The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1869-06-05

they were acrobats.
"Acrobats - answered Mrs Scott,
softly; dear me -
She had no very accurate idea of what
sect, or they might be savage tribe, or,
possibly, even both. But she had long
passed for woman of sense aud sagacity,
though maintaining discreet silence
except when her husbands talents seem
cd to demand her enlogics, and she was
not going to risk that reputation now.
She had full share of the curiosity of
her sex, but she had more than their
ordinary patience. She waited to be in
formed upon the subject IN question,
without hazarding the remark, which
occurred to her, that acrobats had white
hair and pink eyes, and therefore could
at least be easily recognized by the con-
stabulary; and she had not to wait long.
s'Yes, it must have been them tumb-
lers,' mused Mr.. Scott, slipping his punch
out of the teaspoon sand less than three
and the boy could never have done it.
1t was her ladyships dressing room
window, as looks out on the back, as they
broke in at, aud no ladder could have
been put there, because of the flower
stand 1t must have been the little devil
in the tights and spanSles at top of the
three others. | have measured the high
from the ground, and 1T just tallies
That's what comes of allowing them itin-
Grants to be in the place at all. The idea
of the mayor letting them have the Town
Hall to show their tricks in! I'd put a
stop to everything of that sort, if I had
my way and [ will do it, too, in the
future"
but you will not interfere with Mr.
Shaw, John. 1 do hope, since he has been
SO pleasant and civil
sNo, ma am, no. Mr.. Shaw is man
OF eminence, in his line, and what is more,
man of substance. Mr. Shaw exhibi-
tion is itinerant, it is true, but that is
true, but that is from the necessity of the
case. Ais collection of wild animals is
interesting in a high degree, as the editor
was observing to me only yesterday. But
them acrobats is quite another matter.
However, lissom as they are, they must
run a little faster, and climb a little
higher, can promise them, before they
can get out of the reach of John Scott" :"
"They stood upon one another's should
ers, and the boy clambcred up them, 1
suppose ?"
''1es, ma Fam, that was their ingenious
method; and if they had to do with a
common mind-though I say it wLo
should not say 1.-THE manner in which
the thing was done would have remained
mystery. IF the ladder had been used,
1t must needs have made some mark upon
the mignonette box. The men were all
agape when I stated that circumstance,
and began locking up in the air as though
some bird had done it. But, of course,
when L said, Them tumblers !. they saw
everything clear. enough. Sir Robert,
who assisted our Investigations in person,
was SO good as to say that I reminded
him of Christopher Columbus and his
egg"
"You don't say sop said Mrs Scott,
admiringly, and wondering within herself
what the story was, and whether Mr..
Christopher Columbus could possibly
have been an oviparous animal. "And
did her ladyship lose much pr
"Some rings and pins, and three or
four pounds in gold. Curiously enough,
there was bundle Of bank notes upon
the dressing table which entirely escaped
the young rogue's attention, or her loss
would have been much more serious"
"And yet, he was such frank faced,
honest looking little fellow, that I never
should have thought harm of him." said
good natured Mrs. Scott; ''but of course
your right"
"Well, most probably" observed her
lord and master with short, dry chuckle.
"By 10 o'clock tomorrow morn ing, W hen
the justices meet, We shall have this
honest looking young gentleman and his
friends in the town hall, taking part in a
public performance of another kind than
that with which they favored the town
last week. And then we shall see what
we shall see."
Mr.. Scott arose, took his official hat
down from its peg, and prepared to go