The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-10-15

thy perils are over. Let me untwist the
rope from your wrists. How 1t must have
hurt you That's it."
AS the rope still hung out of the window
without being pulled up by any one, it ap-
peared propable to Jones that she had secur-
ed it to the bed-post, and thus escaped with
out the assistance or knowledge of any of
her companions. .tr,g aT)
Nevertheless, he thought he discerned
more than one face at the window, but it
was too dark to be certain.
f"But, how is this, dearest you do not
speak You turn away your head; your
. form hangs heavily on my arms. Great
Heaven she has tainted; the exertion has
been too much for her, Whatever shall
doe' ...,t
Zones began to be quite frightened. He
had scarcely bargained for such a disaster
as this. ldl rl .rus ui -u.iI p.i.fIy
How he would be able to lift her over
the garden ratings he hardly knew; and un-
less she revived, the prospect of supporting
her weight (Which was scarcely so light as
he had expected) for an indefinite distance,
was not pleasant. ,t .ns8lrll
However, there was no help for it so
clasping her inanimate form, our poet hast
ened, or rather staggered, down the garden
walk. ae.95.. .s. ssIi .arei'a
He had not proceeded far, when, his fair
burden somewhat obstructing his view, he
stumbled against some invisible obstacle
(which we inform the reader in confidence
was the handle of the garden roller).
Down he fell, his beloved Laura bound
ing from his arms with sort of jerk, and
falling head downwards on the gravelled
path with violence that could scarcely
fail to do her some serious injury Yet
she uttered no exclamation.
ooh, horror could it be that she was
killed instantaneously? , ,r l..
As soon as he could Jones picked himself
up, all bruised and shaking, his head all
in whirl, and his anguish indescribable.
"Oh, Laura Laura" he exclaimed,
bending over her prostrate form.
When, as luck would have it, the moon
emerged from behind cloud and shining
down brightly on the scene, revealed fact
by which the poet was completely over
whelmed. .t
The dress was Laura's, and so were the
boots, so was the mantilla; but the face :
simply paper mask, fixed on an old bon
net, the hands and gloves filled out with
some soft material, the whole form--in
short, Jones was about to elope with a
lifesize doll, ingeniously constructed by
Laura and her friend Netty out of num-
ber of old clothes, and let down out of the
window by means of the Iope .
Byron Jones was aghast at the discovery.
He thought at first his eyes deceived him;
but no, the fact was only too evident; and,
in addition, he heard an undoubted peal of
laughter ringing in the air.
Looking up, he beheld the mirth-con-
vulsed face of Laura and three of her COM
panions, gazing at him from the window,
and also that of Bob projected from the at
tic above them, and lighted up bya mis-
chievous grin. Never was f" selp' more
complete and heart-crushing.
Burning with vexation, the poet fled the
scene, and tore his coat terribly through
the rapidity with which he got over the
front ratings.
His passion was cured; but he perceived
on reflection that, if Laura had acted cruel
ly, he, at least, had tempted her to do so
by making himself ridiculous.
From that hour, not only did he never
venture near Minerva College, but he ad-
dressed no more poetic epistles to "Lalla
Rookh" Except last farewell and that
was "stinger''). tdt jat
Furthermore, he soon left off invoking
the musep altogether, doffed the Byronic
collar and Greek cap, and gave himself up
to the more solid studies of Messrs. Cod
dysil's Office.
The last time heard of him he was
getting a tolerable good practice as solicitor
ON his own account. mi b.
AS for Lalla Rookh," she did go to the
Vale of Cashmere, but it was with her hus-
band, Mr.. Owen Wilford who holds a
lucrative Government situation in that
poetic region. i9E l9 Ji,n
eB- An English medical journal gives
warning against wearing green kid gloves,
because physicians have found that the
hands of those wearing gloves of this color
soon become covered with an eruption diff