The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1872-12-26
III TIE WRONG BED.

NIGHT. in the course OF a bacchanailai
bout so amusing that we cannot resls
the temptation to relate it. we vii
T not give names, however, further ant
Il more explicitly than they can be de
rived from the following charade: Ih'
first of the d,amatis perso''oe is cele
brated and pious New York stock gam
bier and fnancier; the second cele
brated American orator: and the third
lis derived from the name OF a celebrated
Roman consul and general, celebrated
for discretionary strategy that has
become proverbial and has given name
to a prudential policy. The names OF
the other parties to the sensational
scene we are describing, we Will not
give even in the vague terms OF a
charade. Suffice it to say that they IN
clude a newly married couple Yet in
| the incipiency Of the honeymoon, and
boarding house household.
Scene, wcll-known boarding and
lodging house in this city, at which all
of the parties to the play were stopping.
1T the time given and at the house
mentioned. our stock-dealer, consul and
orator were assembled in the apart
ments of the latter, discussing hot
toddies. Having started in on basis
Of numerous whisky straights, it is not
singular that they soon became trio
Of inebriated Toodles. Now, it is a
popularity Of bacchaniallsm that each
man among them considers himself So
berer than the rest, and at the break
ing up Of frolic with charity that
would be touching, if not ridiculous,
every man insists Oh seeing every
other man safely home So it was with
our trio Of celebrities. Each Of them
on seeing the other to his quar-
ters, and maintained that he himself
was sober. At last it was settled.
trlm exhaustion rather than agreement.
that the consul and orator should put
the stock broker in his little bed, and
about it they went. Vt this stage ofi
The proceedings neither Of the party
would have known whether he was .
ookinr II the man in the moon. or atl
l photograph in the show case in front
# Sayagcs gallery, and hence ii is not :
o be wondered at that they failed 10
distinguish the numbers over the doors.
md made the mistake Of depositinrI
ur financial friend in the bed Of the ,
rcsily married pair The conveying
vain returned to their rooms happy
n the Consciousness that they hal sue
esstully discharged solemn duty oil
ricndaAip towards one Of their trjnm- Z
irate. :
Another scene-thc bride feeling
'ccpy rciircs II her room ana prepares
disrohc, when CHANGING Al tie bed
,. horror # horrors, blow winds and
rack Your checks. there snugly on.
}nscd IN hcr bridal bed was strange 4
AN, wrapped in the arms of Morpheus =
nj tan@lc!5ot. She gave scream
h'ch aroused the household. but did
i disturb the sleeper, In fact. so Y
,ad was he 10 sounds that the louieSt
asst that Gabriel ever blew would
1vc tailed to create a sensation on his
mpan1;m Everybody withdrawing %
lshcd to the scene, and by dint of Wig
ous manipulation our friend was
oused To vague sense OF the etna Il
III, and with assistance was enabled
effect change Of base. Explana.
ms followed; everybody laughed: the n
Istakc was charged to Bacchus: and Y
e debt was soon H7uidQted.-.GH
Ike HeTu}d.