The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1872-11-26

Qulte WINDY evening, ma am, ne
went on, as he stepped into the room.-
"You must be lonely here by yourself"
Somehow this touched my temple.
forgot who was speaking, and answered
back as tart as could be.
81 prefer to choose my company sir ~
"You do indeed So do 1. In this
case have my preference-not YOU"
Then he sat down leisurely in my rock
ing chair and stretched out his feet, as
though he intended to stop while.
"Will you be SO kind, sir, as to go about
your business? What do you think of
yourself, sir, to be intruding upon the pri-
vacy of my room at this hour of the night
sir p'
He leaned his head back upon my wors-
ted tidy, and he laughed fit to kill himself.
"No harm is intended you, my charm
ing woman," he said. 81 swear it-no
harm is intended for you ~
And saying this he laughed louder and
louder than ever.
"Do you come into my house to make
game of me before my very eyes ?" asked,
my temper being pretty much stirred up.
If you were gentleman, SIR"
This was too much for him.
"a gentleman? Oh, aw-that's too
good If professed to be gentleman,
you'd stand good chance of getting your
throat cut without so much as "by your
leave, ma'am," to begin with A gentle
man? With all my faults, thank heaven,
that is not among them ~
"You needn't have gone on that way to
prove it," said tartly.
"Well, you are a sharp old damsel,
aren't your" turning his big eyes upon me,
and twisting up his mouth in comical
way, which shall never forget. al swear
you'd be pretty good looking, if you didn't
wear such wide ruffle on your nightcap
Jolly, isn't it a lunker-big enough for
graveyard fence"
"Sir ~ l said, looking very savage.
"Ma'am ~ he answered, initiating my
voice and tone to perfection.
"Oh, if were only out of this bed, sir ~
began.
"And pray, madame, what is there to
hinder you from getting out I'd like to
know"
"Do you intend to insult me, you good
for-nothing creature? Oh, if the wind
only would blow you away"
IF one goes, the other is sure to go too"
he said stolidly.
"If brother Joe would only waken,"
said.
He cooked his eye knowingly
"You want to make me believe that he
is in the house somewhere, Ell? My dear
madam, you are as transparent as air. Had
he been under this roof, you would have
screamed blue murder long before this
time"
ooh, oh, you varmint ~ / groaned in
pure agony of spirit. "What do you
want ?''
"Well ma'am, since that is a fair, honest
question, / will attempt to answer it. To
begin with, my financial affairs are in a
complicated condition. Money, have but
little of-credit, none So am forced to
levy trifing tax upon my friends in this
and other neighborhoods, to extricate me
from my disastrous condition. AS soon
as l have collected a certain amount in
tend leaving this country for France or
Italy, never, perhaps, to return. Do not
shed tears at this, dear Madame, for
wherever my footsteps tend your image
ruffied nightcap and all-will remain for
ever imprinted upon my heart"
"You old goose 70 l said.
please do not interrupt me, madame;
have but few moments longer to stay
and must be TO business at once. You
have deposited in trunk in an adjoining
closet forty dollars and eighty cents. The
forty dollars would like to borrow of you
for an indefinite length of time. The eigh-
ty cents ! do not care anything about.
You can retain that as trihing evidence
of my generosity in this great emergency
Of my life"
"You are a robber, thief then p / said
spitefully.
Either at your service, Madame, 4" ris-
ing and making bow for all the world
like French dancing master. "Now,
the money, if you please"
He wasn't joking now. There was de-
termined look in his eyes and about the
mouth.
:" He that giveth to the poor, lendeth to
the Lord" he said, speaking just like
preacher.
"And he that steals from the poor, what