Weekly Trinity journal., 1872-10-12
SAI.LIES BEDTIME.
How the Daughter Played ID on the
Old Maa.

A father not far from here, says a writer
in the Norristowu (Pa.) Heraid, read in
the papers the other morning that the
tica girls who want their beaux to 90
home the same night they call, pull a
string ut the proper hour, which reverses
a picture, on the back of which appear
the words, Ten O'Clock is my bedtime ="
This father, who has daughter given
to late hours when certain youth sits
up and helps her to keep them, thought
he would try this Utica plan; 50 he wrote
in large characters on the back Of huge
portrait OF George Wa,hington this in
scription 40 o'clock is Salie's bed
time"
Then he arranged the picture so that
when he attached string to the frame,
he could reverse it from his bed chamber.
But when Salie entered the room an hour
later, her aesthetic eye was outraged by
observing the portrait OF George hanging
slightly out OF plumb, SO to speak, and
adjusting it, her fathers little gama was
revealed in all its subtle ingenuity.
Sallie was not Utica girl, however,
SO she just went to work and neatly etmced
the figure &c" leaving the 81" standing
solitary and upright which, you will
observe, made II few hours difference in
her bedtime. That night, as usual, Sallie
received II visit from her young man
which his front name it is Henry
her paternal parent attached his string to
G. WIS portrait, and retired to his downy
couch.
About ten o'clock, while Henry and
Salie were deeply absorbed in some
knotty problem, with their heads 50 con
tiguous that You couldn't iasert piece
OF tissue paper between them, the Father
Of his country suddenly turned his face
to the wall as if he was ashamed of such
doings. Henry, with sudden stalt,
glanced at the picture, and saw the hand
writing on the wall which read, "One
O'Clock is SaIlie's bedtime" Then Hem
ry looked at Salie with an interrogation
in his eye, which was partially dispelled
by the lair maid murmuring, It's all
right" Henry snid OF course it was all
right - that he had long known one
O'Clock wa, her bedtime, and he thought
it was p.enty late enough, too, fora young
girl to he out OF her bed but what bu-i-
ness, he said, had George Washingtun's
poluoit 70 be hopping about thnt wnJ?
Then 5alie explained aud the twain
work on the problem, Henry putting his
arms round Snllie to prevent her falling
off the chair.
Meanwhile the old man was listening
for the mont door to open and hi, would
be son ln-aW's footsteps pattcriug over
the pavement with the toes Of his boots
pointing nom the house. These sounds
not falling ON his ears, and thinking
maybe the old thing didn't work right,
he gave the sumg another pull, and
George W. again laced the audience.
Then Ae listened but heard no footsteps
nothing but peculiar sound, something
resembling the popping OF champagne
corks.
Then he grew cross, and gave the
string another jerk, causing &. w. to
turn about with u violent suddenness,
just as it he was out OF humor, too.
Aud still all is quiet below-except
that popping sound.
Then the string was pulled again-and
again-Nnd Mountaineering that the
od fellow was just ready 10 explode with
rage. And lOr fully fifteen minutes did
he have the portrait OF the man who
would not tell II lie turning excited flip
flaps and things on the wall, like II be-
wltched gymnast, until he lell asleep eX-
huusted -Sallie's father lell asleep, not
the portrait.
Henry kissed Sallie good night at one
O'Clock A. NJ, remarking us he did 50
that it wonld seem like long weary
year ere he could see her gain-becau-e,
you know, he did not expect to see her
again until the evening oi that day.
The next morning her father examined
that portrait, and when he fully under
stood the situation he was pained. lie
shed "a silent tear, detached the string,
sponged out the inscription, and walked
away with the weight OF iorty-iye years
upon his shouiders-that being his age.
lie says that girl who would go back on
her father that way would just "a llef as
not disgrace her parents by marrying
Congressman. -
IF there is any other region Of country