Weekly Calaveras chronicle., 1867-02-16

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opened the knife; the blade was notch
ed /; and looking up from the article to
the carpenter caught his eye We knew
one another's thought in an instant ;
but he accompanied me TRANQUILITY
enough to the town At the trial the
knife figured in evidence; various cor
roborating matters satisfied the jury of
his guilt; he was found guilty and SEN
fenced to seven years transportation
1t turned out afterward that he loved
the farmers daughter, and was melted
by jealousy to the act which so nearly
caused so fri ghtful an accident For all
| know the driver still dwelis il single
blessedness, for the mad is still a maid,
as rosy checked as ever, and, it is said,
is waiting for the carpenters return.
A Nocturnal Comedy of Lrrors.
Recently, says the Cincinnati En-
quTeF, young couple, who had newly
ionned hymcncal vestments, came from
their home, a pleasant village in this
State, to spend a portion of the srppos-
ed to be delicious period known as the
honeymoon, and placed themselves un-
der the charge of the proprietors of the
Spencer House, They then sailed
forth to witness tie beauties and pecul-
iarities of the Queen City, and do, as
brides are ever wont, a quantity of little
business embraced in the term sshop.
ping They were gone several hours,
and did not return to the hotel until
sundown, quite fatigued with their ex-
ertions. The bride, Mrs R., then found
that she had forgotten some articles in
dispensable to her toilet, and unwilling
to disturb her husband, who she knew
must be weary, slipped out while he was
Gown stairs, and went up to Fourth
street to get the diminutive bundle. She
was successful in her search for the
store, but on the way back mistook,
from her ignorance of the city, Main
street for Broadway, and the Madison
for the Spencer House, which are stu
ated opposite to each other
Mrs. r. went into the hotel, and
thinking it looked rather different from
the other, asked one of the walters she
met in the hall, in rather low and in
distinct voice, if that was the Spencer,
to which he, failing to understand her,
replied in the affirmative. She then
ordered him to bring her the key of
No. rs, which he did, and Sc entered
the room and removed her bonnet, shawl
and other portions of her attire, and
crept between the sheets of the bed to
enjoy little nap after her long walk,
never dreaming she was in the wrong
house, for the reason that the apart
ment happened to have the same posi-
tion and was furnished very much like
her room at the Spencer.
Instead of taking little nap she fell
into profound sleep, that continued
hour after hour until eleven o'clock, at
which time she was disturbed by most
unexpected incident. The rightful oc-
cupant of No. 4S, Il merchant from a
town in Indiana, who had been to the
theatre and become little intoxicated,
went to the Madison, and wishing no
one to see his condition, walked up to
the room without a Ii ght, and fortunate
ly, Or unfortunately, found the door un-
locked. He entered quietly, and as to
tai darkness reigned there, he removed
his garments and crept into the spacious
double bed, not disturbing in the least
the fair bride who lay near the wall
How long the two reposed there side
by side, with only foot of space be-
tween them, all unconscious of each
others presence, is not exactly known,
but probably an hour, when tremeu-
dous noise was heard in the apartment,
! from which female screams issued wild
! ly, piercingly and ceaselessly. The ho-
tel was IN an uproar- proprietors, clerks
walters, porters aud guests. dressed and
half dressed, were at the door of 4S in
| few minutes, blocking up the entrance
and asking each other eagerly "What
is the matter? For Gods sake tell US
what is the trouble -
The cause of this cutlery may be i'm
agined The bride had awakened about
midnight, and putting her hand over
for her husband, it fell upon the Indi-
anian face, and the soft, warm touch
aroused him at once. lie did not un-
derstand it exactly, though he did not
dislike it, and in moment more Mrs.
r. said: "My dearest husband where
have you been all this time %
Husband ~ echoed the merchant,
beginning to see, like Lord Tinsel, that
he bad made IA small mistake here. 81
am nobody's husband. reckon, my
dear madam, you are in the wrong
| bed"
In the wrong bed-horror of horrors
thought the bride. What would Der
liece lord-what would the world say?
And Mrs. r. screamed terribly, and
sprang from the couch just as her COM
paDion did the same. He was fully as
much alarmed as she, and entreated her
to give him time and he would leave
the apartment, although it was the one
he had engaged; he'd make oath to
that.
"My God! Madam, don't yell SO;
YOU will wake the house Be reasona-
ble | swear it's only mistake. Have
some thought of the consequence. l
don't want to hurt you; Iswear l don't.
You Il get me shot and yourself-well,
| won't say what"
The screams increased. and the poor
Iudianian expecting every moment to