The Elk advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Elk Co., Pa.) 186?-1868, 1867-12-26
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Jit31ny IN Ngb'yorns Slippers.
Somnambrlists are guilty OF great
many curious freaks, while great rH,.Y
are attended with dancer, ana suA oth
ers afford ohc ground Tor lots Of ton 4
4 lady aud a. grpicnca in Quincy
Illinois, had bcon for long tulo he'
trothei, and we're ouly waiting Tor ia>
yorabio opportunity to come around,
when Che taaju would he made one
flesh, or thoreabouts The lady is Il
somnambulist OF the highest order"
very beautiful, very romantic, aud much
addictcL TO the habit Of novel reading.
About month ago the lady and hcr
lover had spent the evening together,
and had separated at an early hour, the
gentleman repairing to his room some
two blocks oif, and was soon asi1ep,
dreaming OF the fair creature who %ouhi
soon BE bis, She, in her still cbaa Der,
by her midnight lamp, pored over tho
precious pages Of the latest new novel,
investing, doubtless, the hero lover with
the form and features Of the mlu who
was all in all 70 her, ill at length
'.The bad all killed aud the GOOD all pleased,
Her thirsty curiosity pea5c,iss
She shut the dcnr good book that made
her weep,
Puts out the light, and turns away to sleep"
But ere the 'balmy messenger has
come to her pillow, Imagination aca;u
wauders on the scenes 80 lately pre>en-
ted the various actors start from their
hdings anew, while her ideal heroine
becomes identified with herself, and she
arises. y drawer close by eontair5
those hidden and delicate mysteries 50
carefully prepared for use during the
honeymoon, and rercbing herself, she
starts out, and carefully treading the dis
tance that interyeucd between her own
home and that Of her lover she reaches
the door, and here comes the mystery.
low gained she admittance Bu5
certain it is she DIG. She enters the
chamber Of her afianced, gently she lies
down beside him, aud presently not a
sound is heard save the steady an& even
breathing that betokeus sound and heal.
thy repose
Daylight came at last, and as all 9TH
er things must have an euG, so did this
sweet sleep Of innocence and beauty.
hhe gentlemen jumps from the bed aud
stairs and alright, thinking he is OPP
pressed by some horrible nightmare.
He sees the pilioR where two heads
have lain duriug the night, and bcholds
The terrified object OF his love robed in
an elegant .chans6re &c autt, her heart
palpitating with a thousand throbs OF
wondcrment and borror' GLOW came
here" at last came from hcI lips. Tho
words brought the youu., man to his
senses, and he realized his position, his
! dishaLHIe, Mrs, Grundy, and sguattsl.
! down ou the floor by the alie'of the led,
his head just protrudiag above; an ex.
| planation followed ;'What's to be done"
and with a quicbness of thought by con-
ceiyed how by one grand coup de asaja
make all right. Tell the lady to be qui-
st few moments, lie hastily dressed,
rushed frantcally to the house Of the
county clerk, told him the cncumstan.
ces, got license, sought a preachor'
and returned in less than an hour and
they were married, the lady in her
night grown, and he in slippers, plants
and night shirt.