Weekly Calaveras chronicle. (Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, Cal.) 18??-1874, 1868-01-04


Y Somnawbulists are guilty Of "a great
many curious freaks, while great May.
are attended with danger, aud still, eth
fers afford the ground for lots of fpq. A,
lady and gentlsmap iia Qpipey,r Ilipdis,
had been for a long time hetrothed, . and
were only, waiting for a favorable 1qn.
portupity to come, around, when, the
twaiE would be made one Aesh,, 81,
thervabouts. The lady il a solhIanss
bulist 'sof the highest ORDER, very,
beautiful, very romantic, and much ads
|dicted to, the habit Of novel reading.
Atont month ago the, lady and Her,
lover had spent the evening together,
and had Separated at an early hour, tK6
gentleman repairing to lis room, soimn,Ss
two blocks of, and vas soon sound
asleep, dreaming of the ifafff being xxky
would soon be his. 'nShe ID fsise Her vstjit
chamber, BY her midnight lamp, pofsd
lover the pages rof the latest naW hoyel,,
investing; doubtless, tie Hero lover
with the form aud features Of him WHO
was all in all 10 her, TIL at length, mo =
.rhe bad ali Killed and 'tAs good All pleasedt
Her thirsty curiosity aPpedsed ;IT lsiii 9n1
She shut the deantgood book, that ndaaadsAsT
Put, ut r nd sf turns saw sx, y e
+, But ere the "balmy messenger sbas,
come to her pillow, imagination, again
wanders on the scenes 50 lately present
led, the various, actors start from their
|hidings anew, while her ideal heroine
becomes identified with herself, and she
arises. A drawer Close BY CONTAINS
those hidden and delicate shystearfieS q 10
carefully prepared for use during the
honeymoon, aud srerebing herself sho
starts out, and carefully treadi6g sthe'
distance that interseaed- between ihefa
own home; and that other lover isAea
reaches the door, landB .hereo c6mesasIhes
mystery Howsha gaiBed,the'9 admit
lance? Butcertainit is she did, She
tenters the chamber siof a;her1 affianeedy
fgently cshetiiesdowntibe sideI himyuand'
presently not a1sesnd lis heard sayes thei5
steady and even breathing that betokens
sound and healthy reposA .,o,.na III q,
Daylight came at last, and asy alf
things must have an; ,spd, so die. athis
sweet sleep of Innocence and, beauty =.
4 shriIl shrek bursts on the morning
air. The, gentleman jumps from The
bed and stares in alright, thinking be.
lis oppressed by some horrible pightmsrs:
He sees the pillowHI#bere two sheada
have lain duringlthe night, and behoids
the terrified object IF his loFe, Fobed in
an elegant ,chgmbfeo de nait, ,heS, heart
|palpitating with q thousand, thrpbs of,
wondernent and horror. #; How cames;
| here p at last broke from. her ips.,
The words brought the young man, to.
bis senses, and he realized bis position,
bis dishabille, Mrs. Grundy, and squat,
Ted down on the floor BY the side Of tie
bod, his head Just ppifotrudinnsg above,
An explanation followed: "What's to-
be done p With quickhsss Of thought
he conceived how, by one grand coup
de main, to silence suspicion and .maka
all right. falling the lady to bss quiefe
a few moments, he = hastily dressed,
rushed frantically to the house Of the
County Clerk told -himftherncircam-
stances, got q license, sought apreaeArer,,
and returned in less than an hour,oand
they were married, the ladJa ip, her
aight7gqvn,s and be- ia Slippers, .psnts
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