it's airy progress
forarything she could ascerto;n +, thss cnm' CON-
trary
MY dear" she still cDntinue,l thinlsina
that the thought of his child, whom he fonIlT
loved, would tend to restore him, shall I
call up your daughter?"
"lEerc she,goes, there shecncs - thcland
lord againrcpeated, his eyes becoming more