The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1868-02-12
the Force CT imagination.

Late one evening couple of Irishmen
stopped at country inn, IN their native land,
and asked for lodgings. The porter escorted
them to the door of their room but just as
the travellers entered it, the candle was ex-
tingushed by the wind from the door as it
closed behind them. The porter had return
ed to the bar room, and after vainly cropping
on the mantle piece in search Of matches, the
travellers resolved to go to bed in the dark
In the middle of the night one of them
awoke, and after shaking his comrade to
arouse him, said: Terence, I'm as wake as
vaccinated kitten, for the want of air. Get
up and open the window. The room is as
close as patent coffin, and I'll die if you
don't give me air"
Terence arose, CROPPED around the room for
. few minutes, and then said: "I've found
the window, but bad luck to me if [ can
bulge it. cant move it aither up or down"
"Ihen knock couple of panes out wild
yer shoe, and we'll pay for them in the morn
in" said the sick man.
Terence did as directed. After two crashes
we're heard by the man in bed he seemed to
recover, for he remarked:
ssOh, that fresh air is invigoratin' I feel
betther already. Out wild couple more
panes. Glass is chape, an the landlord won t
be angry whin we're willin' to pay for thin"
Terence's stout brogue soon shattered the
few remaining panes. and the weak man re-
covered his strength SO soon thereafter that
in ten minutes more he was enjoying his
slumbers, undisturbed by the shores of his
companion, who had also expressed himself
refreshed by the current of fresh air admitted
through the broken glass
Considerable time elapsed, and at length
the travellers awoke For thirty minutes
they lay in bed conyersing, wondering why
they could not sleep.
"Surely it must be near mornin', for don't
feel bit sleepy" said Terence.
"Mornin' p echoed the other. "By the
morthial, but it appears to me that it's per-
petual night in this part iv the world
In few minutes more they heard a knock
ct the door, aud the travellers asked what was
wanted
at is IL o'clock !" answered the porter,
opening the door, and entering the room with
candle in his hand ''Arent ye going to
get up at all 2"
"Only IL o'clock r exclaimed Terence
"Why, l thought it must be at least o'clock
"What dye main be rousing us in the middle
" the night! Do the people in these parts
get up at midnight"
"No, but they get up at breakfast time"
'l'hn why didn't ye wait until breakfast
time before ye disturbed us ?"
because it's hours after breakfast time
now-in fact, it's just the dinner hour !!
"Get out or I'll throw me brogue at ye.-
What barefaced liar ye must be to say its
dinner time before it's daylight! The can
die in yer haLd makes liar of ye!"
"Ha ha ha p .ad the porter chuckled
with the exhuberance of delight. "No wond-
her ye thinks it isn't daylight, for there's no
window in this room to let in light"
''Thin what did break last night?' Te-
renee asked, looking around the room in as
constituent. His eyes at last alighed on a
book case, the glass doors of which presented
dilapidatod appearance. "Be the powers,
Jerry,," he added, addressing his comrade,
'-shin thought was smashin the windy, l
was only breakin' the glass in that book
But It did ye power iv good, Jerry, Tor ye
sed that re felt the fresh air reyivin' ye!
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