The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1872-09-26

5fhe paper the other morning that the
TX o tica girls who want their. Beadx TO
fgo home the same night they cal, pub
8 string tathe proper Hour ow hich re-
/ verses 4 picture, on the back of W hich
appear the words g. Ten 6clock is my
1bef3tifne ,s5gel91sla 1sn oi Ig3uqf :
This fafherooi who has a daughter
gwen to late Hours when q certain
youth sffs up and helps TO keep them,
fthotght he, would Try this Utica plan,
s0she wrote in large characters, on the
back of a huge portrait of George
/ Washfngton, this Inscription os9
-, q 10 O'clock j. BqHis's; Bsdtime"
Then he arranged the picture, so that
ilwhen he attached q string to the frame
dheGeald reverse it from his bed-cham-
j ber< But when Sallie entered the
d dr0em an hour lateE her aesthetic eye
was outraged by observing the pOr-
EtIRitsof Geergei hanging slightly eut
,Eof Rlnmb, SO to speak, and adjusting
il her fathers little game was revealed
lin gIi itsr snbtileb ingennitY.l v.soim
] Sailie was not Itiea girls heWeVer,
so she Just went to work and neatly
] hstaf1ingoselitary and apfighl, which
D you illiGbserye made. 3 few hours
iaereAee in the bedtime That night
as usual. Sallie received a visit from
hen. young 1nan-whfch his front name
4awas III ehfsa1ahd her patesnal parent
9Attaehed his string to CAV. q portrait,
and retired to his.doWpE eopeh.
.Abont ten O'clock while Henry and
4Sallfgi We're W ca deeply absorbed iii 1sssoinie
lsRhoaeG pfeb4eni, with Their heads SO
.fGontiguous that yioui;6onldn't insert q
piece, Of tissue PsHeF sbetWeen them,
Turned BIS face to tiie wall, ag If be
: was ashaified 4o, ,gazse up pot1 such doi1gs.
! IIenryswithlR sadiaen istaft, glanced
at,tlIe picture{a aud saw the handwri-
ting on theswsll, as it were, which read
9ss1 o'clock is SaIlie,s bedtime.s Then
Henry fooked af Saliie with an inter-
Enoeatidm in his eye, which was partly
Idispeiied sbyithe fairmaid murmufing,
sYItis alright Henry said of. course
it was all right, that he had long
Known one O'clock was her bedtime,
and lie 1thought'dit was ? plenty late
enough, ftooy ffOr a young girls to, Ibe
oRt of. bed. but, what business, he said
| had George Washington's portrait TO
be Hopping about that way? Then
Sallie explained ed-and the twain again
aresumedlYork on the problem, Henry
pHttingI his arms around Sallie to pre-
vent .he falling off the ohair.o ijoauotJ
bI Meanwhile the old man was listen
ing fer thefront door to openi and his
would be son-in-laW's Ifpotstepsi pat
tering eyer thek pavement, with the
toes, of his tbo0ts pointing from the
ghouse,, These sounds not falling upon
his ears, and ithinkingt maybe tue old
thing didn't Werk right he gave the
string another pull, and George w.
again faced the audience Then he
listened, but he heard no footsteps,
nothing but peculiar sound, some-
thing resembling the hopping [ of
ehampalgne corksi-ilo sHos ie osIuo1
So Then he grew orosss and gave the
string another jerk, causing Civ, to
Jiurn about jWith3 violent sHddHnness,
Just assfif he FRsi dEeadfully eat,.of
humof0 too. .Lag0J2f 10 ;49tidg a.ii iti
,gaApd still all lWas.auiet below except
that pOppiAg sound. n8 ffoinJ TO uofi
cd Then the string WAS IpHlledb againr.+
and again-and Rinrrind icatingl that
the old fellow was just ready, TO ex-
plQdeI with rage And for fully fifteen
minutes did he have the portrait of
the man Who,wOuld notptell a lie turn
ing xcitedfipfaps and things against
the, WalIs ike a. !bewitched gymnast,
until he fell asleep exhausted-Sallie'
father fell asleep NOT the portrait.r
Henry kissed Sallie good nightiat ]
o'clock az m, sremarking; as, he did so,
that it would seem like, a long, long,
weary y ear ere he would seesher again
because, you know, he didn't, expect
torsee her again until the IeVening of
thakdaYss isdl aaiahnuG i.uss 9Js;bHgsT
The next morning her father exam
ined that portrait, and when he fully
understood the situation heMasepaiaed.
He shedsas silent tear tdetatched the
atTingi isponged ~ioutlathe inscription,
and WalkedeaWaY with the weight of
fifty years enIhis shoHlders--that be-
ing his sagee He says that q girld that
will go back1onI her father othati dHay,
wouldI just as, lief as not disgraeefher
parents ebY marrying D. Congressman.
-salHf -Z--z71T7=7 ;fT5stfss5f7 7 77=J-5oa aEYs
tDo sTake 1t out I'M Trade. o. .ts
10 AT rlathF locking fellow seateFad .
doWp- east restaurant and ordered, >
double stew ofoysters, The man who
kept the restaurant was a. small, redr
headed individual, evidently very
high tempered He. prepared . stew
in donble-quicko time, and the slathy
fellow sat down to his repast. and ate
with, ienYiable, Gelish,p after which he
selected a, frst-elass cigar, a9d regal
ea, himself with a mug of foaming ale,
sitting with his feet elevated on the
top of the stove. he was deliberate
and selfspossessed4 $ After the cigar
bad Ealmost disappeared in is9 oke, he
called fpE1 the kil lrrii. no. qpiiosIis eli
qI6nSiixtyafive cents said the pr9prie.
ia Horwi wi is this this ?'7asked the lathuy.,sii lhu,i
adj ffTifty cents fora double stew, and
fifteen eents forla ciggfarIf,59. 4.5luaol
You forgot the ale, = said the latby
felloY, looking quite SERIOUS ursq4sq
off yesi;j that is ten cents more
:seye9ty 9ge oentssn ,lg 9!iJg satai1
ply ply, and the fellow kept his seat.Ii Fl
Il told you I Iam ready to pay Ghe
l. paHygit the s'propri- 'nsp
n scotaal got any mo money! ey, 59S n5ill 35s
e YHain't got any, money u repeated
the man of Refreshments. ln.,q slss
""Not a .darned cent" 4g 'F...s.
y 8 sgtThe, red-headed man opened his
eyes .tl~fii suI Hot jnsGao ~ fJToI
.Then bow do you expect to pay
the bills !yu9tus-r,.pr, fHi-,,J tffuf-ga tHa4..
,E.s: Well, I'll tell you-vI'll stand ABOUT
seventy-five cents of your jaw-so go
ahead. 1i9Jj AZ pniljws s!iiG ,s9ttH
4 The red-headed individual was the
maddest. man ever, seem He seized
the nut cracker and let it fly at the Of
fender with q will :, but it only hit the
chair back and broke its own handle.
The lathy. fellow had gone. D. He va
Gated his, seat at the nick of time, and
the, last, seen of him he was walking
very teisnrelyIdown the street finish