Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1870-12-15
Girls Wit Enough for Tight Place.
From the East Saginaw Courier.

! The following good story is vouched
for to us by one of the participants in
| the affair Two frieds-we'll call them
Tom and Dick, went few nights since
to call on q couple of damsels who re-
! side with their mother in the eastern
portion of the city The old lady is
somewhat deaf, and the girls somewhat
roguish. The two gents were gracious
~ received by the old lady, who formed
fifth in the social circle. Ordinary
bed time came, and the gentlemen pro-
fessed to leave, the girls showing them
to the door But this was only ruse
to get the old lady to bed. The front
door was opened and shut, and the girls
returned to the dining room, the two
beaus having been slipped into the front
parlor and left there in the dark
1t was supposed of course that the
slightly deaf old lady would
soon be in the land of Nod,
but she took "a sudden whim to
go and sit in the parlor for awhile, and
taking up Light, started for that place.
Dick and Tom had been anxious listen
ers and watchers, and now saw the old
| lady approach with lamp As she
passed into the hall, their only means of
escape was cut of. Dick made a dive
behind lounge that stood ont few
inches from the wall-the framework
| was too low for him to crawl under
and Tom, finding no other place wedged
himself in on the top of Dick The old
lady set the lamp on the bureau,
took up book, and deliberately
seating herself on the lounge, began to
read. The feelings of the two young
men behind the lounge may be better
imagined than described. Tom was in
dread of immediate detection, while
Dick dreaded smothering. He was so
frightfully cramped that he was getting
reckless as to consequences, and in n
| muffied voice that only the old
lady's deafness prevented her
from noticing, mumbled to Tom,
"Kick the lounge over, blow the lamp
out, and let's jump through the win
dow" AS Dick was squirming in way
that BODIED a sudden expose for Tom, it
| is probable that the latter would have
taken his advice to the letter, but for
the interposition of the quick-witted
girls. At first, expecting the cat was
out of the bag, they had kept back,
ready to take the storm of reproach they
could not avoid, but hearing no noise
after the old lady entered, they went to
see what had become of the gallants.
Two pair Of boots and a foot or 50 of
pantaloons were visible from the door,
and the girls, making some common
place remarks to their mother, went
away laughing loudly. "Phancy
the pheelinks " Of the chaps be-
hind the lounge. But in a few
seconds there came shout
from the woodshed, where the
girls then were, saying that their
lamp had blown out and asking "moth-
er" to come with hers The boys heard
them plainly and even smothering Dick
stopped his muttering and threatening.
The good old lady arose, wiped her
specks and folded them away, and bid
ding the girls not to be frightened,
went off with the lamp to their aid. 1t
would be superfuous to say that the
longing boys didn't lounge just there
any longer. They unlocked the front
door as quietly as they could and Slid
out without even bidding the young la
dies good night 1t was well for them
that they did, for in less than three
minutes the old lady was seated on the
lounge again, perusing her book