Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-24

His feet were propped up on a chair, whilst
lis boots were drying, and he was breath
ng. with his mouth wide open, in a rather
"Shall put asnowball into each of his
boots ?" / said.
No! that would be too much of good
thing, but I'll tell you what you shall do;
you're rather a swell at drawing, aren't
you I'll just burn the end of that beer
bottle cork and you shall artistically adorn
his face" l-'als jsaat g fa
THAT is splendid, he wispered, as I finish
ed off with giving him amoustache G, which
turned up in a facetious manner. just
move that looking glass and put 1t so that
he may admire himself directly he wakes;
and now. let US be OFF, ,a4;t ,fe hra- ra4
We walked on tiptoe to the the door.
The hinges began to creak, and cold as the
weather was, a faint perspiration began to
develop itself on my forehead, as noticed
the old gentl man move in his chair, IL was,
however, only to turn his head on. to the |
other shoulder, andIye closed the door IN |
safety. .z-sfs,s s-q I'd bla.3 ,E.a ysL ,.sasoE, |
.sCIiye me the screws, quick,nI said, sand |
90 to the bottom of the stairs and prevent
any one from coming up9 g 4 2. q = : ASA
bored hole after hole asnoiselessly as !
could, and having made the doDr,as fast as
eight good screws would make 1t, ran
down stairs and wisper9d, 'tAll right y 4
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the station master, walking towards us
.sHe asked me to wake him up in time for
the train, and ii is just ready to Co.,
.sOhl he won't like to be disturbed till
the last moment, you may be sure" sald
Jack. ,.~By the by, / wished to talk to you
Of "a plan by which j think your station
might be much improved 1a5a. zsss 71i
Now architecture happened to be one of
the station-master's hobbies, and they were
soon deepfn discussion. Ibeat a hasty re-
treat to the guard, aud producing a SOW
ereign, said: ST5@ 5 EtP .
.if you get us off in five minutes from
now, waiting for no one, and ring your
bell at the very last minute, this Is yours.
s.All right, sir! the luggage is all IN. ana
most of the passengers. Take your seats.
Going on! " he shouted, whilst stood with
my watch in hand.
One minute leftI Ring the bell now!"
[ said ti-"H they undo those screws III one
or even five minutes, I'll eat them"
We jumped into carriage, the guart
gave tire final whistle, and the etrain. meve'
slowly on. We anxiously watched the re
salt of our plot. with our heads out of tn
window. After waiting one or two minute'
we-noticed a,figure gestieulating at the sta
tion window. 1.-The train then passed into
deep cutting, and we lost sight OF IL. 98aT
aaHzhEga IF--7 u A zFzEEta
rs Think i have forgotten to say that wa
going to spend the Christmas with a colleg
lsfriends He had gone down a3few days be
fore, and had promised TO meet me at c.
statiOn.s- bsj sEsE nls .enaieisL6 ~ ZH p
l. You imagine that i was not sorry to fint
myself arrived there, nor yet To see my
| friend Tom stamping his feet on the plat
form no doubt thoroughly tired of waiting
for the train. AS he'drove me up, he begaI
talkiagrof the. different arrangements h.
| had made for our mutual amusement. 10
/ TS--. RI fNss IL lyaN
| ing party: have had the pond in the park
swept, and invited all les jeInes denaotsetLes
| Within reach, and as they have all accepted
it will give you avery fair idea OF our ma
tive beauty. .o4Ta J.Foa q g ra,ozs
| Now, of all the jolly things in the world.
think skating party is the Jolllest. Ton
saws thatI am fond of showing my skating
off but / deny that this has anything to
do with it. In the first place the frosty
weather {and tue molled clare induce high
spirits then there are the tumoles TO laugh
at, and the ladies's skates to strap on (Which
last in my own mind, is not the least pleas
! ant part of the entertainment). 80
| We had by this time reached the house,
| and. having accomplished our toilettes,
| Tom took me into the drawing room.
/ 1.-The Gov'nor isn't at home; but let me
/ introduce you to my Sister Minnie"
| Miss Minnie rose and held out her hand
| at once, but, for my own part, L was too
L
/ am told that am far from eloquent when
describing female beauty, so will not at
/ tempt it here; but / must say that had
never, and have never since, seen such a
Ipretty and merry face. When dinner was
4 announced, however, L had recovered my
/ eouanimity sufficiently to offer her my arm,
4 and after a short time we got to know one
| another thoroughly asF
The dinner [perhaps it mag have been
i the port wineJ mad opened my heart, and
Il when we removed to Toms sanctum to
smoke where, by the by. Miss Minnie in
sisted on joining hs, saying that she liked
II the smell of tobacco, and found it dull by
4 herseIf.''] 1 began to relate my adventures
i with the old gentleman. ~ ga
IL Peal after peal of laughter arose as
II proceeded with my narrative. warmed
: with my subject quite outdoing myself il
:, the description of the old gentlenan's an
CRY face aud his irate behavior.
l. & Here =, said, in triumph. sis my
t. trophy !''--and held out the night cap.
) -NeVershall forget that monIent-broth'
er and sister stared at it for one second
1 and then Tom, looking vacantly at me, i'm
mediately went into an. hysterical fit o
!? laughter. His face began to grow quit
: black, and the tears rolled down his cheeks
= NV face presented anything but laugh
[ ing appearance for was struck Will
2 management at this behavior. At last, witt
iIwliat little breath he had left, he managed
Ell to get out the words 10 aa 43A
81 q It's-the-GoV-'no
AS he said this he pointed to small labe
Inside the cap, which had not noticei
before, and there, sure enough, were tn
words: ~. .s. - q.
- - T. GRUMBLETHoRP, ESD
sfzs,t4. s75C5 ;afo-- i, GTNns6lethOrp Hail.
IL Reader, have. you ever wished the eart
|, to open and swallow you up? How heart
I ,ily did wish it at that moment. L saw th
,, whole affair at glance; i had been playln
practical joke upon the gentleman il
, whose house l was sitting, and had bee
! describing him In the most ridiculous ligh
| to his daughter. How l hated Tom fo
laughing, (bis sister was nearly as bad, b
the way), whilst sat turning alternately
red and pale, considering what on cart
. was to be done. At this moment servan
7 entered the room. 90
"a telegram for Miss Grumblethorp."
q She hastily looked over it, and then rea
aloud to us:
: ''Shall come by the $50 train tomorrow
a morning. Some young jackanapes hav
3 played a practical joke and caused me T
. miss the last train Tonight, --s7
2 At last found words. .'Tom," said
I 81 must fly. Miss GrumblethorP, / canno
o sufficiently apologize to you for''-s
2 ..Oh you need nOt apologize to me, nc
must you go either. Tom, you must devils
e some escape out of this dilemma"
Is .'It would certainly never do for the Gov
y ernor to recognize you he'd never foryiV
q you, and would cut me off with a shillin!
ID Oh! have it; sentence you, in punisl
Le ment, to cut off those whiskers and mou;
T, tache-he'lI never know you them"
~ "NeYeri" l said with determination.
r s.I'm not vain man, but never will vo
lr UNFAIRLY make fright of myself" =. fa-
"a s.Oh, I'm sure you'd look much bette
% withoutthem," said Miss GrulnbletlorI
lr' besides, remember the skating party t.
, morrow L want you to teach me SO muc
aCi Hon really must not go"