The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1873-01-01
BEAUTY AND THE BagBEg.

| had just snished putting Up my
shutters il was getting rather late
nearly ten o'clock-for Ia had 4
bard DAYS work Of Il; and 10 wen
der. for it was the night Of the lord
4 lieutensat's ball. We think 4 good
deal OF zhe lcrd-iientenant down in
. Yorkshire and when we &c; up Z bii
in the world. and get asked 10 hi;
lcrdship's bali we think a deal OF our,
selves; and nv word some folks ar
= bit proud Yes: that yery day
had dressed the Misses Millikin'-
hair for the ball-pret1y early, mind
you, for ! wouldn't put my OiG eusto-
naers on; Of the way for any Of your
upstart people, seeing s. I've dressed
the hair of all tie frss families in
Lrdford, End nav father before me
whereof 10 nan ksowetb TO the con-
trsrv. Now Millikin has drawn ne
many a gill Of ale in the DAYS when
be kept the tap up Newsman's Yard,
and has borrowed many a sixpence
Of me foo-nei bat that se was wei
come 20 them. as told his lordship
when be came TO ask me for my vote
for the town council But that's
neither here nor there. II isn't Mill
kin and such Ike as trouble TO tel
story about Ii was past nine, a.
| told yo1, and ! was putting up the
shutters pretty smart, not being 5
thing / often 90 myself. but IT 80 hap
pened that night; and IN another min-
ute | should have been OF to the
White Horse 10 meet one or two good
fellows who were il the habit Of hsv-
having glass or two together Of q
night: bot a. was sereEing gp the
bar Of the shutters, what should | see
drawing up 10 ny door bat splen-
did carriage and two beautiful horses,
all Of = iziber with sweat, Wei.
that put me about BIZ, to think what
a carrisge should be doing al nav door
at this time Of night; but / hadn't
long to wonder, for grave. tall, SOL
emB-looking chap comes Bp 70 my
door and calls out:
is Creecber here
That's me- saws l.
AOh, then saws be, Jump in. =
pointing with his finger to he to get
up the steps Of the carriage, where
there was tall fanky holding the
door open for me. Vel. that capped
NE still more. / had heard Of things
Ike in the 'Rabian Nights where
they seem TO think q deal more Of Us
barber chaps than they do in this
country Bat then this * a land Of
freedom Wei. as | were saving.
this i'osher chap kept moiioning Of
me TO &c: into the carriage. but SAYS
!, Mister, where are yon bound -
"I-a Ike to beaatify Elvself bat. =
SAYS I. -and ] nun tell the nlissis. =
With that be took nv hat. that was
lying on the counter, and hangs il On
my head and pushes me into the car
risge, and away be weni before VOC
could say Jack Rosinson. and
away We went Eh, but we did 70
rarely 1t were s dark night. and
frosty; ard we soon got Gu; Of the
lights cf The ;oxn. sad ssill the hors-
e. galloped on, and / ooald SEE the
stars tEiakIing overhead I; and then
il grew colder all Of > sudden, aud
The windows Of the carriage were coz
cred with ice IN minute. and / could
see naGgbt bot the inside, where
was sitting with the strange man.
And be said never S word. Bot still
we ga.loped on; snd after good bit
| heard The murnur and dash Of a
river hard bY aboye the eIs:ter Of the
boofs, and We crossed 8 bridge,
ihink- fer We vent up and down for a
moment as If we had been il : swing.
And the sound OF hoofs died awar
a. il ne were travelling
,ver soft turf or gravel; and present.
' The carriage stopped sll Of sud
len 4 foOtm2n stood al the doOr
he silent man jumped out Ssay
here " be cried as be weat, with a
GESTURE Of sathsrisy-" step there =
And there / stared, for ! were cewei
ike with being carried Of Ike that.
nd didn't know il nay soul were my
'wn- . Whst7l the old woman say, /
hough - thought 10 myself The
:Arriage moved on a bit. and stopped
gam
Now, then. my lad r saws the
ootma. opening the door.
But l weren't going to he ordered
bout by such cattle as be. Saws