The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-01-24

bell at the very last minute, this 10
yours" '. 4
CAN right, sir! the luggage is all in
and most Of the passengers. Take your
seats. Going on!' he shouted, whilst
stood with my watch in hand. aaa
lone minute left Ring the bell now!"
l said. If they undo those screws in
one or even in five minutes, I'll cat
! them
We jumped into a carriage, the guard
gave the final whistle, and the train
moved slowly on. Weanxiously watch
ed the result Of our plot, with our heads
out of the window. After waiting one
OF two minutes we noticed figure
gesticulating at the station window
The train then passed into deep cut
ting, and wo. lost sight Of 1t.
sl-a-.l- aVi kOssxaA ~. 49,, -. r
was going to spend the Christmas with
! a college friend. He had gone down a
few days before, and had promised to
meet ME at C station.
You may imagine that was not sorry
to find myself arrived there, nor yet to
sec my friend Tom stamping his feet on
the platform, no doubt thoroughly tired
of waiting for the train. AS he drove
me up, he began talking of the different
arrangements he had made for our mu-
tual amusement. Tomorrow he said
Il have set aside for IA skating party;
have the pond in the park swept, and
have invited les ,jeunes demoisclles with
in roach and fhnv hoNn oI tnl
it will give you very fair idea Of our
native beauty
Now, Of ali the jolly things in the
world, l think skating party is the
jollicst. Tom says that l am fond Of
showing my skating off; but deny that
this had anything to do with it. In the
first place, the frosty weather land the
mulied claret) induced high spirits, then
there are the tumbles to laugh at, and
the ladies' skates to strap on (Which last,
in my own mind, is not the least pleas
ant part of the entertainment).
We had by this time reached the
house, and, having accomplished our
toilettes, Tom took me into the drawing
room.
The Gov'nor is not at home; but let
Miss Minnie rose, and held out her
hand at once, but, for my own part, l
was too dumfounded to utter a single
word. / am told that am far from eio-
qucnt when describing female beauty,
SO will not attempt it here; but must
say that l had never, and have never
since, seen such pretty and merry face.
| When dinner was announced, however,
| had recovered my equanimity suili-
cientIy to offer her my arm, aud after q
short time we got to know one another
! thoroughly.
The dinner iperhaps it may have been
! the port wine) had opened my heart land
when We removed 10 Toms sarctum to
smoke (where, by the by, Miss Minnie
Insisted ls.iNA " ,JUacco,v Afih fbahdhe
dull by herseif) ] began to relate my
adventures with the old gentleman.
Peal after peal OF laughter arose as
proceeded with my narrative. warm
ed with my subject, quite outdoing N.Y.
self in the description of the old gentle
mans angry face and irate behavior
Here said in triumph, lis my tro-
phyn and held out the night-cap.
| Never shall l forget that moment
brother and sister stared at it for one Sec
ond, and then Tom, looking vacantly at
| me, Immediately went off into an hys-
terical fit Of laughter. His face began to
grow quite black, and the tears rolled
down his checks.
! My face presented anything but a
laughing appearance, for I was struck
with amazement at this behavior. AT
last, with what little breath he had left,
he managed to get out the words
! Neutrality-suspicious.
! AS he said this he pointed to small
label Inside the cap, which had not no.
ticed before, and there sure enough, were
the words
| I. GRUMBLETHoRP, ESQ.,,
Grumblethorp Hill.
Reader, have you ever wished the
earth to open and swallow you up? How
heartily didI wish 1t at that moment
l saw the whole affair at q glance; had
been playing a practical joke upon the
gentleman i'm whose house l was
sitting, and had been describing him in
the most ridiculous light to his daugh-
ter. How l hated Tom for laughing
(his sister was nearly as bad, the way,
whilst sat turning alternately red and
pale, considering what on earth was te
be done. At this moment servent en-
tered the room.
"A telegram for Grumblethorp.'
She hastily looked over it and then
read it aloud to US:
Shall come by tho 20 train tn-mnr.
row morning. Some young jackanape.
have played practical joke, and caused
me to miss the last train tonight
At last found words. 'Tom,' I said
4 must fly. Miss Grumblethorp, ! can
not sufficiently apologize to you for
oh! you need not apologize to me
nor must you go either. Tom, you must
devise some escape out of this dilemma.
1T would certainly never do for the
Governor to recognize you; he'd certain.
Iy never forgive you, and would cut M
off with shilling. Oh! l have it;
sentence you in punishment to cut of
those whiskcrs and moustache i
never know you then
Never said with determinations
I'm not vain man, but will neve
voluntarily make fright of myself
'Oh, I'm sure you'd look much bette
without them, said Miss. Grunblethorp
besides, remember the skating party to