Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1860-08-04

And SO she is coming at last. I'm So
glad !"
! Whether it was that the train Of my
thoughts was upon that point at the mo
ment, or what, l cannot say; but / knew
directly the whole matter ! saw Carrie
with on open letter in her hand, and coup
! ling 1t with Nettie's words, knew that the
hitherto only heard Of May Stephens was
about to become a reality. had no need
to ask questions. All the information was
! proffered May Stevens the Incompatible
May-was to spend a month at Hyatt's,
and they were to expect her at any moment
though, as the letter read she might not be
down for week to come A week lit
YVES an age, century aud l was in nut-
ter of excitement. My long standing pas
sion, of nearly two weeks duration, for
Nettie and Carrie, was forgotten in an in
slant, and my whole mind was absorbed in
making the best figure possible before this
new queen. With this idea, began to look
into mywardrobe. had come down with
sufficient clothes to answer all ordinary pur-
poses, including, of course, Nettie and Gar
rie ; but the new goddess was certainly
worthy of new rig on my part, and Ger
tainly should have It, This resolution
was made within fifteen minutes after hear
ing the announcement Of her intended coming ::
and before two hours had gone by, | was
whzzing on my way to town, to carry ont
that resolve Ny choicest morSels of ward
robe should be offered on the shrine Of May
Stevens.
i had abscnted myself on the plea Of
sudden memory Of n business neglected, and
and faithfully promised Nettie and Carrie
that the next day should see me down at
HyattS again, to stay ont the month that
May Stevens, the wonderful, was about
to pass with them.
The racking of brain that day, to create
grand ensemble of costume-semething
beyond all eli icism, that should at the first
glance strike the behoder silent with admi-
ratiOn-was indeed terrible The labor of
writing Paradise Lost was nothing to it..
1t was early in the day when | arrived at
my city rooms, and, for six hours | dressed
and re.dreSsed, compared and rejected and
selected and at the end of that time
had laid ont those portions Of my wearabls
goods in which | had decided to make my
first appearance before May Stevens 1t
wanted still several hours to sunset. Hav.
ing got safely through the great object of
my visit, | thought it would not be bad
idea for me to take the last train and return
the same night to Hyatt's, instead of wait
ing over til! morning No sooner said than
done. packed my habimentS, and away
| went Whizzing and putting over an un-
interesting road is provocative of sleep. So
/ found it when the shades of evening fell !;
for, to the best of my recollection, was in
the very midst of dream, in which May
Stevens, attired in book muslin and pale
blue satin, sat on purple cloud and ad.
mirngly inquired who my tailor was Just
as / was about to inform her, there came 3
crash. and for q moment was not entirely
certain whether it was the cloud that had
| exploded, or myself had torn some portion
of my apparel that was oyerstained 1t
required but moment to awaken me to
the fact that both presumptionS were wrong.
! 1t was our train-the 6:26-that had run
off the track smashing things generally
and Spilling the contentSo of several baggage
cars along the road, to say nothing Of
frightening half hundred passengers into
a condition bordering on lunacy This was
pretty state of things, and to make it still
worse, was eight miles from my destna-
ton, though, as it afterwards appeared, not
mile from the next village, where, heard
it canvossei, q tavern, supper and beds
conld be had
l was disposed to make myself agreeable,
and, accordingly, rendered all the assistance
in my power TO the unprotected females, for
which got my reward on arriving at the
haven of refuge-the promised tavern by
| being informed that such thing as bed
! for the night was an impossible idea, aud
that with some twenty more of the male
gender, mast be content with chairs, while
the beds we're appropriated to the gentler
sex. Slightly diSgusted swallowed my
snpper, and looked out upon the night. 1t
was a beautiful moonlight and verging on
20 ten o'clock. By Jove would walk
over to Hyatts No sooner said than
done. Giving my carpet bag into the
hands of the landlord, with the most EN-
phatic charges for its safety and punctua
delivery at Hyatt's next morning, at any
expense, set forth. Eight miles is a tri
he; and Just as my watch marked the quar-
ter after midnight, | went up the lane tina
led 10 the house. They were early folks a
the farm-early to bed and early mp:
walked round the house trying each doc
and window for 40 entrance, but each an'
every one was fastened. IL was Of no con
Sequence my bed room window looked on
upon the roof Of the piazza l would no
disturb the house by knocking a bit o
climbing would do the business, and shouIC
the window be fastened, | would tap ant
awaken Horace, who was my Toom'mat
and bedfellow. The thing was executed a
soon as thought Of, and my hand on th'
window, which yielded, and stood ip M
own room. BY the moonlight which stream
ed in | saw that the bed was occupied. auC
] by the heavy breathing ] kpew that Hor
ace was in deep sleep. would not, there
fore awaken him, but save the story OF m
iniskap for the following day. With lhi
resolution slipped quietly into bed, and Il
three minutes was oblivious.
I What ought to have dreamed tha
night I But shall not anticipate. l la.
facing the widows as the sun .pseped onl
above the distant bills, and scattered tn
grey mists Of the morning, My hed'ielloV
| D'1I, hut II WAS hfOai