The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-08-22

once in, she would stay. Itwas neces
sRry to temporiZe. opened the dool
just by a crack-it was now husband
whispered,
"oh. is il you, Mary Jane9 Well, you
Saoan't come mi Andkwhy'not R''4
"Why, he's sick, very sick.p
"Who is sick 2-not1ittle Tom ?"
mo, no !" said hastily, "the foreign
gentleman" AG
"oh, cried she, show delightful Oh
let me come in, Thomas, and take care
glad came down! A real foreigner,
tool oh, charmingl Let, me in
| Thomas. Team stay as wellsas not.
have brought my second best curls,
and Julia can lend me a morning-dress
and few ruffles. and some stockings
and few handkerchiefs. Oh, can
stay just as well as not !"
1 was at my Wits end. Itcame upon
me suddenly. as thoughts do in great
emergencies; remembered her dislike
of the Irish nation: 1 whispered to her,
81 think he is Fenian, Mary Jane
and 1 am. not sure he is not the Head
Centre himself" aI1T
For moment she was dumb, and ]
was sure my shot had hit; but she raj
"Oh, how strange! But he's gem
tleman2 Dear me, how dreadful to be
sick in n strange land and hunted like
n fugitive, tool oh, I feel If could
console him, and will
Her woman's nature, tender even in
spite of her antipathies, triumphed. ]
had failed. Again 1 was at my wits
end. But said,
"He is very sick, and broken ont
with something L should not wonder
if it were smallpox"
She screamed and fled; that she
could not stand, for she had a fair COM
| pleXiOn. / chuckled at my happy ruse;
but alas for me, this was not the end.
n dull muttering sound recalled the
| Gorilla; distant roar again filed my
house. 1t was evident that he had de-
voured tho strawberries and was roar
ing for more. Julia was lulling the
children. turned tho key in the parlor
door, and seizing pail, ran over TO
Mr.. Simpsons to see if l could get
some strawberries. Luckily, he had
some, for which I gladly paid dollar,
and hastened back. SO.
Should 1 open the jar alone and pla-
cate him2 Inerved myself TO the task,
and recalled TO mind my experiences
with the Animal Maguetists, when i
had seen strange things done. l re-
membered, too. that maniacs and the
| fiercest animals could be subdued il
you could but catch their eye. deter
mined to dare all and to catch his eye.
1 cautiously removed the cover. UP
came the dreadful head; again that
Gorilla smile. glared mt him with my
eye; caught his; he bowed and smiled.
L mnde passes AS had seen the mag
netists. Instantly he began to make
return passes ut me. I was fearful that
1 should be magnetized myself.
a loud rapping came TO my door.
He, too, was startled as l was his
brow wrinkled, and he began to beat
his breast with his powerful arms, and
to emit that distant and terrible roar
which knew was the peculiar note OF
the Gorilla. 1 fancied he was getting
ready to spring at me-. enraGed nc
doubt at the loud noise. All at once a
great band of music clashed out, and
played "Erin-go- bragh" under my very
| windows. He listoned, he smiled, and
bowed. I seized my Strawberries and
held them before him; he Rrnsped them
with avidity, and subsidized into the
| jar, the lid of which L quickly fastened
down.
The violent rapping and the ERIN
go-brAgho continued as rushed to my
door. a vast crowd spread out before
me, illuminated with impromptu torch
es OF every description, borne by i'm
promptu Irishmen and women and
children. a delegation, dressed in
black frock coats and shiny hats, ap.
preached; their spokesman was bland
and brawnY:
inlay the blessings OF Saint Patrick
be wild ye, and the blessings of the Ho.
| ly father, and of the Holy Nargin, and
may all the angils in heaven sing mass
es for your soul, and fly away wild II
| from purgatory 7 and may we be "A can
dydate for the Jarsy Legislator, SO thal
| ivry son of Ould Ireland may vote fol
! We twice at lasteI And may his Royal
| Highness the Head Clnter live wild ye Il
thousand ye arsI And now three cheers
for Misther White and three cheersstol
his Royal Highness the Head Clnter J!
These cheers, given with will, al
most took tho roof OIL my modest house
and completely drowned The, hollow
roar of the Gorilla.
Here was dilemma. Mary Jane
had betrayed me. Something L must
do. 1 must get these people away from
NV house; and yet L could not attempt
to explain thatI had Gorilla in my
parlor. assured them that there was
| some mistake; that proud as 1 should
/ be to have his Royal Highness the Head
/ Centre of the Fenian brotherhood un'
my roof, he had not SO honored me
On the contrary, the stranger who hao
come to me had not, 1 regretted to say
come from Ireland, but from Africa. A
shudder ran through the vast assem-
| blage. saw n cloud settling upon the
eloquent face of the chairman hs
spoke:
"What-a naygur?" .ar..y..
There was u groan. ,....--
mo, Do,"I hastily asserted. mo
Mt all. Only a gentleman who, like
themselves, in search of liberty, and
flying from oppression, had sought
refuge on our happy shores"
| L was eloquent-it was the eloquence
| of. fear; touched their hearts. They
Il bowed and wished my Honor good
night, and gradually melted away.
sank to chair. My clothes chung tC
me with dnmpness. L breathed long
have become quiet, My wife called tC
me from her room: .f.-s
"Thomasl are You never coming &c
bed2 have got something to say &c
you"
able to go TO bed just then. l went In
to my parlor and sat down 10 consider
about the Gorilla.
1 While unused heard scufhtng o
feet upon my piazza, md then a SHARP
rap. My first impulse was to blow oul
the light and pretend to be asleep. Bu
Mrs. White called sharply
."Why dom you go to the door?"
1 went to the door, but stood irreso
lutte, not daring to open, for what new
evil might come my foreboding spiri
could not divine. stood irresolute
but another sharp rap on the door anc
| another sharp voice at my back deci
ded me. L opened cautiously; a group o
| mon stood in the darkness near my. gat'
i and If had not been alarmed myself
/ should have seen at once that they
were much alarmed. ..-..-...s
"who are you ?" 1 suid..
Somebody spoke:
i I'VE are the Town Council; we hav,
come to say to you, Mr.. White, that,
but won't you come in?" said
i courteously, though inwardly hopet
they would not.