The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1873-10-30

head and to the anxious inquiry o.
the wife, answered: "No, madam
the fewer persons here the better
TIE maid had better stay away.
"Here she goes, there she goes,
yet again and again 10 harmony with
the waving finger issued from the
lips of the landlord
"a consultation, I think will be
necessary, said the physician. "Will
you run for DIR. W---ms 7"
The kind neighbor buttoned up
his coat and hurried from the room
In few minutes DIR. W--ms with
another medical gentleman, entered
This is a sorry sight" said he 10
the doctor present.
"Indeed it is, SIR was the reply
"It is q sudden attack, one OF the
"Here she goes, there she goes ]
was the sole reply.
The physicians stepped into a cor
ner and consulted together.
"Will you be good enough ii to run
for barber We must have his
head shaved and blistered, said DIR
WINS.
"Ah poor, dear husband" cad
the lady II fear he will never again
know his miserable wife,
Here she goes, there she goes !!
said the landlord, with q little more
emphasis, and with more nervous
vet determined waving of the finger
in concert with the perfdulum, fol
minute hand was near the twelve =
that point which was to put fifty dol
lars into his pockets, If the hand ar
rived at it without his suffering him
self to be interrupted.
The wife in low, bewailing ton,
continued her utterance, "Nol nev
or; nor his daughter-'
Here she goes, there she goesl'
almost shouted the landlord. rs the
minute hand advanced to the desired
pOi..L.
The barber arrived; he was natur
ally a talkative man, and when tn,
Doctor made some casual remarks,
rejecting upon the quality of the in
strument he was about to use, he re-
pliod
"Ah, ah! Monsieur you say very
bad razor. Tis beautiful, eh! look
look, very fine, isn't she p
"Hors she goes, there she goes =
screamed the landlord, his hand
waving on, and his face gathering q
smile, aud his whole frame in peadi.
ness to be convulsed with Joy. The
barber was amazed.
"Here she goes, there she goes !!
he responded, in the best English he
could use, "Vare 7 ware shall begin
Vat is dat he saysi"
"Shave his head ut once! inter
rupted the Doctor, while the lady
sank into chair.
Here she goes, there she--goes,
for the last time! cried the land
lord, as the clock struck the hour of
nine, and he sprang from his seat in
an ecstacy Of delight, screaming at the
top of his voice, as he skipped about
the room, "Ive won it, I've won
it,
"What ?" said the bar-keeper.
"What 7" echoed the doctors.
"What ?" re-echoed his wife.
"Nhy, the wager, fifty dollars!"
But casting his eyes around the
room, and missing the young men
who had induced him to watch the
clock, he asked the bar-keeper:
"Where are those young men who
supped here last night, eh' quick,
where are they?'
"They went away in their wagon
nearly an hour ago, sir, was the re-
ply.
The truth flashed like a thunder
bolt through his mind. They had
taken his pocket book, with one
hundred and seven dollars therein
and decamped, couple of swinding
sharpers, with wit to back them i!
The story is rife on allmen's tongues
in the neighborhood where this affair
occurred, and the facts are not other
wise than here set down but We re-
gret that the worthy landlord, in
endeavoring to overtake the rascals,
was thrown from his wagon, and 80
severely injured as to be confined to
his room at the present moment,
where he can watch the pendulum of
dis clock at his leisure.