Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1865-12-09

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standing in nv shirt at the window.
lie hurriedly spoke to the Others,
and then one shouted:
Boys, lets give him three
cheers
And they did.
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I shrank back, and crept shivcring
into bed just as gun number four
went off. amid another set of cheers.
One-and-thirty times did that infer.
nal piece go off; devontly praying
each time that it might burst, and so
stop. Then there were more cheers.
Then there was bonfire. blazing up
so suddenly into the window that 1
thought the house had caught fire.
Then there was "1Iail Columbia :"
and " Yankee Doodle" on a cracked
fiddle and a wheezy clarionet. At
last, the Babel quieted down, and l.,
wondering considerably what it was
all about, fell asleep.
But if I was mystified about the
doings Of the night, I was consider
ably more puzzled bv the goings on
Of the morning. My host met me
with a most profound bow, and was
deferentially solicitous about my
health. The bar-keepcr bowed rev.
erentially when I passed him. The
bar-room idler's all respectfully rose
to their feet, staring hard mean
while.) as walked through. The
chamber-maid dropped as many as
fifty courtesies, one after another,
when I happened to meet her in the
hall, and so overwhelmingly civil
was every body, that l half.imagined
I had stepped out Of free-and.easy
America into courteous France.
On looking round, I perceived the
house itself was marvellously
changed, overnight. The scrubbing-
brush must have been busy since
daylight, for the floors were freshly
secured. and the windows glistened
with polish, while the furniture was
"set round" in the primmest kind
o f order. The landlady, although it
was the 81 atternly hour of eight
O'Clock in the morning, was arrayed
in majestic black silk, and her cap.
with it's multitudinous cherry-colored
ribbons, was miraculous to behold.
Mine host evidently had on his
Sunday black sait, and had thrust
himself into a clean shirt, starched
to an extent that kept him perpen.
dicular as a grenadier.
It must be, thought I, that this is
county fair day; or perhaps they are
going to have q wedding in the
house.
"By the way, what was the firing
for, last nightz" / Inquired.
"Oh. q mere six-pounder. Sir
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