The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-11-05

sunny cline, where we can be happy in the
fullness of each others love-
'Look here, now, you've said that three
times, and that's enough. My mind fully
grasps the idea. 1 say I'll think IL over
"Why, I never said IL before" says she.
'Tbe mischief you didn't" says ].
Upon my sacred word and honor; I'll
cross my breath to IL, says she.
/ saw it all. They had oil three of them
tackled me with the same proposition. II
was clear that I must fly. ! made up my
mind to take the very first boat that lett
Dutch Guiana for anywhere.
l left the house, and hadn't gone more
than a square when / saw the parent of the
three girls in pursuit. We both ran. He
was armed. He carried his boomerang
with him. He fred IL at me. lodged,
and the boomerang flew back and Drained
him on the spot, and there were precisely
three more beautiful orphans in Dutch Gu
lana than there were when / came.
l slipped on board Of an American yes
sci, and we got along well enough until a
series Of storms set in, and we were blown
out of our course. The ship then sprang o
leak, and %foundersd with all on board but
me. l chung TO n spar and was washed on
shore, after a ride ofthree days DER the wa
tiers Of the deep blue sea.
l didn't know where 1 was; probably in
some strange land or other. / looked
around. There was a hut about q mile off.
l made for IL. 10 contained one man.
"He's another blasted foreigner said |
to myself; 'there is no use of trying to talk
to him."
1 wanted something to eat, 80 l opened
my mouth wide, and pointed into it, and
said, "Aw-aw-aw -aw y
The man was evidently surprised. He
appeared TO think I must have swallowed
something or other, so he caught me by
the jaws and held them apart, while he
looked downmy throat.
He seemed disappointed that he didn't
sec anything.
'Aw-aw-aw-ough r. l grunted, still
pointing in my mouth.
1t seemed TO occur to him that lind the
toothache, for he went out and got n mon.
key-wrencb, q pair Of pincers, and q cross
cut saw.
Observation-Disclosures " said /,
in despair, rubbing my stomach.
His face lit up with the idea that / had
the cramp collie, and he commenced exert
ing himself TO spread a mustard plaster. /
shocked my head and rubbed my stomach
and grunted:
"Ow-ow-ow-ow."
At last he thought he had til must be
poisoned; so he tried to improvise a
stomach pump out Of two eel skins and a
syringe"
"Aw-aw-aw-awW groaned /, in de-
spair, pointing to my mouth, and drawing
q line down TO my abdomen.
The thought suggested itself to him that
| wanted him to rip me up, 80 he got out a
butcher knife and began sharpening 1t on
boot.
He was the most accommodating man /
ever saw, that fellow.
Then, as a last resort, / began 10 clip my
teeth together az if l was chewing some
thing. He instantly jumped to the conclu-
sion that ] had been bitten by q dog and
had hydrophobia. So he first took a buck
ct Of water out Of tho room, and then be-
gan to feel my leg.
80, pshaw!" said !, forgetting myself, 81
want something 10 eat"
"Well, why in the mischief didn't you
say 80 then p said he. ''What are you
standing there gibbering like some degrad-
ed idiot for?"
''Why, Thought you couldn't understand
English; | thought you were a foreigner
iaid /.
''And I took you for a wandering mem.
Der Of the deaf and dumb asylum"
deaf and dumb asylum y said 1 "of
What placer
"why, Of New Jersey, Of course"
ais this New Jersey, then2" / asked.
"You can just bet il is. Listen there's
he whistle Of the Camden and Alloy rail
Dad company.
/ sat down and cried like n baby when /
remembered the number of times l had
lead-headed on that very line in days of
roro days, / may say, that were now min
gled with the irrevocable Past.
"Tnke o clam - said the man, rousing
ne me from my reyeris.
/ took n clam, took n "sniiter, 1 took all
he eatables and d~iinkables in the place,
md then walked to the depot and came
home, just on the very day, you recollect,
my wife was going TO be married TO another
man, and now l wish I'd stayed away and
let him.