The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1870-02-22
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full team. The fellow looked awfully
scared, and without saying word he got
up very humble like, and started for his
dry goods, which hung on a chair up in
one corner. | sot down the light and
began to undress and says | to him,
draw on them duds and toddle from here
for I'll be cussed if Turning around
at the same time to look fierce at him
i sees him comm at me with one of
the drottest butcher knives in the
world.
well, thought |, Nat, you've got your
self in close place, by Jingo and so we
begun to lumber around the room like
the very nation. Here [ went here he
come At last 1 got between him and
the door, and out L shot.
"This beats the devil, says I, Rep
resentative to the Legislature treated in
this way. went down stairs and told
the fellow behind the counter that some
cuss was in my room.
"No' guss not" said he perhaps
there is some mistake-your room is
number eight"
Thinks | perhaps there may be some
mistake and so [ goes back. When
got up to the top of the stairs began to
count at the first door, and on till
counted eight. I found than they all
looked axactly alike. 1 opened the
eighth door and went in, feeling certain
that it was picked out for me. A candle
was burning on the table, by the light of
which l saw that some person was in the
bed Not feeling inclined to kick up
another fuss, | concluded to crawl in
with him and say nothing about it. In
a very short time [ was in bed and ready
to 60 to sleep. I had not been in bed
long before the door opened, and young
man and woman came into the room and
took seats by the candle stand.
Something else on hand Nat,
thought / to myself, "but let em rip"
"They looked very serious at first,
but finally it wore off, and they got to
chatting very lovingly, and to huggin' and
kissin little. I was delighted with the
performance, and thought the Teller in
bed with me ought to sec it and enjoy the
fun too: so | whispered to him
"Say, Captain-old hoss, just look
up
"Thcy both started up, like shakin
mill had touched 'em, and they seemed
to be awfully scared, till the gal said, it
was only the wind BLOWN agin the
winder.
"They soon got to huggin' and kissin
again, and as | could not rouse our friend
[ thought would jest have little fun
to myself.
"Slips,' says I, jest as they was a
fetching their lips together, and up they
sprang like lightning and loped for the
door; but as fortune would have it, the
young feller had dropped the key, and he
couldn't get out.
"Never mind says l it's fun for me
as we'll as you. L love to see sich thing:
a-goin on
"This seemed to scare 'em more thar
ever.
1t was rich, too rich to enjoy alone
and | determined to wake up my
bed Teller. slapped my hand on
his chin-it was cold as ice. Thunder
and St. Louis, Nat said 1, you're in
bed with dead man, and without wait
ing to consider the matter | sprang tc
the floor. The youngsters gave a loud
squall fetched up again the closed door
and pitched with 'em which resulted
in smashing the darned thing open.
Without waiting for ceremony or formal
tiles we all bolted for the stairs. Hearing
the racket, the landlord who occupied {
room still further back, came boiling aftel
us.-Catching glimpse of him | tool
him to be the dead man, and so put al
the steam on, and ran close in the wake o
the lovers. | could not pass them, how
ever, for they were frightened out of thei
senses, having no idea but what l wa
the deceased in close puruit In thi
condition we all tumbled promiscuousl,
down stairs into the bar-room.
"Now let's go and take something
boss" said Nat, but don't say anythin,
about this when you get home, or Sail,
may be uneasy about me-"