The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1863-09-17


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80 does mine" said She Il am told the
phenomenon happens in all these submarine
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'Why, we amt off yet" observed the page
contemptuously, who had been (most unjust
ifiably) listening to our conversation. | should
perhaps have rebuked him, but the awful bell
SWUNG, out from terra firma, and we beheld
beneath us, the cold and treacherous wave
''NNhat terrible situation" calculated my
fair companion.
''Not altogether" i1tnrned ], with pres
sure of the fingers.
eve are lea &c all bsalind us--or at least
above rs a|6 @ey even III that awful
rne.ss;t i4lG otaf5 ffiess did moi. desert her.
Heaven prcserye us; what was tio,t,f
A cannaa appeared to have gone off inme-
dately outside my ear, and then it went on
fring ,s.ys,, @plute--and didn't stop then.
I ] trenbled ike an aspen leaf but not so
much as the beautiful being VINO relied oH me
f.r succor. We leaned up agalnst one another
fox mutual support With my left arm, me
chanic6slr encircIe.l lag ysist; with my right
hand | GRASP as 70zea Of the pages but
tons. On OnH 9r vas Poetry; on the
other, Science. ry
''What are those drtaaful guns ?" inquired
the young lady.
'Guns!" cried.t}y page, laughing laugh
peculiar q hope, . water Replies. That's on
ly the tin1palaiuaa of your ear adjusting,
bless YER ItIl get wuss and wuss, and the
top of yer'ed VIII be likely to fly off, as it
seems to you, before we get to the bottom
A-comine up, you'll like it better.
"Doar girl, whispered |, in tones of com
g ~ Il, rf 10
head upon my shoulder"
She did so, and l caught her broken tones
inquiring what was that dreadful thing that
kept beating against the bell, as though it
wantedto get in among us. 81 hopeand trust
my good boy" said she, addressing the page
with sudden animation, 'that is not that cleo
trio eel ?''
do believe if had not fast hold of that
boy by his buttons, that he would have fallen
off his seat into the water, in paroxysm of
mirth, and left us without any protector 'Lor
bless we miss, replied he, when he got breath
enough to do so, chats the beating of the
hair-pump that is if that was to stop for arr
a minute, it would be all Hockey with us in
| this ERE bell"
'Hoolley!" calculated the terrified young
creature. ''What dreadful language he does
use You haven't got waterproof coat on,
! have you sir?'
trembIed as the dear girl made this extra
,,adinary inquiry, for thought that terror
was depfiving her of reason. Could she inn
zinc that Macintosh would save us, ever so
lany fathoms under water, as we now wereP
''Alas no, said l, thinking it best to hui
NOR her; Il left my waterproof coat up above
ana also my umbrella"
| Il asked" returned she, because seem to
breath nothing else but India Rubber"
Perllara Twas this peculiar atmosphere
which erased her words, as it were, as soon
as she uttered them thar compelled me to
| keep my check quite close to her, to catch the
| precious words.
''They pump the air through India rubber
| tubes" | answered.
GLOW wise your are" she said, adnlirlng-
| ly, chow nice it must be to know everything"
every nice" said |; please tell me there
| fore, what name you bear i'll the upper world.
| | have read of syrens and mermaids--How
| dare you touch that ladys dress" cried /,
with excessive indignation, as the scientific
page made sudden snatch at her petticoats.
''They was a-gettin into the water, that's
why" returned the youth, with sulkiness--
| 'Don't you 90 a-holerin at me- It's my du-
| ty to take care of all as comes down here, and
[ have my orders about their petticoats."
''My good boy" said l, here is half-a
crown for you. am sorry spoke so loud,
because water conducts sound with great ia
cility, and they may have heard me up above
All that passes among ourselves should be re-
spected as being of private nature"
"'Mum is the word, observed the page, and
he winked with an air of supernatural sub
marine cunning at the unconscious Charlotte
Elizabeth-for it is needless to say that the
enchanting young mermaiden was she.
Almost Immediately afterwards, we began
to ascend every instant the guns fired with
less distinctness, and we became more like
ourselves. But during the few minutes that
we had been immersed, had experienced
complete metamorphosis-1 had suffered
sea-change into something rich and strange;
| had descended fancy free, | arose a captive
to the Diving Belle.
The rest of the courtship was Of the ordin-
| airy description, and terminated i'll the usual
way Chambers Journal.
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