The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-05-23
5plttteh Sturu.
Nat Harrison,

sieeted 10 tns Legislature rom this SEQ
tion," said an old fellow, a. We Sefs all
seated around the little hotel at Nc
Lanesborough; Hamilton county, Illinois.
"Old Nat vas regular brick-hs was
elected jd., bscauss .h.te va, no Sue to
run in opposiiioi to him. Our country
was rather bad ot for io,eillssn. p.opl.
10 those days A few days ahsr old Nat
had gone to Springfield. to attend the
duties OF bis office, I happened to be there
Also, on some business Of = private char
acter, and thinking he would be glad to
hear from the folks at home, I concluded
to call on him At the Prairie aud On
quirs after his health"
ave been we'll. Tom," said, he, "bu, I
got awfu:Iy scared the first nigh, s,aid
in this dsrue1 place"
How was ,hatr Il inquired.
"Well," said Nat, am tell you all
about il. You sse, e,tha, fellow behind The
rountef-the fellows here cali him the
host-wsll, I told him l wanted to see
my bed. so I'd know where to sleep, when
I'd come in after awhile. He took me
up stairs TO little room, and said could
slesP there, and then he went down. !
took good notice Of it-browu door With
yellow stfSaks here and there, and white
airthsn ioek.ban6ls-I started down, a
ehinkin' about this, and. 4 wouldp': look
at no other door, for fear I'd kinder gs.
sm mixed up in ny head, aud forge.
which WAS mine.
"A5out twelve o'clock that night. I
came iG with ha al! CROWN bummn' IT,
my bead. sne the very 6rst thing I found
y. the top Of the stairs was ny identical
door. With the yellow .trsaki and white
lock bAedls. Coed says 7, and in Ium
b1s. I walks up to The bod and whA.
do y"d ,binki Why I fouud one Of your
long.isggsd. blaek'~hisk.rsd town fellows
In It fa.t asleep. I takes him by the
beard. and rsars him up on his end. and
gives him . short sarmin tells him to
leave As quick as double triggers. or III
be cusssd II I wouldn't kick him down
s,airs.; tells him don't van. to do It
nuthsr, for was = msnber Of the l.ses
i.,ur.. aud Reprsssn,a,iv. from Hamilton.
bu. II got to fighting he'd find me t. b.
n full team.
rThe fellow looked awfully scared, and
~itAsut saying word he go, up. very
humble like. and started for bis dry goods
which hung on a chair up in the corner.
I sot down BY the light and begun to
undrsss; and says to him. draw on
them duds and toddls frsm here. or I'll
be darnsd il I-(,ufaing round to look
fercs at him) ssss bim' Q comm a. me
Ni.h one Of the dsd droddsst butcher
knives 10 the world. Well, thought ],
Nat, you've got yourself into light place,
by jingol and so We began to lumbar
about the room like the very nation.
Here ] vent, and here be came. At las,
! got between him and the door and ou,
] shot.
This beats all, said I; Representative
OF the legislature res.sd 10 this way. /
went down stsirs aud told ths feIlsr b
hind the cous;sr that some cuss Was 10
my reom."
"No, ] guess not" said he. "perhass
there is some mistaks; yours is No. g."
Thinks perhaps there may be some
mis,sks. and so l gots back. When
got to the top Of The s,airs ] began to
count at the first door, aud until / had
counted eight I found they all looked
ja.s exactly alike. opened th. door
AID vent 10, feeling certain lba, was the
one picked ou, fsr me. A candle was
burning on the table, By the Iigb. OF
which saw that soms person vas in bed
Nos feeling iacImed to kick up another
nsss, l coccIudsd TO crawl 10 9th him
And cay nothing sbou, Il. In very sho,,
tims vas IL bed and ready 10 90 70
sleep. bad no, been 10 bed long before
the door opened, And q young man and
Woman oAhhe INTO the room aud took ssats
by the cshdls stAnd
"SO6esbing else on hand. Nat, though.
"a ravsalf ks.t La sse. v;su