Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1861-05-10

man received with Il bland smile, o1
which he drank quite copiously, while
the other boarders looked on in aston
ishment
A dead silence reigned at the table
after this, until the noble Sir William
suddenly called out, at the top Of his
voice.
"Laudlord landlord u
"WeH, sir?'
Have you any music9"
"Music?'' ......
Eyes. can never get through
supper without music. Cant you get a
band, or some musicians to play while
we eat?"
Il do not know of any Sir, except a
fiddle that one of the walters sometimes
plays on, Sir"
That's it, that is just the thing -
Send for it Immediately, and let him
play, or | shall never be able to eat any
thing" -... ..-e. .....
The violin was brought, and the wal
ter, frightened half out of his wits, was
stationed directly behind the chair Of
the deaf gentleman, and made to play a
variety of jigs. cotillons, waltzes, !ete.,
which he did most execrably, but to the
great apparent delight of his lordship,
who beat time with his knife and fork
on the table, wagged his head, and
evineed the liveliest appreciation of the
performance.
1t was with immense difficulty that I
kept straight face through all these
vagaries; but my new friends counte-
nance remained perfectly immovable un-
,, til supper was over, when he silenced
the music, and asked blessing little
longer than grace.
The evening was passed in success
sion Of curious feats and surprises on the
deaf gentleman's part, that convinced
NE of the eccentrcity Of his character;
and entering into the spirit Of the thing,
I Joined him in several freaks, such as
insisting that the stove in our rooms
should be BACKED and polished before
bedtime: that we should have large
dinner bell during the night, in case we
wanted anything; and that a ladder
should be set on the outside Of the
house, near our window, for fear Of fire.
Then, after playing a game Of marbles
with much gravity in the parlor, we re-
tired, and had hearty laugh, which
had been pent up within me for several
hours.
A little past midnight, just as I had
fallen into Il sound sleep, [ was aroused
by tremendous ringing of the bell, and
found Sir William sitting up in bed.
swinging the noisy instrument about
his head, and shouting "Waiter! land
lord! waiter' at the top of his lungs.
Half the people in the house were at
our door in Il minute, and every one
supposed that some terrible calamity
| had occurred; but it seemed that the
deaf gentleman only wanted glass of
brandy, which was procured for him,
and the tavern became quiet, once more.
Twice again, however, during the
night, he repeated the request, making
more and more noise each time, so that
it was not to be wondered at that the
landlord asked me privatel y at the
break fast table if my friend was not in
sane. l assured him. very gravely that
he was not, and hinted that the nobility
Of Great Britain were very different in
their manners and habits from the
vulgar masses, a theory that he seemed
very willing to accept.
AS we took passage again in the
morning train, the deaf gentleman re-
sumed his ordinary air, and appeared
delighted with the waggery and its eff
tects He told me that he rarely
travelled without playing some such
pranks, and related many funny anec-
dotes Of his adventures and doings in
, that way Among ether things, he in
formed me that he intended calling on
lady at c., where my journey en-
ded, introducing himself to her, aston
ishing her as completely as possible
He had correspondence with her, he
said, but had never seen her, and ex-
pected an immense deal of diversion
| from the affair, as he knew all about
her from some of her friends whom he
! had met
''She does Mt know me from Adam, -
said he, ''and will not be able to imagine
how on earth I could know her history.
shall not tell her who [ really am at
first, but let her tax her powers of guess
ing for while. "
| was quite interested in this odd af-
fair, and determined to keep an eye on
all the deaf gentleman movements, and
to assist him, if possible, in making it
as much Of joke as [ could.
At small station town, not far from
c., we stopped to dine, and the deaf
gentleman proposed a new feature for
the ladys confusion.
Il will shave off my beard and
whiskers," said he, ':leaving only a
moustachc, like yours Then we will
exchange clothes, and call. first one, and
then the other. l will tell you what to
talk about, what revelations to make;
you shall feign deafness, ETC., and we
will insist upon it that we are one and
the same person. What do you say"
The idea struck me favorably, and we
proceeded to put it into execution. My
com mpanon shaved himself, and dressed
his hair, so as to resemble me somewhat t.
and after exchanging garments we took
the cars again for c. while he told
me what to say to the lady when | should
call upon her.
found, on arriving at c., that
need not have taken the trouble Of the
trip. The business that took me there
was the removal Of certain funds
belonging to house in which was in
terested from the C. Bank to another
banking institution of the same town
and some complications of the accoun
rendered my personal attendance neces
sary. But on arriving, I found tina