The mountain Democrat., 1864-06-11

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Still said I, 4 think your conjurer is
q little DEAR
we have them Of all descriptions an
swered the proprietor, in less respectful
tone: some of them 60 out as low as ten
and six
Those must be professors of very in.
ferior kind, l conclude observed I, wish.
ing him to contradict me, above all things
But the master of the magi only shrugged
his shoulders, and threw out his hands
contemptuously. Il understand you,
said F.; they would only be just clever
enough to steal the spoons. Now, do
you let out Punch and Judy 2
Two, ten, six responded the proprie
tor, curtly; or, without the Dog Toby,
two guineas.'
Now, | had heard Of the play of liam.
let without the Prince of Denmark, but Of
Punch and Judy without the Dog Toby !
had never heard.
A man with monster magic lantern
would be how much = inquired |.
{ A guinea and his expenses returned
the proprietor. less respectfully than ever
Then let him be at my house by six
O'Clock, said and | presented my card
of address.
Having made an early dinner with great
discomfort, at chop house, and feeling
intensely fatigued with walking around,
instead Of doing my business as usual in
the city, returned home at about half
past five. | let myself softly in; and
passing on tiptoc the drawing from
which proceeded tumult Of juvenile rev
elry, found myself safe in my dressing
room, where there is little bed, on which
| determined to take forty winks, to
strengthen me for the festivities to follow.
| had taken off my pcruke, in order that
this interval of rcpose might be more en-
joyable, and was about to put OH my
dressing gown, when heard the sudden
clapping Of pair of tiny hands, and a
shrill voice, like that of malignant fairy,
observed: % my, if he don't wear wig!
A diminutive boy, in blue velvet knick
erbockers and pink stockings, whom |
suppose had awakened from slumbcr,
was sitting up on the bed, and staring at
me with all his might
What is your name, inquired ], you
wicked boy? and how dare you come
here? What is your name, say
Dunno returned he dcfiantly.
WHAT cried |; don't know your
own name? Whom do you belong to-
Par = he answered.
And why are you lying in my bed
with your horril boots on:'
| don't like the people down stairs,
responded the imp. | want my supper.
why, you have only just had tea, have
you not:'
Teas nothing. want my supper, l
say
rushed out Of the room aud screamed
nurse! nurSen over the baiusters as
loud as | could scream.
There was a trampiing Of many feet, a
rustling Of many crinolineS, and not one
nurse, but what seemed to be a legion OF
them (therc were eighteen, | bcIevc, in
the house at that moment,) came rushing
up the stairs. | stood upon the landing,
holding the strange boy by the collar, at
arms.length, and demanded that he should
be delivered to his proper guardian.
we don't know who has the charge Of
him, sir responded the eldest Of these
young persons, severely; but any one
of US will be delighted to take to the dar-
ling;' and indeed they at once began to
kiss and fondle the little creature, who,
had he but been accompanied by a hur-
dygurdy, might have passed for monkey
before committee Of the Geological So
ciety itself AS be was borne away in IL
sea of cur!s aud cap-strinss. he shrickel
out; 'Thc funny Old man has left his hair
upon the looking glass
Then, for the first time, it pierced me,
like red-hot wire, that had forgotten
my wig. 10 remain alone with my own
reflections after this circumstance was out
of the question, and so descended to the
drawing.room. This apartment seemed
to be filled with Marioncttes-little crea.
lures in velvet or white muslin, who APP
peared to have been recently bitten by a
tarantula. 1t was no more possible to
recognize an individual than any one
dancing moth in a sunbeam; and after
asking one of my own girls how her IA
thcr was, | gave up pretending to any
particular acts OF civility. Presently they
formed circlc-a charming fairy ring
and played at a dreadful game called The
Family Coach, wherein | sustained the
part of the wheel with immense ap.
plausc. had to get up and turn com.
pletely around some six and-twcnIy times
in every minute, and the satisfaction the
boys took in witnessing the degradation
of their senior was quite characteristic.-
In the midst Of one of these revolutions,
Colonel Chutney, my wifcs uncle was an
nounced. lie has always looked down
upon me and my family; but the look Of
contempt which passed over his copper
colored countcnancc at that moment was
absolutely withering.
What had become of that creature with
the magic lantern?
At last he came, with his three legged
stand for the apparatus, with his 'comic
and sentimental slides, with his portable
sheet, which can be put in any drawing
room, without injury to the most delicate
paperinG. Then a temporary darkness
fell upon us, accompanied by priceless
silence, which lasted nearly half second,
and was atoncd for by vocfcrous raptures,
following upon what the exhibitor de
scribed as the first 'hoptical illusion. =
The most popular representations were,
am afraid, those which Mr. Ruskin would
have found most fault with: pictures Of
gentlemen with elongated chins and cxag-
gerated noses; and when II bald person OF
rcpulsive appearance was introduced, and
shrill voice exclaimed There's that
funny man again, who left his wig upon
the dressing table, there was perfect
hurricane of applause. Scarcely less EN-
barrassing was the remark of our own
Mabel, who, upon the first appearance oI
the Flying Cupid, calculated with unwont-
ed distinctness: Poor, poor!* 1t dot no
tothes on
The nerformanccs vcre SLIGHTLY marrcd