Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-12-06

shouted; You nave HldQe me grand
father, but be good enough not to go
any further with my descendants"
E'The truth must be told," said the
young lady, with aefosy smile; 'Eyou
know your oldest SON is named John!"
"Well, since you say so, we will call
him john"
''John has married daughter, who
has lately had
q knew what was coming, SO l Jump
ed up and seized nv hat while she con-
cluded the sentence.
GA bouncing little boy-so you are
a great-grandfathef,0 continued the
young lady. 4
Like Macbeth, { would 'hear no
more" but rushed from the room as if
satan and ali his imps were at my heels.
AS 1 passed out at the street door, like
a young hurricane, i noticed that an
elegant carriage had stopped in front
of the hotel, and al lady was getting
out of it, but ! was Ii too great hur-
ry to pay much attention to her.
I was so much annoyed with the un-
accountable conducto of the people at
the hotel that [ didsnot return until
late in the evening, preferring to pur-
chase my supper at a restaurant
When I did return, the landlord again
welcomed me, and assured me that my
bed was all ready, and everything was
call right" He said 'sall right with
such an insinuating deferential smile,
that [ could not comprehend what the
fellow meant. When. [ reached my
bedroom, in pushing the door to, ac-
cidentally ly blew out the light and found
myself in the dark so intensely dark
that I could not see a step before me.
However, [ concluded to undress in
the dark, so [ sat down upon the bed,
aud began to diVest myself of my cloth
ing.
In moving my hand carelessly over
the bed it suddenly came in contact
with solid body, which felt most sin
gularly like a human being. In the
next moment my hand was grasped by
two smooth, soft hands, and then I felt
the tips of nay fnge S pressed to deli
cate rapturogs lips.
What did It all mean? Could it be
a ghost in my bed OF a burglar? Or
was it young lady? When [ thought
of the latter possibility my limbs trem-
bled in terror, and I was about to light
the lamp again. Before I could do so
a sweet voice spoke to me.
Brown" said the voice, "why don't
you come to bed? Here [ have been
waiting for you for the last half hour. %
[ understood what was the matter
now, and [ determined to have some
fun.
''Go to sleep, my dear, and don't
bother me,' said I; q will come to bed
when [ am ready"
In moment there came a piercing
scream from the bed, loud enough to
have raised the shingles from the roof.
1t had the effect of bringing the land
lord, into my room, with all his board
ers trooping at his heels.
What was my dismay, when a light
was brought, to discover a beautiful
lady sitting bolt upright in bed, and
attired in a snowy white garment.
'What do you mean, sir, by enter
ing my bedchamber ?" asked the lady,
in severe tone of voice.
eyes, and [ would like to know what
you mean sir?" said stout gentleman
of my own age, who came tearing into
the room at that moment, like wild
hyena, foufishing a thick cane in one
hand, while in the other he carried a
carpet-bag. "Who in the devil are yon,
sir ?" asked this gentleman, stalking
up to me and staring me in the face.
81 am Mr.. Brown, sir,' said |, as
a most dignifed expression of
countenance.
"And | am Mr.. Brown" said the
other, scowling at me fearfully.
''That's a coincidence" said L.
"What were you doing in my wife's
room?" asked the man. 'That's an
other coincidence, hey?"
"You are mistaken, sir" said l.
'Your wife got into my room. I en-
gagged this room early in the afternoon,
as [ can prove by the landlord"
At this moment the young lady who
had claimed me as her father in the
approached the lady in the
bed, and inquired:
'"Tell me, mamma, which Of these
gentlemen is my papa"
"Why, the good-looking one, of
said the lady, ''the gentleman
with the side whiskers." j"
She meant the other fellow.
"Oh, how [ have been deceived" !"
cried the young lady, her face suffused
with bushes.
eyes, and | have been deceivedw
said the landlord, ''for | took this Mr..
Brown to be the other Mr.. Brown, and
[ let him have the best room, which [
for the wealthy Mr.. Brown,
and his wife"
The horizon began to clear little,
and l saw the light. But I determin-
ed to get the bottom of the mystery, so
[ button-holed the landlord, and drew
him into a corner, where [ put. "a few
leading questions" as the lawyer says.
| learned that the other Mr.. Brown