The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1873-04-16

the confounded teal believe to thi.
day took all green. without thinking
of it-and what with intense heat
and what with the restlessness most
!. of us feel when we are about to trav
ell anywhere, not a wink could
i get" @
/ @Welll'' said I. am ias
i s.Wcl4, i tried every device I could
think of to fall asleep" he replied
81 made mental calculations, Ieount.
ed the roses on the wall, which ]
| could plainly see in the moonlight;
but, as usual, the more / tried to
coax Morpheus, hemore he wouldn't
eome,n as Paddy says s
"How provoking r. said /.
''We1l, sir,'' he continued, ''it was
getting bread daylight, when at last,
tired out, L began to feel slumber
stealing upon me. / had got my
head into cosy hollow of the pill
low, and had got my arm in my
favorit position beneath my head /;
I felt that most soothing Of all SEN
sations to a weary person-I was
going off,
'Glad you succeeded at last" 1
remarked. r'
mot q bit of it-ngh! When /
was on the verge-the extreme verge
of insensibilitys wretched gnat
came buzzing about my face so spite
fully, that / jerked my head sudden
ly back, and in doing so drew a
feather into my mouth"
GLOW exceedingly disagreeable y
said, laughing.
"Disagreeable y he repeated
'"The thing actually stuck in my
throat. sir, and the fit of coughing
which it induced SO thoroughly
awakened me that, what with that
and the sunshine pouring into the
room, 1 felt further attempts at sleep
to be out of the question
at was then that you swore, /
suppose, doctor 2
"Swore?' said he. 1T was enough
to make man swear like Dick Hat.
terick and Captain Culpepper."
"Well. WE'LL" 1 interrupted, what
came of it?''
'Came of it"' answered the phys
ician, heartily responding to my
laugh. "Good heavens, what sur
prising things spring from little
causes! Why sir, Mrs. Robbins
came of it."
The idea so tickled us both that
we redoubled our merriment.
YES" continued the doctor, nat
urally looked at the feather which
had caused me this annoyance. 1t
vas pretty speckled feather, frSm
some game fowl. Well, the game
foul put me in mind of pheasants,
and from pheasants 1 got to par
tridges, and from partridges to
grouse. And then / remembered
that | had a jolly sort of uncle in
the Highlands, who had given me
general invitation to his shooting
lodge. Come whenever you can
get away from the drugs, laddie," he
said to me, '.and we'll show you how
to kill a grouse and eat it after
wards
sOh, l see, doctor" 1 interposed,
nodding. "You made up your mind
to spend your holiday in Scotland
you've guessed it," replied DR..
Robbins. Il did so and what's
more, / went"
"And trust you enjoyed your
visit!' said.
Enjoyed it = said he; sit was the
event of my life sir. There / met
but ah." sighed the doctor, med
itatively slipping his wine, "she's no
more like she was then than / am
like scuttle of Goals"
Really, DOCTOR" 1 said in re-
monstratiye tone, "if, as I presume.
you allude to Mrs. Robbins"
But the good man, wrapped in his
reflections, went on as if he had not
heard me.
''She's fine woman nova dear,
good woman too-and that's better.
But then-ah.'
However, doctor, you have not
satisfied my curiosity" / ventured
to remark.
Here's the bottle help yourself"
he said. starting from his reverie.
''Well. as was saying, went to
Scotland to my uncle's. He was,
as have said. a good sort of man,
and he had a remarkable pleasant |
party of friends gathered around |
him for shooting season Not a large
noisy batch of dogmatic old squires.
empty headed "swells'' and fiirty I
girls, but a compact. coy party of
about Dozen. consisting Of three
pleasant friends and their wives and |
daughters, sensible and select"
Every nice. indeed" / calculated.
''Nice !" said he. "Ah, such par
ties as we had then If you had
been one of us at those pic-nics, sir,
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