The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1866-07-19


See what she will say"
81 will Here, help me, Sue. Ha ha !
And here's a hat, too. How kind in
somebody to leave all his c.cthes here"
Derby, poor, dear, present Derby-was
breathing very hard, his heart beat heav-
lily, and every nerve shook. What the
deuce was he to do if Margaret Maria
went off with his pants he could in no
way determine; and from the exceeding
ly interesting conversation which was
going on, he knew that his worst fears
were to be realized.
ooh, amt it ftp cried Margaret
Maria. "Only turn up the trousers five
or six inches, and I shall be fixed. Here,
black my upper lip with this piece of coal.
shan't make love to you. Ha ! ha!
amt I a dashing fellow"
And Derby could hear somebody kiss
ing somebody, and somebody laughing as
if she could not help it.
A moment after the girls had lett the
room, Derby stole timidly from his hiding
place. Margaret Maria had taken the
lamp and his clothes with her; she had
left darkness and her own clothes behind.
A happy thought struck unhappy Derby.
In all haste he enrobed himself in Marga-
ret Maria's gown, then he put her shawl
over his shoulders, and threw on her bon
net and veil. His eyes having become
accustomed to the darkness, he could see
to do this without much difficulty. In
five minutes he was ready tofollow Susan
and Margaret Maria.
During this time there was great deal
of laughing up stairs. Margaret Maria,
in Derby's attire, went to Mrs. Shades
room, who was a little startled at first,
but who took things very coolly, until
she found it was not man at all, when
she virtuously gave vent to her indigna-
ton. The adventurers next proceeded
to the attic, where the girls were sound
asleep. Susan having placed the lamp in
the passage, hid behind the door, while
Margaret Maria entered, and awoke Jane
Woods with violent shower of kisses
Jane uttered faint scream and deman-
ded in whisper
"Who are you ?"
Ssh |" said Margaret Maria.
Jane hushed accordingly, until she saw
the strange figure proceeding to Mary
Clark's pillow, when she concluded that
it was her dutyto scream. Mary scream
ed, too, after she had been several times
kissed; and Sarah Jones joined in the
chorus, until her mouth was stopped by 6
hasty buss.
"Is it you, George ?" she whispered.
At this moment the strange figure
which had been seen by the light in tn:
passage, ran out, and Susan, catching VI
the lamp, ran in.
"What is the mattor?" she cried, il
pretended astonishment.
"There has been q man in the ROOM
"He was kissing Sarah Jones"
"He didn't kiss me. He was kissing
Mary Clark"
MEL 1 guess I'd have torn his eye'
out 1t was Jane Woods he kissed"
Susan was very much astonished, o
course, and the girls were all very indig
nant, and not one of them would confess
that she had been kissed, until Susar
pointed out the marks of the coal nous
tache on all their faces, and called in Mar
garet Maria. Then there was grea
deal of laughing, and Margaret Maria
having gallantly kissed them all again
set off to 20 down stairs.
But now it was Derby's turn to have
little fun, and Margaret Maria's to be as
tonished AS Susan advanced, the laml
she carried revealed frightful looking
object, standing at the foot of the stairs
1t was apparently woman OF gigantic
stature; her dress was so short that be-
bare feet and ankles could be seen dis
tinctly, and she waved large hand a
the terrified girls majestically as ghost
Never were two mischief makers more
frightened by an apparition. Susan dash
ed herself against the wall. Up went
scream and down came the lamp. The
oil covered. the stairs, and Margaret Ma
ria tainted and stepped in it. At tina
moment the tall woman-being Derby
himself-cried
"Robbers! help! murderY at the tol
of his voice, and Immediately stepped in
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