Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1866-07-25
AN AMOROUS SHOEMAKER CONE T
GRIEF


to which an amorous shoemaker felt. He
was not content with the one wife he had
taken, but he most needs 60 poachiGg on
his nelghbor's grounds. His neishbor's
wife, annoyed by his declarations, told
her husband. The latter replied I'VE
will punish him" They put their
heads together to devise some suitable
punishment. The evening after this
famiiy's consultation, the amorous shoe
maker (who lived Immediately opposite
the house painter, whose wife be so loyed)
seeing the husband absent, called on the
wife. He was in higher spirits than ever
he bought an enormous nosegay, made
entirely Of roses, and was as tull of COM
pliments as he could be- The wife said
to him, in reply to a question; "My
husband has gone to St. Germain to re-
cover debt of some 200f." The shoe
n.aker was delighted at the prospect of
spending the whole evening with her
Two hours flew away in most delightful
conversation. lie pressed her to yield !;
she refused. At last she said: "My
greatest objection to You is the horrible
odor Of leather, which all shoemakers
have. Take bath in my husbands
bathing tub, and perhaps, after YOU smell
like other people, VIII not be SO obsti-
nate as you say l am" The shoemaker
hesitated. He dreaded foul play, but
/ faint heart never won fair lady-he un-
dressed aud was soon in the bath. lie
! bad not been in it mdJe than five minutes
when loud, quick knocking was heard at
the door. The wife screamed, "1Eoa
Dicut There is my husband. What
will Lecome of US ?" The shoemaker
vas frightened out of his wits his teeth
ehattercd his knees knocked together,
he was utterly bewildered with fright
"Come into this wardrobe, quick ~ ex-
claimed the wife, He obeyed instantly.
The wife opened the door; the husband
entered in a towering fury and violently
threw his cap on the floor, exclainling :;
"Accursed trip, have not brought
one cent back with me to pay the note Of
200f. due to morrow. | never in my
life was in such bad luck as [ an now.
Give me something to eat. L am half
dead with hunger and thirst" The wife
replied, in her softest, gentlcst tone,
Here is some cold meat, bread and wine,
dear" The husband seized two knives
on the table and sharpened them in
manner which must have made the poor
shoemaker 5 blood run cold as he crouch
in the wardrobe naked, wet shivering
with fear, and cold, nearer dead than
alive. "Wife," continued The husband,
Il must sell the wardrobe tomorrow
Ny friend the shoemaker over the way
has long been wanting to buy it. l will
carry it to him tomorrow morning. y
As the husband spoke, he went up to the
wardrobe, and, after rattling the key for
some time, in which we're new terrors to
the poor amorous shoemaker, who doubt
less vowed If he ever got out of this scrape
he would let other meas wives alone
After supper husband and wife went to
bed. The next morning at nine o'clock
the husband went out to get four porters.
They took the wardrobe and carried it
over to the shoemaker's, The husband
found the shoemaker's family in a state
Of the gre atest CONSERVATION. He could
be found nowhere; the warmest appro-
tensions were entertained of his fate
his flmily were in tears. The husb band
was unable to relieve their anxiety he
had neither seen nor heard Of his friend.
The shoepaker's wife accepted the ward
robe, (Which she knew her husband had
long desired to purchase and when the
house painter gave her the key she open
ed the door to examine the condition of
her purchase. The instant the door
opened naked man with hair on end,
covered with red, bounded forth, knock
ed down the wife. Her screams, the
terror of the porters and the apprentices,
were dreadful. Meanwhile, the naked
red man, evidently beside himself, ran
wildly about the shop; his wife, pOrters
and apprentices, few at him with what
ever they could lay hands on, and gave
him a sound drubbing, until he recover
ed his senses sufficiently to discover HIM
self. The house painter had prepared
the bath with a quantity of glue, and
had thickly "dustcd" the inside oe the
wardrobe with powdered ochre, which
had been transferred to the poor shoe
makers body lar;ns his nights restless